A Cure For the Lonely Heart

Part 3: Wrapping Up Childhood Memories

                        ..As me & my buddy came to an abrupt stop in front of our towering teacher, My sense of dread grew even more restless. I wished at that very moment I could just disappear off the face of the earth or dig a hole in the ground and climb down into it. As she looked over sternly to each of us in turn, I gulped hard. I knew something was coming. Nothing good of course. Nothing great I was hoping for. My mind went blank and my palms probably sweated  just as much as the continual worries I've had it going within my head. So I stood there like a idiot. Just waiting for it. Holding my bowl against my chest and all, I wasn't very enthralled to show it off nor was I trying to hide it. She gave another look to my buddy, and gave him a "good job" in Chinese (Mandarin), which is our official language as well as Taiwanese. Hopefully that was nothing new to you. Knowing we speak the same language as China do. There are actually two types of Chinese; which is 'Mandarin' & Cantonese. Just so you know - none of us actually have anything to do with speaking Cantonese or writing in Cantonese. Just the first part in Chinese that is actually involved. But anyways, not only that, but we also have many varieties of minor languages spoken and written by other people on the island that are considered side languages - languages we are not required to learn.

                        Alright, back to what happened. Our teacher then looked me over sternly a second time. Which made me almost back away in fear. To my disbelief, She asked kindly to me despite her expression all pointing to disapproval and disappointment in one such as myself for not following orders "Why did you come back without dumping the bowl of leftovers you had before?" translated pretty well in English (you can thank me later haha) I kind of stuttered at this point while shuffling my foot uneasily. When the question arose, it made me realize at long last why I did what I did. I looked right into her eyes and told her the truth spoken from my own belief "I just thought it'd be a waste of food. Even if I couldn't finish it now, I could always finish it later." To my astonishment, From the sternest expression on her face to having her lips formed into a sort of smile, her face also relaxed and told me I did the right thing. That it was a test to see which one of us would understand the value and importance of treasuring every last bit of food you have & never to waste any of it because poverty runs high elsewhere while are the lucky ones that get fed everyday satisfyingly so. In the corner of my eye, I glanced swiftly at my buddy who also wore a surprised shock on his face as much as I have. We couldn't believe what we were hearing. The plot twist was real that it was so hard to comprehend at first. But comprehend my buddy did as our teacher gave me a signal that I am allowed to be dismissed - then looked at him a third time back to the stony face she had once before and told him to "And you. Come with me. We have much to discuss." As the two of them walked back to the main entrance of the building where every kindergartner there is taking their sweet naps by now, I could only stood there dumbfounded for a few seconds, watching my buddy get taken by the hand with a sour look on his face. Right then I knew: that it was not gonna be a happy day for him from there. I was quite happy and proud of myself for passing the test none of us knew about till after we were told. It was at this very moment that I felt free from all the uneasiness felt earlier as well as being trouble minded. Taking my sweet time as I tread softly on my feet with a light weighted heart, I walked back into Kindergarten with the sunlight shining down upon me~

                        Since we're already on the kindergarten topic, why not keep going until we finish? Trust me. It won't be that long as we've covered almost all of it by now - on the main highlights that is. How was I like usually at that age? Well.. All I can say is that I wasn't always well behaved like any other kindergartner boy, I was quite troublesome at times. But when it comes down to it, I wasn't generally considered a bad kid. I do have my fair share of pros & cons. Let's just say that I am pretty shy. Way more than the current me now of course. But when you get to know me, I am more like that energetic hyperactive crazy kid that just goes absolutely bonkers haha. That fact doesn't really change from who I am now. But instead of being the "energetic crazy hyperactive kid" back then - I would totally be considered a weirdo (as many of my friends do call me nowadays) during this time & place. It's not really something you can take offensive of mainly because I know how they still want me around despite all the weird craziness that happens whenever I'm around someone I'm familiar with. So! Back where I was saying before we entered a little bit off topic - I was pretty much just that kid that gets absolutely crazy around friends but when it comes to acquaintances that I'm obviously not very attuned to, I get very shy. Like a totally different kid perhaps. I was also never one to like presentations no matter my age. Yes. Even now, I am absolutely terrified of going up to present to a large crowd of people. But I find the more I age, the less terrified I get of presentations. I think it's got something to do with experience and getting used to. The more experience one has, the more familiar you're towards it. Like one of those sayings "The more you know, the better." Not always the case but it holds the truth to a certain extent I believe.

I plan on making every part about 1k words from now on. Just to keep it short & simple every part so that none of my readers feel like they're reading a dictionary or something haha. Certainly not a good way to entertain my target audience. It also reduces the word load I have every 24 hours upon releasing a part. But yeah I do plan on improving every single one of my writing aspects from here on out as well . So please, please stick around for more reads. I would be happy to serve many more stories for my dear readers :)