A classroom becomes a flower-shop.
Love is in the air in Taipei's largest building, Taipei 101 (jnlin).
BY ALAIN CHARTRAND
It’s been five years since I’ve last been in love and it feels great now that the feeling is back and she feels the same.
My girlfriend, Jasmine, spent a year in Vancouver and a year in Australia studying English. Now she teaches English at a school like mine and makes good money which is rare for a native teacher. Usually here in Taiwan if a Chinese person is teaching English they are an assistant and make less money. She got lucky and became a head teacher.Jasmine’s birthday fell on a Saturday and she had to work. She wasn’t too thrilled to be working on that day, but as with many people within the Asian culture, she didn’t protest and did as she was asked. To make up for her day at the office, I sent her a dozen roses at 1:30p.m. Another dozen followed at 2:30, then another at 3:30. Just when she thought it was safe to open her textbook, another dozen roses appeared at 4:30.
Needless to say she was astounded. After work, she had dinner with her boss which gave me time to assemble the second part of her Birthday present. I bought more roses, but this time it was solely for the petals. I spread the silky-red teardrops on the floor, on the bed, everywhere. I had candles lighting the room with some chilled wine ready to be opened.
I’ve always considered myself a romantic, but this was more than I’ve ever done for a girl. That night I felt like she was the only person in the universe, my everything and my life. The night was perfect, aside from its ending. I will never forget that night, and even now, I find the odd dried-up petal under the bed. Although it’s wilted and brown now, holding that crumpled piece of rose reminds me of a time that will hard to be replaced by any another future moment. iT!
Alain Chartrand has been an English Teacher for five years. He taught English in Taiwan for two years then relocating to Mainland China for two years. He currently teaches English in Taipei county, where he lives happily with his wife, Jasmine.
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