Okay I'm finally back with an update.
Yesterday's V.Day jam was great(PKSG people), special thanks to:
Richie for organizing
Dblucy, Zhiyang, CP, Zahid, and Nazir for being there to guide us. Especially Nazir. First time most of the newcomers are seeing you(him, I don't think he'll ever read this) and many of them were intimidated, but still.
All the others for attending,
I only know a few of you...
Jon
Ram
Austin, for misreading my forum nick as DaSalivaMonkay(spot the error)
Max
That tall dude with Jon
Light Blue Shirt guy, was your name Sheng Wei or something?
and those other guys, whose names I don't know/remember.
Yesterday's jam was my longest training session, and I felt that I exerted myself more than all the previous jams, but surprisingly I have the least severe muscle ache of all the days after jams...
Up to this point in my life, I would like to acknowledge people who have made a significant contribution to my life. Be prepared for a long post because this is gonna be 15 years of acquaintances
Let's begin
Naturally, my life began with my birth, so the first people I have to acknowledge are
Mum and Dad.
Immediately after them are my siblings and immediate family, i.e. uncles and aunts, grandmas and grandpas, cousins etc. can't be bothered to list. Too many
Now we'll move on to my first conscious memory. Nursery school.
I don't remember my teacher's name, but I remember that she was quite fierce, and...well generally unpleasant to a 4 year old kid, but she instilled in me a regard for law and order.
Next. Kindergarten.
Again, I don't remember most of my teachers, but of those I remember are:
Ms Storm(Believe it or not, this IS her name)
Ms Zhen(chinese teacher. I used to like chinese)
Yea. That's all.
Friends in kindergarten.....
Alison, Erfi and Eunice(Ng I think...don't really remember the name...that chao ah lian around the neighbourhood nowadays? that's her) are the only people I remember.
I remember this conversation I had with Alison
A:So what primary school you going?
Me:Xingnan
A:Oh. I going west grove.
Me:Ok.
That's the only part of kindergarten I remember. That and the fact that I once got scolded for putting a shoe print on the wall(I cried after that).
Moving on the primary school
Primary 1:
Mrs Teo, Mr Teng, Mr Tan
for teaching me English, Maths and Chinese respectively.
Mrs Teo was also my form teacher, and I remember that she was a very patient and kind, but strict teacher. Any 1E'01 people wanna correct me?
Mr Teng was one of the funniest teachers I've ever had, or it could be due to the fact that I was primary 1. I remember he had a habit of erasing chalk from the blackboard at high speeds so the clouds of chalk dust flew everywhere. We did try to imitate him. I claim championship for being the first to acheive said speeds.
Mr Tan was one of my favourite chinese teachers. He was kind and patient, and like I said, I used to like chinese. It was way easier back then...
I don't remember most of my primary 1 friends...except...
Jareb Tan
Ng Wei Kun
Stella (Ong? sorry...)
Cheng Jun(his perfect rectangle shaped head still cracks me up)
and....shit.
Jareb, Wei Kun and I were like the 3 musketeers in primary 1 and 2. In fact, our primary 2 form teacher(who I will mention later) once gave the 3 of us the 3 Musketeers chocolate bar as a present(end of year I think). I remember all the time we spent bullshitting each other in Primary 2, epecially during chinese lesson, where we would havoc around the class while everyone was doing homework and the teacher kept telling us to sit down(we ignored him)
Primary 2:
Ms Lai, Mdm Kum Lai Meng, Mr Lu
Ms Lai and Mdm Kum were my form teachers in primary 2, each reigning for one semester. I don't remember much about them....
Primary 2 was very cool for me.
Somewhere in the first half of the year, I wrote "fuck u" with condensed water droplets on the staff room door, neglecting to erase it when the teacher walked out, eventually leading to me getting scolded by 5 teachers, one by one. It was the first time I met
Mr Siew, a.k.a. Lollipop Head, Char Siew Bao.
He was a jackass to me in primary 2, namely for one act of complete disregard I will always remember. For some reason, I don't know why, I was eventually sent to him for scolding regarding the "fuck u" thing...At the time he was teaching social studies to his class. I stood there getting scolded by his metrosexual personality when one of his students came up to ask him a question. He used my head as a pedestal to prop the guy's book while reading it, and I just stood there. Many of you will know that the me today would have likely jumped up and beaten his ass into the ground, but primary school me was, sad to say, a pussy. And one might say that it's against school rules for a teacher to do something like that, but it was 2002, when they WERE allowed to do things like that.
Mr Lu was my chinese teacher in primary 2. During his lessons, because he didn't really care, me, jareb and wei kun would havoc around the class, playing around and stuff. We would bullshit each other with ridiculous lies about things that weren't possible at the time(the content of which are too ridiculous to reveal). I WILL tell you that it had things to do with huge wealth, robots and horses. Mr Lu put an injury in my chest by trying to drag me back to my seat. He incidentally pulled me straight into a chair. My parents went to school to complain about him and he begged them to forget about it. I think he's retired now.
