Before I turned in last night, I decided to reminisce on the memorable past, be they eons back...
My Primary School Days...
...when i would try to turn in at 8pm with my sister the day before, for fear of not getting enuf sleep for school in the morning session the next day;
...when me and my friends would gather at Isabelle or Melissa's house to have some frolicking fun before school started in the afternoon session;
...when i would hang out with my friends so very often at Hougang Mall, hogging the Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) machine, and attempting to challenge anyone who's up next to show off their skills - oh yes, those were the ah lian past i had, but i never regretted having gone through it since i learnt many lessons from it;
...and i remember life in Primary One, where we ordered Milk (can't remember the brand, but it came in either chocolate, strawberry), had to fill in word bank books, competed with friends to see who could finish our Xi Zi Ben Zi, Penmanship (or Penmenship?) and whatever-nots homework first... Do you recall?
...the days my brother and I went for choir lessons on Saturday mornings, and enjoying lovely food in the school tuckshop for merely 20 or 30 cents (those finger foods), and very often, also attempting to skip choir lessons by playing catching at near-by playgrounds with mostly my brother's friends... Yes, I was even closer to my brother in the past.
My Secondary School Life...
...when we would arrive in school in the wee hours of the morning, put our bags and roam around school before morning assembly...
...when Jacqueline, Jaslene and I would rush for our Councillor duties when morning assembly started - Flag-raising duties, Patrol duties, which were my favourite as I need not stand at attention and could saunter around school to catch norty students who try to skip morning assembly...
...when the days of banter seemed never-ending, among my clique. (And I remember Kareen and I falling for the same guy; Jaslene being the Form Teacher's apple in the eye and that we were jealous and unhappy about that) Such senseless, childish quarrels and companionship eventually forged a strong bond among us, and boy, am i glad for all that happened... it's funny now that we look back isn't it?...
...those days of glory, where I participated in many different track and field events and stand on the rostrum to receive my prizes, and 2 years of captainship to lead the Blue Eagles House to championship...
...the 3 years of track training that i forged strong friendships through thick and thin, with Audrey... This fine lady here is someone I would never ever forget... We laughed through tough training sessions with jokes, went to shit together (we have a funny symptom, which is we will feel like shitting before our runs), competed against each other to achieve the common goal of defeating others by constantly pitting against ourselves, and improving our fitness as such...we even took on holiday jobs together, doing door-to-door sales of X'mas cards,etc... Now that she's in Australia pursuing her Degree, I really miss her! (Absence makes the heart fonder; how true it is)
...appointed the President of the Student Council in 2004 and getting jealous stares from others, being hated by by many others, offending many norty students in my co-hort to the point of being infamous or notorious (ironically) for "catching students". Come to think of it, i should have been more flexible and not so rigid, ah! Bad bad bad. I feel really bad. Just hope that others will forget my negative points and remember me for the good I have done...
...the various masses (in particular, Thanks-giving mass at the end of the year) held throughout the year, having been in a catholic-mission school... How fondly i miss those days of hymns-singing!...
...appointed the Student of the Year 2004, Student Leader of the Year 2004, and consequently, Valedictorian of the Year 2004, and gave a farewell speech to my co-hort, and to thank the school and dedicated teachers for the effort they put in to hold us through a very large part of our adolescent years...
My JC Essence...
...stepping into SAJC for the 1st 3 months of trying out JC life, i remember waking up at 5am to get ready for school. SA was so freaking far away from my home in Punggol! Having to take the train from one end to another was no joke i tell you! After reaching HarbourFront, I had to take another bus ride to get to SA at Malan Road,... Super far, further than Far east (Heh heh)!!!...
...The initial confusion and reluctance to go through the normal route of studying in JC, where i had quit SAJC after a mere 10-day period as I had intended to pursue my interest in Hospitality and Tourism Management in Temasek Polytechnic, and eventually choosing to go to a nearer AJC instead...
...having to fit into a totally new environment where some of my classmates had already formed cliques hadn't been easy, but I'm really glad i made really great friends in JC as well! Am really grateful for having found such fun-loving bunch of friends in a supposedly-muggish school? yea yea.
...Will never forget colour-blind Serkun as the physics rep, who has taught me how to play volleyball despite the disability; Laykoon - oh there're too many lovely things to say about her! studying together during free breaks and discussing school work together, clubbing together (albeit only in recent times); Shuwen, who share a common destiny as me by enrolling into AJC after being in SAJC for 1st 3 months; Pam & Pris, who are the class' twins, and i remember saying "Hi Priscilla!" to Pamela the day after i made friend with Priscilla! Funny funny funny! ; Kah Hwee, the class' little tweety bird, who was also the girls-in-class (S2405)-recognising-her-as-the-class'-chio bu; who else, let me see... Basically all the many many lovely friends in my class - i love you guys and gurls so much, you know it! Thanks for all the fun and lovely memories you all brought to me; they colour my life!
Gone were these days!
I will definitely fondly remember these days, and be soaked in much reminiscence and joy even after I move on to another stage of my life... For in my life, I have been through all these experience, and partaken fond memories that belong not only to me, but to all those that share such memories with me as well...
Let us all give love and thanks for the many good we have received throughout the past years, and continue to give back to society...
With renewed faiths that tomorrow will be a better day, let's all live our 2008 to the fullest!
"Non Mihi Solum" (Not for myself alone)
