Confusion

I am sure we all have our own endearments towards our spouse. Likewise, we too have ours but nothing mushy.

Much to my husband's initial dismay, I call him bb. It all began with the Giuliana & Bill show where Giuliana calls her husband booboo. I thought it was cute and I recalled jokingly calling  my husband bb which sticks until now. 

In time, he thought it's cute too and he approves.

Until recently, I realised that it's going to pose problems. One day, I called my husband "Bb!" and guess who responded?

Our bibik. Exactly.

I didn't know how to react when she was already by my side. I was puzzled and I could tell she was, too, when I told her it was my husband I was calling for.

Man, I couldn't contain my furious laughter. On another occasion, we were in the car. My husband was driving and the car in front of us showed signs of braking suddenly so I squeaked, "Bb!" And guess who responded again?

Bibik.

Crossroads.

I really don't want to call my husband by other names. And I also think bibik suits her fine.

I guess I have to make it loud and clear then : "BibiKKKKKKKKK!" with a Qalqalah.

Young

My husband always brag about how his clients and strangers he met somewhere would react once being told of his marital status. He would come back home and start a conversation with me so nonchalantly that I sometimes feel like hitting him with a pillow (feel like ja, buat betul2 cannot, derhaka! Haha)

"Tadi ada client I ...."

Once he starts saying that, I knew that it's gotta be another of his kembang moment.

(continue)

".... Terkejut bila I cakap I dah kahwin. He said I look so young. Bila cakap dah ada anak, lagi dia terkejut!"

What do I do? Buat terkejut sama.

"Yekee!" dalam hati macam tertanya-tanya if we are walking together, would people see me as more older-looking? Hurrmm.

When I was pregnant, I did have a self-esteem issue because of how huge I became and how I chose comfort over fashion. And that I felt like crying looking at our appearance because yes, my husband does look young as he has that boyish feature.

Anyway, a few days ago, I came back home happy and started a conversation with him.

"Tadi, dekat course tu ada cikgu cakap, 'You're married? I thought it was your boyfriend you were talking to over the phone'. Then ada another cikgu told her 'She even has a child tau!' pastu the three of them macam gasped. They said I look verrryyy (sengaja stress) young" hidung kembang kempis bercerita.

Before he could even replied, I continued :

"I told them I just got back from my maternity leave. Then that Chinese teacher cakap, waah no wonder, your skin's verrryy (sengaja stress lagi) nice lah. Nice complexion. You look verrry (for the umpteenth time, sengaja) young" And I smiled my sweetest smile.

Dalam hati, yes! We're now even Mr. Husband!

Husband's reaction?

"Elleehh, diorang tak tengok I lagi!"

Now where's the pillow?

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on the same ground

I always complain of backache and that my neck hurts everytime my husband hugged me due to our difference in height. Especially now after I have given birth, every muscle, joint and bone seem to ache a little more.

This morning, he made me stand on this :

"Kan senang?" he said.

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Can't complain, can I?

one in a million

How coincidental can it be? This picture was taken at the airport. My dad unexpectedly met his match from top to bottom! Comel kan? And the kid being so sporting didn't mind having his picture taken with ayah.Hehe

words

I have always loved dictations. For one, I love listening to how words are being pronounced and from there I transferred them into words. It also tests one's listening ability which is the ultimate objective, for it makes one recognizes the words heard.

Since it is the fasting month, I decided to prepare more receptive-based activities for my students. Besides, it is one activity which I have shamefully neglect all this while regardless of how important a role it plays in language learning. I didn't have high expectations for this considering how much I know my students, but I gave it a try. Tak salah mencuba, after all teaching and learning is like trial and error juga.

My Form 4 classes weren't that bad, but I suffered from a sore throat as a result of too much repeating. So much for wanting to talk less and work more la kan. But it is a very good way of managing the classroom. The students were very silent as they want to hear the words right. To make it even more meaningful, I selected students randomly and made them write each sentence on the board later and together we checked. I could tell they loved it. Those who got the most ticks memang hidung kembang, show off sikit, especially the boys. And mostly, I know they learnt something out of it. The fact that they even tried was something that should be applauded.

I was quite surprised to discover that some students were really good with their spelling. They knew the words. So it shows that they are familiar with my utterances. Why was I so shocked? It's because in class, these students are normally the reluctant ones, they refused to participate and they hardly speak English. So yes, I was astounded. I probably shouldn't underestimate.

But there were misspelled words which I thought were hilarious. They were litterally being spelt as how they were pronounced. A boy actually spelt the whole sentence worngly I thought I was reading German.

Some of the words (which I could remember) were :

India for in their (by far the most funny and unexpected)
in lain for in line
footboll for football
lipping for leaping

I wish I have my students' books with me so I can cite a few examples. I don't think it was my pronunciation which caused the inaccuracies. If it did, well, then the activity had lost its validity :)

Hannah who?

Now I know what not to show my students : Anything Miley Cyrus related.

Apparently, they hate her so much I can't even begin to tell you how atrocious they behaved when they saw the video.

There was 5 minutes left and I didn't know what to do to fill the time, so I just played the Hoedown Throwdown video. You know, just for fun, with the cool moves and upbeat tempo and all, only to be boo-ed. Okay, wrongly assumed.

Mereka pun tahu apa yang best and apa yang tak best.

Picture taken from here

Don't even ask why I chose that video in the first place.

i could get used to this :)

One of my student submitted this piece of poem among others for the school magazine. I think I might die of too much laughing. Read it for yourself :

Friendship is a sea,
and friends are fishes,
You are my gold fish,
I will keep you safe,
If you try to go away from me,
I will fry you.
So be careful.

Now, wouldn't that make you feel fearful especially if you are one of her friends? :)

don't think i know?

I find it amusing when my students discovered that I do listen to the American Rejects and yes, I sing along to the Ting Tings. Their eyes grew bigger and they leaned forward with interest, wanting to uncover more.

If you even care to ask, yes, I do watch High School Musical (reserve your comments for later!) and the ever sensational Camprock (laugh all you want). And you've got to be kidding me if you think I do not know who Bunkface is. Come onnnnn...!

FYI, I am 24 not 42. I'm not that old, am I? You know, these kids are starting to make me feel like I was born centuries ago. I have a 17 year old sister and I still go through moments when we drool over unacceptably good-looking chaps. On certain days, we have a good laugh watching the phenomenal Hannah Montana. Cut me some slack, please.

And they think they can act all cool singing The Cranberries' In your Head, disrupting the class? Hah! Terkejut berok diorang bila aku tau nama The Cranberries. I knew the song by heart (mind you) way before you kids did la. Haha

But then again, even my father listens to The Pussycat Dolls (Jai Ho!) and Jesse Mccartney.

Talking about young at heart.