people change

"thanks"
"no need. the pleasure is mine"
"mafan you. so paiseh"
"no it's not. it's not a chore. what matters more is that you get to do what you want to do in life"

i don't know what made me say that out. it is something i didn't want them to know.

perhaps i'm overwhelmed by the changes among them.

that prof who always talk about teaching asked me the other day : what level would you like to teach? i said i don't know, but i find it extremely gratifying to see my kids grow and mature from sec 2 to sec 3.

indeed, many of them have changed, especially my dis. to be a lot more mature, to be a lot more motivated. some changed for the better. some changed for the worse.

today it hit upon me how fast some of them have changed, after not seeing them for less than half a year. some changed for the better. some, their change made me disappointed to the point that i have nothing to say. on one hand, i'm worried how are they going to cope with the big o later this year. on the other hand, i feel helpless that given their age, i dunno how to nudge them to wake up anymore.

i can only wish that things wouldn't be too late for them. please don't shed tears of regret.

People Change
- Rockapella


Didn't hear a tone, are you, hello
I never hear a tone, I guess you know
I can't remember what I called to say
I thought you might be home on Saturday

I really can't believe it's been a year
It took a little time without you here
I'm guessing you survived alone somehow
It's good that I can joke about it now

I still avoid the park at Christopher
Never wanna feel the way we were
Unless I'm in a hurry for that train
And that's the only newsstand open late

People change (people change) everyday (everyday)
Change like you (change like you)
I got all the time in the world

People cry (people cry) all the time (all the time)
Cry like me (cry like me)
We got all the time in the world

It's been so long that no one even asks
And everybody's walkin' on the grass
Grass that took a while to reappear
I'd forgotten green without you here

Christmas came and went upon this bench
Tryin' to justify what made no sense
Now the ivy's overrun the tears
But it could never hide what happened here

People change (people change) everyday (everyday)
Change like you (change like you)
I got all the time in the world

People cry (people cry) all the time (all the time)
Cry like me (cry like me)
We got all the time in the world

(Fillin' in the conversation by myself)
(Fillin' in the reason why you leave me leavin', leavin')
(Thinkin' back, the hope we had was more than mine)

The hope we had was more than mine (more than mine)
I know it makes sense to you (more than mine)
Just make it make sense to me

Maybe I'm alive beneath the snow
Maybe you're too petrified to know
I can't believe that you would tell me lies
How could I have missed that in those eyes

Maybe if I only heard your voice
I would understand you had no choice
And though I'm glad it's clear for you to see
I wish that you could make it make sense to me

People cry (people cry) all the time (all the time)
Cry like me (cry like me)
I got all the time in the world

Flowin' in and out your life (people change)
By tomorrow mornin (everyday)
Flowin' in and out my life (people change)

People change (people change) everyday
People cry (people change) all the time
People change (people change) everyday