Tuesday, June 24, 2008 / 2:16 PM
"It's exciting!", she felt that rush of adrenaline pumping through her veins, as she hurried to the next class. At the back of her mind, she quickly ran through the people she just got to know. There was Mr Koh, nonchalant and obviously the star student in English, and Mr Beauford Tan, wondering what transpired behind his name. As though a reporter at the gallery of stars, she struggled to put more faces to the new names, Mr Jordan Quek, and Mr Garner, who called her Mrs Lim. At that, a small smile crept to her face, remembering his sheepishness.
Pink and rosy cheeked Klinnsman, naughty, playful, but has yet to determine his abilities. Chatty, responsive Mr Dion Lim, right beside, who protested when she first made the mistake of leaving him out of her group. There was skinny Roy and Farid, who wrote more than they spoke, and Shahendra and Zul, competitive, active, bubbly, just the kind she welcomed in her classes. :)
Next to the boys the girls were sweet, decorating their self introduction sheet, deep in thought about how they should present themselves. What personalities suit them? What do they usually do? Some sigh in dismal, realizing that with a new teacher, it means another round of getting to know another stranger better. The teacher in front could only wonder, who gets the worser deal here? Not always the teacher, after all.
The class took a silent turn, after the initial hankering over who to sit where, the students quietened down, much to her delight. As she paced steadily from table to table, she felt her shoulders relax, and a small sense of jubilation erupt in the darkest of her mind. The last period of the day. She savoured that very moment of realization.
The Girl Inside
Michelle,
seeking the best in her, yet looking at her best days unfolding right before her at the same time.
contact her at: inspiremydance@hotmail.com
"It's not how hard you fall, but how hard you fight back."
Look at the stars, and not the reflection of the moon.
~endless time in the studio
~more cuppa time with dearlings
~travel more places
~dressing up
~getting that diver's license by 2009
