陌生人給予的小小關懷

剛剛在微博看到一則感人的事：臺北的一個環衛工撿到一個女大學生的錢包，在雨中苦等兩小時。當失主來認領的時候，環衛工看到她淋著雨，便為她撐傘，自己卻淋雨。

可以想象，女大學生遺失錢包的時候，會是多麽的着急。環衛工的拾金不昧是很值得我們學習，但更令人值得欣慰的是環衛工對女大學生撐傘的動作。他的無私，令一個女生不必淋溼，還溫暖了女生的心。都市人的生活快速和令人煩躁，可是你有沒想過放慢腳步，去觀察周圍需要幫助的人呢？

我曾經也受過陌生人的恩惠，而且對象是我意想不到的。

我去年割傷了手指，必須戴上保護罩，把手掌至手臂都包著，使得我平時都只能單手行事。有一次，我乘搭地鐵，想說搭一、兩個站就好了，便挨著車門（反正我也不指望別人讓座給我這個“傷殘人士”）。這時我發現我的鞋帶掉了，心想地鐵行走時很不穩，還是下了站再綁好了。搭車滿無聊的，我就觀察車廂裏的人，看到一個穿著曝露的女人，一直大聲地講電話，惹來旁人側目。

下了車后，我正想彎下腰綁鞋帶時，一把略帶沙啞的女聲叫住我。
“小妹，等等啊！”
我轉頭一看，正是那個之前被我鄙視的女人在叫我。我下意識看看我的包包，以爲我掉了錢包或手機什麽的。她搖搖手，指著我腳，說：“小妹，你的手不方便，我幫你綁鞋帶吧。”

我正想拒絕她的好意，可是沒等我開口，那位婦人已經蹲了下來幫我綁鞋帶。

頓時，我的臉頰熱了起來。我覺得害羞，並不是因爲路過的人投射的奇怪眼光，而是因爲我為我剛才失禮的想法而覺得羞愧：我凴她的穿著舉止就認定了她不是什麽好人。

綁完鞋帶，我趕緊道謝，不過她只揮了揮手，連忙趕下樓梯走了。

我想就算是朋友，我也不太可能卑微地蹲下幫人綁鞋帶。何況，那位婦人只是陌生人。儘管在工作的場所，學校裏，有人會為了利益而機關算盡，可是社會裏還是會有人本著自己的良心，無私奉獻。

至此之後，我會學那位婦人，可以幫的，我都會幫，pay it forward。

Transition of Kitty

I was rummaging the pictures folder when I stumbled upon some old photos, taken 2-3 years ago. Some of them were bleary, part of it due to the quality of my photo-cam (4 megapixels). Looking at them brings back memories, some joyful (kitty and his belly) and some bitter-sweet (my long-gone V-shaped face during my uni days).

I was pleasantly surprised at how I, a 24-year-old who has survived one year of being a secondary school teacher in a neighbourhood school, still look as young as I was in my uni days (except for a bit of weight-gaining). Another creature that has not changed much in these 2-3 years is kitty, who just celebrated his 5th birthday on 12 Sep 2010 *showering him with kisses*.


Kitty: striking his fur-paw at me, 16 Apr 2007








Kitty: resting serenely after dinner, 2 Feb 2008







Kitty: fur-paw attack! 11 Dec 2008






Kitty: still loving my bed, 12 Aug 2010.







As you can see, Kitty's changes are subtle..it looks pretty much the same as it was 3 years ago! Sometimes I wonder if it ages backwards, like Benjamin Button.

I can't really remember how he looked like when he was a kitten. Well, he came to us when he was 3 months old, and by that time he was pretty much a handsome young boy, not a baby anymore. The one thing that kitty has retained is his child-like face, adorable beyond words. He sometimes just looks like a baby to me, with his dreamy eyes and dark, round dilated pupils. His mouth sometimes resembles a pout, if a cat is ever capable of a pout. It is THAT LOOK which makes my heart melt.

Kitty, stay as cute as always! :)

1st week

Back to school~! Well, I have not conducted one single lesson so far, probably will start next week. The horrible thing is, there will be observations this term!!! Scary scary scary. Everyone is like expecting me to perform, but I think I nearly screw up just now. I need to be more proactive, lah.

So far she has been quite nice to me. Come one day she will suddenly bark at me, I'm sure.

Next week, one small test for me. Wonder if I can pass it. *cross fingers* Have to start rehearsing during the weekends.