Ramblings.

This week has been quite a spooky one in sleepy Sook.

It seems like "Casper" had decided to pay a visit to Sook by following one of our student and one colleague of ours home after camping. It created havoc and stirred up a manic fear among us, me included. When it comes to the paranormal experience, I confess that I am quite a guntalau (penakut) sometimes. At times I can be quite the skeptic because I do believe that sometimes people pretended to be in hysterics just to seek attention. In our case, it was real. I crossed paths with the affected colleague - he looked so troubled. Eyes were red, face were red and he looked so tired. He told me he was "attacked" again last night. It hit me that there are some things 'beyond' our naked eye and what our mind can perceive. To comfort him, me and several colleagues told him to (1) get holy water, (2) get prayed over or deliverance prayer, (3) pray to St. Michael, the Archangel and (4) pray the Rosary. He went back to his hometown after that, hopefully he'll be all right (Amen!)

After Casper's escapades, I'm inundated by never ending paperwork. I think, despite my attempt of becoming a tree hugger, I have used almost 3 reams of paper in the time span of 2 months. There're exam questions to construct, forms to print, analyses of all-sorts to do...the fun never ends. 

Well, not all happenings in school were bad. This morning, I decided to let my hair down and wore a hairband ala Blair Waldorf. As I walk briskly at the corridors, one of my Form Three students went out of his class and flashed me a smile. 

"Morning, teacher..." he said as he gave me a toothy laugh.

"Yaaa...morning! Apa ko bikin di luar kelas ni...mau minta kena marah ka?" I replied.

"Nda, teacher. Teacher cantik bah ini hari, tulah sia sengaja keluar2 mau tingu teacher," he said.

"Beiii...mikiroyou ni budak...pi masuk kelas!"I told him.

Well, I had to put on my strict-and-cool mask to increase my classroom cred. Nonetheless, I do enjoy the compliments from my students. 

Yuiiiiiii......

Have a great week!