Chipsmore, I am! I am BACK, baby!!

24 Julai tarikh aritok.

Lebih dari setengah tahun aku sik update blog ku tok. Busy "repair" semangat ngan dirik. Last ku ngepost nang bunyi kedak orang putus harapan. Sorry, forgive my bad manners....HELLO everyone! (Macam lah blog ku tok banyak followers...tapi current followers tetap ku hargai sebab kitak orang sudi juak follow)....yerdeh! Another visible sign of being matured - appreciating small matters katanya!

Kinek tok aku dah dekat 4 bulan bergelar tutor. True, I could not get a place in either Sarawak Arts School (Kuching) nor Tenby School here in Miri. But God really gave me the biggest (and the coolest, by far) joke to me few months back! Tepat 1 April 2013, as others busy fooling people around, I got a job as a tutor. An English Language tutor to be precise. Tempat ku ngajar is what I call "a humble, simple learning centre that functions as the beacon of hope"....yup, the long-winded me, as usual LOL! What's cool about my job is that for now I only work 2 hours (average basis) a day...and only four days in a WEEK! And, I can still pay for my car, loan and many more. Nevertheless this job that I got requires me to be extra patient. I am dealing with forty plus young ones whose language ability is totally limited. Like totally! When I first started teaching these cheerful kids, language barrier nearly drove me nuts. But as I said earlier on, patience was all I needed to be strong and stay in the game.

Four months had passed, I'm glad to say that my kids have shown positive progress. And...I've been learning wee bit Mandarin lately. In the school, I am one of the three non-Chinese academic staff. Ninety-six percent of the students who are attending our classes are Chinese. But I don't mind at all. Yang penting the kids are willing to help themselves. Not all of them are willing to come and attend extra classes, of course.

Recalling the moment when I got interviewed for the teaching job sometime end of March this year, the interviewer (my current employer) told me he's surprised upon knowing my education background. As a theatre graduate, many people expected me to end up working my butt off in arts industry. Many, not all. My mother is one of them. But I did thank Lord Jesus the moment the interviewer said "I am also looking for a person who can teach drama for children besides teaching English language here in Miri!"

Now, talking about The Law of Attraction, eh!

Yes, now I am doing just fine in this humble hometown of mine, people, I'm doing absolutely fine. Of course I do miss acting on stage every now and then but maybe the Lord is trying to tell me to utilize my artistic talents in other ways. I do, now, get the point. Plus, I've started to sketch pictures again; something that I did not get to do that much back in Shah Alam. Been posting my sketches on my Facebook wall and also Instagram. Glad to know many people like my works. Keep counting the blessings the Lord has given me is what I do on daily basis now.

About the speech and drama class, it's been announced during staff meeting last week. The class will be part of end of the year school holiday programs and I am so looking forward to meet my future young little thespians!

Maok jak rasa maok nulis panjang2, but the allergy med has taken its toll on me *darn*, should be in bed by now. I shall write again soon. Sebelum saying "bye-bye", I'll share some pics here ya!

These are my students!

My first self-portrait done by a fellow artist I met via Instagram. His name is Ahyat. You can follow him at @ahyathappydoodles

Erti sebenar seorang PERAN

Peran untuk pengetahuan kitak orang tuan dan puan pembaca adalah sama maksud dengan perkataan PELAKON. Sama juak  dengan PEMERAN. Like THESPIAN same meaning as ACTOR in English language. Kenak tiba-tiba aku maok klaka pasal pelakon tok. Tadik masa baru sampey umah, aku mukak Facebook ku dan *zing* terpandang sigek status update oleh kawan ku Si Sepanyol Hensem bernama Gonzalo Morquecho. Serius nya sangat hensem dan baik hati. Gonzalo adalah seorang aktivis teater dari Sepanyol dan kinek tok menetap di Malaysia selama 2 tahun udah. Tok ditulis nya tek dalam PESBUK nya:

"An important point for actors here in KL, acting is not about being a celebrity, acting is not about being vain and elitist. The most professional and even biggest names (artists and actors) are humble, they work because they love to do it, not to see their face in TV and feed their ego.

There will never be a professional environment in Malaysia if the attitude is not about sharing, learning, be humble and love the work. If you don't agree, just ask people that work out of Malaysia, local people that have studied in the UK or USA.

Self-criticism is necessary."

So, amacam? Paham sik apa dipadahnya? Aku nang respek nya eh. Mula-mula datang Malaysia, ber'sign language' endah nya ngan orang locals. Nang menar lah apa dipadah nya. Pemikiran orang kita sepatutnya perlu dibukak, iboh jak kitak orang terer mukak buah durian ya. 

jadi pelakon sik semestinya...coba diat gambar atas tok...sekian, tengkiyu!

