It was a day that called up all the memories of the past, a day for our class.
It all started when we called upon one another to visit our teachers at the high school. So there we were in the staff room, walking together as a class, squeezing as a class into teachers' cubicles, standing around teachers as a class as we wished the teachers "Happy Teachers' Day" and chat with them. It was apparent that the teachers were glad to see us, with their bright smiles on their faces. It was perhaps the best gift for them afterall - just being present as a class again.
It was a pity that we didn't get to see some of our dearest teachers who have left the school. We certainly have missed them!
So much about the teachers. The day was also for us, for us as a class again.
The class outing to J8 was meant more than just a lunch, a meal together. It was a gathering of old friends, a gathering of ex- and for some, present classmates, for us to catch up with one another's latest updates, gossips and hobbies. We sat together at a long table, just like eating together as a class at our favourite corner in the canteen again. It was as if we were back to the good old days when we were in high school.
Being together again recalled all the memories that we share - eating from the noodle stall after bio tests, playing bridge in class, got scolded by teachers, and more importantly, all the days that we have spent together, the thick and thin that we have been through together. In the past, we might not have been that close to each other, we might have come from different cliques. We might have been so busy with our CCAs and academics and projects that we did not spend so much time together, or perhaps we just took one another for granted. So much have changed within this one year, but our identity as a class, apparently withstood the challenge of time. Now with the new environment and our new experiences, it was a new opportunity for us to renew our ties, or perhaps, to strengthen what we already have. Yes, instead of pulling us further apart, time has made us cherish our memories even more and made some of us closer together. We thought that our outing last year would be our first as well as our last, or so we thought. But now that is no longer true.
Perhaps it did not start just when we called one another to meet up in high school for Teachers' Day. It started much earlier - since first day we came together in Sec 3......
It all started when we called upon one another to visit our teachers at the high school. So there we were in the staff room, walking together as a class, squeezing as a class into teachers' cubicles, standing around teachers as a class as we wished the teachers "Happy Teachers' Day" and chat with them. It was apparent that the teachers were glad to see us, with their bright smiles on their faces. It was perhaps the best gift for them afterall - just being present as a class again.
It was a pity that we didn't get to see some of our dearest teachers who have left the school. We certainly have missed them!
So much about the teachers. The day was also for us, for us as a class again.
The class outing to J8 was meant more than just a lunch, a meal together. It was a gathering of old friends, a gathering of ex- and for some, present classmates, for us to catch up with one another's latest updates, gossips and hobbies. We sat together at a long table, just like eating together as a class at our favourite corner in the canteen again. It was as if we were back to the good old days when we were in high school.
Being together again recalled all the memories that we share - eating from the noodle stall after bio tests, playing bridge in class, got scolded by teachers, and more importantly, all the days that we have spent together, the thick and thin that we have been through together. In the past, we might not have been that close to each other, we might have come from different cliques. We might have been so busy with our CCAs and academics and projects that we did not spend so much time together, or perhaps we just took one another for granted. So much have changed within this one year, but our identity as a class, apparently withstood the challenge of time. Now with the new environment and our new experiences, it was a new opportunity for us to renew our ties, or perhaps, to strengthen what we already have. Yes, instead of pulling us further apart, time has made us cherish our memories even more and made some of us closer together. We thought that our outing last year would be our first as well as our last, or so we thought. But now that is no longer true.
Perhaps it did not start just when we called one another to meet up in high school for Teachers' Day. It started much earlier - since first day we came together in Sec 3......
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