Rain

On my way home. I will blog about school today. Because maybe I want to remember today. Week A Tuesdays are a test of 04's perseverance. Full day of lessons (ended off with PE) & only a mere 30 min lunch break. Came to school early for Chinese lesson. You know what I realise everytime I'm in school before 7? I love school in the morning (& at night). When it's all empty and quiet. So serene and peaceful. When the sun has its eyelids drooping open. Yeah. Imagine that. One of the cleaning uncle walks by the seashell every morning and greets us all with a merry ＂早安！＂followed by a thoughtful＂加油加油！＂。
During break at 12 I was the first J1 in the canteen. Again. Skipping the queue all the time.
During PE there were thin dark clouds in the sky. Faint ones. Reluctantly inching towards us. We completed warm ups and were almost about to start our run, when my PE teacher called out to me. He told me to grab my phone and I'll be the pacer for the 5 round run. Sir, why. Why would you even consider that. Probably one of the worse decisions a PE teacher can make, unless he wants the entire class to follow my pace and fail 2.4. I was really worried because being pacer would put a lot of pressure on me. So I was half protesting (coming up with shit excuses) when the lightning alert came on. Blaring loudly. Siren to save my soul. Everyone cheered (me especially) while running back to the grand stand.
When I left school it was pouring. I was so sure u was going to slip and fall so I walked down the slope out of the back gate very carefully, even though my bus was arriving in 3 mins.
While waiting for the bus, there was one other person at the bus stop. A man, probably in his early 20s. He had a short buzz cut and was wearing a baggy pale green polo tee and black shorts. A bicycle lay beside him. He had a mental condition and was standing silently at the side of the bus stop, despite the rain. But when I sat down, he sat beside me. He looked towards my direction while speaking incoherently. Turning around occasionally to address an invisible being. It took me awhile to detect his speech as Chinese. He was saying to his unseen friend "等到雨小了我们才走。＂He kept saying this. Over and over again. I felt that he actually seemed quite lonely. So I sat there and listened to him. Silently hoping that my bus would drive that slightest bit slower. I wished that I could've done more. But I don't even know what I could've done. So I just listened.

Photo: Pigeons having some clan gathering at the void deck.