It was Friday, what a black day. Went to NUH in the early morning to do the paperworks and went to my ward. Guess what, it was a children’s ward…
I can’t believe I actually have to sleep and stay with the little kids for a night, but nevermind, it’s meant to be. I unwillingly changed into the hostiptal’s clothing and sat on the wheelchair, and got pushed all the way into the surgery ward. I tired to be funny, playing with the wheelchair I’m sitting on by rolling the wheels.
The truth is, I wanna feel how it’s like to navigate with the wheelchair.
After some cranking and booming sounds, the nurse asked if I was alright so I just got through with a smile. It was long before it was my turn, going into the room of terror. The jab my left hand and before I can start dreaming, I was knocked out already. It was about 11.30am that time.
I heard my name being called, and I woke up with pain. I saw the clock which was 2.30pm already, and gosh, my mouth were stuffed with cottons and my throat was burning. After and onwards, I can’t exactly remember what happened until I was fully awake at 5.30 or so. My mum was by my side all along, from morning until my dad came.
Things that Irritated me the most in the hospital
1. My iPod went out of battery at 11pm+
2. The stupid cotton in my mouth
3. The stitches on my gums
4. The hard pillow
5. It was as if winter hit the hospital, so cold that 2 blankets weren’t enough
I received an email from my host family in Japanese and had some information regarding the school breaks over there and guess what, I’m jealous.
Schools in Japan have 3 terms and school starts on April 1st.
1st Term: April 1st - Late July (~4 months of school)
Summer Vaction: Early August - Early September (~1 months break)
2nd Term: Early September - Late December (~4 months of school)
Winter Vacation: Late December - Early January (~a few weeks of break)
3rd Term: Early January - Early March (~2 months of school)
Spring Break: March (1 month of break)
Singapore has about 2 months + 2 weeks of school breaks, excluding public holidays and for Japan, 2 months + a few weeks… so it’s more or less the same but I still prefer their trimester system.
Well, 2E1 is broken asunder into 3 classes next year, and 1 is leaving us just like last year. Majority are going to be in 3E1, a portion in 3E2 and a few in 3E3.
Last year, Delia left us and this year.
There are many things that are still clear in my memories, and those are the deepest impressions this year.
Pre-2E1 - Who’s Our Form Teacher?
This was a big “OMFG” case in December 2004, when we have rumors circulating about who’s gonna be our form teacher. It was sad to know that Miss Lim, our secondary 1 teacher is not going to teach us in 2005 as they other classes still have the same teacher.
Information here and there, and I spread the “truth” which was, our form teacher would be Madam Rozita. That, stirred up everybody’s mind and chaos struck the 2E1 forum.
Birthday Bashes
I would say, the most impressive “performance” was in March, when Zhi Kai was beaten down and out. The guys just wouldn’t let him off, again and again he was tortured. After recess, he was pulled to the ground and got kicked and pounced by Cheng Hao and Ze Yi.
Some other birthday bashes were interesting, but not so impressive as Zhi Kai’s.
Bukit Chandu & Back To School
The visit on May 18th wasn’t that fun to us, but the freedom we had during that day were awesome. We didn’t give a damn whether we were in the school or not, everybody just took out their cameras, mobile phones and discmans around the class. Oh, and that was the day which the camera war hit the climax. I took many photos on that day, and it was the kind of freedom that other days could not bring us.
The 3 Months Faking
3 months faking? It refers to the 3 months drama competition! I really love this, from the script-writing to the finals, there were many unforgettable moments. Finding the actors were a pain in the ass, I shortlisted around 20 classmates but only had around 9 people in the 1st trial. I must admit, I had little patience for mistakes and excuses in the beginning, thus causing some conflicts. It was a difficult situation, getting the people together.
As time passes, we worked as a team but that was not enough, Edward saw no love in Siang Lin during the act. That gave some strange atmosphere when strangers who were uninterested in each other were in love. I can’t blame them, cause I can’t ask them to date each other for the sake of this act. After many trials, and changes, we finally got in the finals and won 3rd place.
Teachers Day
A screwed-over day, stuffs that were organised by us were demolished thanks to our form teacher. We had food to eat and that, satisfy our minimum needs.
There were many other stuffs that happened but I would consider them too minor to write here. Although the separation of our class might sadden some, I think it’s not worth gloutting over because the moments we shared were enough to satisfy us. Say, I would have some new classmates but they shall not replace the classmates who left us in my heart.
* Guys, let’s play soccer together again next year!
Sometimes, being alone all along is better than separations.
