Through These Years
To everyone out there, irrespective of whether you're Chinese or not...
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2006! GONG XI FA CAI!
Bet most of you aren't ol to read my blog anyway.
Hmm... the other day, Kim, Khang, Jas, Van and I were sitting around in class on Friday (yes the one before Chinese New Year eve dodos :P). We were fooling around a LOT mind you. Because well, for one, Cikgu Tan Ah Siang wasn't teaching. For another, we were already in the CNY mood and couldn't bring ourselves to work.
Which reminds me I still have three Bio lab reports and Add Math homework to complete.
Oh, to blazes with that. I'll do it when I feel like it... which will be never. :D
Anyway, whole point is, we were reminiscing about our childhood. And it was also then that I realized that I have four friends who have been my classmates ever since I was 3... that means I've known them and stuck with them through classes for 14 years!! Can you believe it?
Me, MTYP, Jas, Khang and Kok. We've practically seen each other grow up through these years. We've seen each other go through horrors and joys... we've never ever been split up as in sent to diff classes. Wow, it's amazing ain't it?
I can't believe it's been that long. I can't believe I've known them and a whole bunch of other equally great people (the list is too long mind you but you know who you are!! :D) for such a long time... everything just seems so... yesterday you know?
Pfff... Kok thought that we've known each other for only 10 years. Short memory ah him. Pfff... can't even remember how long he's known the four of us. What a lousy friend. :P
And then when questioned about his "short" memory, he said he had a brain surgery when he was 6 erasing his memories. AS IF KOK!! The only surgery you got was getting stitches on your forehead... I think. Haha.
Khang is just so funny. He told me that when he still a little tyke in Kindy A, he bit Ben Teo (being the evil vampire he is ;) Girls stay away or he'll suck your blood!!! Haha kidding kidding.)
And this is the weird part. Instead of poor Ben bursting out into tears, Khang was the one who wailed and cried!! Is that plain weird or what? And then, Ben (the victim do not forget) was the one who comforted him. That's just.... funny in a very weird way.
Btw, Khang will kill me alive if he read that coz he yelled at me when I recounted the tale to ppl. :D
And oh yeah, in Kindy long time ago, I used to steal toys from poor MTYP. Heehee. She used to be the first to take toys off the shelves. And well, being the regular meanie (but I was one of MTYP's good buddies last time (weird huh) the other good buddy being Jas) I always took the toys from her saying, "I WANT THIS!" *snatch* :P Poor girl. Sorry Pey!!
Then we used to have nap times in Kindy? Where we had to sleep on mattresses (which now come to think of it was totally unhygeniec note the dried up sweat etc.) I remembered one time when Jas and I and Pey were sleeping side by side. And I couldn't sleep because I knew that after sleeping period was library period (as in we get to choose books off the shelves and read) OKAY! I ADMIT! I was a nerd even when I was three ok?! But come on. The books were nice and new and exciting (back then it was to me la)
Anyway, I was too excited to sleep coz I really really really was looking forward to getting a book and read. So Pey fell asleep but Jas was kept awake by my rantings. I don't know what I said but I kept whispering, "Don't let's sleep Jas. We keep awake k? You don't sleep I don't sleep."
And then the teacher caught me hissing and I was busted whereby she screeched, "SIAW HUI! JASMINE! GO TO SLEEP!!!" And with this really indignant glare (shot at me of course) Jas konked off. I konked off later after her.
Ahhhh the bliss of innocence. Kim punched MTYP when they were little tykes!!! Big news oh!! Can you believe Kim is capable of such unchecked violence? Can you?!
Haha. It was accidental of course la. But what happen was... the both of them were sitting on the bus heading for our field trip. And well, at that time (it's true even now) Kim was one of the tallest girls in our class as opposed to MTYP who was one of the smallest girls in our class. So being the very blind person she is, Kim rubbed her eyes and accidentally elbowed MTYP in the eye when MTYP turned a little. Kim claimed she didn't see MTYP coz she was just small and indiscreet.
