A Happy Teachers' Day

Normally I don't blog on consecutive days. Reason One: so that i avoid getting overly attached to the feeling of blogging so much so that i neglect my studies. Reason Two: so that whoever actually bothers reading my blog doesnt hv to dig out unread entries from underneath piles of newer entries..

Nevertheless, i'd have to make an exception to that rule - law if u must - and i'm going to blog today despite having blogged yesterday as well..

In fact, in a way, today's entry is sort of a continuation of yesterday's. i shall divide it into two parts, aptly named, of course, as part I and part II. hurhur..

PART I - Visit to Anderson Secondary

Lest you don't know yet, my study break has started. Hence, i was released of the burden of making that hour-long trip down south east as of monday. But my desire to go to school had not been quenched...

all right, you can stop laughing now, n let me continue with my story...

Anyway, i was up early, early to crash anderson n try to make it into 4.1 class room to surprise mamachong. see, this was the surprise. jus to make a weird surprise for mamachong (mrs chong) on her goodness-knows-howmanyeth teachers' day celebrations, i decide to re-become her student for a short period. joy and i conspired to give mamachong a shock, my adding an additional member to mamachong's class (ME), and allowing her to be pleasantly surprised.

With a few hiccups, i managed to ultimately make my way to 4.1 classroom. hiccup no.1 - security guard. hiccup no.2 - major chong decided to be funny n pretend i was late for schoold. hiccup no.3 - and most importantly, the anderson sec that i knew n loved has fallen apart. literally. i cant even recognise the place anymore.

ANYWAY, i manage to get to 4.1.. n here comes the biggest hiccup of all. the teachers didnt need to see their class. diaongz~!.. so mamachong was never coming.. =X..

So me n joy joy and i go to the "amphitheatre" (which is actually just the quadrangle which i knew n loved). and i sat with 4.1!!!
my posterity.
my descendents.
those great pple who carry on the great priveledge of ever donning an anderson secondary four-one class teeshirt..

yes, the four-one of 2005. (i.e. joy's class)

the concert, well, in some aspects left a lot to be desired. perhaps jus a better sound system? or definitely a better emcee.. some performances exposed the PA crew's lack of effifacy, while others jus masked it with their pure raw talent.

by this i refer to the indon scholars of sec 4 '05. there was one dude, whom joy introduced as amos... he was good with the guitar. n i told him that he was good minus one 'o'. man... i wish i could play the guitar like that. VJ guitar ensemble, ur good. but lo n behold when somebody manages to get the allocade good minus one 'o'.

he made a flawless, n picture-perfect rendition of playing the melody of a few songs... perfect with the rhythm n all.. wat the fish.... anw i went over n congratulated him on the fine perfomance. yes, yes.. bo liao.. but he deserved.. too bad he's going to NJ.. but at least not RJ... tut tut..

anw, tts just the concert lah.. the main motive of the visit was the see teachers right? n so i did.. first of course, since i was sitting with mamachong's class i managed to get her.. n she said "wah ben, finally after soo long you come back n see me right?" weird.. i come back so often~ especially last year. but well.. putting things into perspective, i nvr managed to see her when i came back. she always disappears so fast..

anw i saw mrs lim too, n had a nice long chat with her too.. she's damn high powered in the school or so it seems.. 3rd most powerful in school.. haha.. but she's a damn nice lady. i'd say its worth being blood traitor to st gabs brothers n joining andss for her.. haha..

ANW, she said if i got free time next year or whenever i can come back to relief teacher. *beams here*... how i'd love that.. hopefully can teach maths. or geog. or chem. or physics. wooohooo endless possibilities. but then... NS beckons, dammit.. haha..

but go in faster means come out faster too right? hehe..

anw, after tt i joined the RJ 4.5 '05 contingent - colin (4/4) rais, adrianus, aditya (all from RJ) and vijay n haukim from AJ. they were crapping wid mrs lawrence, who missed crapping with them.. the rest of the gang, unforunately, were overseas. ekavit, voraphan, james soekwanto.. germany, thailand, us respectively. how times change..

anw, rais was hving the time of his life being a complete bstrd, as he's professionally acclaimed to be in both RJ and andss.. n Vijay was on the verge of whacking him.. yeah, some things nvr ever change..

then we had to see cikgu asnah with the company of the indons. or else we'd look spastic attempting to converse in bahasa melayu. so we went with the indons, and hence we were allowed to just nod our heads spastically. we dont mind.

but then i had to rush off to complete my part TWO of the day - St Gab's Visit.

PART II - Visit to St Gabs

I am a blood traitor. Traitor to the name of St Gabriels. I, like so many of there other "top" students, fled the school with the marks that the school 'gave' us. i was thinking this as i walked along seeing st gabs secondary boys inundating serangoon central (tts a road btw)..

then i saw mat n beng st gabs sec boys. n it suddenly hit me. THATS the reason i nvr went there. and i saw a group getting chided by sum1 who looked like a complete stranger. (it turned out ultimately that this "stranger" happened to teach at st gabs, n had a fabulous (sarcasm) reputation in the school)

anw, enough abt st gabs sec...

i'm talking abt st gabs primary here.. my beloved school of six years, whom i hv neglected for abt that same period..

i went for two stories seeing teacher whom i noe by face. but not personally. mr tan tiong soon - the music teacher. u noe, music teachers are always known by many many pple, but they do not tend to rmb u. duh.. haha...

anw, my two targets were ms rebecca lee, n mr glenn batchelor..

i climbed floors to reach them. finally at the third (mb fourth, i cant rmb exactly) story. i see ms lee! n she practically comes out to see me n colin while her students wonder on perplexed.. but it was soo fun, (for both of us), to see her after 5 long years. i mean.. 6 yrs after u leave her class, u come back and talk with her. i gave her my phone no. but forgot to get hers back. ms lee if u read this!! wat is it?? haha.. (by some reli odd chance of fate)

then i saw mr batchelor. some ways that he talked were soo different. but then i heard his "ya" n his laugh. n yes. tts definitely mr batchelor boy.. hahaha.. n i suddenly flashed back to the time me n sarabanana were at the flagpole singing "glenn, u'll be a batchelor boy, untill the day u die..... (old song)" n he walked by. i dont think he heard me.... hahaha...

and ms lee said i was much more noisy than before. technically she said i'm less shy. same thing innit? haha..

then after that i went to play badminton again. at marine parade cc (serangoon branch) with xavier xavier n colin. yeah but i'm so tired now.. think i'll jus nod off to sleep soon.. so ciao..

cheers~ n peace.

OH yeah! HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY, TEACHERS!!!