tsk. i simply cant get any work done.
so i declare myself the rest of the day OFF.
because it's time for yet another walk down memory lane.
jiayin ah. all your fault! i was reading ur old entries in your blog.
i'm going to try to type it as though it had just happened.....................

25-07-03
friday.
eve of the committee announcement!!
we didnt even have a complete committee to announce!
like WHAT?!
was stuck in the tiny tby room all afternoon and frankly, the stuffy room was getting on my nerves.
and what's with all the names flying arnd!!
i didnt support her n i never wld.
n what's the best thing?
i was bloody late for piano. had to take cab. frm tanjong rhu to bukit timah.
when i left. the decision wasnt still finalised.
i really wondered what time they're going to fight until.
well at least for now. there's something to announce tomorrow.
i cant say i'm happy with the results. but what to do?
guess it wld be fine. no syf to worry about.
well. handover tmr. gotta write my passing down letter.

26-07-03
whoo boy. what a long day!
jian tao early in the morn. considering tt i made a total mess of the last jiantao, i was especially careful this time.
i got all my zheng peeps to help me with it! n i was rather surprised when they all contributed readily.
the whole jiantao was hilarious! just before the whole thing started, me n lang saw two dyb jrs pointing excitedly at mj! (who had just gotten rid of his ahpek hairstyle n was now looking all funky) cldnt stop laughing. so when he got up there to present, we were both in fits, screaming his name. haha. bet he was so embarrassed.
oh then we were talking about how he suddenly looked like a MIKE to us.
potluck later in the evening followed by passing down.
my dear jrs bought tons of ingredients for the sandwiches we were supposed to make.
we were all lugging them to the 30 bus stop so that we cld take bus to jiayin's hse.
hell. the bus didnt come after 15mins! n what happened?
the gy ppl just happily cruised up the bus. the GUYS especially! NOT giving a damn that we were ALL GIRLS carrying like dozens of cans of food!
oh boy was i fuming. but what to do. we cant blame gy for always producing ill-mannered guys anyway. :)
the sandwich making session at yin's hse was pretty much chaos.
thankgoodness her father was so understanding! n he still offered to fetch us back to sch as we were all running late.
food looked edible much to our relief. but we had great fun :D
passing down...
i didnt plan what i was going to say.
somehow all the things just came out on it own.
how happy i had been.
the fabulous friends i made.
the fun i had being in the com.
i stuck it thru. no tears! although fai was saying i looked like i was going to break down.
but as i heard everyone of them giving their speeches, i knew i cldnt hold back until the end of the day.
when the whole ceremony ended n everybody left the LT, we gathered in a grp hug.
then the tears came.
pretty emotional.
the previous com was obviously shocked at our behaviour.
they expected us to be happy about passing down.
n i was pissed off when some of them thought we were putting on an act!
good grief. just because your com was a mess doesnt mean we are!
i feel sorry for them.
their batch was known as one of the failures of coms. a terrible combination of people who cant work together. what wld they know about the true meaning of being together working together as a committee!
well whatever.
potluck wasnt as bad as we thought.
our sandwiches were eaten, contrary to popular belief. just that the tuna ones didnt look too appetising n most of them were left behind.
halfway thru the dinner i realised that i left my physics txtbook in my locker!
got lang to go with me. but realised that the entire sch was dark. no lights.
so we got mj too. haha.
me n lang were terrified while walking up the stairs to the fourth level.
tell u man. it aint fun walking in pitch darkness. what's more with all the supposedly haunted paintings at every level.
i was clutching mj's arm n so was lang. haha so tightly until i think he was more scared than any of us.
but we still managed to get the books. n we were all in one piece. haha.
yep..
a gd day.
sad though..

02-08-03
prelims exactly a MONTH away!
n we still have one last huge assignment.
the 30th anniversary dinner.
but for tonight. we get our just rewards. JTS!
i woke up early this morning with every intention to get some work done.
but i didnt.
i took out all the files i was supposed to hand over to mabel.
i looked thru them all over again.
for the last time..
my attendance file.
suddenly had a spark of inspiration. started writing a long letter.
every other sectional leader had theirs too. but none as long as mine.
everything i wanted to say. it's in that letter.
i spent almost 3 hrs writing it!
then it was time to go to school for the official handing over.
almost late AGAIn thanx to the never reliable 158.
i rushed in. thank goodness they were running late too.
passing down happened so quickly
luckily everybody was more of in a jovial mood. i wldnt be able to stand it if the atmosphere was sad again!
oh then guolaoshi got the whole co to sing the song for the 30th anniversary dinner.
damn funny i tell u. because at the high notes many went out of tune!
yes we were supposed to set a good example, but in the end, me mj lang n kes ended up hiding behind the com, pretending to sing along.
the new com had meeting with huiling. so the old peeps had nothing to do until dinnertime.
so what do we do?
what we always do.
captain's ball!
great fun. but tiring.
but we all had JTS to look forward to.
suntec marche.
too many of us n too late.
had to wait almost one hr before we cld get two big enough tables!
so we were slacking outside. playing silly games.
kes n wes were playing chinese chess on the floor can you believe it!
hilarious.
we finally got in. dinner was fabulous. TOTALLY.
n of the course the best part was that we didnt have to pay a single cent.
it was soOO much more fun n nicer than the JTS last yr.
whoa. payed $50 n the food sucked! not to mention the weird atmosphere.
so in conclusion.
a wonderful day..

09-08-03
30th anniversary dinner
lemme summarise everything in 10 steps according to chronological order.
1. went to sch early in the morning. three weeks to prelims!!
2. pretty much nothing for me to do. so i went to the hall n watched them prepare for the dinner. played badminton out of boredom
3. things start to get busy in the late afternoon. was busy setting up the tables. then came the table cloths, the little pots of water for the floating candles yada yada.
4. the stupid candles along the steps of the stage! you light one, the wind extinguishes it the next second. thankful for some jrs who helped out willingly.
5. dinnertime! the seniors start arriving. cannot imagine how old some of them are! some even brought their kids along with them. some of them had been together ever since they were in CO back then. amazing. i stuck outside with lang at the entrance.
6. hunger got the better of us. i snuck back in and grabbed two plates of food. blehh. for the amt they're paying, the food sure sucks. tasteless and all soggy.
7. watched the old videos they played. coooll. tried to mix arnd with some of my seriously old seniors but didnt know what to say.
8. highlight of the day: the song we had to sing. two batches of committee. singing at the top of our voices. nobody cared abt their image for once :D pretty high.
9. sighh. we had to do the clearing up hadnt we? dragged the thousands of chairs back to the classrooms which were all in a mess. tired sweaty by the end of the day. slunked back to the co room for some much needed aircon.
10. n so that was the very last assignment of dhsco com 02-03.

oh what a bloody long entry.
i will always remember
the days after sch.
like clockwork.
turning into the CO room after coming down the stairs.
even if there was nth for me to do.
like conditioned reflex actions.
just hanging out with the ppl i'm so comfortable with.

well gone are those days.
this entry will the memories alive.