The last time I been to a tutor’s house is 2 years ago. I went to Mrs. Yeo’s place. I have to, since my mother paid her good money to teach me English. Today, I went to my class tutor – Mrs. Koh’s place. She lives in the same condominium as my uncle. What a coincidence. She lives in the same apartment number as my uncle too. What a coincidence. Did I mention she knows my uncle too?
The class met at Bukit Batok MRT Station at 11, well, supposedly. Blame it on the cursed alarm clock perhaps? The self-appointed chairperson decided the meeting time to be 11 and announced the 10 minutes grace period. I believe everyone reset the meeting times to the new time slot – 10 minutes after 11. You can’t change it, it’s in our heritage.
The self-appointed great one looks at around and asked we should leave. I looked around and told her we ought to wait a little while more. Her highness looked back with a smile. Not a Mona Lisa smile, it’s a Monica Lewinsky smile, a smile that seems to be suggesting, “I’ll get you good”.
I am seldom late and since I live with walking distance to the MRT Station, I better not be. The late-comers did arrive in the end. The chairwoman, may God bless the Queen, moved off promptly. We reached Mrs. Koh’s place and surrendered our Mandarin oranges to secure an entry ticket to her rather-small apartment.
Mee Siam, something like “spicy vermicelli”, was served for lunch.Mrs. Koh makes a good host, treating us with Roti Prata after Roti Prata. ["Roti Prata" is crispy Indian bread, ideally served hot.] Soon, I was full. I mean, after eating 3 Roti Pratas plus Mee Siam, plus Mee Siam serving 2, who can’t be full. To make matters worse, Mrs. Koh then took out 2 cans of Coke. Shawn, otherwise known as the spokesperson of Coca Cola, took one and Yong Liang passed me the other can.
I think it’s a good trip, it’s been a while since I last gone out on Saturdays. Saturday is my stay-home-and-use-computer day. Just to digress, I’m going to change my life style. Adding more flavor to it, adding more studying to it too. You see I haven’t been studying. Oh, I reached my preferred post length, no need to digress back already. Ciao.
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