I met up with another bunch of my students today for lunch... interesting to observe the way they communicate. Haha. Then spent some time at the arcade with them before heading home to rest a while before starting work again.

Yeah. I treated them on both instances.

So that means I'll be feeding on more instant noodles for the next two months or so. Hahahaha...

I figured that most of them, if not all, come from families that are definitely much well off than mine.. many more times I guess.

One of them messaged me last week and thanked me, curious still as to why I would do such a thing even though they haven't exactly achieved anything extraordinary that's worth the treat. Well... I guess it's true to some extent that we are getting sanitized by the meritocratic system that we're living in.

That we get rewarded when we achieve.

That we strive hard to achieve in order to get something.

I personally have learnt how to give because I've been given... by Him, through a lot of people... especially him. This dear brother whom God brought into my life some years back showed me just how a person can give of himself, his resources, time, energy... for people, things that on the surface do not warrant that kind of treatment... and for one, someone like myself.

And it is through this constant giving by him and many others, the inpouring of themselves and their resources into my life, that I've learnt to do likewise unto others. It is through this constant inpouring that I find myself spurred on to journey on and progress... and for those students, I'll hope that they'll be encouraged to fare better next year. There's an unwritten clause that they'll have to shave off 0.25 from their current mean grade for their first term results next year... shall see how they'll fare. Hur.

And as to why these two classes... well. Every year through my interactions with the several classes, there'll be some people in some classes whom I'll be able to communicate with beyond that teacher-student line... and after which it kind of translates to the entire class somehow. Not that they're receiving preferential treatment from the other classes that I've taught. :)

Heh... It's been years since I last played Daytona. Not bad that I'd actually came in first in one of the sets okay. Don't play play!

And yeah. I'm serious about the instant noodles bit. Just bought another two packets of Koka. :P