I woke up late.
I could have woken up earlier but my eyes were heavy. The alarm rang since 6:00am. I kept snoozing it. I had another alarm set for 6:30am, in case the earlier one failed to wake me up. Somehow, my alarm stopped ringing. I couldn't remember if I stopped it. I guess all the alarms failed me today.
When I finally woke up, it was near 10:00am. Darn. Not good. I had another alarm set for 8:30am which I must have whacked it to stop too. But I didn't feel sleepy, having slept at 2am the night before. Maybe I needed that extra sleep.
I brushed my teeth and my mind drifted.. Drifted to yesterday, drifted to yesteryears. How often does the mind drift in a day I wondered.
"I didn't understand what you've just said, dear."
I remembered these words from my then home English tutor. I was 6, maybe 7. I had spent 15 minutes telling her a funny story, well, I thought it was funny until she said that she didn't understand a word.
I looked at her blankly. I was crushed. How could she not understand a word I've said? Was I that bad? I guess I was.
I couldn't remember what story I was telling her but I remembered it was a funny one because I was laughing when I told her the story.
I was a quiet child. I didn't speak much but I thought I spoke well that day. My tutor, a young but can be grouchy sometimes lady, came to our house once a week to teach us English. We had only 1 month of classes with her. Not long at all.
I didn't quite like her because she spent half the time checking her hair and make-up instead of filling our mind with knowledge on how to write and read in English. Sometimes her lipstick stained her teeth but I didn't say anything.
And my mind drifted back. I didn't have any toothpaste foam left in my mouth, that was quite a long mind drift.
Time to start the day.
July 19, 2020 - 10:15am.
That was fun when you said her lipstick stained her teeth. 😂 so this is the reason why you have good english skills.... only few can afford to have private tutors..you're lucky you had one. Make sure to tutor your kids by yourself to avoid having annoying tutor..haha..