The Teachers in My Life

I am putting their names here so that I will never forget.

Di Kampung
1. My Parents: They worked so hard for us. My Mother: who taught me the Tajwid very early in my life. My Late Father: who taught me kindness and compassion towards others.
2. Guru Mukhti : My Quran teacher. My father’s best friend.
3. (Arwah) Pak Ngangah Abd Majid: He gave me money for every correct spelling.

Di Sekolah Rendah Stella Maris, Tanjung Aru, KK.
4. Miss Bibi Gill: My class teacher in primary school. She called and gave my father the only application form to MRSM for me.
5. Miss Bibi’s father: He taught me the difference between: “Can I…?” and “May I…?”

Di MRSM Kuantan
6. Cikgu Ramli: MRSM Kuantan’s first Pengetua and my first Math teacher. He still remembers my name to this day. Thank you, Sir!
7. Cikgu Shahbudin (History) & (Arwah) Puan Rahmah (BM) – husband and wife.
8. Cikgu Nik (BM teacher) – a kind person.
9. (Arwah) Cikgu Junaidah (BM) – I remember her strong voice.
10. (Arwah) Cikgu Jamal (Art) – Serious but kindhearted. He helped me and my friends build a model house for our science project.
11. Cikgu Ramli (Sejarah) – Sir, your dictations were out of this world!
12. Miss Christine (English) – Cikgu Ramli’s buddy
13. Cikgu Idham (Geografi) – peta, peta, peta
14. Cikgu Fadhil (Geografi)
15. Cikgu Hussein (Sejarah)
16. Ustaz Yusof & Ustazah Latifah – cute couple.
17. Ustaz Yusof (1) – He taught me how to do my Solat 5 waktu.
18. Ustaz Wan Yusof (3)
19. Mr Wong Kok Ming (Math) – One of my favorite teachers. “Tell Laura I Love Her”. Basketball coach.
20. Cikgu Ridwan (Math) – gave me a big hamper when I was sick with chicken pox.
21. Cikgu Stephen Ambrose (English) – Your hair sir, I like…
22. Mr Liew (Math)
23. Mr Ho (Math) – “Siapa itu M. Teng?”
24. Ciku Borhan (Add Math) – Minta maaf cikgu kami suka bully Cikgu.
25. Cikgu Zakaria (BM) – my favorite teacher. He tried teaching me and Roy tennis but we were too lazy. Tak apa cikgu, at least jadi linesman MRSM vs SMS pun ok juga.
26. Cikgu Zamri (Sains/Chemistry) – Terima kasih cikgu kerana masih ingat nama saya.
27. Cikgu Rodzo (Biologi) – Incredible memory, brilliant teacher! Datang kelas bawa kapur sebatang sahaja.
28. Cikgu Razali (Biologi) – Ekspidisi Kelas Neon ke Bukit Pelindung.
29. Cikgu Kamarudin (Fizik) – sekarang Prof Dr. Many times I failed in Physics. Mujur SPM lulus.
30. Cikgu Dolah (Muzik) – He taught us the guitar and the recorder, and let us plan our own stage production. You rock, Cikgu!
31. Cikgu Faizah (Librarian) -- We know the Dewey decimals because of you. “Awak jangan bagi saya naik minyak!”
32. Cikgu Yusof Fembot (Fizik) – hockey coach. Warden.
33. Cikgu Shah (Sukan) – taught us swimming. Volleyball coach.
34. Cikgu Yusof (Biologi) – a.k.a Cikgu Montel. Never taught me but one of the most popular teachers. Mesti masuk senarai.
35. Cikgu Zaleha , Mrs Yusof Montel (Biologi) – my homeroom teacher 1
36. Cikgu Jalail (Sukan) – Homeroom teacher 2
37. Cikgu Vanaja (English) -- I caught you with wine-filled chocolates.
38. Cikgu Jambu (Geog) (tak ingat nama sebenar), Cikgu Roslan, Cikgu Halim, Mr Khoo, Mr Peter Ng (Eng), Cikgu Ghazali (Chem), Cikgu Shukor Ain (Math), Cikgu Shimah (Chem), Cikgu Samy (Mod Math), Cikgu Fariza, Cikgu Zain, Mr Micheal Tan.
39. Cikgu Ejam (Chem) - I cannot recall this particular teacher’s face, kenapa ya?

Di Tempat Kerja Dulu
40. Ustaz Ismail (Cek Wei) – Guru Quran saya. A unique way of teaching. Ajarannya melekat dalam otak saya sampai sekarang.

Sekarang
41. Puan Sifu – Puan Ainon Mohd. My mentor.

Ya Allah, Engkau lindungi dan berkati guru-guru saya di atas jasa mereka mendidik kami menjadi manusia di atas muka bumi ini.

AlFatihah. Kita sedekahkah kepada guru-guru saya yang telah kembali ke Rahmatullah. Semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh mereka.