So of course, MTYP clutched at her eye and started rubbing it so viciously that it was red. And Kim was so afraid that she had boxed MTYP's eye out or smth and kept saying, "Don't cry ok? Don't cry. I'm sorry..."
And Pey was like, "It's okay. It's okay. I'm not crying..."
And Kim was so scared that she clutched at MTYP's shirt and kept muttering, "Please please please don't tell your mommy. Don't tell your mommy. I'm sorry."
At which MTYP said, "No... I won't tell my mommy..."
Lol. And yes the ever infamous incident of myself getting stuck on the jungle gym. Pfff... When I was little, I used to climb the jungle gym... halfway only. I was afraid of getting to the top. But then one fine day, I saw one of the guys (it was either Khang or Kok or Ben can't remember) climb right to the top, sit down for a while and then clamber back down. And of course, being the kiasu person I am, I plucked up the guts and said, "If he can do it, why can't I?"
So being the pure idiot, I climbed right to the top and sat down there. And then I realized. I had a fear of heights.
I didn't dare to come down. I didn't even bother to try clambering down. I was petrified and I couldn't move. And then I started wailing and wailing and wailing to be fetched down. Of course, the other kids came gathering around the jungle gym, gawking at my loud mouth. And the teacher tried to coax me down but I wouldn't have any of it. And of course, in the ultimate end, the teacher had to climb up to fetch me down.
Now, everytime I see that jungle gym, I just give a small grin, because now, I'm just about 3/4 of the height of the jungle gym and no longer have any fear of it.
We had a great time in Kindy. I still remember Sing Yue, Kok, Ben and some other guy called Jonathan who's no longer here, being the tallest guys of the class. And to tell the truth, I once was afraid of them because of their height and posture. Haha. That's why I usually made friends with the smaller guys like Khang (I think) and Winston Law. But of course now, all the guys are taller than me. :D Hey it wasn't only me! I think Jas and MTYP were scared of them too... I dunno... but I think so.
It's funny how time flies. One day we're prancing around the playground being the pure idiots we are and the next, we're all grown up, the seniors of the entire school and bending over our desks, worrying about SPM.
It's been 14 years, guys, can you believe it? 14 years since we last visited toilets that were minature in size (Gosh, still can't believe how small we were) 14 years since we spoke like dumb and dumbers (you know what i mean... those childish slangs we all have when we were little tykes) and 14 years since we had pure childish and UNSTRESSFUL fun. Nowadays we have fun still. But nowadays, we have much more responsibilites and stress too.
I was once so little. Now I'm so... I dunno grown up? IN SORT OF A SENSE LA. I, we can't deny it. It's a fact. We're grown up now. We've raging hormones now. We have... well everything close to being a young adult. And soon... so soon... we're going to leave adolescence behind and step into the world of adults.
21 years is a milestone. I've been through 17 years. I've got four more years and then it's goodbye forever to adolescence and childhood.
When I turned thirteen, I remembered shedding a tear or two, knowing that I was embarking on teenage years now, that I was leaving all my childhood behind and taking only my memories with me. I thought, teenage years were going to be a nightmare (that's what everyone says what) and that I would love to be a child all over again. I still do as a matter of fact though. :P
But what makes the diff between the me now and the me then is this: The me then was a scared shy little me who wanted to relieve childhood never wanting to become a teen and never wanting to discover unexplored waters. The me now still wants to relive childhood... but the me now is someone who has been through SO MUCH MORE in these recent years, someone whose more bold and someone who's more ready to take on challenges (I hope) and someone, if given a chance, would (in a nice way) relive my adolescence. I've mellowed and become contented through the years instead of being the hyperactive, annoying kid I was once.
So guys, if you see me crying at my 21st birthday, don't be surprised or ask me why.
You know perfectly well by then that I will be missing my adolesecence so much that I want to be a secondary kid again.
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2006! GONG XI FA CAI!
Bet most of you aren't ol to read my blog anyway.
