Fools' Revenge
Monday, April 03, 2006
Shawn* (not real name) has a mean habit of tricking people into turning their heads to look at something that wasn't there, and then scream at the poor victims "Got you! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!"
Like a tired joke that'd undergone all imaginable remixes, renderations, remixes of those renderations, vise versa, etc.. what used to tickle our funny bones now felt more like sandpaper abrasions.
So a plan was set.
On a nice morning like today when the students were preparing for their first lesson, I entered bearing a notice and looking very grim. I informed the co-teacher (CT) and the teacher's assistant (TA) loudly enough for a certain someone to eavesdrop that we have to inform all parents about the extra day of school starting this week.
"Yeah right, I'm not going to fall for that." As expected, Shawn was suspicious. We kept up the pretence throughout the day, even to the extent of fooling the whole class except for Shawn who still believed that it was a trick.
As I began to wonder if the joke might have gone too far, I bumped into the Principal and the little red guy on my shoulder finally got the upperhand.
So just before class was dismissed, the Principal came in and announced that as part of the new regulation issued by the Ministry of Education, all schools in Singapore will now run for 5 1/2 days a week instead of 5 days starting this week. The school has already informed all parents in order for them to make the necessary arrangements. As she spoke, the entire class fell silent.
Behind me I heard Shawn whispering to the TA. "This is a joke right?"
"Do you see anyone smiling?" the TA replied in a deadpan voice.
Shawn began to panic.
"I have alot of things to do on Saturday. There's swimming, piano, tuition... " his voice began to quiver.
"Then you'll have to rearrange your schedule, there's nothing we can do about it. This was set by the Government and we have to follow the new educational requirement."
If we'd carried the joke any further, I will not be surprised if Shawn's eyes popped right out of their sockets. His usually rosy cheeks were also sapped of colour. The CT tried to excuse herself from the class as she looked like she was going to explode. Finally...
"Got you! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!" we screamed and poor Shawn took quite a while to recover after that.
Happy Belated April Fools' Day. |
