Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Every sixty seconds you spent being upset is one minute of happiness you'll never get back.

I couldn't get to sleep last night, despite having woken up at 4.45am that morning. So I just lied in bed, staring in the darkness, and thought about my Primary school life.

I thought about Kebun Baru Primary and the 4 years I have not stepped into the school building. About the upper field, the wooden study table under that big tree, the long walkway along the lower field, how I used to play catching there with friends like Sopheary, Lan Lin, Hui Ting etc. The canteen, the stalls, the Malay stall auntie with her chicken rice that attracted long queues every recess. I thought about all my teachers, every single one, Mrs Lee-Ng, Mrs Seah, Mr Lee, Miss Koh, Mdm Lee, Mdm Peh, Mdm Tan, Mr Foong, Mr Lim, Mdm Kang. How I remembered seeing Mrs Lee-Ng slapped a 6F guy in his face, very very very very hard, when I went looking for her because she wanted to train me to say the pledge in the morning.

And I thought about the two music rooms, the air-con remote controls, the study area, the bookshop auntie, the library, the OM that came for one year, the Yangqin room, the Media Room, the Conference Room where only teachers are allowed but I've gone in there for god knows how many times, the extremely big staff room, the staff lounge, the HOD room, General Office, the pond outside HOD room, the small enclosed field next to the lower field where it was rumoured to be haunted, the concourse, the two Art Rooms, the After School Care corner, the snow white mural next to the After School Care corner, the hall. How I used to be the first person to reach the hall, and switched on the lights in the backstage, and waited there to raise the flag in the morning, how I used to furiously copy Fanny's homework backstage, or do my Xi Zi because I have to hand it in that day. I thought about Lan Yan, Rong Hua, Ming Feng (not Alfred), Shi Yun, Sopheary, Fanny, Ros Sren, You Hour, Sheldon, Ting Yue, Pamela, Mena, Chee Sheng, Lyna, Lyly, Intan, Shi En.

And how everything changed when we merged with Ang Mo Kio Primary to become Ang Mo Kio Primary in Primary 6.

Too much to type out. And hardly any Primary school friend reads my blog anyway. :)

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What if you're a guy?

If I'm a guy...

I'll probably not be as crazy for Jay.
I'll join NCC as a CCA, and laugh at Weisiang because I'm heavier than him.
I'll be a gentleman.
I'll not cut girls' queues.
I'll be playing RPG games everyday.
I'll be good friends with my brother.
I'll buy flowers for my girlfriend when I have one.
I'll not have soft toys on my bed.
I'll probably have even more freedom than I already do now.
I'll be sharing a room with my brother rather than my two sisters.
I'll be quieter in class. Don't ask me why, I just feel I will.
I'll be taller. Don't argue.
I'll learn how to gel my hair.
I'll not be bathing with Palmolive Aromatherapy Lavenda scent bathing gel.
I'll probably not be bathing at all.
I'll sing when someone asks me to.
I'll not sing the National Anthem in the morning because no one asked me to.
I'll still say the pledge though.
I'll still wash my plates and clothes.
I'll still make my bed.
I'll still cut my fingernails this regularly.
I'll still go to Anderson Secondary.
I'll sit in the last row in classes.
I'll try not to be spastic.
I'll learn to play pool.
I'll be tanned.
I'll probably not have as much friends.
I'll not cheer in badminton tournaments, guys don't cheer do they.
I'll not cheer on Sports Day too.
I'll not act cool.
I'll never wear a skirt, even if you kill me.
I'll never wear a dress.
I'll never wear high heels too.
I'll never put on makeup, regardless of any any reasons.
I'll be happy when my voice breaks.
I'll wear a pink shirt.
I'll not be able to stand girls who hit you and think that'll hurt. I might just slap them.
I'll not be able to stand girls who whine.
I'll not be able to stand girls who have long and fanciful fingernails.
I'll not cry in front of people.
I'll learn the harmonica.
I'll have an imaginary friend by the name of Jerry.
I'll like Meigui. -.-"

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:)