Hmm... the other day, Kim, Khang, Jas, Van and I were sitting around in class on Friday (yes the one before Chinese New Year eve dodos :P). We were fooling around a LOT mind you. Because well, for one, Cikgu Tan Ah Siang wasn't teaching. For another, we were already in the CNY mood and couldn't bring ourselves to work.
Which reminds me I still have three Bio lab reports and Add Math homework to complete.
Oh, to blazes with that. I'll do it when I feel like it... which will be never. :D
Anyway, whole point is, we were reminiscing about our childhood. And it was also then that I realized that I have four friends who have been my classmates ever since I was 3... that means I've known them and stuck with them through classes for 14 years!! Can you believe it?
Me, MTYP, Jas, Khang and Kok. We've practically seen each other grow up through these years. We've seen each other go through horrors and joys... we've never ever been split up as in sent to diff classes. Wow, it's amazing ain't it?
I can't believe it's been that long. I can't believe I've known them and a whole bunch of other equally great people (the list is too long mind you but you know who you are!! :D) for such a long time... everything just seems so... yesterday you know?
Pfff... Kok thought that we've known each other for only 10 years. Short memory ah him. Pfff... can't even remember how long he's known the four of us. What a lousy friend. :P
And then when questioned about his "short" memory, he said he had a brain surgery when he was 6 erasing his memories. AS IF KOK!! The only surgery you got was getting stitches on your forehead... I think. Haha.
Khang is just so funny. He told me that when he still a little tyke in Kindy A, he bit Ben Teo (being the evil vampire he is ;) Girls stay away or he'll suck your blood!!! Haha kidding kidding.)
And this is the weird part. Instead of poor Ben bursting out into tears, Khang was the one who wailed and cried!! Is that plain weird or what? And then, Ben (the victim do not forget) was the one who comforted him. That's just.... funny in a very weird way.
Btw, Khang will kill me alive if he read that coz he yelled at me when I recounted the tale to ppl. :D
And oh yeah, in Kindy long time ago, I used to steal toys from poor MTYP. Heehee. She used to be the first to take toys off the shelves. And well, being the regular meanie (but I was one of MTYP's good buddies last time (weird huh) the other good buddy being Jas) I always took the toys from her saying, "I WANT THIS!" *snatch* :P Poor girl. Sorry Pey!!
Then we used to have nap times in Kindy? Where we had to sleep on mattresses (which now come to think of it was totally unhygeniec note the dried up sweat etc.) I remembered one time when Jas and I and Pey were sleeping side by side. And I couldn't sleep because I knew that after sleeping period was library period (as in we get to choose books off the shelves and read) OKAY! I ADMIT! I was a nerd even when I was three ok?! But come on. The books were nice and new and exciting (back then it was to me la)
Anyway, I was too excited to sleep coz I really really really was looking forward to getting a book and read. So Pey fell asleep but Jas was kept awake by my rantings. I don't know what I said but I kept whispering, "Don't let's sleep Jas. We keep awake k? You don't sleep I don't sleep."
And then the teacher caught me hissing and I was busted whereby she screeched, "SIAW HUI! JASMINE! GO TO SLEEP!!!" And with this really indignant glare (shot at me of course) Jas konked off. I konked off later after her.
Ahhhh the bliss of innocence. Kim punched MTYP when they were little tykes!!! Big news oh!! Can you believe Kim is capable of such unchecked violence? Can you?!
Haha. It was accidental of course la. But what happen was... the both of them were sitting on the bus heading for our field trip. And well, at that time (it's true even now) Kim was one of the tallest girls in our class as opposed to MTYP who was one of the smallest girls in our class. So being the very blind person she is, Kim rubbed her eyes and accidentally elbowed MTYP in the eye when MTYP turned a little. Kim claimed she didn't see MTYP coz she was just small and indiscreet.
So of course, MTYP clutched at her eye and started rubbing it so viciously that it was red. And Kim was so afraid that she had boxed MTYP's eye out or smth and kept saying, "Don't cry ok? Don't cry. I'm sorry..."
And Pey was like, "It's okay. It's okay. I'm not crying..."
