Monday, March 17, 2008 @8:40 PM
Today after lunch with WenHui at Telok blangah market, i took a bus from Stc and the place brought back fond memories.
Standing at the very crowded bus stop and staring at the strange exterior of my favourite old school, I can’t help but smile as the past flashed back. Though the school looks very much different and I could relate myself to the physical outlook of the school anymore, the feeling of long lost home and warmth was still there. Standing there in the middle of blues, I remembered how we used to walk down the bridge and squeeze in the crowd, sometimes the ice-cream uncle will be there and we will indulge ourselves in the ice-cream and scrambled to finish it off once we see the bus approaching. It was at the same bus-stop where we used to gossip and make waved good bye to each other.
As I sat in a bus filled with Theresians in their white blouse and blue pinafore, I was reminded of how I used to look like just 4 years back. Though the journey to Tiong was a mere 3 stops, it felt like forever cos the bus was so noisy and everyone was perspiring from the heat.
Many valuable memories were refreshed. Things like how Julia and I used to sit outside the classroom during recess and complain about life when everyone else is at the canteen. And the times when we rushed down to the canteen after school to Ta Pao food for Mrs Lim extra lessons. And of cos the retarded moments like talking to Ms Agnes Tan about blackouts and other stupid things in geography class and end up getting caught.
The times when we sat under the hot sun for sports day and swimming carnivals getting ourselves burnt and screaming our hearts out. The one time when we went back to school everyday during the November holiday for the PBL project and experienced being a tour-guide to a bunch of primary 6 kids who weren’t very cooperative. And I guess the most funny one was remembering how 4b was punished by Mr Sam Sng probably for talking in assemble.
At the end of the 10 minutes bus ride, I realized STC had given me many fond memories that will stay with me for a long long time. Cheers to the wonderful people I met who gave me special reasons to say that my secondary school life was filled with tears and laughter.
The best things in life is probably realising that some things (good and bad) never change.
Simple in virtue, steadfast in duty, learn how to learn and learn how to live.