Once, I walked past a bus stop when I saw a student from a school where I taught for a while.
Our eyes met.
"Hey, you are _______________ (his name), right? You once argued with me." I said.
This student and I had a contest of wills in the classroom. The boy had tried to be funny during the school's emergency drill and had talked back when I reprimanded him.
This incident is my only memory of him.
The boy nodded.
"I'm teaching in another school now." I said.
"I know." He said.
I bade the boy farewell and he called out after me:
"'Cher, that time pai seh ah."
I turned back and replied: "It's no big deal."