Guru Oh Guru - Selamat Hari Pendidik

Guru Oh Guru

Dialah pemberi paling setia
Tiap akar ilmu adalah miliknya
Pelita and lampu segala
Untuk manusia sebelum dewasa

Dialah ibu dialah bapa juga sahabat
Alur kesetiaan 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 berbicara
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

Dimana-mana dia berdiri di muka muridnya
Di sebuah sekolah mewah di Ibu Kota
Di bangunan tua sekolah Hulu Terengganu
Dia adalah guru mewakili 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

Allahyarham Dato' Dr Usman Awang
Buku Antologi puisi Guru Oh Guru yang diselenggara oleh Zam Ismail terbitan DBP, Kl 1989

Sleepy..................

oooo how I wished I can be like this kitten.... bestnya kalau boleh duk rumah and tidur.....

Same like Kak RosyRose, I'd also like to wish all mothers Happy Mother's Day.

Happy Mother's Day

A batik painting by Chuah Thean Teng.*

Got it from here ( I have read this before, I think it came int my email):

My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION...
"Just wait until your father gets home."

My Mother taught me about RECEIVING....
"You are going to get it when we get home!"

My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE...
"What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you! Don't talk back to me!"

My Mother taught me LOGIC...
"If you fall out off that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

My mother taught me more LOGIC...
"Because I said so, that's why."

My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE...
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."

My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD...
"If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job."

My Mother taught me HUMOR...
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT...
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

My Mother taught me about GENETICS...
"You're just like your father."

My Mother taught me about my ROOTS...
"Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE...
"When you get to be my age, you will understand."

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE...
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

My mother taught me RELIGION...
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL...
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

My mother taught me FORESIGHT...
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

My mother taught me IRONY...
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS...
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM....
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

My mother taught me about STAMINA...
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

My mother taught me about WEATHER...
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY...
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE...
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION...
"Stop acting like your father!"

My mother taught me about ENVY...
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

My mother taught me ESP...
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

And last but not least...

My Mother taught me about JUSTICE...
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you....Then you'll see what it's like!"
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* The artworks of Datuk Chuah Thean Teng and his family cab seen at the Yahong Art Gallery, 58-D Batu Feringghi, Penang. Call 04-8811251. (source from NST, 12 May 2008)

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