147th Reflection💬

“What do Adam’s descendants, the slaves of sin, always say❓”

It was the woman who gave me the fruit.

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As far as I can remember, when I was form 6,

Student said, “Dial this number and someone will match you to suitable students.”

I made a call.

I said, “I want to register as a private tutor.”

Staff said, “OK...by the time you are matched to a student, we’ll ask for a charge as much as your two-week tuition fee. Alright?”

I said, “Alright.”

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The agent introduced to me a primary student.

After several lessons,

Parent said, “You’re teaching quite well. Let me tell the agent that we aren’t taking your tuition service.”

I said, “Why?”

Parent said, “You’re teaching quite well. I can find no reason why you should hand over two-week tuition fee.”

I said, “But there’s no way out.”

Parent said, “No, there’s a way.”

I said, “......”

Parent said, “I tell the agent that I stop your tuition service but actually we keep it. Then it’s ok, right?”

I said, “Ok.”

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Some time later, when I was teaching, the phone rang and my student’s grandma answered the call.”

Old lady said, “She’s looking for Yip Wai Hung.”

I said, “For me?”

I answered the call.

Staff said, “Why are you here?”

I said, “......”

Staff said, “Parents cancelled the tuition service. It’s a lie. You’re still tutoring there.”

I said, “......”

Staff said, “So please return to us the two-week tuition fee, together with the penalty. If we don’t see your payment by the deadline, we’ll take further action to make you accountable for it.”

I hung up.

Old lady said, “Alas, I’ve forgotten it. His mum told the agent we’d stopped the tuition service.”

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Another me said, “What’s wrong with the old lady? Too old? So forgetful!”

I said, “It’s time God disciplined me through her.”

Another me said, “The agent’s charge is unreasonable. Making a few call and doing a few matches, she charges as much as two-week salary. It’s understandable why tutors lie.”

I said, “But when the agent asked if I’d accept the tuition fee arrangement, I said alright.”

Another me said, “It isn’t your problem. It is the parent who appreciated your teaching and desired to give you a reasonable pay that suggested lying to the agent.”

I said, “But when the parent asked me about her suggestion, I said OK.”

Another me said, “Money, who doesn’t want more of it? You were just a student at that time. You’ve started working yet.”

I said, “To be honest, I’m taking advantages from both sides.”

Another me said, “The fruit on the tree of knowledge of good and evil. It is the woman God put here with you—she gave you some fruit from the tree, and that’s why you ate it.”

I said, “No, it is I myself that ignored what God says, stretched my hand out to the fruit, and took it in bites by bites.”