Thursday, August 21, 2008
I KNOW I'm supposed to be studying Bio right now, or even Lit Paper 1, but I want to indulge myself rambling a while before I lose the thought.
Today after the Chem paper I was studying Bio with Sheryl in the canteen and I recounted what I said to YJ on Tuesday.
Me: How did you get it (RJ Econs Prelim Paper 07)?
YJ: From my friend in RJ lor.
Me: Eh... I think I have no friends...
YJ: ???
Me: They all went to AC. (Except those in NJ, Odelia in RJ, a minority elsewhere)
And then I said to Sheryl, "I miss my MGS friends. Why couldn't some of them have come here?"
This is not to say I don't love my NJC friends, because I do, but one of the reasons I didn't want to come here at Sec 2 was because I wouldn't get to see my friends. Some of them have been in my same class for umpteen years.
And Sarah really is much better at keeping in touch with them, I think. She even went for the 2006 Founders Day Dinner if I'm not wrong. I only went back on the occasional school holiday celebration like National Day or something.
We used to have so much fun in school. Get ready for a LONG list of random memories.
In Pri 6 we took turns 'shooting' the pen refills at the Sharity Elephant rulers that everyone received. I shot one at a poster and it stuck!
Oriana and I used to stay in class during recess to either do homework or talk about the silliest things, calling each other ridiculous names. Natalie was my seating partner. I recently saw her at the PSC scholarships and careers fair. I think I saw Rachel Ng there too in school uniform, but she wouldn't remember me. We were only classmates in Pri 2 I think.
Mrs Goy would mock our changing back to the pinafore, sometimes claim to be like an erupting volcano, especially whenever she wore red, or got annoyed at Sam.
From Pri 3-6 I was good friends with Shernise, Ariel, Vivian and Lillian. We did a project on sea stuff after a CIP at the beach, and I wrote a fish poem. I remember Ariel's house being very big and nice. The twins were brilliant at gymnastics.
In Sec 1 we had to give sort-of introductory speeches - to test our presentation skills, no doubt. I did pretty well because I felt quite comfortable in front of the class, even teasing Su Yee in the middle of my speech. She returned the favour later.
We also had a spelling bee, where I spelt 'unnecessary' and 'beret' wrongly. We recommended giving a dictionary as a prize to the person with the highest score! I recently was reminded of Shernise and Jia Hui making up some silly story or song involving a parody of our chinese teacher. I believe it included random chinese phrases and slapping. We used to listen out for the Christ the Lord is Risen Today to start playing before making our way down to the quadrangle for assembly. I could sing the alto part at that time!I remember my Sec 2 PW group was me, Amanda, Su Yee and Bridget! Doing my all-time favourite topic, Education. Was a good year for it too. Many newspaper articles on the subject.
Sara Chong used to speak either English or funny Chinese in class to Qian Lao Shi. One day we tried to trick him into thinking something was stuck on the ceiling by everyone looking at one spot, but it didn't work!
Once I was absolutely delighted to get an 87 or 84 or 80-something score for a Chinese paper, because I normally got about 70. And then Shauntel, my seating partner, got 95. I bet Judith and Melody got 90+ as well. How depressing!
Pei Shan and Sze Min sat behind us. Or was it Melissa Chu? Pei Shan had the loveliest ponytail ever. Like her hair was really smooth. I think Sze Min went to NUS High. Melissa Chu was in GB with me! And turned out to produce one of the best O Level scores in the school!
I had a sty in my eye, and after the doctor removed the liquid I had to wear a patch-bandage thingy over the eye. Amanda called me 'Xuan the Pirate'.
Su Yee was a hygiene/neat freak, to be impolite. She was mad once when I passed down a worksheet that had a slightly folded corner. I think for a time she and Odelia weren't talking to each other, and I was desperately trying to get them to make up. She used to be 'enemies' with Tann-Ting as well. LOL.
We watched the movie Never Been Kissed, and Clarissa changed her interest from Orlando Bloom to Michael Vartan! And Hidayah was a fan of Tom Felton.
Our form teacher was pregnant for the first 2 months, and gave birth on the same day as Melissa Koh's birthday, March 7. Our relief teacher was a J3, who made us write an essay about beetroots with a lot of idioms.
I think I remember in Sec 2 after exams, where everyone was just mooching around in class doing goodness knows what. I think a few of us sat under the whiteboard, with an arrow pointing at us, labelled IMH.
One day when with choir people in KAP I met Valerie! She whose birthday is on Valentine's Day. Good for her - she went to Hwa Chong. True blue Nanyang Pri girl. She and Janice were in synchronised swimming, I believe. I saw Janice in the ACS(I) choir! Along with Judith. And Maria Kang. Whom I saw on the bus one day, but she was only in my class once, I think.
I like this stream of consciousness thing. Please don't tell me it's 3rd person interior monologue. I shall try to think of more to post. I really do miss my friends.
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