Primary 3 to 6:
Primary 3 was the turning point in my life. Most of the friends I met in primary 3 stayed with me until primary 6, and some even beyond. Many of the teachers were the same, so I'll just go straight to p6 with this one.
Primary 3 was where I met my form teacher of 4 years.
Ms Yeo was a very strict but pleasant woman who changed my personality. Drastically. She was also my maths teacher. For 4 years I was stuck with her, and I changed from pussy to angry guy to docile guy in those 4 years. But first I want to mention the rest of my primary 3 teachers.
Mrs Tan,周老师(I forgot her english name), Mr Bryan Chang(I think it's Chang. Is it?)
Here's how I turned from pussy to angry guy.
During an interesting english lesson, There was this passage about a guy named Uncle Teck. Being typical primary 3 kids, most of my friends kept mentioning the link between my name and his during the lesson. At one point I stood up, slam table and shouted, "I'm not an uncle!" Yes, I did say that. Yes, it's stupid. I WAS PRIMARY 3.
So then Mrs Tan said, "You see ah, sometimes you people keep making jokes and you don't care about your friends feelings at all.." and I sort of stayed angry for a few years.
周老师 was my chinese teacher, and was also previously my brother's chinese teacher. She was the one who made me like chinese again after me hating it in p2. She was extremely nice and patient, and I actually made an effort to do homework then.
There's nothing much I can say about her because although she was a very nice teacher, the contribution she made to my life was . that little.
Same thing for Mr Chang. Not much of a contribution.
People in P3:
hmmmm...that's a tough one...let's see...
Samuel Low
Rayner Soh
Khong Jin Sun
Stephanie Cai
Eugene Aw
Cheah Jin Fei
Justin
Joel
Benjamin Tan
Juventino Lim Binn Binn (We just knew him as Binn Binn. I only found out about the Juventino thing at PSLE, when we read his name off his table)
Jacky Chua(shit...is it chua? He's that guy in 2A'08..Chua right?)
So here's the breakdown. Samuel and Rayner were two of my best friends in p3, 4, 5, 6 and sec 1.
Khong Jin Sun....hahahaha....I'll always remember that jackass...We were enemies for 4 years, all because...he refused to settle for truce. He was also the main source of my anger. We fought(physically, verbally, mentally), we hated, we acted like idiots. To put it simply, imagine our class as a kingdom. We were the two war-waging monarchs. Mostly everyone was neutral. Hence the idiocy of said warfare. Frankly, I still don't know why he hated me so much. Jin Sun, if you're reading this, WHY THE HELL MAN?! I don't even hate him anymore. Not worth my hate.
Stephanie Cai was also one of my best friends in P3...hah.....3E'03 people.....You will remember what it was like...shh....At the end of the year she transferred to Nan Hua Primary, and we didn't really talk much or anything again... until recently lah. but still not much communication. Steph if you're reading this, thank you for the fun and humour in p3, and you-know-what.....
Eugene Aw, Cheah Jin Fei were just those guys I played around with alot. Jin Fei was like the only other guy in my class who played basketball so....yea.. Eugene was cool with soccer so we played alot together also.
Justin, Joel, Benjamin, Binn Binn and Jacky were my friends from badminton team.
lol...I remember, primary 3 and 4 I played singles, along with justin and benjamin. then p5 and 6 I switched to playing doubles with jacky. the only other doubles in the team was binn binn and joel. joel damn funny. Everytime before serving he will bounce once. then during practice, I'll go and steal jacky's shots, so he ends up very sian. Usually I play at the front, but I run back alot.
P4:
People in P4: Mrs Maalini
P4 was when I started writing stories. The first compo I wrote in primary 4 got 38 out of 40, so I was really motivated by it. Of course, I owe it all to my english teacher, Mrs Maalini. She was the one who gave me the 38, and encouraged me to continue writing. Would you believe it, all my compos in the past were like 12/20 that kind. So I was very shocked when I got the 38/40. I can't remember what it was about though.
P5:
Another turning point in my life. this is the point where Ms Yeo convinced me to release the anger. As in, turn from angry guy to docile guy. I did. Long story.
People in P5:
Mdm Lin (chinese teacher. I feel sorry for her. will explain)
Eong Rui Xuan (eong....lol)
Samuel Low
Erfi Anugrah
Mdm Lin was my chinese teacher in P5. I started hating chinese in p5. no, it's not really her fault..it's just that chinese started getting more difficult...and higher chinese (just realized that higher chinese is actually hydrochloric acid) all that shit....So ya my homework sucked and everything. Mdm Lin, if for whatever reason you are reading this, I really didn't mean to heck care my chinese. After all, being in sec school makes you realize that primary school homework was so much better.
