Lunchtime at Valtorta

by 2D Jason Chow Chun Lai
                                                                 

home-made lunch is healthier

When lunchtime comes in VC, most people quickly grab their wallets, phones and rush out to restaurants with friends.  After they have left, a minority of students, including me, stay in school for lunch.  Not many people know what it is like to spend the lunchtime here in VC and I’m going to tell you about it.
 
When the bell rings, I go to the school gates and take my home-cooked lunch from my maid.  Then, I have lunch beside the covered playground with some friends.  They’re not my best friends but our friendship has grown by having lunch together every weekday.  We chat about everything while we eat, which, unlike people who go out for lunch, we don’t have our smartphones keeping us from chatting.  Although the food is less tasty than restaurant food, it is healthier.
 
After having lunch, I walk back to my classroom.  There are usually one or two diligent students reading books whenever I come back.  I write down the homework on the blackboard, as it is my duty to do so.  Then I walk around the school.
 
The corridors at this time are always so quiet and peaceful with only occasional shouts coming from the basketball court.  There is usually no chance throughout the day to look around the school so now it is a great time; it lets me know more about the school campus and makes me feel closer to the school too.

 I peer down the corridor and I see students coming back from lunch.  My classmates also come back one by one and I go back to my classroom to frolic with them.  We usually play Chinese chess or go behind the computer chair to watch what the user of the computer is doing at that moment.  More and more classmates come back gradually and the bell rings not long after that.
 
Although my lunchtime experience may sound boring, it is actually more unusual than the typical restaurant lunch experience.  Moreover, it helps to develop friendship as people who go out for lunch usually play with their smartphones and don’t talk much.  Also, the peacefulness of the school allows me to think more clearly.  So this is my lunchtime in Valtorta !