down memory lanei was down from AFS today from paya lebah and i requested to be dropped off the sch EXCURSION bus at jalan toa payoh, well to those who dont know roads well, does that at least ring a bell or so? no? its where CJ is. savvy?
so i alighted with my classmate, the ex-cjcian, and she asked if i wanted to go in to walk, she's one year our senior (so yeah, my classmate now), and i gladly obliged, i wouldnt have walked in alone, and as we entered the gate, walked that that couple of steps, the first word that came out of my mouth were "this brings back memories". or does it? those memories you longed, yet long they never return to cause a longing.
changes in CJ, they are currently renovating the library, that sweet little thing there, so it ensures the very cranky Library auntie a goooood rest to come back LESS cranky i hope, (its not as if it affects me right?). From the last time i was back, the CJ PAC has beeeeeeeen opened. beautiful place? not really, if you compare it to the De lasalle PAC, its insignificant. there's a fully furbished and airconditioned GYM next to the grandstand. and i got to smell it.
and so we walked around, from the PAC to the canteen then to the gereral office, to the quatrangle, the grandstand, gym, staff room, the hall (when they were having chinese ORAL.. oops!), and then finally to the general office, where i got the chance to talk to Mr Tan (willian Hung!) again. His looks never did really change i guess..
and as i name all those places, its as if something flashes pass your mind, that place, where we sat, where we ate, where we laughed. (damn i'm sounding like i'm writing some love letter! or maybe i am... NOT!) and i can actually imagine the cjcians in j2 last day sitting at the grandstand talking. i can almost imagine it, too bad i wasnt there.
and it was only three months, three short months i was there, it is so going to be the place that i will miss due to the people that i met there, it holds a meaning of a special bond, of a special breed of friends to be made there. those spots, the classroom even, just as i sat at the legde of my sji class the last time i was there, just being around brought back memories one by one, so vivid.
i spoke to mr tan for quite a while, he has amazing memory, citing when he actually took my friend's class when she was in j1 and what he exactly said.. now i really wonder what he's made of.. mmm.. but i guess thats how he got his place in the general office also. but i remember sitting through his class and joking and teasing away, i guess it must have been really different after the first three months, the stress, the pressure, the everything.. well, for me it sure was. poly.....
firstly, i'd like to apologise for the failure of the previous gathering, and on the assumption that people were free, or actually made time for it, so yeah.
secondly, i'd like to congradulate everyone of you on ur As results and posting, esp girls who're starting sch in august or end of july. have fun, its year one.
thirdly, to all the NS guys out there, i love you still! ;) but hey hope we can really meet soon.
there are always stuff around you that are happening, people around you that are changing daily, things that do not remain the same. even time is not constant, its consistant, but are you sure?
its in the consistant effort of seeking out your friends, or at least people you consider friends, and find out how much they've changed, find out how well/badly they've been, i'm sure all of us have changed one way or another, new girlfriend/boyfriend, bestfriends/enemies, shoes to handbags, godknows, but when was the last time we actually did realise a change rather than a complying hi and bye? or that i'm waiting for you to start the convo, or i'm just too busy to start the convo, and then i'm too busy to keep up with that convo, (with teevee or whatnot?) then i'd not say bye to avoid ending the convo crudely, so i'd just end it abruptly. sweet.
its far more than heys hows life? great? good? oh by the way... bye...
from friends we're moved on to acquaintance, when are you going to forget my name? and by the way, if you now wonder if my surname is sae or not, we've gone to that extend already.
and it is not for me to plead, to beg to even ask
no one reads this anyway. so why bother? is it worth it? or shall i say, i've got enough at hand already? why busy myself more?
cos, its just in my blardly blood.
a friendship is measured not by the length of acquaintance, but the length of hardship
said 1t07 at 3:12 AM
