Went to SMK Seri Tanjung to chair the meeting for the State Level Debate. Took the coastal road.The stretch of road from Melaka town towards Kg Gelam is such a memorable one. More than 25 years ago I used to travel along the road to go to town. The children were still small at that time. They would read all the signboards, asked never ending questions and always interested in many things. Being able to read before the age of 5 made them very inquisitive. The car ride was never quiet. And I had to give logical answers to many a question!! Some answers were purely made up by Mummy, who happened not to know everything.
But the journey I took at 2pm was a silent one except for the songs over the radio. The children are no more small and no more with me. All three are young ladies pursuing life. There was nobody asking me to slow down just to read the signboards like those days... There was nobody to ask me all the WHYS and the WHATS...
Passed by the little house I used to live in when I transferred from Kelantan. Still there, that little house. Memories of yesteryears came flooding in my mind...Gone are the days when I was a young woman of 23 teaching in a school in an army camp. It was in that house I learned the lessons of life as a teacher, a wife and later a mother. Valuable lessons I must say...
Reached the school, looked for the meeting room and then briefed the teachers. Two schools did not turn up, so they had to agree to whatever decisions agreed by the other 6 schools. So the quarter final and the semi final were scheduled on the 20th of April and the final would be on the next day. I have to be there on both days, MEANING that I have to leave my English class for two consecutive days!! This is the one thing I am really uncomfortable with. This is the price yours truly have to pay for being the State Technical Officer for English Debate.
POI please!
Denied Mam!!
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