Never in my whole life did I think that my cardigan would one day save me! Yes, a cardigan. A plain black cardigan. A knitted garment like a jacket, which opens down to full length of the front, that cardigan.
Today, I had the privilege to join another field trip, this time to the National Science Centre. It was supposed to be a routine field trip, where I was assigned to accompany a class. As usual, we went by bus, this time 3 busloads full of children with about 12 teachers, 2 for each of the 5 classes of primary three children, while 1 teacher acted as the lead and another held the duty of the official trip photographer.
I was in bus 2, supervising 8 children. It was during the trip heading there, that it happened. I had found an empty seat right up in front, while 75% of the children under me were all seated at the back end of the bus. So, after a while, I headed to the back of the bus, wanting to check out how they were doing. After all, I had to supervise, didn't I, and that was what I was doing. Supervise. Chatting, networking, being friends :)
Anyway, there wasn't anymore empty seats there, so I had decided to just lay my butt down at the edge of one of the child's seat. I didn't realize that it was a little damp. After sitting for some time, I noticed the dampness. So, I asked him, if he had spilled some water on his seat. He innocently nodded to my question. I had thought nothing about it, since I saw his water bottle laying there. It was just water, I said to myself. It would dry up once I leave that seat.
I wasn't sure what made me check out the back of my pants, but I did. Then I saw. The awful stain. The awfully big stain of dark red. The patch was so big, that it covered an area almost as big as my hand, if not bigger. It was really so so similar to that of the period stain, except for the location. I looked at the boy and asked what exactly did he spill on the seat. He pointed to a little bottle, placed on the holding net in front of him, filled with red colour liquid, some sort of juice. I was aghast! This cannot be happening. Not on the day that I wore beige coloured pants to work!
The stain was so so visible. Even the boys around me said it was not alright. It was noticeable. One smart alec even had the cheek to tell me that it looked just like stain from 'the girl's bleeding'. I was speechless, totally embarrassed yet at the same time, I was amazed with his knowledge. This came from a nine-year old boy!
No option. I took off my cardigan, and wrapped it around my waist. I was a little apprehensive a little for doing so, as the top that I was wearing was sleeveless. I did a little calculation in my head and arrived to the conclusion that I would rather be reprimanded for wearing sleeveless rather than die in embarrassment in public by walking about in a pair of stained pants!
So, that was how I went through the day wearing sleeveless top to work, for the first time in my whole working life. And that was also how my cardigan came to be my saviour just now. Seriously, I was just thankful that I did not simply wear a T-shirt as my top but instead chose a cardigan to complete my sleeveless top. I really thought that I was just lucky, plain lucky! I am just thankful!
Today, I had the privilege to join another field trip, this time to the National Science Centre. It was supposed to be a routine field trip, where I was assigned to accompany a class. As usual, we went by bus, this time 3 busloads full of children with about 12 teachers, 2 for each of the 5 classes of primary three children, while 1 teacher acted as the lead and another held the duty of the official trip photographer.
I was in bus 2, supervising 8 children. It was during the trip heading there, that it happened. I had found an empty seat right up in front, while 75% of the children under me were all seated at the back end of the bus. So, after a while, I headed to the back of the bus, wanting to check out how they were doing. After all, I had to supervise, didn't I, and that was what I was doing. Supervise. Chatting, networking, being friends :)
Anyway, there wasn't anymore empty seats there, so I had decided to just lay my butt down at the edge of one of the child's seat. I didn't realize that it was a little damp. After sitting for some time, I noticed the dampness. So, I asked him, if he had spilled some water on his seat. He innocently nodded to my question. I had thought nothing about it, since I saw his water bottle laying there. It was just water, I said to myself. It would dry up once I leave that seat.
I wasn't sure what made me check out the back of my pants, but I did. Then I saw. The awful stain. The awfully big stain of dark red. The patch was so big, that it covered an area almost as big as my hand, if not bigger. It was really so so similar to that of the period stain, except for the location. I looked at the boy and asked what exactly did he spill on the seat. He pointed to a little bottle, placed on the holding net in front of him, filled with red colour liquid, some sort of juice. I was aghast! This cannot be happening. Not on the day that I wore beige coloured pants to work!
The stain was so so visible. Even the boys around me said it was not alright. It was noticeable. One smart alec even had the cheek to tell me that it looked just like stain from 'the girl's bleeding'. I was speechless, totally embarrassed yet at the same time, I was amazed with his knowledge. This came from a nine-year old boy!
No option. I took off my cardigan, and wrapped it around my waist. I was a little apprehensive a little for doing so, as the top that I was wearing was sleeveless. I did a little calculation in my head and arrived to the conclusion that I would rather be reprimanded for wearing sleeveless rather than die in embarrassment in public by walking about in a pair of stained pants!
So, that was how I went through the day wearing sleeveless top to work, for the first time in my whole working life. And that was also how my cardigan came to be my saviour just now. Seriously, I was just thankful that I did not simply wear a T-shirt as my top but instead chose a cardigan to complete my sleeveless top. I really thought that I was just lucky, plain lucky! I am just thankful!
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