November 29th, 2005
I Am An Island
» motherhood
I went to Diana’s (my ex colleague) place thinking that it was just one of those gathering cum makan session. It turned out to be the official viewing day of her one month old baby boy. Oh boy! I didn’t even know she was expecting and imagine my shock when I see her carrying a baby.
I guess that is what happen to many women left their job and decide to stay at home. I start loosing touch with many of my friends and have no news of them unless I take the initiative to contact them.
I felt especially so with this group of ex colleague friends whom I use to work so closely with and enjoyed tremendous joy in each other’s company. I greatly appreciate the fact that they still call me up for gathering though I have left school 3 years ago. Everything seemed fine during the first year, I could still relate to what they are talking about, which mainly revolved around the school that I used to teach. But as time pass, I can’t help but feel that I couldn’t fit in as comfortably anymore. I still enjoy listening to their funny stories and unstoppable complains, but afterall, that is not is not part of my life anymore. It is different, I can’t feel the cosy camaraderie.
Am I loosing touch with the society? Well, I don’t think so, at least not yet. It is a regretful that I feel this lost of intimacy from this group of friends. Maybe that is one reason that has been tempting me want to go back to teaching again.
December 21st, 2005 at 2:47 pm
I also share the same feeling when i stay at home these few months. No wonder i feel a little excited to go back to work next year.
Well, i must confess that i forgot to call you when they told me that there was this gathering at her house. WHenver they have gatherings like this, i always wanted to call you up so that you could join us too. NOt because of obligation (i.e. to ask you out whenever we have gatheirngs) , but of our close partnership and many memorable moments in the school and most of all, our friendship. I still remember when Glenn first left the school a few years ago, the request that he had was that to count him in whenever we have gatherings.
Now i really ‘gan3 chu4 wan4 fen1′. Our Happy Alley experienced a lot of ‘loss’ these few years. People come and go. After all, this is part of life. Life still go on, as what people have always said. But i really feel sad. As for me, I always think you people are God’s blessings in my life. It is true. Colleagues cum good friends are hard to come by…
It is a good reminder that we should not always constrain our conversation around school life. We have talked pretty enough about that in school. Hope that we still keep in touch with each other very often. Cheers to our friendship!