King Of the Class

Today, we had classes as usual at 9am. Like every other day, our dear Kenyan groupmate - Philip was late, only this time he was not only late. He arrived in the classroom without a labcoat and with no bag. To top that off, he was a bit high and his eyes were glittering. He sounded a bit more hyper than usual and was talking to most of the girls in the group which was something he usually avoids. We later found out and deduced that he went out clubbing yesterday night as it was lady night and might have gotten drunk or taken drugs (or both). He then decided to come to class straight after and we guessed that’s because he most probably had went home with someone else doing stuff we shouldn’t know. Lucky for him, the teacher didn’t scold him for not coming to class wearing his labcoat and when he was caught sleeping and snoring in class, the teacher only chuckled and ignored him. After class, while walking down to get out of the hospital, I saw him tumbling around like a drunkard and his eyes were now dropping like he couldn’t keep them opened and was half awake. During class, after training our opthalmological skills, we had quite a bit of time to kill before teacher returned. So my friends started gossiping and talking about Philip and other stuff which I was uninterested. I left my mind to wander around and I found myself writing his name and saying that I miss him. One of my friends saw it and started to tease me about it. But I was in luck as she couldn’t read my writing and had no idea who I wrote about. She only could guess that I was missing someone. I didn't realize that I was actually writing the names of my best friends back in Malaysia while I was reliving the moments I had back in high school. Something that I have not and could never feel with my current friends. I guess its true that as we grow older and start stepping into the society, our innocence is lost and that we will start to act like adults having gossips, backstabbing one another and not being able to trust people. I guess that's why I miss my high school friends so much.