First Day Back at School

First day back – what can I say? Everyone was in their new senior uniforms, little third formers ran around school, and half of the school buildings had been repainted blue. Our form teacher this year is Mrs Lee, an art teacher, which means our form room is…an art room. Last year we had the music room and I must say I’d much rather prefer the music room because I’d be able to see the music teacher everyday (and this helps me improve my relations with her in the hope of being given more opportunities to perform!). Despite this, I have no problems with spending form time in the art room.

 

This year my form class is basically the same as last year, bar two new people. One is….I forgot his name now…but he used to be in my accounting class before I moved to a different one (not because of him of course!) I never really got to know him but hopefully this year I might. The other is a girl called Lisa, who made a no-show at school today and ended up being the talk of the class, leaving many wondering who she could be. When the form classes were being read out there was originally a big shock when the dean read out Sarena’s (a very intelligent girl who deserves to be in the top form class) name in another form class’s list. It got everyone wondering whether the class we’ve been apart of for the past three years would be split up this year. Fortunately, it was a mistake and Sarena was supposed to be in our class!

 

We got our ID photos taken in the library. At our school they use a digital camera hooked up to a laptop, and so the camera is controlled by it. Since the camera doesn’t flash or make any sound at all, it’s a bit hard to tell when the photo has actually been taken. So there I was, sitting there staring into the camera with a long face (me smiling for a photo gets exaggerated by 100 times!) Often I would turn to look at the lady who was taking my photo to see if she was finished or not, so hopefully she didn’t take a side shot of my face!

 

I ended up waiting for almost half an hour in the office foyer to see my dean to confirm my subjects. What made it worse was the sweltering heat! I don’t know how I’m going to survive at school in this type of weather! I decided to wear a singlet under my white t-shirt because I’m aware of how easy white can get dirty. Another reason is because my shorts are…short. I bought them from the second hand uniform shop at school, thinking they were the right size, only to realise they were shorter than I expected! Now I have to low-ride at school to make them cover at least my knees. My singlet is long so it will cover any undergarments that could be exposed through my white t-shirt.

 

Also while waiting in line, Jacqueline came by and gave me this good-luck necklace.

 

“It’s for good luck and also because you worry too much!”

 

I don’t know if having a good-luck charm comes into conflict with any rules of Christianity, but I’ll probably just carry it with me just in case!

 

Tomorrow Aonghas will go to school for half a day, while I get a day off. I’ll have my first full day of school on Friday. I better enjoy what little time I have left!