Pleasant Surprise

OH...MY...GOD. I just Googled an old Chinese learning center I went to yearrssss ago. I was probably in 5th grade? I have NO idea why my mom sent me to this random poetry class. I still remembered the teacher's name and did not expect to find anything about him on the website. Apparently he has been teaching there since 1997. Who knew that place existed over a decade ago? Amazing. Anyways, he was a pretty boring teacher, but it still had some impact on me. I've always been fond of poetry, and taking that class probably heightened my interest. Okay...I've been awake for over 15 hours now so my mind is all over the place, and my grammar is probably off, but OH WELL.
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Onto next topic.

So my former violin teacher called me on Saturday around 1PM to ask me a silly question. But knowing her, it's because she probably missed me so much. Hahaha...Oh, how I wish. Anyhow, it was really nice hearing from her because I always miss her. I recall having violin lessons right after school, and how because she lives like right in front of the high school (only lives 2 blocks away), she would sometimes make me things to eat. I would walk into the studio and find her homemade salsa with tortilla chips, dumplings, etc. waiting for me on the table nearly every week. She told me once or twice that she was afraid I'd be hungry after school. (How sweet is that??) When there wasn't food waiting for me, I'd be kind of disappointed because I felt that her food showed how much I meant to her. How silly of me. That was in junior year of high school.

Anyways, I actually saw her pretty recently...in June she called me up and asked me to perform at her picnic event.

So a little background about my life with a great teacher. I went to Chinese school, and she was my 7th Grade teacher. Dang, was that a long time ago. ANYHOW...she's such an amazing teacher...she's honestly one of the BEST I've ever known. Her teaching method was unlike any other, and very effective. Anyways...one day during Chinese class, my mom talked to her and found out she was a violin and piano teacher...so that's how she received our business (aka money). At first I was reluctant to take violin lessons...just because I always hated that awkwardness of getting to know a teacher and how it's a one-on-one kinda thing. This was ESPECIALLY awkward because not only was she my CHINESE school teacher, but now I was actually going to her house to take MORE lessons. Oh...the irony. She's not exactly young. She's EXTREMELY clutsy, clumsy, whatever you wanna call it. She could drop a dry erase marker, then drop the white board eraser. This kinda stuff happened ALL the time. It was annoying, funny, amusing, and cute all at the same time. Maaan...do I love that woman. She's one of the most wonderful people I'm so lucky to have met.

我愛您， 王老師 <3