it's the last day of the MSTs, and after my last paper, i'm pleased that i managed to see two groups of people that i have not seen for different amounts of time.
i went down to my work place and saw the afternoon session children(the primary 3s to 6s) for the first time in a while and it was rather flattering to hear them exclaim in delight.
'mr ta's back!'.
no they didn't blame me for being 'busy' and being unable to come down as i had said i would becasuse of school and sometimes, because i was just plain tired. no they didn't ask me why i wasn't around for so long. and yes, for that moment, they were just glad that i was back.
'mr ta's back!' was enough for them.
and i was glad to be back, among those that i had taken an almost-immediate liking to.
but it never fails to amaze me about how children, smart-too smart- as they are, and their actions differ from us older children's. how they are so much more ready to receive one back warmly, no questions asked, even after over a month of absence. that doesn't sound like a lot, true, but it's long, apparently, to some.
what a difference 10 years or so make to us huh.
and i caught up with my old church friends too after that. friends that i haven't met in 2 years.
and it was nice just chatting and catching up.
one of them, a secondary school teacher now, told me that if i were her student, i'd be in trouble because of my long hair.