I don’t name his name or his nationality and I think I don’t need to know. I think the best name for him is Mr. Uncle. What I do believe is that when I leave Eton Hall, he will remain in my heart as an auspicious symbol of Eton Hall.
I make a lot of contact with him because I am forever on the verge of breaking rules. I enjoying playing the piano or playing billiards with some guys at night and when the curfew time is approaching, Mr. Uncle will come in and drive us away. If we forget to close the lip or take all the balls away, he will stop us and give us critical spiritual education about what the result will be if we don’t follow the rules…..But sometimes he will also stand for a while watching we play billiards or someone plays the violin and he even applause for that!
Sometimes he will break into our room to check something. If no one is playing the game or watching a movie, he will focus on the hygiene condition instead. One day he found some single shoes lying on the ground, he told me that the room will become smelly if the shoes remained inside. Suddenly I want to make a joke on him and based on the famous TV series Friends, I answered “yeah, smelly smelly cat~” Then I found a strange expression appeared on his face and all of us burst into laughing.
One night I was playing basketball alone on the court and I did not bring a watch with me. Mr. Uncle shouted at me from a far distance. When I came to him and realized that it was too late, I was waiting for the results. He took my ball and bounced it several times, saying,”do you want me to keep your ball for a week or you do ten up-and-downs right now? ” At first I didn’t understand what is up-and-down until he did one as a prototype. It is “fu wo cheng” in Chinese. However, when I bent down my body, he stopped me and gave me my ball. Another time I forgot to sign in when I’m back from Vivo City. Mr. Uncle came to my room and asked me why I didn’t sign in. He also emphasized that several guys were punished for this. But after scaring me he told me that he would give me a second chance and keep quiet. I was really deeply touched.
When we suffer from the deprivation of the aunties in Eton Hall, I can never imagine that the one who warms me is a total unfamiliar Indian Uncle. However, several months later I will sorrow at not being able to hear his classic voice ”Hello, guys!” again.
It seems that you are always breaking the rules~~ In my opinion, the Indian Uncle is a kind person. He never punishes us, instead, he just educate us not to break the rules.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much about Indian Uncle but I do know Indian Auntie. She is a very friendly and kind person, too. Last night my roommate forgot to sign in and she came up to us.She pretended to be angry but before she left, she told my roommate that she should treat her a cup of coffee because she would forgive her this time. Very nice auntie, isn't she?
ReplyDeleteYes, Uncle is a good man. he likes kidding with us, for example, yesterday I was sleepig during the compulsory study time, he did not scold me or let me copy handbook. He tried to kid with us and educate us properly.
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky enough because if you are caught by someone else ,the consequence must be very strict. Actually, I want to say that one of my roommates once was caught watching movie in study time. However, the same as you, he did not be punished. I think the guard is very kind to all of us.
ReplyDeleteOh! You mentioned several guys had been punished for non-sign in and out. Do you know I was one of those tragic guys? It was a failure to me for not escaping from punishment. I still remember that day that I came back at night and went pass the uncle when suddenly I realized I was supposed to sigh in and out. But how can I sign in without signing out? So I decided to pretend to sign in. As I planed, I went to the reception and played with a pen and the signing book pretending to be signing. Then I went away when suddenly "Mr. uncle" called me back and let find where had I signed. I knew I had been discovered. Soon I got punished to copy the handbook. I regard it as my failure just because that why I was too stupid to go upstairs at the first stairs which can keep me away from the reception as well as the uncle!
ReplyDeleteAs a girl I did not have the chance to communicate with the uncle very often, instead, I like the Indian auntie, she is as lenient as the uncle. It is our luck to have them with us since we are far away from home. Bless them.
ReplyDeletei don't have a chance to know the indian uncle very much,but according to your description, he is quite friendly and amiable.perhaps next time, when i come across him, i will say hi to him instead of pretending to ignore him.
ReplyDeleteIndian uncle is a very kind man. Every time he come into my room he would say 'Hello, guys. It is a very good room. Who is the room leader.' then say to the leader 'Good job. Keep it.' But sometime he is very strict. The second week of coming to Eton Hall, one of my roommate have his laptop confiscated by Indian uncle because he did not know the rules well and play video games during compulsory study time.
ReplyDeleteOh, in my view, both of the Indian uncle and auntie are nice and friendly ,compared with auntie Lily. once she came to our room and asked why somebody not to sign in. when my roommate said she forgot , auntie really pretended to look strict and angry , but we looked a smile from her lip. however, uncle is strict to me once, and gave me a long serious education. what a pity ... but in all, they are better than somebody... it is really fact we can not deny .
ReplyDeleteUncle looks kind. Although at first I thought he was a little strict, as time went by, I found that he is really a kind person. He asks us to obay rules, but he never punishes us. Perhaps he is one of the few things good in Eton Hall.
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky to have a kind and avuncular Uncle Indian to fuss over you guys.Some dorm supervisors can be real nasty.I'm glad you appreciate these little acts of kindness. The world with so much strife and disaster is still a beautiful place with such people around. Maybe you ought to play the piano for him.
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