Graduation

2005-10-23T17:53:00.000+08:00

if cliche stuff bores u, and u cannot bear another sappy entry on friendship, you are encouraged to browse elsewhere.

Other than that, hi! this is the only post i will be making for this blog and it be left that way, to serve as a small reminder of what i have gone through in 2 years with my friends. as long as blogger doesn't shut down, i do hope this little piece of my life will remain here.

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So, in two weeks time, I'll be sitting for the A levels with the rest of my friends, and after 24 Nov (well, for some it'll be 28) that's it.

the end of jc life and the end of 12 years of wearing a school uniform. As cliche as it sounds, time has really flown by.

I first stepped in RJ with apprehension, not knowing what to expect. REALLY. i never felt so lost before in my life as i waded through a crowd of RGS girls all squealing with excitement on seeing each other.

I never felt so lonely in my life before.

But that was before i met my class. When i met them, i hit it off with Charmaine (char, thanks!) and Raphael. Pretty soon, Han Yang trotted by to join us and soon, Erin, Janelle, Ian and Jeremy joined in. After the first 3 months, Joseph and Darryl joined us and our gang was complete.

WE HAD FUN IN J1. crazy, insane fun. We came to school on mondays, moaning and groaning how long the day was when it had barely started. The guys LOVED mondays cos there was PE. it didn't help that Raphael was the PE rep because he forced us (girls) to go for PE. Charmaine HATED him for that.

breaktime was always a relief as we dashed out of school to Ghim Moh to take a break from the dreary school days. recess then was only 40 minutes and we treasured every second of it. Sipping on cool sugarcane juice, and slurping on bowls of mee pok and desert, someone would yell 'CRAP! IT'S MRS SEAH'S LESSON!' there would be a sudden flurry of activity as everyone rushed to finish their food and dashed back quickly.

Our teachers would never understand why we were so fascinated with Ghim Moh. We even called ourselves the 'Ghim Moh Gang' cos it sounded cool!

lessons ended late, around 3 and you could always count on ian to say 'LONG DAY M'AM' and groan. Perhaps that's why lao shi (one of our favourite teachers) let us off on some days. And that's how we got ian to be our 'negotiator' when it came to asking the teacher to let us off for breaks.

j1 came and went and soon, we found ourselves the seniors of the school, in a spanking brand new campus. OOH. life was pretty much the same, just that MinSheng joined us and we had endless fun teasing him.

an outsider would probably say 'that's boring! what kind of jc life did you have man?!' While it was true that compared to the other classes, our class was pretty dumb and we did not boast of having councillors ~~DARRYL does not count as one cos he doesn't do his job at all but we all still heart him as our bishan gay~~ or any high-profile people, we had fun together.

it was doing the silliest things like running to and back from Ghim Moh (which later changed to J8 although we were wiser then and took a cab instead), eating upsize noodles (courtesy of Raphael whose stomach is a BOTTOMLESS PIT), screaming at the guys for being so darn annoying at times, literally rolling on the floor from laughing too hard, playing softball in the LT with a coco cola bottle and a scrunched up wad of paper, beach bumming at Sentosa, panicking together over the impeding exams in the library before deciding that it's not worth the energy to panic and it's best to trudge down to the canteen for Western food etc. that made life much more bearable.

you knew you could always count on someone to keep your deepest, darkest secret, someone to lend you a shoulder for you to lean on when you grew tired, someone to talk rubbish to, someone to gossip with, someone to play with, someone to study with, someone to eat with, someone to cry with...

someone to be there for you when you needed someone.

and with that, i thank the Ghim Moh Gang- Charmaine, Erin, Janelle, Han Yang, Raphael, Darryl, Joseph, Ian, Min Sheng and Jeremy for making these 2 years a wonderful time. I HEART YOU ALL!

The end?

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Nah.

2005-10-23T17:47:00.000+08:00

My 2 favourite guys in the whole wide world, Raphael and Han Yang! I mean, the most decent and nicest guys a girl could ever meet. (of course they are from ACS...DUH!)

And the random photos. Oh, there's Mrs Seah! I HEART MRS SEAH! *so does Joseph, right?*

2005-10-23T17:36:00.000+08:00

the 3 best female friends one could ever have. Sharkie, Janelle and Erin.

"omg esther! I am so sorry the photo turned out like that! I SERIOUSLY had no idea why! i think it's cos you're too short?" - ian

The two towers!

Joseph, our resident blackie who managed the ultimate record at RJ by scoring 1% for Math Common Test.

And the guys jack each other! Where's DARRYL WHEN YOU NEED HIM?!!?! Oh yes, *DARRYL HEARTS HIS DARLING GENEVIERE!*

Han Yang, the China Goat. We will miss you!

2005-10-23T17:28:00.000+08:00

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we're gonna be when we turn 25
I keep thinking times will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same
But when we leave this year we won't be coming back
No more hanging out cause we're on a different track
And if you got something that you need to say
You better say it right now cause you don't have another day
Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down
These memories are playing like a film without sound
And I keep thinking of that night in June
I didn't know much of love
But it came too soon
And there was me and you
And then we got real cool
Stay at home talking on the telephone with me
We'd get so excited, we'd get so scared
Laughing at our selves thinking life's not fair
And this is how it feels

As we go on
We remember
All the times we
Had together
And as our lives change
Come whatever
We will still be
Friends Forever

So if we get the big jobs
And we make the big money
When we look back now
Will our jokes still be funny?
Will we still remember everything we learned in school?
Still be trying to break every single rule
Will little brainy Bobby be the stockbroker man?
Can we ever find a job that won't interfere with a tan?
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly
And this is how it feels

La, la, la, la…
Yeah, yeah, yeah
La, la, la, la…
We will still be friends forever

Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there?
Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us 'round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly

To my friends in RJC, i HEART you all.