Decade Old

Haven’t been updating recently. Been rather busy. Ok that was a blatant lie. The truth is that I’ve been feeling REALLY lazy.

Anyway, guess what? Had a small primary school outing the other day at Macs, Ginza Plaza. Quite a weird place for a get together. It was more for the convenience of Wu Lao Shi. Heh, didn’t go for the first one at Lau Pat Sat.

People who turned up included Marmun, Weihan, Reuben, Zhifeng, Guorong, Weeseng, Chinguan, Deqi, Luoying, Shokyin, Yvonne, Zhurong, Delphine and Adeline.

Felt really weird sitting among them for the first time in NINE years. Yes, it has been that long. Kinda scary when I think back abt it. Has ten years (almost) gone pass already? It’s so fast. Remember being in primary six? Bet you couldn’t see the present you at all. no chance in hell. Uh-uh! Totally clueless.

Eventually warmed up to them. Let’s see, what’s everybody doing now?

Zhifeng is flying off for an engineering course.
Reuben’s flying off for Bio-Med Science.
Weeseng’s a Chinese physician in training. (No kidding)
Chinguan’s flying off to Shanghai for Chinese studies.
Shokyin’s taking accounting.
Zhurong’s a social worker in the making.
Yvonne’s taking psychology in NUS.
Adeline’s reading lit and philosophy in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Goodness. All of them seemed to be doing really well man! Esp. Adeline who’s on the SPH scholarship. Four years Direct masters. *whew weet* She’s interning for the Newpaper while she’s back for vacation. Caught her article on Wed and Fri. Pretty cool. Haven’t bought the tabloid for years. Got the copies to support her. Just felt different knowing that a friend of yours actually wrote whatever you’re reading. Heh.

Everybody changed. For one, everybody’s looking less dorky. Delphine managed to dig out some photos of us in P6. Goodness… Quite a hoot actually. Remembered that Adeline, Zoe and Luoying were the three tallest back in school. Haha, it isn’t so now. Felt really weird. Guess maybe somewhere inside, the impression that they’re much taller have stuck over the years.

Somethings never go away no matter how many times you flushed. Heh. All the fond memories came right back. Most of us still address Chinguan as Da Tou (Big head) for obvious reasons. As with most gatherings, some couldn’t recognize me.

There’s something abt Chinguan and Adeline though. They were “nemesis” back then. Always pitting against each other for better grades. Well, guess what? Something in their eyes gave away enough… They may not be competing against each other ever since we left Pri School, but something abt them… can tell they haven’t lost their competitive streak. It’s just that, they seemed to have cooled down over the years. Less impetuous, less eager to prove themselves to others. It’s like… they’re good and they know it.

Oh well, really happy for them. seems like the class is doing really well on the whole. Wu Lao shi must have been proud. Missed the time we spent together in mandarin classes. She’s retired since. Now she occupies herself by babysitting her three grandchildren.

Headed for bowling after the gathering. Bowled a 116. quite surprised. The last time I bowled, didn’t even hit a 70. Hmmm. Lucky fluke I guess. Made plans to send Chinguan off, yet to be finalized. hope it works out.

Are We All Blind To What We Do?

It’s really queer. Sometimes, people are too hasty in passing judgment on the actions of others. We call others immoral, bitchy and maybe even unethical. But do we realize that the very essence of what we’re doing may actually be the same?

Maybe it’s human nature, we’re less willing to see our own wrongs. It is always easier to find a common scapegoat and “unload” everything onto him/her. Maybe…. It’s a projection of our own guilt onto others, so as to make us feel better.