老餅范

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday was my birthday.  Nothing special, as usual.  I always think a birthday shouldn't be celebrated without involving the parents. 

N years ago, I was born in Tsuen Wan, ranked the third, the youngest among the siblings.  But I was lucky that I came from a warm and caring family.  We're not rich, and with sufferings (from the sense of my mother's illness), but I still enjoyed the old days when we lived in Kwun Tong.

Probably I'm getting older, I always think of my previous days, especially playing with my elder sister at home, role-play being parents, and with more than ten kids.  My elder brother?  Sorry that I don't have clear memory with him, unless when we played badminton together in adolescence.

Now I'm a father of three, similar to my childhood.  One different thing for sure is that, they have better living, at least in terms of monetary situation.

Two days ago, we had an appointment with the specialist GP and speech therapist of the Department of Health with Xin Pei.  We thought he has a problem of social skills and speech, but also he possesses intelligent mind.  Well, after nearly 4 hours of "investigation" from the two specialists, Xin Pei was diagnosed a syndrome of high functioning Dylexia.  Thank God that the situation is not severe, only that he gets a bit problem in interacting with other children, and find it hard to do role-play game.  We're still going to do an IQ assessment with him simply because we can treat him in another way, if he's confirmed to be high IQ boy.

Going back about me, I have been receiving compliments from students about my birthday.  I really enjoy it.  I enjoy it not because I received so many compliments but the relationships and bondings among us.  I really enjoy teaching the youngsters, not extremely much, but very much.  Probably because I don't think I'm "higher" than they are and so, I can get along with them in a fair and closer situation.  More than that, I was loved in my childhood and path of growth.  I know how and what to share love, from heart.

It's quite coincident for me getting a career in education.  Well, I really fell in love with it, and always fine tune my way of getting along with those kids.  Adulthood is ugly, full of lies, betrade and defence.  But when you interact with the youths, well, they seldom "calculate" the pros and cons of being together, just starting from teacher-and-student relationships, and then move forward, and further.  Luckily that I started my teaching career in a band 5 school, and the students always lacked being loved and cared, and I can offer them without very much difficulty.  Of course, what I have done simply came from my heart voluntarily.  I think it's important.  Oh, one more thing, don't count the return.

Of course (again), it doesn't mean that there's no love and care if teachers can't build good relationship with them, but I do believe, deeply, that everything starts from relatedness, bonding, relationships, and all those things come from one thing, LOVE.  It is the ultimate point of origin from our creator. 

One day, when I die and have a funeral (or some kind of ceremony), I hope the hall is full of my students, from young to adult, from gentlemen to ladies.  They laughed and chatted about the precious moments when I was teaching them, teasing them, playing with them, enjoying food with them, and even cried with them.

Thank you Lord, for giving me such a wonderful and colourful life, with my beloved, and the three lovely lovely kids.