And Kim was so scared that she clutched at MTYP's shirt and kept muttering, "Please please please don't tell your mommy. Don't tell your mommy. I'm sorry."
At which MTYP said, "No... I won't tell my mommy..."
Lol. And yes the ever infamous incident of myself getting stuck on the jungle gym. Pfff... When I was little, I used to climb the jungle gym... halfway only. I was afraid of getting to the top. But then one fine day, I saw one of the guys (it was either Khang or Kok or Ben can't remember) climb right to the top, sit down for a while and then clamber back down. And of course, being the kiasu person I am, I plucked up the guts and said, "If he can do it, why can't I?"
So being the pure idiot, I climbed right to the top and sat down there. And then I realized. I had a fear of heights.
I didn't dare to come down. I didn't even bother to try clambering down. I was petrified and I couldn't move. And then I started wailing and wailing and wailing to be fetched down. Of course, the other kids came gathering around the jungle gym, gawking at my loud mouth. And the teacher tried to coax me down but I wouldn't have any of it. And of course, in the ultimate end, the teacher had to climb up to fetch me down.
Now, everytime I see that jungle gym, I just give a small grin, because now, I'm just about 3/4 of the height of the jungle gym and no longer have any fear of it.
We had a great time in Kindy. I still remember Sing Yue, Kok, Ben and some other guy called Jonathan who's no longer here, being the tallest guys of the class. And to tell the truth, I once was afraid of them because of their height and posture. Haha. That's why I usually made friends with the smaller guys like Khang (I think) and Winston Law. But of course now, all the guys are taller than me. :D Hey it wasn't only me! I think Jas and MTYP were scared of them too... I dunno... but I think so.
It's funny how time flies. One day we're prancing around the playground being the pure idiots we are and the next, we're all grown up, the seniors of the entire school and bending over our desks, worrying about SPM.
It's been 14 years, guys, can you believe it? 14 years since we last visited toilets that were minature in size (Gosh, still can't believe how small we were) 14 years since we spoke like dumb and dumbers (you know what i mean... those childish slangs we all have when we were little tykes) and 14 years since we had pure childish and UNSTRESSFUL fun. Nowadays we have fun still. But nowadays, we have much more responsibilites and stress too.
I was once so little. Now I'm so... I dunno grown up? IN SORT OF A SENSE LA. I, we can't deny it. It's a fact. We're grown up now. We've raging hormones now. We have... well everything close to being a young adult. And soon... so soon... we're going to leave adolescence behind and step into the world of adults.
21 years is a milestone. I've been through 17 years. I've got four more years and then it's goodbye forever to adolescence and childhood.
When I turned thirteen, I remembered shedding a tear or two, knowing that I was embarking on teenage years now, that I was leaving all my childhood behind and taking only my memories with me. I thought, teenage years were going to be a nightmare (that's what everyone says what) and that I would love to be a child all over again. I still do as a matter of fact though. :P
But what makes the diff between the me now and the me then is this: The me then was a scared shy little me who wanted to relieve childhood never wanting to become a teen and never wanting to discover unexplored waters. The me now still wants to relive childhood... but the me now is someone who has been through SO MUCH MORE in these recent years, someone whose more bold and someone who's more ready to take on challenges (I hope) and someone, if given a chance, would (in a nice way) relive my adolescence. I've mellowed and become contented through the years instead of being the hyperactive, annoying kid I was once.
So guys, if you see me crying at my 21st birthday, don't be surprised or ask me why.
You know perfectly well by then that I will be missing my adolesecence so much that I want to be a secondary kid again.
posted by *~siaw hui~* at 4:07 PM
2 Comments:
u are so sentimental laaaa. Me? I couldn't wait to enter my teenage years coz that meant a new beginning, a chance for me to redeem myself, for me to change. and damn, did i need to. but now that i'm happier with myself, i don't feel like entering a new phase in life.
haiyah, come what may. I'll only hope not to make too many mistakes or to have too many regrets. so there.
yeah sorry la.
i had a lovely childhood bah.
want to cling onto the past la.
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