the MOMENT (T2W1)

Wei Ming tilted his head to the left as he tried to comprehend what his English teacher was doing. His teacher waved his hands all over the whiteboard as he started to talk in a preaching manner.

“You shall remember this moment! You will remember me talking to you about respect. You will remember black sheeps. Look at the lights! Look at who you are sitting with…”

Immediately, Wei Ming took notice of his surroundings. He looked at the person sitting next to him. He was obviously not supposed to sit there. He had changed place. He looked at the lights. One of them had blown and was still not fixed yet…for 1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days. That was how particular Wei Ming was about dates and time. The sunlight was so strong. It seemed that the lights were unnecessay. “It has been like that for 2 hours, 32 minutes and 23…wait…24 seconds”  pondered Wei Ming, quietly.

“Then look at the scenary outside! See the skies! Remember the clouds! Its shapes! Look at the trees! Remember it in full bloom, with leaves!” The teacher stopped right there. He looked out of the windows for a moment, then said “On second thought, remember it to be bare! Look outside! Remember!!”

Wei Ming stared at the baby blue skies. Cotton white clouds lumbered across the sky. To Wei Ming, the clouds all look like…clocks?

“Remember this MOMENT! You shall remember it FOREVER!!! FOREVER!!! It is my supplication to you that you will remember respect! Remember ME indoctrinating the class! Remember ME standing here, hoping that I will be able to nurture you…” Now, the teacher was moving his hands in an exaggerated manner, as if something big is about to happen. Sounds of muffled giggling could be heard.

“REMEMBER THIS MOMENT!”

“errr…class dismissed.”

Wei Ming, walked out of the class, starting to believe his English teacher was a scion of some religious priest or something. He turned to his friend and said:

Did you hear what he said?

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