
A retired teacher from Serembanโs Tunku Kurshiah College (TKC) was speechless after receiving a brand new car from his students upon his retirement.
Hailing from Seremban, the 58-year-old Ahmad Bidin who taught Additional Mathematics told Malay Mail that the Perodua Aruz he received was a gift that was beyond his imagination.
โTowards the end of my retirement party last Sunday, a video was played showing the interior design of my current car, Perodua Alza.
โThen the video changed showing the interior design of another car and it didnโt hit me that my students were hinting that the gift would be a new car.
โAnd while I was being ushered out of the hall, the Perodua Aruz was right in front of my eyes with a customised number plate โAMD 8521โ.
โThe number plate indicates my name and the years Iโve dedicated to TKC โ from 1985 right up to this year.โ
Ahmad, who has been teaching in TKC for the past 35 years said that the car was a lump sum gift from students in the 1980โs till the 2021 batch.
โMany of my students who were in the 1980โs batch have children who are still studying in TKC.
โIโm thankful and I still canโt wrap my head around this magnificent gift.
โTo my students, thank you so much.โ
Asked about his post-retirement plans, Ahmad Bidin said he wants to spend more time with his family.
โIโve spent more time on my job as a teacher and now I want to be with my family as much as possible,โ he said.
Many took to Twitter to thank the teacher for making Mathematics a subject easy to learn, and for not giving up on his students.