Back to School - 20100902

After the summer vacation, most of the students were back to school on 1 September.

While having my breakfast in Fairwood yesterday, there was a substantial boost of diners, thanks to the customers wearing school uniform. Three students, one girl and two boys, believed to be in their secondary six, were sitting next to me. Strangely, their conversation was mainly conducted between the two chaps, the lady just sited there and ate out quietly. The overweighed boy mentioned that he wanted to study archeology in the future. I was a bit stunned by his words as his target seemed not to be a money-making discipline. We Hong Kongers generally love business administration.

On my way to office, students could be seen intermittently. No girls has put on any typical woollen cardigans or vests. Without any clue, for a while, ladies love to put on those superfluous stuff, even under the blazing sun. Some suggested that the young girls want to hide their body shapes. It was quite non-sense, as the same person could easily be spotted scantily clad after school.

Students' ruffled uniforms, a common phenomenon nowadays, dissatisfy me. When I was a student, most of my classmates have their clothing ironed. By then, I did the ironing by myself. Students in smooth dress or trousers are especially impressive. In contrast, those unironed uniforms are real eyesore. With unmanned clothes on, it reveals that the student's parents do not hire any domestic helper, and the child is too spoilt to look after himself.