I am enrolled in Elementary Greek class right now. The first order of class is to learn the alphabet and identify the vowels. It was an interesting experience. It made me feel so young, not in a sense that I look like a college kid when I am close to 40, but really young. Like kindergarden.It was fun to learn a new alphabet, learn to say it aloud, and of course, practice by writing names of people I know.
Most of my classmates are undergrad students from Biola. Sitting with them in class made me realize that at that age, minus the wear and tear called "life,",you still have a lot of brain cells working for you. Each day we read aloud and do our translations, they breeze through the workbook while I read out in pause forward as they cringe.
One morning (and this is a 7:30am class), I walked into our classroom which was abuzz. Dr. Klink is telling some folks in front that he is old, he is 33. Huh? I told him I was 37. Pandemonium broke. I thought my seat mate, Jake, was going to have an embolism.
"Man, you are 37?"
(Yeah)
"Dude, I can't believe that."
(You want to see an ID?)
"Wow, you grew up in the 70s!"
(Height-wise, I am still waiting)
"Dude, you can be my mother. Do you know that?"
(Dude and mother in the same sentence... just what kind of language class is this?)
Then he tossed my driver's license back to me and said with some finality...
"That is a fake ID."
(Kids.)
3 comments:
Ting, that is just too funny! My clients are getting younger by the day. Recently, a new dealer told me he is 22 and ... I said: "Oh boy you can be my son!!!"
Hahahaha really funny !!! Wait til you get to 40 then 50 it will be more hilarious ...
- Jane F.
hi ting this is funny hehehe! by the way can u write my name in greek? jun :)
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