Saturday, December 31, 2005
A new year wish
it's dreadfully amazing how fast time flew this year of 2005. i couldnt help but reminiscence the times we spent together, the laughter, the tears, the paths we each took, rediscovering our goals, lives and ultimately pursuing the dreams we all have.Damn, where did 2005 go after the much misunderstood and anxiety causing As? The hours spent in a library, in grey uniforms, huddling over papers and books. The places we gathered at:classrooms where male specimens constantly played hide and seek with a maths teacher from HK, the same table at the canteen that seemed to always face a group of bridge-playing nuts and a prata store, the study areas where the wind blew and tree leaves rustled, the assembly grounds where two old men(one hairy, the other crappy) entertained their s19 juniors with bullshit which knew no bounds, the lecture halls where we seemed to be the bio lecturer's favourite class, the lecture hall where gabriel and limin sang their hearts out for talent time. The people we know, the funky s19 girls, the ever-so-often absent s19 hunks, save for a faithful few who bothered attending school. And there's our dear form teacher who's constant nagging and advice never failed to make you smile. There are of course our friends we meet in ccas, in overseas trips, in gp classes, and god knows where else you met and what you did!
The year 2005 started with a bang, following prom where ugly ducklings bloomed into swans, definitely, with melanie in a gown, hair all done up, shinimini with astro-boy's expensive hair, and vavaroom, a skirt and top that made guys drool, yasmeen's new hairdo, sylvia in a gorgeous outfit, vaish in a tailored made beautiful blue dress, and all the babes there to rock the night. Oh what the hell, i can never remember what the guys wore, but it must have been nice, nor who won the beauty pageant or the theme, they weren't very significant. The human mind can only remember so much about one night!
But this mind does remember when our dear lads headed to Tekong, where boys became men, all botak at that. The complaints, the confinements, the difficulty in getting them to come for class gatherings. Guys becoming tanned, hunky. JP actually lost weight, looked darn hunky, and then he had to be disrupted for university. *cheeky* The gatherings we had, in sentosa, JP's house, the dinners, the movies we watched, the front row sits at peter pan,LOTR, the neoprints we took, the party we had for shinimini before she left for vetscience, the dyed blondish hairdo that gabby had, the trip dear girlfriends took to china, the jobs we took selling stupid magazines and free glass chess sets, the time spent slacking away, the all girl sleepovers, the gossip etcetcera!!!
SAVING current but ambiguous gossip for the next entry, there was the release of As, the tears of disappointment and astonishment, the shock. Some dreams were dashed, some were rekindled, a piece of paper with printed scribblings on it makes so much difference in this academic oriented state. Ah shit. Now one had to worried about university.
Where the hell could these grades take me to? some settled for local universities, others toyed with the idea of spending a bomb and going overseas, most of us wondered where life was going from bloody here. So the acceptance and rejection letters started flying around, it wasnt easy, no owl mail here though. one guy was disrupted from ns, he may provide us free medical care yet, the others still have a year to go. One babe is heading down under some time soon in the new year to realise a dream which kept her going. Another babe has already become a frequent flyer between two countries. One babe became a pageant beauty for her hall, and blossomed. One guy is on his way to be a pilot.
A semester in local universities have passed. December came again. No proms to attend this time darlin'. Gatherings at munchy monkeys, man the brownies there are sinful! squeezing time from the semester to meet up for lunches, birthday celebrations, babes getting attached, durian party, x'mas party, bimbo games at settler's cafe, more movies, hey, the season of desperate despotic housewives finally ended!! Christmas silently crept by too. The New Year is but an hour away. Some of us are home contemplating what the new year could bring, the unexpectedness of the year to pass, the feeling of excitement and dread for what may come, the uncertainty. Some are out partying hard, life is short. Some are with loved ones, the future looks rosier.
But as i reflect about the year that passed, the times when it felt all fucked up, it wasnt so bad afterall. Cos somehow, the experiences had this past years with you, with the class makes life bearable.
This was one hell of a jc class who has diverse personalities and aspirations, and it rocks, be it sexy as gabby says, 03s19 is all heart and soul. Somehow, the new year now looks cheerier, and borrowing a a quote from fad, and adding some myself,
"may you awake each dawn with a
smile knowing that you are loved and cared for.
To feel the warmth of the morning sun
knowing that your day will be a good one.
Knowing that life is yours to discover
that you are beautiful as you are."
So instead of wishing you a happy new year as every conventional greeting card purports the new year will be, i ask if you would oblige me and have coffee with me to catch up for old times sake,update me always about how you are doing. Of course, i totally understand if you have tired of my bullshit above luv'.
