Happy Teacher's Day

One fine morning, there was one little girl who whining her father for a bunch of flowers to be given to her teacher.  It was a teachers day and she want to give the flowers to her classroom teacher as everybody in the class were intended to do so.  However, father refused to buy because it was not their family's customs to celebrate any event by giving flowers and moreover a bunch of beautiful flowers of the florist at that time was a bit costly. 


But the girl insisted to have them and was about to cry when suddenly father came out with this one brilliant idea.  He took a cutter and disappeared out of the house.  He came back later with a bunch of bougainvillea in his hand. He then took a secondhand ribbon out of nowhere and tied it at the base of the stem.  It was perfectly done, he handed to his daughter, smiling.  the girl anyhow didn't feel satisfied because after all she just want the one that from the florist.  


when the teacher came, everybody gave the flowers and she was hesitated to do so at first as hers was seems a little odd than others.  But teacher was very happy to have it in fact she said that it was so creative and adorable.  


that is 27 years ago, the teacher's name is Teacher Janet, a classroom teacher of standard 1 in one school somewhere in Johor, the father is still being little girl's hero and the little girl is ME.
happy teacher's day!

bougainvillea (image from Google.com)

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Berburu ke padang datar,

Dapat rusa belang kaki;

Berguru kepalang ajar,

Ibarat bunga kembang tak jadi.

Dialah pemberi paling setia

Tiap akar ilmu miliknya

Pelita dan lampu segala

Untuk manusia sebelum menjadi dewasa.

Dialah ibu dialah bapa juga sahabat

Alur kesetlaan mengalirkan nasihat

Pemimpin yang ditauliahkan segala umat

Seribu tahun katanya menjadi hikmat.

Jika hari ini seorang Perdana Menteri berkuasa

Jika hari ini seorang Raja menaiki takhta

Jika hari ini seorang Presiden sebuah negara

Jika hari ini seorang ulama yang mulia

Jika hari ini seorang peguam menang bicara

Jika hari ini seorang penulis terkemuka

Jika hari ini siapa saja menjadi dewasa;

Sejarahnya dimulakan oleh seorang guru biasa

Dengan lembut sabarnya mengajar tulis-baca.

Di mana-mana dia berdiri di muka muridnya

Di sebuah sekolah mewah di lbu Kota

Di bangunan tua sekolah Hulu Terengganu

Dia adalah guru mewakill seribu buku;

Semakin terpencil duduknya di ceruk desa

Semakin bererti tugasnya kepada negara.

Jadilah apa pun pada akhir kehidupanmu, guruku

Budi yang diapungkan di dulang ilmu

Panggilan keramat "cikgu" kekal terpahat

Menjadi kenangan ke akhir hayat.

Usman Awang

1979