Monday, 28 January 2008

Epilogue

That Day...

The weather was fine, yet i was feeling my inner self gasping for air as i rode on the bus back to swiss. The unsightly semi-broken-down 187 bus seemed to have made a nostalgic impact on me during the trip to school -- I could still remember the clear images of us groaning when this particular bus arrived to bring us back home. I thought maybe that trip also reflected the time and effort i had spent mugging through everything.

As i alighted from the bus, i saw the familiar stretch i've been walking on since the first day of secondary 1. How coincidental it is, for me to end that last day walking on that path again since the back gate was closed. Would it be a 'path of glory' just like what we had always sang along on the monday assemblies or would it just be another tiring walk? I had no answers at that moment as i rushed to make it to the hall promptly.

The first teacher whom I saw was Ms. Ee, and i can still remember what she told me.

"So how? Are you feeling nervous?"

"Ya..."

"There's a lot of top students from your class, you should be positive about it."

Next, faces of some people i expected to be top students appeared in my mind but i knew it would be senseless to picture myself beside them.

After the new principal had addressed us on the jae procedures and the statistics of 2007's results, he called upon those people's whose names are on the 'top students' list to stand up. I was definitely taken aback when i saw my name on the screen. 'Is this like some fairytale ending?' I wondered. I was happy, of course, even though i din't look like i was showing it.

Looks like all my hardwork has not gone down the drains.


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Thanks I'd like to spread:

Family -
Siblings and parents alike for giving me their supports.

Teachers -
ms. ee, ms. tan, mr. ngoh, mrs. koh, mrs. yu, mr.ravi, mdm tang, mdm. zainub, mrs. lieu, mdm. goh.

Friends -
zhihong, letting me copy his notes when i cant see the board/screen clearly.
benghow, tips on english and always giving me extra INFO before tests. *ahem*
junhao, lending me his 'Bible of Biology' which helped in my a1.
JK, letting me tease him daily. lol. Giving me the motivation to study after looking at him emo.(jking)
joseph, making class soccer a publicized extremely enjoyable activity for 4E5 by using signature shout, 'FORMMMM TEAMMMMMMM'
yongxiang, playing badminton with me even though im so noob.
jiasheng, being a chiku (randomness~)
junyang, being my teacher.
sokheng, always there to motivate and teach too.

To anybody who is not in the list but is also a friend of mine, u've been acknowledged. I will always remember every single person who has helped me along in times of difficulties.

Don't cry okay. lol.

by WEIMING at 14:31 |

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