It's the second last week of school and
today everyone from the glass course
had a dinner together.
It has nothing to do with the first semester
coming to an end but
it was a farewell party for KOSEI-SAN.
His leg's condition has worsened and
Professor Michael has decided to let him
take a rest for the next semester.
Although I was under his guidance in glass blowing
for only 3 short months,
I can say that never once have I admired a teacher so much~
Dinner finished in about 2.30 hours
but some event caused us to go home even later.
Kosei-san's assistant, Mun Mun san drove the car
to the front of the restaurant and parked it
along the roadside. It was a scrammed roadside
so it was kind of in the way but moving cars could still pass.
They were just about to board the car when a passer-by
who was looking for fault said things like
"your car is in the way, why did you park it here"
in an unfriendly way.
That's how the story started.
Kosei san quarreled with the old man,
Mun Mun san stood in between them to make peace
for about 30 mins. There were some pushings and
the old man bit Kosei san on the hand.
When Kosei san sat down to take a puff,
the postgraduates and Mun Mun san
went up to talk to the man.
After sometime he decided to leave.
As Mun Mun san was apologizing to us
that it was all his fault for parking his car in that position,
police came.
Some checking was done and that's how our gathering ended.
The only teacher who will quarrel with someone
in front of his students has to be Kosei san.
He felt that it was not very nice that the night had to end this way.
He's cool but what he did was bad.
"You're someone I look up to and yet....."
"The Kosei you see as a teacher, isn't the real Kosei"
Such a free and wild man.
The most compatible master and disciple
A Hot-tempered & A peace maker.
Anyways we were looking at the photos together yesterday
and I told them about this incident which I so wished that I had a camera with me.
Few weeks ago when they were making a glass art together,
Kosei san was working with super hot glass and he didn't have gloves on.
Mun mun was wearing gloves and he immediately
Kosei san: Gave me his gloves?
Me : No... But he protected your hand by covering it with his hand. I felt very touched at that moment.
Just the hands will make a superb photograph.
Today Mun mun san did the same thing again, but this time towards my classmate.
And he immediately said " you saw that? "
I said " Yes, it will be a great photo"
It's a norm to them that an assistant must aid the glass artist but in my eyes,
I see more.
One day, I must take a picture of that.