Listening to: Nolita Fairytale - Vanessa Carlton


I just realised something over dinner. I MISS SCHOOL. And it's only the Saturday two days before the marking of the last school semester of the year.

If there was school on Monday...

1. Kai Xian would be going "Finny..." in her oh-so-threatening tone, her hand stretched out in front of her, giving me the cue to put mine over hers so that she could whack it with her two fingers.

2. I would keep staring, amused for no reason, at Desiree's short ponytail in front of me instead of the national flag during flag-raising.

3. Yishan and Kai Xian would be hooked on either puzzle bobble, camwhoring, or both.

4. Yuan Kang and Wei Chiang would be gaying around in class as usual, either singing, playing some game on their handphone, discussing about their previous night's game or soccer, or all of the stuff previously mentioned.

5. Yan Shan would go on a vulgarities rampage at some random time.

6. Yiting would come into the classroom with a womenish-soccer aura, carrying her blue-black bag on one shoulder, and a shoe bag of the same color in one hand.

7. Joaquina, Desiree, Elizabeth, Jean, and Sek Chin would then come strolling in giggling/laughing/chattering, and would sit themselves in the second row.

8. Meng Han would be lying on the table, maybe sleeping, where Mr Wangyal would remind him time to time to wake up.

9. If there was a lot of stuff to copy on paper, Meng Han would use his favourite phrase, "Teacher, will you be photocopying this for us?"

10. Amanda would come late for first period lesson with her orange bag, giving her seemingly sheepish smile.

11. Lea and Lois would come late for Math class, where Mr Wee would throw them the usual exasperated look, starting off with, "Hey Lea and Lois, I've told you both many times... *exasperated smile*".

12. Mr Wee would give an even more exasperated look to Brian because he was late for the 10th time this month, and would start off with, 'Hey, Brian... *exasperated smile*".

13. When the class isn't listening, Mr Wee would go, "Hey class... *exasperated smile*".

14. Maybe Joaquina would pity the class a little bit, and go, "This is a string, this is a string, this is not a string...", before revealing the logic behind it.

15. Yan Shan would then imitate Joaquina's "string" actions.

16. Alex, Yuan Kang, and Wei Chiang would be talking about some game or playing some handphone game at the back of the classroom.

17. Lun Fa would be sitting beside Brian, playing some game on his handphone as well.

18. The Chinese teacher would go, "Ni men zhen hao wan hor? [Literally, you all very fun to play with hor]" or "Ni men zhe xie wai guo peng you... [Literally, you all these foreign friends]" or "Ni men zhe ban lao ren yuan [Literally, you all this class old folks' home]".

19. Kai Xian would be hurriedly rushing home straight after PC, Yishan would be sitting with her WJ, Joaquina's gang would be slacking around at a table, Yuan Kang and Wei Chiang would join Tsehong and some other people, and the rest just scatters into their small clique.

I guess there's no point reminiscing. Come next year, the teachers we get might be different from now. Our workload will be exponentially increased. We won't have that much time to fool around like this year anymore. Whatever happened this year will all be a thing of the past, collecting dust and cobwebs as years go by. It sets me thinking. What purpose do memories serve us?

It's sad to know the transient nature of things. :(