Pekabo smuo?

http://blogfiokab.blogspot.com/2012/07/lsilent-silent-potato-got-some-flesh.html

Update paling utama. Saya masih lagi single....yerdehh!! Sangat AVAILABLE, tapi buat masa tok iboh lah kitak orang ingat aku tok desperate gilak sampey aku tok nulis kedak saja mok advertise dirik dalam blog. Mun kitak orang rajin mukak link atas, silakan, it will kinda give you a much clearer picture of what happened to me few months back. As aku tengah galak menaip tok, demam selsema tengah rancak berdisko dalam badan. Bunyi kahak tek dah kedak enjin motobot rah Sungai Baram nun. Bukan ku saja nak ngeso ku tok jenis ceridak, tapi ku saja nulis sak sik pendek gilak perenggan pertama untuk post kali tok (sebab masa tengah belajar dolok, mentor ku Norzizi Zulkifli @ Kapten Joe Jambul, selalu nganok aku dalam kelas: "Fio, nang biasa ko tok mula dengan perenggan nok pendek-pendek! Tulis baru!"). Bah cukup gik ya. Mula perenggan baru gik.

Sebenarnya aku bok jak quit dari program degree kat uni tempat ku belajar. Rugi? Nang lah mun dipikir dari segi ongkos sidak bapak ku dah belanja. Banyak isu yang jadi punca ku berhenti, paling utama aku masih sik puas hati dengan seseorang di tempat aku belajar. Certain people know who is that person, tapi for you some readers out there, sik payah jak kitak orang gago mok tauk. Biarlah rahsia, bak kata Siti Nurhaliza tek nak. What's my next plan? Apa gik, BALIT MIRI lah! This time for good. Yes, FOR GOOD!! Mun kitak orang nanyak, lekak ya, apa maok dipolah ko di Miri nun? Aku boleh jak jawab," Aku akan start sigek group teater, lain dari yang lain. Giney ya kah? Haaaa...ahli produksinya terdiri daripada sekumpulan orangutan yang sungguh berbakat besar!" Stail sik mun ku sawut soalan kedak ya? (Sorry, sekpat ku muang rasa sinis mun berdepan dengan a group of skeptics tek nak.) For now, aku dah prepare application letter for Sekolah Seni Kuching and about to email Tenby International School di Miri. We'll see how things go after this.

Tulah! Dolok gago madah aku sik maok jadi cikgu sekolah (tegal ku quit program degree TESL di UiTM). Tapi nang menar lah. Mun berkhidmat di sekolah-sekolah pun, biarlah part-time instructors kah. Mun international school, lainlah. Private tek nak. Lain environment gomen ngan swasta tok. Tapi diat lok lah giney rupa gaya lekak tok.

Mun kitak orang dah mukak link kat atas ya tek, let me clarify things again. Months back, ada seorang jejaka tok berkenalan balit ngan aku via FB. Nya kawan lamak sebenarnya. After a month of contacting each other, cut short the story, alu orang ya tek luah feeling nya tek. Eh, lebiu lebiu ya bah! Aku tok tek, dah la 12 tahun "menjanda" mula-mula ya malas juak maok layan feeling nya tek. Tapi nama juak aku tok pompuan, pandey masok jerat ayat-ayat cintun org laki ya tek. So lovey-dovey mushy-wushy stuff went on for months until nya madah nyuruh balit kejap maok jumpa. Ku padah, masa Christmas jak jumpa. "Lambat gilak," sawut nya balit. Bah kompromi punya pasal, aku balit Miri 15 September tok tek. Dua minggu ku sinun, senyap jak orang ya koh. Maka nya juak lalek nyuroh ku sms mun dah sampey Miri. Sampey la suatu hari ya tek, aku klua lepak ngan sorang member ku. Cerita punya cerita..TUUPPP! Kantoi kisah orang laki ya dah ada gerek lain. Bah stail sik ya? I sent him a good-bye text dengan reminder terbaek sekali: Sik hal ko polah aku kedak tok, tapi ingat one day, hukum karma semua orang akan dapat. Thanks for nothing!" Nang useless bastardic casanova! Astagaaaa....mulut! Bah malas ku nak cerita lebih gik, cukup lah kitak orang tauk aku dah "move on" ngan hidup. Tok pun satu lesson for you guys and gals out there. Bercinta tok bukan setakat ko padah "ailebiu" or "lebiutu" (I love you and Love you too, ngek!). To build a relationship is not easy, the journey is not so easy to embark on. Just be careful, ya jak pesan ku.

