A Picture which really i love the most...

20th May 1993... A day all of us were excited as tadika kids due to photography session that the tadika organized. I was basically in my own world due to my speech was slow and all i could utter was basically simple words... Used to dream alot i say =P. Most students were trying their best to give the best smile... I used to remember there was a girl wanted to make up that time.... lol!!! Memories....
At 1st, We were told to stand and some of them to be squat down... I as usual was standing beside a guy name Rajiv *SEE I STILL REMEMBER MY TADIKA MATES!!!* and the guy just stand few feet away and said "Okie students, I'm gonna take a shot... Don't close ur eyes kaayyyy!!!"
Most of the students were smiling and giving their best pose during the class pic except for me... i was like... Okie i'm under the sun and the sun is glaring at me... how am i suppose to give the best of me.... The Photographer snapped and the pic turned out well...
Next session was like a student with the class teacher. I remember i was almost the last one to take a pic and then came to my turn to take a picture... I still remember her(teacher) name... Her name was Ms Tina. That time i would say she was around 20+ i say due to her young age.. and we took a shot.
When the pictures were washed and being given out, my classmates were excited and i dunno how many pictures did the teach wrote a note behind each picture being taken...
I'm sure not many of you have actually know my childhood stories... My tadika hood was a lil sad as my parents thought i couldn't sing... couldn't talk... and they thought i couldn't hear.... went for so many speech therapy... But the beauty is that... this teacher knew i could do it... She really took the effort to spend more time understanding about my psychology and stuff. She kept on observing me to make me to improve in terms of speech. She pampered me so much as i always remember... Her smile was the thing i always love.
I was able to sing some nursery rhymes and was able to catch up some stuff in that particular year but my parents didn't knew wat was actually happening in school and on concert day, my teacher gave them a shock whereby she told them that i will be doing a solo singing on stage.. I still remember that moments as my mom was damn worried cuz she thinks that teacher is joking but my teacher told my mom one thing " your son has improve much from the 1st day i knew him". Then came to a time where they brought me out... I was asked to perform twinkle twinkle infront of estimated crowd of 700 people.... When i sang, there is where my mom, dad and brother was shocked of their lives... I knew my mom was crying for real.... and after the performance... hahahahah!!!! the amount of hugs and kisses i got from my family was awesome lah.... All my parents knew was... i used to play with this car and i won't say anything until i'm hungry or something else...
Oh yeah... that ran off track!!!! Back to the photography thing... She wrote a lil note behind the pic which i knew all this time but won't be bothered to read it... Until today when i was driving around and i suddenly thought about her... I went to my old pic albums and looked for the pic... There i found it and man!!!!! i was freaking small!!!! Turned the photo and read the note which stated as below
"Kallen,
Work hard and always tell yourself that you can do it! There is nothing a man cannot do if he puts his mind to it. Take Care of yourself....
Love Cikgu Tina"
When i read those words... I cried!!! Honestly i cried!!! I'm not ashamed of that statement... she knew who i was...and what i was capable off... She knew that i could do the same things as other kids just that she knew i was a lil slow.. But today.. i look at myself, as a person who is currently having a degree and also working as a supervisor in a hotel. Leading other staff to be a better staff.
I seriously wanna meet her once more to cry on her shoulders that i'm the student which you didn't give up on... and you knew i had something in me.... but the question is????? Where is she now lord!!!! I wanna see her once again and talk to her... All i wish is that... CikguTina (Syamswiatina Hj Ishak) i wanna see you real bad!!!!