Teachers and Nasi Bungkus

 

Nasi bungkus. I love nasi bungkus. Nothing is more

delicious than having all the right and rich delicacies

wrapped together. With infused aroma and the mashing

of kuah, it becomes apparent why Malaysia is a food 

heaven and why my waistline keeps expanding duh 

Now if you've read newspaper lately, there's a debacle

that teachers who went on courses are given nasi bungkus

as opposed to ala carte/or buffet. And according to reports,

NUTP is concerned about this. It is as if teachers are

substandard government officers.

Honestly, I don't know what they serve the other government 

officers because I never went to that territory. But I heard the 

budget allocated this year for education ministry is so bad that

there are teachers who have to buy their own food instead of

even nasi bungkus when they go for courses!

Some people say we(teachers) are ungrateful. When people out

there are suffering from  unemployment, retrenchement,

no bonuses bla bla bla...teachers are complaining even when they

are given free food... teachers should understand and serve serve

serve serve serve serve lol

As a teacher who experienced this, I say, yes, it's terrible.

We got nasi, a piece of chicken and one veggie dish.

But it's not much different than the buffet or ala-carte. Please,

don't imagine when they say buffet or ala-carte for teachers it 

means we got like 9 dishes of meat to choose from. NEVER.

Buffet usually means rice, 1 piece of chicken and 1 piece of

fish, 1 veggie dish, condiments(like budu/cincalok/belacan)

ulam and some cheap colourful fruit( usually the cheapest

like watermelons and papayas. NEVER apples/pears/bananas

kiwis/peach/grapes lol)

Now, are we still a demanding lot? Isn't that what the teachers 

eat at the school canteen? And when we go  for a course, which

is so far, with no claim on travelling expenses, we expect good or 

standard food at least. We left the school with so many unfinished 

work because of the course and we will have to make up and find 

time to do it all, and still they give us substandard food. And 

EVERBODY KNOWS that teachers are paid dirt cheap salary.

Plus, WE DO EAT nasi bungkus a lot. It's just that we have not been

complaining. I've gone to HKSBP 5 times and 5 times for the

northern zone and everytime we get nasi bungkus. That's not

counting other events that I couldn't remember because it's not a big

deal. But giving us that substandard food during courses is bad.

Heck, anything substandard is bad. Period. Would you like

substandard teaching from us?