class gathering

Rouyi took her ink-stained uniform off from the rack and stared at it for the longest time. it had been years since she last wore it. it must had been more than a decade she thought. a rare occasion of class gathering, a werid sort she felt. on the 1st year aniversery of their form teacher's death the class was calling for a gathering and all students were expected to don on their school uniform. the ink stained on her uniform was her last piece of memory from her ex-secondary school. had it not been stained and chucked into her cupboard, it would had been thrown away with the other old uniforms. she chuckle as she recalled the day the ink stained her uniform.

it was the hottest day in history of that year, everyone was hot and bothered. the only way to escape from such heat was to sneak out of class and chill in the library. she being the class library had all the privilage of the world to get into the library without being questioned. but the tricky part was to get out of class. thus she formulated an act to get her out of the class. RouYi took out her bottle of ink meant for her art lesson and unscrewed it, placing it really near to her. As Mdm Jung walked pass RouYi knocked onto the ink bottle and caused the entire bottle of ink to splashed on herself and Mdm Jung's left leg. Before Mdm Jung could said anything RouYi started crying and screaming at the state of her uniform. Swiftly she was escorted to the nearest toilet and a new set of uniform loaned from the school office was given to her to change. but she insisted in wearing her own set. Mdm Jung thinking it was her fault came into the toilet and tried to talk RouYi out of her stubborness but to no avail. RouYi argued that the new set of uniform wasn't hers and must be filled with germs and thus refused to change into it then she went on to dry her uniform with the hand-drier mounted to the wall. while doing so she bargained with Mdm Jung to allow her to self-study in the library as she was afraid that she may be laughed at by her fellow classmates. after much bargaining RouYi got her way and was allowed to stay in the cool air-conditioned library for the rest of the day til her dad came to fetch her home.

attending the class gathering was not a mere gathering of old friends and talking about the past and discussing about the future. but to RouYi it was a way of remembering her teachers.