my year 6 and dictionary

this morning I was doing some reading with my year 6 pupils...the text was taken from the textbook...it was about animals migration...one of the examples was the Canadian geese which travel from the northern region of Canada to Mexico every year during the summer and winter...

suddenly one of my pupils asked,

"Sir, geese tu apa?"

I told them to check for the meaning in the dictionary...

not because I don't know what it means but all my year 6 pupils have dictionaries...every one of them...it's their own initiative to buy them before the start of this year...and I want them to make full use of it...don't depend on me so much like the other classes...

then I asked them,

"ok, siapa dapat apa maksud geese?"

one of the front seater replied fastly (they always compete to see who answer first)

"lihat"

I looked at him trying to guess what word he was actually looking at

"apa hal la maksud geese = lihat"

I took his dictionary and searched for the word...

...

geese lihat goose

the next thing that I could remember...I was banging my head onto the wall...

no wonder every time they asked me the meaning of a word and when I told them to look for it in the dictionary, they gave me funny answers...

one month before the big day

It is precisely one month before the big day...hmm...couldn't really say that I'm excited or anxious...the preparations for the wedding are still going on smoothly...

I got lots of questions from some of my colleagues like 'apa perasaan dah nak kahwin?' or 'dah bersedia ke nak jadi laki orang?' and many more...to tell you the truth, I'm not ready...

Think about it, can you really be ready or prepare for something no matter if it is a small thing or big...in reality - nobody can...there is a friend of mine who told me that she doesn't want to get married just yet because she is not ready to be a wife to someone...come on, you can never be ready for anything...let say you are going to die any moments now...when the angel of death come to take your soul, can you say things like “can you give me like one more year, there's so much that I haven't achieve in my life” or “can you come back later coz I have done lots of bad things, therefore I want to seek forgiveness first”

In the end, you can never really be prepared for anything...when the time comes, you will have to face it whether you are ready or not...as for me now, I am nervous...just thinking about what will happen, the responsibility that will be on my shoulder as well as all sorts of thing a man should do, deliver and take care of once he becomes a leader of his own family...my knowledge is limited...but I’m going to learn to give my very best as a good husband and dad for my loved ones...

p/s - just a quick announcement, many of you did ask when will be the reception in Terengganu...just want to inform you that there will be NO reception in my hometown...after lots of discussion with my family, we've decided to have only one at Asmah's house in Kota Kinabalu which will be held next month in June...so sorry for any inconvenience...