grad day yesterday, kinda not as exhilarating or emotional as what i expected. the whole ceremony was pretty monotonous, except for one or few sparks when some interesting class montage was shown (namely ours and s6k's, haha), and of course, the song singing session wasnt bad too.
half-way through the ceremony, i felt so bored that jay (jingyu) and i decided to go down and have a night-walk (sorry for those cca leaders that i've missed, haha) . we went to the field (yes, just two of us alone, in pitch darkness.. it sounds a bit gay, but it was quite enjoyable) and had a nice short chat with my 小 jay jay. then we proceeded to the admin office (randomly walking) and was joined by eehong.. then we decided to crashed the apollo's ceremony. Just when we stepped foot onto the audi, it was obvious that the atmosphere there was much better than ours.. thk that's because the aircon there was much cooler... after a while, we went back and went on with our ceremony...
thk the most emotional part of the ceremony was when i was singing the chinese high school song. the first sentence already triggered my memory of the time when i first learnt the song. i remember very vividly that the music teacher was mr goh, an ex-chinese high boy and was also a physics teacher then. he was a very strict teacher, but nice, and he always wanted us to line the chairs properly (each on the exact tile) before every lesson and stacked them up after every lesson. i also rmb very vividly that our first music test was on the singing of our sch song, which was the one we sang ytd. the class was divided into groups of 3 and each group had to sing the song in tune and the lyrics must be right. and interestingly, i was in the same group as xiayang and xuhaocheng, one of the few weirdo/funny people in class then. as you know, both of them can sing for nuts, hao even refused to open his mouth during the test, all he produced was some mumbling... So, not surprisingly, the music test was actually my own test with only myself singing most of the time...
fast forward back to the ceremony, six years of my life was gone in a flash. but towards the end of this journey, time seems to be crawling like a snail in this final lap. i just didnt have a sense of conclusion during ytd's graduation ceremony. it just don't feel right where you still have the-most-important-exam-in-your-life awaiting for you , teasing at your state of mugging misery. to tell you a little secret, my ever so loving CT, mrs ong told me something inspiring when i was receiving the hwachong bear from her on stage. as to what she said, i shall keep it confidential. though i doubt what she said will come true, but i really appreciate her words. think those are the words which i will still rmb many many years later.
ok, reflection complete. must thank mell tan for making such a fantastic class montage for our class. let's give her a round of applause, she deserves it: