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Come & Go

It comes and it goes. When it is time to let it go, there is this unbearable feeling. There is so much to look forward to before it arrives but I can't say so when it has to go. What the heck am I talking about???

HOLIDAY!!!!!
Suddenly, I thought of the Bata slogan - Back to School. I remember when I was schooling, I always made a trip to Bata when the holidays are about to end. It is like a pilgrimage. It is then that I stock up for myself new shoes, schoolbag and stationaries. I always looked forward to school so I can show off my new things. But now, I obviously don't think the same way anymore.
It is this time of the year that I have to wrestle with the great inertia of returning to school (as a teacher now) and I cannot help but looked back to when it was pre-holiday season and try to experience the euphoria of it all. But as all teachers will be familiar by now, the week of Christmas (which is suppose to be a festive season and a time to be merry!) is often the week we return to school to face the onslaught of the new school term's demands. What merriment is there left??
I will need a few days to come to terms with the fact that HOLIDAYS ARE OVER! And from experience, by the first week of school, when all the action has begun I will be up and about. Till then, I shall just relish in whatever holiday is left of this week.

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