Jade

Part 3 - First encounter

The holidays passed by pretty fast. I enjoyed myself on an island. Recharging my energy within nature is my thing. Sadly, i couldnt find my Jade.

Life continues anyways...

And not to mention, school life too. Hahaha

'Ahh i miss my kids..' -

I look at my phone and check my wechat text, a text from my year 3 kids. Yeah, the perks of having high tech savvy kids. U received lots of pictures and text from the children.

'Teacher, how's your holiday? I miss you! Can't wait to see you tomorrow' -Ayden

'Mine was great! How bout you? Ok, c u tomorrow Ayden!'

'My dad brought me to the newly open shopping mall!!it was fun! Here's my picture' -Ayden

I smiled as i saw the picture.. I envy them. How they can find happiness through little things,how innocent a kid can be and on the contrary, how corrupted adult is.

I switch off my table lamp and recharge my phone. I'm happy just thinking of tomorrow!

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**At school....

As i pulled my car to park, i can see my kids started to wave at me and jumping happily.

I open my door and get down from my car.

'Morning kids!'

'Teacher!!!! Morning!!!we miss u!!'

I walk to them and patted their head..

'Hahaha are you sure you miss me? Have you finished my homework?

'Oops! Hahaha done miss El!'

'Haha good then. See you later..i need to go to the office'

I waved them good bye and continue walking to the office to punch my attendance card. The office is on the second floor and as i walk,i continue to greet and smile at everyone on the corridor.

Hey,we need to start our day happily right?no more Monday blues. I'm all orangy today. Hahaha

I went up and punch my card. As i was walking down, a gardener greeted me and was casually talking about the weather with me.

'Morning teacher, its been rainy this day aite?'

'Morning Pak Ali, yeah seems so too. Its ok, its a bless considering the haze we are having.. see u later Pak Ali. Have a great day!'

'Pak' or 'pakcik' refers to someone older that may be around 40 to 50 years of age.in english, it is similar to uncle. Here we called strangers as pak/pakcik. Pak Ali is a nice guy. He is a bit plumpy and always wear a morning towel on his shoulder. He always look tired but at the same time, he is very friendly.

'Haha true.. ok teacher. Be careful,its slippery down the stairs.'

I giggled and carefully take my steps down considering i'm wearing heels n princess-cut skirt today. I was busy looking down at the steps when suddenly, someone greeted me.