触景伤情 - bringing back sadness

Ah Pa was on leave on Thursday so he thought since he had time, perhaps he could bring Cayen back to Mindchamps for a visit . Cayen was initially agreeable until he reached the ground floor of the building and wanted to back off thereafter.

Still, Ah Pa brought him up since they were already so near. He went up and saw the principal who was surprised but happy to see him. However, Cayen wasn't so eager to proceed further. 

Ah Pa brought him into the class and his ex classmates were ecstatic to see him. They in fact started chanting his name in great fanfare. However, Cayen wasn't reciprocating. He in fact tried to hide. He muttered to Ah Pa, "这不是我的学校了,我要走了” He wasn't ready to let his old Chinese teacher hold either. (When I heard this, my heart almost broke for him.)

So Ah Pa had no choice but to bring him out of the classroom. However, the kids continued to chant his name so much so that his teacher led the train of kids out to  look for him. Then they swamped around him and started to touch his face etc, expressing affection but he was quite upset. He didn't want them to do so and actually tried to brush them aside. 

In fact, when Ah Po asked his old accomplice Asher if he missed Cayen, he  replied that he did. 

Overall, Cayen's reaction was quite big , and we guessed that the visit back to old school was too much for him too soon , since it was barely 1.5 months of changing school. 触景伤情 were the words that came to mind when I heard about the episode. 

I was quite annoyed that he had to go through this so soon after he changed school and just settled down. And given that he's quite sensitive , there should be a good interval till we go back to visit his old friends again. 

Before he went back 




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