My childhood memories 2

INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS TUN HUSSEIN
ONN BATU PAHAT, JOHOR

Assignment Title : GEEC1052 Effective Communication in English

NAME : AINUR SYASYA TIHANI BINTI AHMAD NAZLI
INDEX NUMBER : 2021292310032
OPTION : BAHASA MELAYU SK
INTAKE : JUN 2021
COURSE CODE : GEEC1052
COURSE NAME : EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
LECTURER : PUAN SUMATI A/P MUNIANDY
DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DATE OF SUBMISSION : 30 NOVEMBER 2021
SIGNATURE :

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Student Signature :
Date: 30 NOVEMBER 2021

I would like to express my gratitude to those who helps me a lot from beginning. The special
thank to the my lecturer madam name Madam Sumathi A/P Muniandy who helps me a lot to
finish this e book. Without her support, I may not able to finish the e book. With Madam
support, the process to finish this e book went out smoothly.

In addition, I would like to thank my friends who teach me a lot about this. Besides, the senior
also teach me and guide me until the e book finish successfully.



It was 13 years ago when I was 5 years old. I
live in a small town surrounded by hills named
Paloh, Gua Musang. Every time I see the hills, it
makes me remember my childhood hometown.
The town was small that only have a police
station, schools, homes and a few shops. As
both of our parents was teacher, I lived at the
teacher’s quarters.

When I back from school at 12 p.m, I will
go to my parent’s school. I have friend name
Munirah. Munirah’s parents are also teachers.
As our parents still had work to do, Munirah
and I played together around the school. Both
of us played hide and seek, hopscotch and so
on. It was great to be friend with her.

One day, both of our parents had a
meeting and forgot to take us at the kindergarten. So, Munirah and I decided to go by our own.
As Paloh has a lot of bushes, we need to be careful. Our home only took 5 minutes from
kindergarten. On the way back home, we stopped at the goat shed. The goat shed belongs to
Uncle Amran that was my father’s friend. The goat’s smell was very stinky. I was still a child
at that time. I still remember vividly when Munirah and I touched the goat dung because we
think it was cute. As we arrived at our parent’s school, both of our mothers were shocked
because saw mud at our shoes. But they just kept quiet because maybe they knew it was their
fault.

Munirah is a caring and sweetest person that I ever
know. The other day, we played cooking together in the
evening. We picked the banana leaf to wrap up the sand
that replaces the rice. When Munirah and I were busy
picking the leaf, I fell on the harsh sand. “ Syasyaaaa!! “, I
still remember clearly how shocked Munirah was at that
time. Both of us worried that our parents scolded us later.
Munirah quickly took the leaf and wrapped my knee. She
washed the wound to make sure it will not bleed anymore. How scared both of us that time.
But, by having Munirah with me, I felt not panic anymore.

Munirah holds me on the way back home. She cares about me at that time. Even she was
still a child, but she took care of me in a mature way. She knew how to stop the bleeding and
let my wound dry first before she wrapped the wound. Both of us laughed because we thought
that our mothers will scold us at that time but our mothers just took a long breath. Maybe they
knew how stubborn we were.

When my family went out for dinner, my father told us that they got a chance to go to a
better school. I was crying immediately at that time in the restaurant. I cannot believe that I
will leave her soon. My mother said that I can find another friend at the new school. But little
did they know how I felt because Munirah is a special friend to me. I just felt sad the entire
night and I know this is the end of our friendship.

At the kindergarten, I told Munirah about it. I felt guilty at first but Munirah was so
supportive because she said I can get a new friend at the new school. Munirah and I went to
eat together and study together as it was my last day at the kindergarten. I still keep the note
that Munirah gave me at the end of the day. She wrote, “ Syasya and Munirah, forever together
“.

It was the last day I was at Paloh. I visited
Munirah at her home. Both of us hugged and cried.
Munirah always said “ it’s okay “ to me. It was the
last time I saw her. When I entered my new class, I
felt so strange because I cannot find a friend that just
like Munirah at that school. It took weeks for me to
get used to the new environment. Now, both of us
had dreams to achieve and became successful people. After 5 years, I visited Paloh again.
There is so much differences. The town is more advanced than before. I felt sad because
Munirah has moved a year after me. Septimus (2021) said part of growing up is understanding
friendships come to an end naturally sometimes. It’s never personal or ‘beef’, we just outgrew
each other.

REFERENCE

Daily SMS Collection. (2018, March 3). Top 100 Heart Touching Friendship Quotes Sayings.
https://collection4829.rssing.com/chan-60879259/all_p34.html

Septimus Prime [@septimusajprime]. (2021, November 2). Part of growing up is
understanding friendships come to an end naturally sometimes. It’s never
personal or ‘beef’, we just outgrew each other [Tweet]. Twitter.
https://twitter.com/septimusajprime/status/1454913218946732034