Monday 11 January 2016

11.20am

It is the little things in life that are most dear, the unprecedented and unplanned activities that takes us to another level of excitement, happiness etc, i have found mine just outside my window.

Ok, so i moved to a new place (again) a couple of months ago and just outside my window is a play ground, at first i thought it was just a neighborhood playground , until at exactly 11;20am every weekday the screams of children will draw my attention and after an hour, they would disappear, i thought this strange of a neighborhood playground until my roomie told me that the building next  to it was a kindergarten (then it all made sense.)

I don't know any of these children, but they always call me (literally, although not by name) with their laughter, and screams (lets face it, they are attention seekers, they want an audience! lol), so i oblige them (being a good person that i am. *winks), i leave what ever i have to do (which is always nothing), and stare at them until either i get a cold from the cracks on my window or my legs hurt from standing or worst, they leave. 

I now have a couple of favorites and each day i look forward to them, because i have unintentionally made up stories about them, lets take Frankie to begin with, he is a loner, he always goes to the swing at the far corner, he takes possession and doesn't leave till break time is over, he just sits there and swings away his nightmares, while thinking up new mischief to play on his babysitter Karen, when he get home. Ben, Alex, Howard and Sally are a gang team, but i think Alex likes Sally, but the feeling is not mutual, because each time Alex picks on Ben (who by the way seems to take every punch and shove as game) Sally gets mad, and is always on the defensive side, Howard on the other hand is the side kick to Alex, he doesn't do any punching, but is sure to alert them when the teacher is coming close.

Paul maybe the youngest in the class or just a child with separation anxiety because he doesn't make friends and is always with the teachers, he doesn't even play on his own, he just follows the teachers around as they walk around making sure each child is safe, i don't know if he has been bullied by the class often, or he is that kid who came when everyone has already paired up, what ever it is, sticking to the teachers side all day, is going to give him a reputation he wont get off easily even after 20 years, (kids are mean, and they will remind you all the time of things you so desperately want to forget.)

Mike and Joe rule the slides but they are good children because sometimes (when they feel like it) they let the girls crew (Molly,Lilly,Chloe and Josephine) play while they check out other toys.
sometimes i like to relieve my days as a kid in the school playground through the activities of these children, but it doesn't always work out as planned, they fascinate me on their own. i look forward to 11.20 am every day and on weekends i miss them. 

If it wouldn't be too creepy and if the cold would let me i would walk over to the fence and make friends with them, i'm sure they would have ideas and the secret to success they would be willing to share with me.

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