Wednesday, March 21, 2007
I visited 2H03's blog again and watched the youtube video.. Maybe it's coz of the rain or something... I actually felt touched to the core of my heart that I once had such a great bunch of friends around.. Ok they're still around now.. But I didn't know that being able to meet them everyday was something I should have cherished.
Let me reminisce for a while.........................................
I remember bits about those 2 years I had.. I remember the orientation days.. Not being there on the last day of orientation, which is also the photo-taking day. (That's why the class form doesn't have my picture) I remember the first basketball trials. Me, Shiyang, Mitchy and Sam were like seniors, demonstrating the drills for our batch of wannabes. I remember we spotted Alvin's elevation, though he rarely scored the layups.. =P And I spotted Ken. I thought he was a big shot the first time I saw him. He wasn't joining us for the trials, but sitting on the steps watching us do the trials. I forgot who told me he was already in the team, though I've never seen him before during AHS' training after our PSLE. =)
Well, enough for basketball. The first day of school, I fell ill. So on the second day, Shiyang enthusiastically introduced me to Ms Ong. That was also the 1st time I saw the class. I admit I didn't expect much of the class from our first encounter... =P
Let me jump ahead......
Ok I remember bits about what happened in class. What I do remember are the more interesting things. Like Sam revealing his feelings to Grace in front of the whole class? And me writing how much I hate Mitchell in my journal. XD I also remember how we planned to count the number of times Shiyang could scold vulgarities in a day. So the moment he stepped into class, we stared at him. Then something like "SMLJ" came out. When we were laughing our heads off, "WTF" came out again. I remember I was banging the table when "KNN" or "CCB" came out! From then on we decided we would need more than the few of us to remember how many vulgarities he could scold in a day. =P
Of course, I wouldn't forget Christine. My only audience for my morning "concerts". DBS bank was obviously the honourable one for digging up my inner potential for singing! =P (Sorry Christine if I broke your ear drum.. =P)
For the more dramatic things that happened in class, I remember Ms Loh smashing a glass bottle that bore a significant significance to our class. I still can't believe how the girls managed to piece them all back. I'm sure everybody won't forget that scenario...
There was also the final day of school in Secondary 2. Have you ever seen Johnson and Shiyang cry? Though tough in their exterior, they do have their passionate interior too. The day we had to part, was the day tears were shed. I also remember the night we spent at Changi Airport. When it was time to leave, nobody wanted to. We wanted to savour the last moments of togetherness as a class... For as long as we could possibly make it last.
That was in the year 2003? I can't believe we've parted for 4 years. Though we do see each other now and then, I just realised I couldn't get a better class than 2H. We shared so many common things together. To the others, though we're kind of known in a bad way, it is because they do not understand the kind of bonding we shared together as a class. Everybody's good in their own way, and my classmates in 2H are friends that are worth your everything. I believe it is only when we graduated in Secondary 2 and joined other classes that other people see a different side of us. We're notorious just because our bonding was so strong, so impenetrable, that other people couldn't get between us. In the end, most people chose not to understand us. But at that time, our support for each other in the sports class was more than enough.. =)
Fellow 2H03'ers, I have only included a small part of memory in ths post. Do add more so that all those who finally understand us as what we are will get a bigger scope of why we were what we were during those times. Finally, I hope that everybody will achieve great success in their future endeavours. =)
it got me home
12:20 am
Friday, March 16, 2007
I went through Shiyang's blog and found these interesting pics he put up under the Humour post. So i rummaged through my emails and found two compositions which I think would provide my readers with quite a good laugh. Enjoy! =)
XD
it got me home
11:37 pm
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
As I look out of the window with the wind blowing across...... I feel like sleeping. At least that's how I'm feeling right now. Today just seems to be another boring day : No activities, no friends, no outings. But, my whole perspective of such a life has changed, perhaps due to a lesson I learned yesterday.
Mr Alex shared a heart warming story, a
motivating story, of the ups and downs in life he went through in order for him to succeed. Maybe not necessarily meaning "
in order" for him to succeed, but the circumstances in life kind of
forced him
to succeed. To me, somebody who actually sheds tears while giving a speech on his life, is somebody who really went through a lot to be able to be where he or she is right now. I also found this short paragraph particularly meaningful...
"
Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!"In case you're wondering, this paragraph is adapted from Rocky Balboa. Sounds cool? But it makes a helluva sense. I'm sure you don't need me to explain to you what it means... =)
The main reason I did this post was to remind myself of what life has to offer. There are many decision making circumstances you may face in life. Once you've made a choice, do not think whether you've made the right choice, instead think about how to make your choice the right one.
Make your choice a decision that you wont regret.
it got me home
3:07 pm
