N Saturday, February 23, 2008
feeling emo again.. the title writes catching up, and i am prepared to write a whole list of things that is going thru my mind for the past few days..
firstly, manage to catch up with bennett, sam, jun hong, salvin and oswald.. the reason on why me manage to meet up is because bennett is leaving for perth to study accountancy.. how we manage to meet up is a miracle itself.. at first, oswald and bennett and sam wanted to meet up and haf a good chat over a meal before bennett flies off.. oswald and bennett always have been keeping close contact with wach other as they live near to each other and their moms noe each other as well.. after tt, sam asked jun hong if he wanted to join in, and of cuz he gladly agreed.. oswald asked me to come along as well, as i have been maintaining contact with him.. salvin was being invited by jun hong, which makes the whole event v interesting.. i had no contact with salvin at all before hand.. the last time we met was like 2 yrs ago, and tt was, as sam put it, he haven entered army yet.. so it became a mini-1c-cum-farewell-dinner thing..
to up the ante, when we entered billy bombers, we were sitting right next to tay chye huat without us realising it.. tch is our sec 1 form teacher.. and he left shortly when we were in sec 2, for unknown reasons.. tt time was when he took frequent fri leave.. rumour has it that he went to phillipines to find his irc girlfriend.. throughout the dinner, we were catching up, and shunning away from tch (as he was famously loud and nonsensical and haf those kiddy antics), covering our face with the menu.. after tt, i went up to catch up with him and he could still remember us amazingly.. he says that he is currently teaching in st hilda's.. after we went to coffee bean and sat down and talk bout our class stuff and ahs times.. we were trying hard to recall who were in our class and wat they were doing currently.. here is the list, according to my knowledge..
xiao feng- in nus studying maths, in dean's list
wee inn- attached and in ntu
su hui- slimed down
yvonne- went poly, after tt never saw her again
benjamin- well, saf reg, in ntu studying computer engine(well, colleague leh.. dunno got prob liao)
kenneth chew- in ntu studying mass com
you rong- cassanova in poly
zheng yi- met him in ndp rehearsal, after tt no idea where he went to
carolyn - according to lay ping, she's engaged already (will come to lay ping later)
yi san- went rj, now in nus studying law
aya- juz broke up, according to salvin, she wanna go back to japan and treat herself, as she claims she is sick
bee shin- in uni
yu xin- in uni as well
daniel- unavailable, last time noe him tt he went to vj
ai ping - sam has her contacts in myspaces, but dunno wat she is doing now..
jason- left ahs after sec 2 and currently mia (we only had hp in sec 4)
benson- no idea
lay ping- in sim now (will come to tt later)
yong zheng- heard he got fatter and is attached currently
eng hui- no idea
lydia- no idea
chew ngee(qiu yi) - in uni now, was with andrew but broke up already
christina- no idea
ting yan- no idea
hui fen- no idea (forgotten wat sam said already)
tee rong- in ntu now but no has any idea to wat happened to her after she left ahs
hor yen- jun hong saw her one fine day and feels tt she is v tomboyish
wei qin- now studying in australia, speech therapy(i lived near her)
wan hui- in ntu studying tcm
salvin- ord and working, entering ntu this yr
oswald- working and entering laselle(SIA) studying music
jun hong- ord in oct and entering ntu next yr
sam- june ord and entering ntu chem and biological sciences this aug
to those i left out, these pple prob are prob really low profile, so low tt 6 of us haf no idea wat happened to u already.. sorry ah..
after tt, we were discussing about sending bennett off on the day itself.. i had to rush off from ntu, catching the 1st bus, and travel across the island, juz to send him off.. jun hong and salvin cant make it cuz jh cant take off from his camp, and salvin had to start work at 7am.. it was really lethargic for me, and i really slept the whole journey throughout, as i had catch the man u lyon match, and thus i did not sleep.. the trip was really worth it.. we chatted over there, with bennett's relatives as well.. den when we were at the gate, and we watched bennett walking towards the gate, his mom was commenting that she was grateful that we manage to travel all the way to send him off, and the fact that we had not been in contact for a long time.. and she added that it had been 5 yrs since bennett's father passed away, and she saw how bennett changed alot.. from a chubby guy to a slimmer guy who runs alot, keeping fit as well.. how she saw him overcome depression.. his father would want him to continue his education and not give up..
for some reason, at that moment, i wanted to tear.. seriously.. cuz seeing him transforming makes my heart ache, after when u noe bout wat he had gone thru.. i saw his mother wanted to tear as well, when she saw her son leaving for his flight..
this is bout catching up, part 1..
after tt, sam uploaded the pics onto facebook and lay ping saw the photo, and thot we were going for a holiday, and dropped a msg.. i went to contact her and after we started chatting in msn, we decided to meet up.. and tt was like yesterday only.. she switched sch from ahs to assumption english cuz she shifted house during sec 1.. we went to cafe cartel for lunch at IMM, and sat there for like at least 3 hrs.. chatted how our lives changed and wat happened to her over in the west and told her bout wat happen to us back in ahs after she left.. as we din haf hp when we were sec 1, we had no pt of communication at all.. email wasnt the 'in' thing at all.. and to realise tt we were big fans of reality tv, esp survivor and amazing race.. and we spent almost half the time talking bout it.. she joined badminton back in sec sch and quit and joined peer leader team, or sth along the line lah.. in jjc, she retained 1 yr, and joined bowling which she complained bout how it was being shut down after she left the sch.. currently studying business UOL in sim.. there were alot of unspoken things which i noe but din wanna mention bout it, and hopefully she did not discover it.. i read her blog and i realised tt she juz broke up last yr and wrote how she still missed the guy.. i din wanna hurt her, so i juz proudly declare that im single.. to set the record str, that is.. we were talking bout our lives, siblings, travelling overseas, cca, army stuff, reality tv... almost everything under the sun.. the feeling that she gives me is that she is still that bubbly girl that i have known ever since 9yrs ago.. and surprisingly, we manage to find common topics to chat bout.. its been a long time since i have talked to a girl so comfortably, ever since oac times with xiao hong and wan ling.. normally, i would go 'erm, yah, true, aiyah'.. u noe, i suck at making girls happy, which girls really need.. prob found another v gd chatting buddy.. haha..
for some reason, i like heart-to-heart talks.. like sitting down in a pub and start talking bout stuff and life.. prob it is my cup of tea.. prob im more pessimistic bout things..
prob tts all bout updates and catching up.. up till now, i still rem tt scene where bennett's mom narrating bout his story to me and sam.. its unforgettable.. its been 9 yrs ever since we first met.. pple change, as we grow up.. as lay ping put it, 'now we think tt being engaged and getting married is a noble idea, when we were 21.. when we are 25, 26, esp for girls, the alarm bells would start to ring and suddenly, pple ard us r getting married.. and tt is 4 to 5 yrs time..'
go figure..
' the world continues to spin' , 2:03 am
