Little Selena had locks of hair on her forehead and I tried everything to keep her hair away from her eyes. Hair ties, rubber bands failed. She just pulled it out and threw it away. One day as I was about to take a photo of her, I pushed her locks of hair away and said- ‘pretty face’. I repeated by using her hand to move the hair from her forehead.
In a couple of weeks, I found a permanent solution. On my cue ‘Pretty face’ she would use both her hands to move the hair from her face. And she added a big smile to her lovely face.

Overheard by Geeta

Jane was an addicted to Mamee noodles. In my science lesson I spotted her dunking her hand into her snack bag, and ordered her to put away her snack. She reluctantly tucked it away under her desk.
After sometime I noticed that she was still trying to sneak food into her mouth. I thought that confiscating the snack would be the better option.
As I was busy teaching, I said –“Give the snack to Ms. Toh” (my buddy teacher). She took out her snack, broke some noodles from the pack and gave to Ms. Toh.
I did not notice the humour in the act. Later Ms. Toh told me that she thought that I had told her to share her snack with Ms.Toh.
We laughed our head out at the café.

Overheard by Geeta