I can barely remember anything about primary school, other than the fact that I got bullied a lot and was mostly a loner. However, I still do remember I was fat, had small ugly eyes, crooked teeth and was a head taller than the rest, and am still all of the above. The reason I felt so lonely was because every other year, I just got thrown into different environments where everyone already knew each other and I didn't. I don't know if it's just me, but I felt as if nobody wanted to be my friend. School became such a dread that I only chose to remember bits and pieces of things that really amused me. I tried my best not to recall anything else.
My sixth year was the best and also the worst. I jumped crowds a lot, and studied with different groups of people. I didn't really have a fixed group of friends because I never felt as if I really clicked with anyone. However, that class wasn't the kind to exclude anyone. We were probably the most united class, even having recess together everyday, occupying tables full. That year was when I met Kim and Nicole. Although we were in the same class, I wasn't really close to them (probably closer to Kim than Nicole) but because we knew each other then, we kinda stuck around each other in secondary school.
Getting into 1-4 was the life changer. Had I scored 2 points more for my PSLE, I would be in a total different class (in 1-3) with all the guai kias, and end up being the outcast again because I just won't fit in there. Not saying that the people I hang out with are rebels, but I guess I have the best of both worlds :)
During the first few weeks of school, I sat with Kim. Lixian would be seated a row diagonally behind us, being an emo kid with her fringe hanging, slouching in her seat, reading her novels. Kim used to be so terrified of her, but apparently Nicole and Lixian used to be best buds, so through her we got to know Lixian and turns out she's not terrifying at all! Our best times together would always be having tuition together. Laughing and learning, killing two birds with one stone.
It's a blur how I first met bestie. As far as I can recall, we didn't talk much in class because I sat a row behind her. That was until we met at the traffic light outside school. We were probably on our way home and we found out we took the same bus. From then on, almost everyday, we'd take the bus home together. On days we had CCA, we'd wait for each other then go home together, my clean self and her sweaty smelly self. She'd always, always, always, not caring if it's PE or training, as long as she's perspiring, wipe her perspiration on me!!! :@
All 6 (me, bestie, Nicole, Kim, Lixian, Hwee Jia) of us sat close by so we naturally hung out together often, always wrecking havoc in class after school, taking dumb videos of us doing stupid things, catching caterpillars and naming them (remember Dick and Hairy?), watching them crawl up the plastic water bottles, naming the big green dustbins Bella and Edward, attempting to throw bestie into Edward (what were we thinking, she could've died HAHAHA) and every Friday was always Pink FBT day. Damn, were we chaotic, but it was so damn fun!
Btw Edward can still be found, he's in the parade square and I think the masking tape that says "Edward" is still stuck on him.
Second year into secondary school, we got dispersed. We still hung out together but we got scattered all over the class. I sat mostly with bestie. Me + her = unattentiveness overload. Talk talk talk, never paying attention during class, talk talk talk, piss teachers off, teachers attempt to separate us, fails, talk talk talk, both get bad results but talk some more. We ended up getting streamed into the same class for our third year.
Getting into 3B1 was honestly a hard pill to swallow. I was disappointed that I didn't get the subject combination I wanted, but who knew it was actually a blessing in disguise! My subject combination helped me maximize my strengths and minimize my weaknesses. The middle of this year was when I finally decided to wake up and study hard. All I could remember from this year was studying so hard, like never before, to take my mind off everything else.
Another milestone was getting promoted to 4B1. The unnecessary people left, the necessary ones stayed. I was kind of sad that Serene didn't make it through with us... but I'm sure she's also happy with her current mix of friends now! The four of us- Kalista, Rosalind, bestie and I, were pretty much in our own world during this last year. Especially Kalista and I, we rarely interacted with the class at all because we both thought our class was bitchy. I think our class hated us too but knowing us lol srsly we don't give a shiet!!! MIDDLE FINGERS FOR ALL OF YOU! Soon, we lured bestie and Rosalind over to the dark side too!!! :D
I almost forgot!!! My CCA mates!!! Endless laughter explains it all :)
I almost forgot!!! My CCA mates!!! Endless laughter explains it all :)
So as I sit here and reminiscence, I can't imagine having a single one of you missing in my life. I guess I wouldn't know if something was missing in my life, but for sure it wouldn't be as complete as it is right now.