I've been busy recently. Because of the flood last January, we need to do a lot of make up lessons to cover the missing materials. Then it came to February, we're busy welcoming Lunar New Year and Valentine's day. While doing the preparation, I remember last year. I was with my complete musketeers class. It was surely one of happiest moment. Then when it came to March, I got couples of things to do, projects, sisters thingy, etc.
I know this is too late, but I really want to continue the previous story for my own remembrance. About a class I treasure, about students I love.
This picture was taken from my Musketeers Class when we finished our 'Love Card' February 2012.
This is us as well. We took this picture on our first time hanging out together.
It was awkward to meet them outside the class, but, it turned out fun. We shared a lot of things. I remember a memorable thing happened that time. Willy left our table right after he finished eating, he said he was sorry but from his face, I knew something wasn't okay. Calvin stopped me from stopping Willy. I felt bad, I thought it must be burdened for him to gather with us outside. Unlike the others student, Willy was a bit introvert, and didn't really get along with other. He didn't speak much either. I thought he had to hate it a lot, going out with us. While I was worried, Calvin was as cool as nothing happened, then he said that it's true that even at school, Willy didn't really got along with people, but what Calvin emphasized, Willy wouldn't just go out with person he didn't believe in. So he said that Willy had put his belief on me, it was because of his personal problem that he had to leave early. At that time I realized, ah! they're kids after all.
After that, we continued to the next term. I was glad to see Willy come alone to the class, he was always with Calvin, but he had ever come alone first. He paid more attention to the lessons. He started speaking a lot, joking a lot, like "ah I'm so happy to see ms Wida face here". It was a big improvement for me.
I got more and more comfortable with them. They would know if I wore new clothes, They would tease me even for applying eye shadow (I didn't know how they would notice), but that's okay. We were staying in an English course class, so I wanted them to study while enjoying their every moment. We gradually hung out together every end of term until half of them left.
Last December was the peak of missing them because the previous year, I spent my birthday with them. I had wished how things shouldn't have been changed.
One day, a normal day in the past, Arya ever mumbled asking me, "Ms, where's your boarding house? you know it'll be fun if we come and surprise you on your birthday, hahaha". At that time, I just laughed thinking how impossible it was. On my 2012 birthday, they would have been far away from me for sure.
It was finally December, my birthday, I got messages from them. It made me miss them more. Actually I didn't expect they would come, but Calvin sent me messages asking about my teaching schedule on my birthday, I put on hope, I asked him, "are you coming?". He replied playfully, "why I want to come?". Then I thought it's too impossible for them to come. They're all busy because of December, end of semester, I knew it. Brian, Josiah, William, Gaby and Ihui were busy for final tests, and Arya was having end of semester tests at his college as well, and Calvin was busy with his photo school.
In fact, they didn't come on my birthday.
A day after my birthday, I was having a final project with my night class when I saw some silhouettes from outside the door. It was almost 8. I ignore it until I saw like something burning and someone knocked the door. I opened the door hesitantly, and then I was blank, it was shocking, I even rubbed my eyes several times. I saw Willy on the door, I even asked, "Willy, is that you? why are you here? you must be in Bintaro", then before I got the answer I saw Gaby with a pretty cake full of candles, followed by Ihui, Arya, Calvin, Josiah, and even William, I ran to them, welcomed them. My eyes got blurred, I heard them singing 'happy birthday song'. All steuents in my class suddenly clapped their hands and sang the song too, although they didn't know who were there interrupting their class. I almost cried. I didn't think they would do that. It was beyond my expectation. I really wanted to cry, but Arya shouted teasing me, "ms widaa mau nangis tuh liat tuuh", so my tears went back in.
I couldn't describe how I felt, it was... great!. I knew it won't be easy for them to gather on that day. They all came from different places. Actually that time I had just had a class with Ihui, Josiah, and William, I noticed that Josh kept giving some weird signal to Ihui, but I didn't think that far, plus it was already past my birthday. Later I found out that they planned to gather at around 6 or 7, during William's class, but because of bad traffic jam in South Jakarta, Willy was really late, so William, Josh, and Ihui and the rest of them needed to wait for almost an hour. I knew the next day, William, Ihui, and Gaby got UAS at school, then Arya had UAS from his College, and Willy needed to go back to Bintaro again. I was so touched, They made time for me, someone who wasn't really useful for them anymore at that time, they could just do nothing or even forget me, but they came, they came when I missed them the most. I felt loved.
They waited for my class to finish, then we hung out together again like how we used to when we were all still together. We shared a lot of stories. I found out that they had changed, especially three musketeers, I didn't see the spoilt group again, in fact when I met them, they were all so mature. Arya was as good as proud gentleman, Calvin did well with his Canon Photo School, and now he even works as a photographer at some famous Event Organizer, then Willy could even got extra pocket money working at some hotels helping the chef, well, Willy.... I mean who would have guessed he was serious when it came to his passion. How I was so proud of them. They didn't just change physically but they were pesonally changed to. I could tell they'd changed to be better in all aspects, the way the spoke, the way they thought, the way they behaved, I wanted to tell here, but I know they might read this and their heads might fly, so I just wrote a reminder and let me keep some part only for myself.
Those photos above were taken by our Receptionist and Arya (he was the one who prepared the camera), then the last picture was edited by Clavin, I loveee all of the pictures!
The last but not least, they gave me a pretty
birthday cake, since it was late, they asked me to bring it home, I
shared some to OBs and receptionist in my office, then bring the rest
home, I didn't realize until then, that they wrote a message on the
cake, a message I almost ignored and destroyed without knowing, a message I will never forget, a message that made me such a cry
baby that night, I love you too kids, I'll always love you no matter what
:')
Well, We planned to meet up someday. Although until today, we haven't had the chance, but I hope to meet them again in the future, to share other better stories, to see other amazing transformations of them :)
