In An Oldster's Mind
...take me back to my private room. I want to be alone and think about
my personal things. I appreciate that a nurse helping me to go back my room.
Along the hallway, I look straight forward and do nothing like a plant. What
factor causes the plant to move? I turn my head as if I have seen my friend, a
close friend passing my wheelchair. What I see at the back actually is a nurse
who is frightened by my active and rare movement. When I look back again, the
nurse has a already fallen onto the floor. Screaming and nervousness spread out
all over the floor. Bang! The door close behind me.
Staring at the mirror, I used to count the number of wrinkles on my
forehead. They remind me the number of inerasable past events that I had
involved in. Rapidly, I climb on the bed. Bed is my lovely place. I call it, the
gymnasium.
I used to roll on my bed. Whenever my mind cannot function or do not
know what should do next, I would roll, roll and roll. This time is unusual
because my head is crashing the fence of the bed. It is not much painful. The
crash stops me rolling but starts me getting recall of my friend, Angus. At a
time, my brain is working like a computer loading an enormous file. A picture is
appearing - a guy is walking towards me and gives me his saber. The saber is
sharp and shiny, it reflects an intensive light to my eyes. My eyes shutter
reluctantly. I see my school, my night school. I am glad that this recall is not
being erased. I remember that Angus sat beside me.
"Do your best. You are new to this subject. Everything here is brand new to
you. Don't worry. Just try your best." Angus held up his head by his hand and
murmured. His eyes were staring on the page of a novel, but I knew he was
talking to me. In my class Angus was the only one who retook the course.
Everyday I attended the course because I would get the mark of attendance. The
teacher's voice was...
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