Thursday, January 19, 2006
Reminisces
The environment is changing again. The old building and streets you knew have changed. The people whom you meet before have changed. Reminiscing about the past brings us back to the days before the evolution of the people and places around us.
I took the usual walk from home to school the same way I did since I walked into NY; before the new basketball court was built. It was like opening up a time capsule, revealing the past I've encountered which is now left as wonderful memories. Strolled around the school hoping to see old faces; old friends, old teachers. Had a short meeting with Mr Tan in the canteen, but the conversation didn't last for longer than photocopying a set of Mass Spectrometry notes. Paid a visit to the fishball noodle auntie. She insisted that she treat me, but I still paid her. Can't ask for more cause she had add all the 'liao' and it's like 'ji bu' one! While waiting to be serve, a notice struck my eyes. "No buying of food duing 7:00 am to 8:00 am." This is to prevent students from eating during their first lesson. Now I really believe that the new principal is strict. Can even get expulsion with 6 times of latecomings! Anyway, it's good to eat the noodle again after about 3 months, but the fishball sure is salty!
Got continously bumped into CO teachers. First was Mrs Wong then Mrs Lee then Mrs Liu Fang. It's uncanny that they said the same things. "Did you know that CNY we are going to Mac Ritchie in conjunction with X-country?" "Come back and help the CO lah!" etc... Maybe I'll come back. But they seem to have enough people.
Just when the CO teachers and I were in our conversation which seems more like a business conversation, Mr Ng walked out from the staffroom with his usual quick pace. Chatted with him at the open area outside the staffroom. Talked about the situation of 04S3A people now. He was quite flabbergasted when I said I was still on my job hunt! Until it started to rain, we walked to the hall. [actually he was supposed to go for assembly!] "Better make my face appear there!" That's what I say as a responsible teacher with a sense of slackness! Then we left the hall after finding it a boring session, back to the staffroom study area. Chatted about life after 'A's. How boring can it be by rotting at home without anything to do. Chatted about life in the Army. Recollecting and telling his acnedotes during his Army days. Also, chatted about life after Army; living a new phase in the education system in University and the future outlooks. Also chatted about his new phase of teaching career in RJ; leaving the MOE, being a private teacher.[must treat us,yea?]
Ms Chiew walked past us twice. Met her in the canteen after that but she looked busy. So, didn't chat much.
Visited CO. More people now with the new influx of the J1 batch. Yea, they can walk.
The influx of new teachers also made the environment of NY to change quite drastically. Felt abit estranged in it. But then seeing the LT4 study area flashback flooded my mind. From the heavily rainy study days to the hot and humid study days. All these lessened the hostility.
Hope next time I would walk out that school again happy.
cya
DSZeng scribbled this at 2:06 AM
