However, the most memorable teacher's day I ever had was in form 5. As usual for teacher's day, we will buy gifts for teachers that taught us or teachers that we loved. So for that year, I told arwah Pak that let's buy something different. So Pak suggested we gave teachers a mango. Not a normal mango, but a big juicy type of mango. I thought it was a good idea. So I wrapped the mango in a nice thick colorful serviette and tied it with a nice ribbon.
At school I gave to all the teachers that taught me that year. I didn't get any feedback from them, so I can't say they like or didn't like that gift. But I do hope they opened it fast or else they will get a spoilt mango.
Anyway, that year, we have a substitute teacher that replaced one of our teacher. He was just out of university and I suspected he took the job just for the sake of money. Coz when he entered the class, nobody was paying any attention to him and he didn't even bother to introduce himself. If you asked my ex schoolmate, nobody seems to remember him. Except me and my best friend. You know why? Coz I have a huge crush on him. I have no idea why, but people say love is blind. Who am I to question what people say. Hehe.
Obviously I have allocated a mango for him. I know it's going to be awkward giving a mango to a teacher and especially that teacher didn't even teach me. This is where the interesting part happened. I was stalking the teacher the whole day trying to find a perfect time to give to him until I saw him eating at the canteen alone. But he was at the teacher's part of the canteen and I didn't have the courage to go to him. At that moment, a junior that I knew walked pass me. Immediately I grabbed him and asked him to pass the mango to that teacher. He a bit naive and clueless so he just did what I asked. From far I saw the teacher was shocked to receive that gift and that clever junior pointed to me when the teacher asked him about the mango. OMG I was so embarrassed and hide behind my best friend and quickly we walked away for that place. As expected, my best friend was teasing me all day about that incident.
But the sad thing is, I didn't get to say goodbye to that teacher. I was contracted with chickenpox and was quarantined at home for a week. And that time, the teacher left the school. My best friend laughed at me when she knew I was sad not because I'll miss school, but because of a teacher.
Looking back, I don't even understand why I can be so silly sometimes. Haha.. Man, the good old days.
