Straight to the point here. I’m shocked and upset! Very upset. Someone happened to ask me am I studying and how many years. So I answered six years. He then said "Jadi ape? Doktor ek? kat mane?" I answered no, before I can finish, as if with the greatest confidence as the sun will always rise in the east he said "Oh Engineer". Now that my breaking point. I looked directly in his eyes with, with my teeth clenched as if bittered hatred has fell before me "Tak! Cikgu..Cikgu Bahasa Inggeris, in a bit angry voice. "Oh" he not dared to say a word anymore. I’m sure this happened to most of you IPBArians when people first heard of what you are doing. Uii 6 tahun, macam doktor la pulak!
    I’m used to it too, but personally I felt as if it is an insult (sorry guys, but in this blog i feel free to express my feelings and I’m not associating it with anyone). When I answered back ‘Cikgu Bahasa Inggeris’ I do it with the utmost pride in my heart, that I can be somebody and I’m doing something great. Just look at the common Malaysians English (esp Malays), you’ll understand. I’ve seen this during SBE so I dare  to say it. If I can make those lads utter a sentence in English, my God! as if they are a totally new person.
    Please, please, please!Help to change the society mentality towards teachers. Sure we are not paid as much as doctors and engineers, but we played a role in developing the core this nation, it’s manpower! Docs out there helped to maintain it in healthy state and Engineers build the infrastructure for it to operate. So it starts with us actually (now I don’t want a debate bout docs take care of childbirth, engineers build houses..so on and so on).
    Now I’m not having grudges against my engineers and doctors friends(wajdi, ali, adli, arif n most of my MRSM school mates). I do not envy you guys for being what you are. But its not only u guys that studied hard and for a long period of time, us teachers too. Sure we English teachers do not have to calculate much, but theres a lot of theories to remember, lots of books to read, a lot of psychological use of the mind because humans are unpredictable machine. Our patients do not die when we make mistakes, it carries our mistakes thus it lives on long after we are gone.
So please, being a teacher as not as easy as it sounds like and give some respect for teachers too..not " Eleh jadi cikgu je, ape kelas"
    Comments are welcomed…

    My mum was watching this Malay drama, I happened to be in the kitchen (where the TV is) for a cup of coffee. There was a sad scene, typical of Malay dramas. What interesting was the background music, a sad melody. I seems to recognized from somewhere. Its a not a popular song, i’m sure of that. Thus I listen closely..
    Oh my God! Its the Hatikvah! The National Anthem of Israel!..how could this be? Probably the most undesirable nation to almost all Malaysian but theres a Malay drama here playing the melody.
    Weirdly..The Hatikvah (Hope in English) is sad, sad anthem. The tune is slow n melancholic..makes you want to cry. Probably the Israelis are yearning to tell the people of the world how they have suffered for thousands of years, being slaves n kick out from their long gone promised land. Probably the want the world to sympathize them. Maybe thats the reason for the sad tune anthem.
    Anyway, what puzzled me was does the people involved in making the drama do not realize they are using the Israeli anthem?..Hmm. There’s always Youtube if u guys want to listen to it..Taa.