Day 12

            I can hardly believe it. I am embarking on my last week of internship. Already. Time flew by, quite literally, and so fast! I feel like I have been gone from school forever, but yet, two weeks? I am really wrecking all my senses of time lately. I sometimes even found myself forgetting which day of the week it was. Especially Wednesdays… I don’t know why each and every Wednesday felt like a Thursday. I just don’t understand why, because there is no specific reason that justifies my troubled sense of time.

           Anyhow, back to the internship experiences. Calm days and less eventful days have been a rarity in my life these past few days (or could I extend to months, or even years?). But today, I would say, quite fits the description of a calm and less eventful day. As I am writing this post, I keep thinking, “Wait, what can I write?” For once, dearest readers, you will be blessed with a shorter post from Se Jeong’s Internship blog. Yay for your time-saving!

           I believe I spent a good forty minutes chattering with April. For, yes, Mu arrived around forty minutes late today. Despite the limited amount of time, Mu managed to complete almost all the exercises on his file. He should have felt very accomplished when he left on his school bus at 10h30. Usually, it takes a tremendous amount of persuasion and running behind his “catch-me-if-you-can”s to go through the same quantity of exercises. Mu is a bright pupil, really, and if he keeps as focused as he was today, his progress would be considerable.

           If Mu was concentrated, Ta was the complete opposite. Ta was as distracted as could be, even though Ana was not there. Everything and anything could catch his attention, digress him away from April’s and my instructions. I could feel my cheek muscle twitching; I was forcing myself to keep smiling brightly that hard. My patience boiled to the limit, threatening to spill over, but I somehow managed to keep my tolerance level slightly (oh so slightly) above. April was in a similar tense state. She would occasionally (and increasingly frequently) glance at me, rolling her eyes to signify her irritation. I would bite my lip and let out my breath before going back to the task of engaging Ta to finish the ten-piece puzzle he had begun six minutes earlier. Working with the distracted Ta exhausted me. I knew I had to maintain my composure and a pleasant demeanor. I knew and I knew. However, knowing does not guarantee an easy task in doing. Phew, at least I can now feel happy I managed to go through the trial successfully.

           Except for Ta, everything went smoothly. Even Br recovered fully from his depression! I was happy to see energetic and loud, merry Br again. Of course, his constant and consistent lines ring in my head for the rest of the day (and evening). But I prefer seeing and hearing him so than watching him struggle through his down mood. He still comes to twist my fingers though, and he’ll keep on until I’m not there anymore.

           Until I’m not there anymore… I wonder if the children will notice my absence. The teenagers will; they are aware and in touch with their surroundings. But the children, I am not sure. Some might, others I am doubtful. Of one thing only I am certain of: I know I will miss them.