Eong Rui Xuan was a very weird girl. Funny, but a bit eccentric at times...Samuel, being the usual hypocrite, ended up going after her after commenting that she was nothing special. Haha. guys who know him now will know that in sec 1, he said this regarding Vanessa (Ng Qiu Rui), "Okay lah..." look what he's doing now.
Erfi Anugrah was a very important person in my life. No I'm not gay. He was the one who first introduced me to Metal, which turned out to be, as most of you know now, my preferred genre of music. One day we were just sitting in class shooting the shit. We talked about music. He said, "What do you listen to?" I told him. Then he mentioned Metal....He said, "Go check out Before I Forget by Slipknot". I did, and though the change wasn't immediate, eventually Metal was the only music I listened to. Erfi you hentai-addicted metalhead, if you're reading this man....CUT DOWN ON THE HENTAI.
P6:
P6 was the final point of my primary school life, which also turned out to be one of my most stressful years in primary school. Teachers were piling us with homework. PSLE PSLE PSLE. I ignored most of the homework, and still got A* for 3/4 subjects, A for the remaining one, and Distinction for Higher Chinese. Do I rock or do I rock?
People in P6:
Mrs Ng.
Mrs Ng was my english teacher. I remember a few of her classic quotes....
Regarding her personal life, while smiling, "You are an inquisitive bunch!"
Regarding the word/non-word "thingy", "Do not coin the english language!" again while smiling. I don't think she ever hated us.
Interesting thing that happened when I went to get my PSLE results though. 3 of my 4 subject teachers were sitting there. My english teacher, Mrs Ng, my maths teacher, Ms Yeo, and my chinese teacher, Mdm Lin. I walked up, and all of them were smiling. None of them had seen the result slip before hand.Mdm Lin handed me my results slip, saying "哇，高级华文 Distinction!" I take a look at my result slip. I was thinking....I have done minimal homework for the whole year. I was playing rakion during the actual PSLE. What could I get. Very cool marks, it turns out. I read it down.
English A*
Chinese A
Maths A*
Science A*
Higher Chinese: Distinction.
I smile and laugh along with my teachers. They were probably expecting me to screw my PSLE.
I will never forget the day I chose RV as my secondary school. Turns out to be one of the worse choices I ever made.
Anyway.
Sec 1:
Sec 1 was pretty normal. It was where I started giving up on homework.
People in Sec 1:
Vanessa
Samuel Low
Danish
Yaoqing
Nothing much in sec 1. I became slack, stupid and immature. Annoying.
Regarding the Samuel Vanessa thing. Xiaobo and I were the ones who introduced them to each other. I told Samuel about the existence of Vanessa. Xiaobo gave him her email. Haha...At first Xiaobo said that he thinks Vanessa quite chio. Samuel said, "Okay only lah" Look where he is now. Samuel you jackass. In P6 you said your standards were higher.
Sec 2:
Sec 2 was a transition. By the end of year 2, I started being active in things I liked, though still slack in things I don't like. I grew more mature. I grew stronger. And at the end of year 2, I started doing PK.
People in Sec 2:
Vanessa
Claire Bon
Huixian
Tan Wenting
Jerome Tan
Chen Huakai
Liu Bolun
Tseng Wei
Wong Junwei
Danish
Yao Qing
Vanessa has never ceased to amaze me with her intellect. And so it is with sec 2, I still don't like her. Common Sense is something easily found, however hard you may believe, vanessa.
Claire and Wenting were the people who were mostly in charge of the welfare of 2B. Claire convinced me to become more mature and Wenting was a constant bully magnet. Thanks arh...
I practically sat with Huixian for the whole of sec 2. Many thanks for the interesting discussions and for not doing homework. Every one person who doesn't do homework leads to a higher chance of teacher extending deadline.
And now with 5 of the more important people
Jerome
Bolun
Huakai
Tseng Wei
Junwei
In sec 2, the 6 of us formed the Imba 6. I remember how it began. Some audition thingy? Think it was CNY or something. "Go hall! Go hall!" "Go home! Go home!" lol..... Fun times guys. Thank all of you for sticking together in our path of destruction, rebellion and bullying.
Sec 3:
Sec 3 has just begun. Already I'm seeing people who will be important. But who? I don't know yet. For now....
Jerome
Junwei
Ms Hia
Ms Neo
CP(PKSG)
Dblucy(PKSG)
Zahid(PKSG)
Stephen(PKSG)
Stanley(PKSG)
Ashton(PKSG)
Nomad(PKSG)
Nazir(PKSG)
Richie(PKSG)
Jon(PKSG)
Austin(PKSG)
And maybe some more?
