Chapter 29 Signing Up (1/2)
Kyle and Kay walked to the school entrance, and sat at a nearby bench for the others. School hours were 8am till 4pm, filled with lessons in the morning, then either extra-curricular activities or studying time in the library, in the evening. Today, however, school ended at 1pm as there were no extra-curricular activities yet. Being the first day, everyone was required to sign up.
”So which clubs are you signing up for?” Kay asked as she looked around her, swinging her legs as they sat on the bench.
”Basketball, definitely,” began Kyle, ”Football and running.”
Kay arched her eyebrows, looked at the scheduling of the club activities then said, ”Which means not a single day free for study time at the library?” Basketball and football had activities twice a week (Monday & Wednesday, Tuesday & Thursday respectively) while running was on Friday.
Kyle grinned, his eyes twinkling, ”Oh dearie me. Really? I did NOT know that.”
Kay snorted, then retorted, ”You're really going all out to annoy Principal Dobbins, huh?”
”Why, my dear sister. I'm just a decadent playboy that knows nothing except playing. Who wants to waste time studying?”
”Will you be okay? You already have your training sessions with Master Shifu at night,” Kay asked worriedly.
Kyle couldn't help but pat her head, then rub her back in assurance, ”Don't worry. I sleep during the day in class.”
”Except for Doolittle's class,” Kay reminded him.
”Oh ya. For hers, I get to play outside,” Kyle smirked, ”So how was class today?”
”It's okay. As usual, girls swarming over to chummy with me because of you. They're pretty harmless, but take note of Janice and her sidekick, Belinda.”
”Janice and Belinda. Gotcha,” Kyle replied, and recalled the information about them from his memory bank. The photogenic memory really comes in handy for things like this. A lot of people are under the misconception that a person with a photogenic memory would be a genius. No. Having this gift only gave you the ability to have the library at your fingertips. Awesome, but useless if you did not understand what you were reading nor be able to apply it.
It's similar to an open book test. Will you score 100% just because the textbook is opened beside you? Hardly. You would need to understand the question, analyse it to see what it was asking for, know where the information you wanted was, and then use your understanding to explain it. Of course, a lot of memorization is needed for exams like the year and name for History, but that would only help a little bit. Imagine flipping through the pages of your textbook, frantically looking for the information, reading it and then trying to figure out what it meant.
Kyle was fortunate that he could actually understand all the complex stuff that he read up, no matter how advanced. It would take longer for the latter, of course, but as long as he studied diligently, he would grasp the concept. Kyle loved this part of his brain in this life. He didn't question why it was so efficient. He was only more than happy for it. In his previous life, he had to slowly digest the information and keep asking around for an explanation about it ... and then had to spend hours just trying to remember the content and its context. In this life, he learned twice the amount in half the time.
Yes, he was THAT good.
Right now, he didn't need much brain power to recall the information on Janice and Belinda. He noted that there was nothing particularly outstanding about their background and no red flags raised based on their past history or actions. Thus, he chucked them out of his mind. Kay's warning thus meant that the two girls were going to be more annoying than the normal flies that buzzed around them, and would most likely resort to tricks.
He hated tricks. He was a straight forward person then, he is a straight forward person now. All those games that people play - more so women, for some reason - was truly annoying.
”Kay! Fancy seeing you here,” the voice of that annoying person he had been thinking about was heard, and Kyle saw Janice walk over with Belinda in tow beside her.
[Speak of the devil] commented Kyle, not looking in their direction at all[And why is she surprised to see you in school? Right in front of the school exit? Is she an idiot? Can't she think of a better line? ]
Kay's smile did not falter and she managed not to laugh out loud. Instead, she looked at the two approaching girls and said, ”Hi ... and you are...?”
Janice smile faltered a bit, but she quickly recovered, ”Janice. And this is Belinda. We're in the same class.”
”OH!” Kay replied, putting a hand over her open mouth, ”I'm so sorry. There were just so many girls around that I didn't realise. I'm so embarrassed.” She patted her cheeks, and for good measure, a slight pink blush could be seen on her fair cheeks.