And as for me, aku tutup lok "hati". Sebab malas ku nak layan jiwang manusia lain. Banyak gik benda yang belum ku explore. I don't mind going on this journey as a single person for, kewajipan pada family blom perfect gik. Hell, I gotta help my family first. Ya la, PSA dalam radio ya lalek tiap-tiap hari melalak: FAMILY FIRST!

Bah, cukup lok takat tok. Ada hari aku nulis gik. I can't wait to go back home. CHRISTMAS is just 2 weeks from now, Mak aku dah lalek masang Christmas tree nun, siap tag aku dalam Facebook. Tujuannya, tugas aku masa dah balit kelak, ngias pokok ya. Sik hal, anak buah ku Ashley dah standby nunggu mok nolong. Ciao and Blessed Advent to all!

P/S: Gambar tok di-upload Mak ku di Facebook tek. Pokok bogel. Yahh! Malu saya!

Bee-Yoo-ELEL-Why...? wadahel?

So, smart enough to read the title of the post above? Tacky! B.U.L.L.Y lah. Saja gedik tulis kedak ya. Why am I writing about this out of sudden? I was browsing through some FB profiles of my friends (not stalking, okay, ya lain dah ya!), I came across a profile of someone I knew when I was a child. Jeng jeng jeng!

Ingin juak ku madah orang ya secret crush ku tek, tapi bukan (the epic evil laugh). Tapi orang ya pernah buli aku dalam kadar yang terlalu kerap sampey aku trauma tahap Himalaya juak. Ingin ku berkhabar pasal giney nya buli aku dolok, tapi bila aku diat rupa nya dah jadi manusia tek nak; dah nikah, ada anak sorang dah. So, sik adil juak mun aku coba maok aibkan nya balit (kadar peratusan 'personal vendetta' dah menurun secara mendadak). All I can say now is that, rasa syukur juak tangga nya dah betul2 jadi manusia.

Manusia. Memang ciptaan Tuhan yang menakjubkan. Manusia kaji perihal manusia.
Manusia punya perihal dikaji oleh manusia.

Buli isu bukan biasa, tetapi ia memang biasa terjadi.

 

Obviously, tok gambar pakey ngias post ku tek nak? Tapi kena ngan topik.

 

Selepas Changlun...

Sampey umah dekat jam satu lebih marek, the short trip to Changlun ada juak merik eye-opening experience tapi nang secara jujur aku madah, sik dapat ku diam area ladang-ladang oi. Best ada jak bergusti dengan nyamuk ngan macam-macam gik. Ya aku tabik dengan student Kolej Pertanian Malaysia, imagine lah sidak nya bangun awal pagi, siram sayur, pokok, merik makan kambin, sapi. Yah! Nang jiwa kental la sidak nya tok. Sigek nak polah ku stress 0.01% sepanjang ku di Changlun, kredit fon ku free2 dipotong oleh line blah Thailand; ney endak koh! Changlun ya nang border Malaysia-Thailand. Aku topup RM10, belum sempat matahari ya cabut nyawa, habis kedak ya jak, maka ku sekda juak polah calls atau SMS siapa2. Baruk ku paham kenak boss ku rela pakey walkie-talkie sepanjang event tok berjalan.

Tapi memang ku tabik hormat student-student sitok. First time in my life aku tangga kedak ney life as student pertanian. Sidaknya sik perlu blaja theory gilak, emphasize more on practicality. Ney ada masa maok pikir teori kedak ney nak menoh kehendak pengguna jutaan orang bilangannya. Bear in mind, iboh tangga sidak nya tok sebelah mata, they're the ones who feed us. No agriculture, then ko nak makan apa? Bateri? Besi? Batu?

Bila Si Kenit diberi HANDPHONE!!

Semalam kecoh kat Facebook, orang dok mengata-ngata tentang tindakan Kementerian Pendidikan membenarkan kanak-kanak sekolah membawa telefon bimbit ke sekolah. OK, bagi saya lah kan, saya takda masalah kalau KPM meletakkan syarat PELAJAR-PELAJAR SEKOLAH HANYA DIBENARKAN MEMBAWA TELEFON BIMBIT BIASA YANG MURAH, BUKAN SMARTPHONE. OK, itu sudah dinyatakan semalam dalam siaran berita tempatan semalam.
But, allowing kids to bring iPads or Tabs to school? Hmmm...what say you?

Oh my Inggerisssshh!!

Where you go?

Toilet, why?

No lah. You go next time, you wait me first.

I cannot lehh...I wait long-long, it want to come out  oredi lehhh....

I don't friend you la like that.

OK lah, I no rugi oso.

(pause) 

Eh hungry. We go eat.

Eh, you say you no friend me one.

Later after we eat, we no need to friend, you go far-far....