I believe a picture says much more than a thousand words; it just takes over the role of words in describing anything. Photos are like, a universal language since there's none of those language barriers needing to be overcome.
And you should know, gatherings like these warrant really really long posts.
I was so looking foward to seeing everyone back at HSC and it was great!
It was a feeling that I knew so well and it's a really peculiar one which I can't name it exactly. Something like coming back to a place where I'm really comfortable in and know so well with people whose company I enjoy. I am really blessed to have known and befriended these people and this is the knowledge that I know is priceless.
Kinda like the MasterCard advertisment!
Ms Ong wasn't present for practice today 'cos she was sick. Oh well, can't ask her to compromise on her well-being for us but the next time we decide to come back, we should really just call in advance to make sure she's present at practice. Man, how long has it been since I last saw her. A year?
Even though Melanie, Michelle and Peisi were in the same JC as me, I never had much of a chance to see them around in school, and even on the rare occasion when we do meet, it's only to exchange a brief greeting or smile and wave before hurrying into the LT or our next class. I think I talked more to these 2 seniors of mine today more than I'd ever done for last year. Oh and Melanie is really impressive; she's both the choir VP and the SL and I'm only left wondering how she copes with them.
Oh and Melanie was saying, MJC's choir conductor Nelson Kwei, the well, reknown and supposedly much acclaimed conductor, coincidentally the mentor of my own conductor, commented to her that HSC choir has grown stronger and we're of a very high silver standard the other time he heard the choir. Right though I don't have much of good impression of that guy for unknown reasons, he's still some bigshot when it comes to the choral music scene and he praised HSC choir!
I'm just gonna list down any random stuff I noticed since I have an Econs test on National Income tomorrow and it's already 10.24pm.
Nigel, that short, fat and irritatingly childish boy seems to be more mature now. I was rather impressed by the way he conducted and talked to the juniors at today's practice, speaking for once as if he's finally discovered he does have a brain that's functioning. I was still thinking that he was a sec 3 when a teacher informed me that he's taking his O levels this year. On hindsight, he actually took quite long to mature lah when you think about it.
I had no idea where the Hai whatever cafe was.
Melanie, Michelle, Peisi and I all have our uniform in different shades of blue. Everyone commented that it looked like I'd bleached it or something, or that it just looked dirty. I'm not sure what happened with the batch of uniform sold to my batch but everyone just look like their uniforms' been bleached. Isn't blue an easy colour to dye?
The teachers go home really early on Thursdays; my chem teacher wasn't there, Ms Faten who had permed her hair was rushing somewhere. Oh my. The perm was shocking, not that it wasn't nice or anything. I was just too used to her straight hair instead of the bundle of curls.
With the exception of the 2 Ms, NONE of the seniors from Anting's batch came back. I'd really love to meet and catch up with the seniors but well... All of them are either working or busy with camps, NS and job hunting.
Alwyn came back too! LMAO! It's like, he skipped choir throughout the years and now when he's graduated, he's suddenly really enthusiastic about choir gatherings and stuff.
Today was really a lot of chatting with teachers rather than visiting the choir, although like none of the teachers we chatted to were teachers who even taught me. Like Mr Yap was a very easy person to talk to, Ms Khoo was such a psycho who kept wanting to 'eat my tofu' etc. Let's see, I chatted to about, 6 teachers today, 4 of which never taught me and one I think do not remember me since it was way back in sec 2.
I think it must have been the fact that I'm in the company of people I know, but it felt as if the lethargy from the entire day's schooling melted away the moment I saw them and I felt recharged, like an energizer battery throughout.
I can't recall the last time I had talked so much crap in a day. I laughed till my jaws needed a massage before I could go on. The people and environment in MJ sort of stiffle the creativity and energy level I have 'cos just having to think about the realities and I feel sick already. I hate the hypocrisy and 2 faceness of people there and everyone does something for the sake of testimonial or whatever crap.
It's really just like what Carine says, the stark difference between friends and family.
I haven't seen CX and YJ for a really long time and I was surprised at how much I missed seeing them and how easy it was to talk to them still. Amantha and Shiyong haven't changed much either and TPJC has had a change of principal now. Hmmmm. I think MOE has finally come to its senses.
Oh and we took quite a number of photos, small groups, big groups, you name it.
We finally left at about 6.45pm and it was drizzling lightly until PAM, heavy rain and the park was flooded with muddy water. Suffice to say my shoes resembled sampans that had flipped by the time we got through the park and I basically walked home in the rain.
I'm too bloody tired now to study.
Sleep, I really need to sleep.
