good byes and hellos

it's time to dedicate a post to my high school life. time to say goodbyes, and prepare to say hellos!

a few days ago, when i couldn't sleep, tossing and turning on my bed generally due to the stress from a levels and thinking about stuff, i suddenly remembered this incident. It must have been one of the most memorable experiences i have had in rj, and maybe even the most memorable. i did my first and only dare ever one fine day this year in february (i remember this because it was so obviously not my birthday, you'll find out why next). i was at the canteen during lunch break with a few of my classmates, and we were playing dare or double dare or something crappy like that which was designed to make you do stupid things.

haha obviously bird was the one who made the bunch of us play it. we were spinning a bottle and whoever it points towards have to do a dare. bird got dared the first time and she went up to the first guy that walked past and said that his chest looks nice xD another guy who got dared went to a girl three tables away and asked her for her number, and believe it or not, she actually gave him! we checked and it was the correct number haha! i bet she knew it was a dare because we were all staring and giggling and whispering. xD

then when it was almost end of break, guess what? i got dared! (so unlucky) i had to go round the canteen twice singing "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEE!" and the guys at this table were laughing at me. one of them even came over and shook my hand, congratulating me! it's so unbelievably embarrassing! it wasn't even close to my birthday and everyone was watching >.> i wonder if anyone i knew actually saw? eh yeah and fortunately (or not so fortunately), the bell rang at this moment so i could end my agony quickly, but it should have come sooner so i didn't have to get dared at all in the first place! i had many fun times like that in rj haha.

hmm...i'm not comfortable with the name ri(jc), im more used to saying rj, 比较亲切,也很顺口嘛! we're the first and last batch that have been to rgs, rjc and ri, and we're the H1N1-for-A-levels and SARS-for-PSLE batch. luckily h1n1 didn't affect our a levels though sars may have affected our psle, considering the top psle scorer for our year was only 282? (compared to the pro 290 or 286++ they have each year)

eh sorry i digress. i'll miss the games and fun times we had, i'll miss the food even, for it was cheap and they give a lot haha, probably bcos it's a mixed school so they give as much for us as they would for guys whee. the food was a whole lot better than rgs food too! part of the reason why i miss rj more than rgs. but mainly it's because i have great memories of fun, joy and laughter in rj - in jap club and astro, even bridge.

i had fun in ccal camp, in befrienders' dance, open house, jap fest, chingay, every single event and activity i took part in or organised in rj. rj really gave me many many opportunities to excel and improve myself, and i feel sorry that i couldn't have contributed more to rj. the thing i loved about rj was the atmosphere. so full of energy, laughter, fun and friends, and opportunities abound. if you want to do something, there's a 95% chance for you to succeed as long as you're willing to do it. it's this kindof spirit that is encouraged, and it made me do a lot of things i nv would have dreamt possible.

what i regret the most is that JC2 life wasn't as fulfilling as JC1 life. i guess it's mainly because we're so obsessed with mugging mugging and more mugging, which is good? i mean it's a student's job to mug haha. but definitely school life shouldn't be just about mugging.

it's true that what you'll remember years down the road are not your a level results or the tests and exams, but rather the friends you made and the wonderful experiences you had. i don't rmb my results and tests and pts from rgs anymore. in fact, i don't even rmb PW or my JC1 CT results or lecture tests and little stuff that mattered so much to us at those times! sigh, that's why i felt that this year was a pity. i guess things are always like that in a premier school or even any jc in singapore, but i'm already very grateful for all the fun i had out of the classroom!

and because of H1N1, a lot of activities and events got cancelled, and so we missed out on a lot of fun activities this year ): i feel sad for the j1s, for they got robbed of the great experiences that i enjoyed in my j1 year from all the activities i organised and participated in.

im glad that i have learnt a lot out of the classroom from rj, and now i shall bid rj farewell! with this, i shall move on... and start preparing for prom! tomorrow we're going shopping for dress and shoes, and then we have a class dinner to send the scholars off! sigh bidding farewell to the school means bidding farewell to all my friends, classmates, ccamates. i even spent 6 whole years with some of you! we'll be going our separate ways, to different countries and taking different paths. i only hope that all of you will live well and healthily, and may our paths cross again in the future (how about a reunion each year!)

i've got this whole list of things i have to do and want to do, including uni apps, scholarships, applying for internships and work. (home tutoring anyone?) but i also want to read a lot of books, watch a lot of drama, mug french/jap/astro/anything i want, and generally have fun! oh yeah i'll have to go learn driving too!

this is not the end. well maybe it is the end of our high school life and childhood and everything innocent and nice haha, but it is also the beginning of our adulthood and entry into the big wide world out there! while the future remains uncertain, murky or scary, the bright new future with unlimited opportunities also lies ahead! rmb, only we have the power to mould our future!