Does anyone of you like chocolate? I like.
Besides satisfying my sweet-tooth, chocolate reminds me of story from my school day.
Mr Simon Lim was my POA ( Principle of Accountancy ) teacher in my final year of high school. As the exam date got closer, we were anxious, so did the teachers.
Besides satisfying my sweet-tooth, chocolate reminds me of story from my school day.
A box of Ferrero Rocher
Mr Simon Lim was my POA ( Principle of Accountancy ) teacher in my final year of high school. As the exam date got closer, we were anxious, so did the teachers.
Mr Lim was probably one unpretentious teacher i ever met.
His lanky physical was clothed with his usual fashion--- prim & proper.
Off white long sleeves shirt; he left one button opened showing his Adam's apple.
Well pressed dark brown trousers matched with a clean soft leather shoes.
Small face roofed with a thin, sleek & carefully side parted hair.
In a composed manner, he would walked into the classroom carrying
an unbranded grey shopping plastic bag.
He gently put down his " briefcase" on the table with confidence;
took out the textbook and started the class.
A man with a retro fashion sense.
Once, he took out a box of Ferrero Rocher, we got so excited.
" See this box of chocolate?"
He extended his arms 45 degree upwards like a magician.
Carefully, he opened the lid, and asked the naughtiest boy to take a piece.
Once the boy lifted off a piece from the box, his expression changed,
" So light! Its empty inside! I got tricked!"
The boy took another piece randomly and exclaimed,
" Teacher you bluffed me! No chocolate, only wrapper!"
Satisfied with the outcome, Mr Lim laughed, we laughed, the boy laughed too.
Shortly, he resumed to his poker face and said,
" Student, do you want to be like this empty box when you enter into the exam hall?
Do you want to not know what to give when you have not put anything into your head?
Please study, so you can enter the exam hall with a box full of sweetness and confidence."
Decade years from then, i would still remember what Mr Lim had said whenever i see a box of Ferrero Rocher. I have past the days of studying and exams papers-- to many tests in life.
The difference is...
In school, we learned the lessons before the test.
In life, we learned the lessons after the test.
" Sometimes in life, your situation will keep repeating until you learn your lesson...
i guess in most times are like that."
