Chapter - 8 Naked discrimination
There was a saying…
'There was always a strange story behind every rule.'
They knew what the senior's warning meant in a few minutes.
"What the hell!!! My fried chicken!!!"
They saw the afterimage of a dog followed by a girl's scream. Her fried chicken was snatched away by a dog in a blink.
Wine looked up to Anawar's face, and they saw the shock in each other's eyes. They pulled up the plastic bags higher and walked faster and faster.
Only after they stepped into the dorm that they breathed a sigh of relief. They ran to take the combat bath and head to the dining hall with confidence. Wine didn't know about Anawar but his confidence was given by the dishes in his hand.
There were still two big pots on the table. One pot was rice and one pot was chickpea stew or…soup? He got two spoonfuls of rice and a spoonful of soup.
The soup was as clear as water. He realised that soup must be diluted bean stew that senior Htin Lin said. It would need to use a submarine to search for grain of chickpeas in the soup.
The taste of the rice was as horrible as the first time. However, after the first time, there will be countless times. With the dishes they bought, it's not that bad. They can eat more rice than yesterday.
Back at the dorm, Wine took out the uniform from the luggage. The white shirt with stick collar and dark green longyi.
Fastening the buttons of the shirt, Wine's eyes drifted towards Anawar.
"Wow!! Your body is great."
Wine gave him a like for his body with such a good proportion.
Anawar's hand picking up the shirt from the bed became stiff. But he recovered instantly and looked back at Wine's body openly.
"Thanks, yours is beautiful too.."
Especially the exposed white chest… It disappeared after the buttons were fastened properly.
Wine looked away, and continued to wear the longyi. His mind was filled with envy. The muscles on Anawar's body were the kind he wanted most. It looks very firm and strong.
He worked out to get that kind of explosive muscles but all he got was a firm and lean body.
"I envy your muscles..No, I envy your body. It looks very strong, like a cheetah. Do you work out everyday?"
He said sincerely.
"No, I was responsible for chopping firewood and carrying water at home."
Does it mean it was natural? So, the eight pack abs and V-lines could be formed by just chopping wood and carrying water…
How unfair!!! He stopped talking to avoid feeling jealous.
He secretly thought not to stop working out after he was completely adapted to College life. He put a pen in the shirt's pocket, buckled the watch and got ready to go…
"Let's go to the teaching building"
The teaching building was only 2-3 minutes walk from the dorm.
"I hope we can be in the same class."
"Maybe. Or not.."
The ground floor was classrooms for seniors. Wine climbed up to the first floor searching for a corresponding room. There were four classrooms each upstairs and downstairs.
"This classroom is D, not there. The next one is C, not here either. Oh, it's for literature. You are science, right?"
"Hmm, it must be A or B.."
Wine hoped they would be in the same classroom. Having roommates in the same classroom should be better than not having one…
"Found it, Class A. Anawar, you are on top of the list with the advantage of the alphabet. Where is my name? Oh, there. The last one.."
He got his wish. They are in the same classroom. Class A and B were for science students, class C and D were for science + literature and class E was for pure literature students.
The distributions are
Class A - Chemistry, Biology
Class B - Physics, Biology
Class C - Physics, Ecology
Class D - Chemistry, Ecology
Class E - History, Geography
The timetable was pasted on the wall.
4 classes - 1 hour each
30 minutes for lunch break
3 classes - 1 hour each
They couldn't get out of the class until 4:30 pm. 30 minutes later than the senior said. The class's subjects were very interesting..
The concept of Education, Educational Psychology, National language, English, Mathematics, Music, Practicum for male trainees and housekeeping for female trainees.
Why should housekeeping be the subject for females only? Wine despised the subject planner.
There were two columns of long benches and tables in the classroom. The males sat by the windows and the females sat by the doors.
Pulling Anawar's arm, Wine sat in the front row. It didn't matter for Anawar wherever he sat, he sat beside Wine. Although he didn't like the boy much, he disliked others more.
The class was filled before 9:00 am. The female trainees were wearing the white tight jackets with overlapping flaps in front and dark green longyi. Some girls are showing off the basketballs while some are as flat as washboards.
Their long hair was tied and covered with hairnets in the shapes of buns behind their heads. They looked graceful with a touch of Thanakha on their fair cheeks. Some put on lipsticks and some didn't.
It was a feast for the eyes.
There are only ten male trainees but the number of female trainees is 28.
A middle aged woman entered the classroom at ten past nine.
"Good morning, trainees.."
"Good morning,teacher.."
"I'm your Tutor Thazin. Today I will talk about the to do-s and not to do-s list. Then distribute the textbooks by the way.."
According to her, there would be assemblies every Monday and Friday.
The male trainees didn't have many taboos but the females have numerous..
The males just have to avoid being bare chest or naked, couldn't dye their hair and keep long hair and …that's it.
However, the taboos for females are
-High heels are not allowed to wear with the uniforms
-Bras are not allowed
-short skirts and pants are not allowed to wear
-Revealing clothes are not allowed to wear
-Short hair are not allowed
-No short sleeved tops
-Not allowed to dye the hair
Fuck!
Wine wanted to swear..
Discrimination!! This is naked discrimination…. Thanks god, he became a boy..