So today is back to school with Justin and we are back for the foooooood!
And because I'm from Holy Innocents' High School, it is okay for me to call it a High School. ;)
So first on my list....
I MISS THE FOOD!
2) Not having to set my alarm because mom will wake me up at 6:45am sharp everyday.
3) Mom sending me to school everyday without fail! (I swear I can count the number of times I take a bus to school with my 10 fingers)
4) Being in 1/2 Diligence because that is where I met all my best friends.
5) That moment of how I met my best friend.
6) Those quarrels with kok and how close we are now.
7) Being in 3/4 Sincerity.
8) Changing seats with Shawn to sit with Weanee all the time in class.
9) History lessons with Beaunice and the retarded stuff we do like imitating MY's pikachu.
10) Because History lesson is the first lesson on our timetable, Quek and I will meet at McDonald's on Mondays and sneakily eat our burgers in class.
11) Cutting an incredibly cute boyish hairstyle that nobody likes HAHAHA.
12) Rebelling art teachers. I have no idea why all the art teachers seems to have something against me.
13) The Mrs Wee problem when she tried to confiscate my phone and my friends helped me get it back and we played hide & seek with her.
14) Suzieeeee! She's a really nice person if you actually talk to her.
15) Never altered my skirt before but I'll always roll up three folds.
16) Netball trainings, running up the stairs, jumping up the stairs and running around the parade square.
17) Sneaking to use phone in class. (What the heck now students can use their phones so freely)
18) Going opposite school before remedial to eat my fav Pontian wanton mee that the aunties remembers me and how I always order fried wanton, soup noodles, no veg no meat.
19) Taking bus 72 home for the first three quarters of school until I realize that 27 could get me home quicker.
20) When Jenny Ang will always ask me to remove my ear sticks during assembly.
21) Not being able to wear PE during assembly. I was unlucky and got caught once and argued with the DM.
22) Feeling lazy for school and sending myself to the sick bay for my dad to send me home.
23) The power of writing parents letter whenever I don't feel like going to school!
24) There was once I was sleeping in class. And because I'm naturally fair, the teacher called my name and when I looked up, he told me to continue resting cos I looked sick.
25) My signature checkered pattern shoelaces!
26) My no make up look.
27) Hougang Plaza! I'm really sad that it's gone...
28) Running three rounds around the school for 2.4km. It's damn tough okay. The school is like built on a hill and there's this gradual slope up followed by a steep slope down.
29) Slacking at harmony park. (Hahah slacking)
30) 830 Playground and the swing there!
31) Upper and Lower Courts where I'll be there to watch the guys play basketball.
32) Getting my bright red hair during one of the holidays.
33) My red hair faded and I went to school with my blonde streaks hidden behind my black hair within getting caught for months!
34) Those nicknames my friends gave me.
35) My teachers T.T especially the ones that are really inspiring.
36) Hanging out after school at void decks.
37) The free flow baguette slice at The Cafe Cartel which shut down midway while I was in high school.
38) Piercing my helix at a shop in hg mall called dong xi nan bei.
39) That rooftop "playground" we always used to hang around.
40) Those moments where girls stare at one another, talk things out and became friends.
41) Sitting at a corner of the class and neglecting my best friend :'( I'm so remorseful about it.
42) Wendy Ang. Oh my god, who would forget her. A few classes came together and wrote a petition about her.
43) Netball jokes and gossip sessions while the rest were training.
44) Getting caught for minor public display of affection when my then boyfriend merely put his arms around my shoulder outside school. NOTHING MORE!
45) Going to Church. I honestly miss those moments and after-service days where we eat our weekly dose of yu pian mee fen + milk and playing bridge.
46) Sports Day with the care group (NEC) every Friday.
47) Ordering the same food for the entire year and not getting sick of eating the same stuff. At the beginning, I had chu mee fen. And towards the upper secondary days were economic rice.
48) How Haymini would mix up Beaunice, Claris and I during home econs classes.
49) I used to have the nike spray water bottle which used to be the in thing and I am always losing them and buying a new one. The colors I remember having were baby pink, blue and black!
50) I have changed phone multiple times over just four years. I can't remember models but I've used Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, LG, Fake Apple, Apple.
51) And in secondary 2, I lost a phone that I bought just a day ago. I was so madly upset because it was my dream phone. And guess what, three years later, when I'm in Year 1 Poly, the police called and told me the culprit has been caught and the culprit had to cough up the sum of over $300 in cash to pay me. But what couldn't be retrieved was the memory in my memory card.
52) I miss the ballerina imprint behind D&T block. But now its been covered up already.
53) Getting praised by Home Econs teacher for making my own pancake batter when the truth is, I bought a premix that only requires egg and water. Hehe.
54) Valentines day where us girls will specially buy chocolates to give to everyone in class.
55) Changing into PE at the staircase because the toilet is too far away.
56) Singing the school creed during assembly periods.
57) The super fail self-proclaimed band that will sing on stage during events and make everyone leave the hall.
58) Sitting by the side of the hall closer to the fans because the middle is just too hot.
59) Then again, we always look forward to events because the school will turn on the airconditioning in the hall.
60) How chengguomei call our class as dilijor instead of diligence.
61) Entering the basement into the firing range once. Was rather creeped out by the empty darkness throughout.
62) How I used to be afraid of night walks during secondary 1. The friend I just knew was with me throughout holding on to me each time I scream and collapsed to the ground. That's why we are best friends till this date! ^^
63) Despite being streamed to different classes in upper secondary, my lower secondary classmates will still, always and forever be sitting together at the same table during recess.
64) And when another group of people occupies our seats.... Ok, we really just hated that.
65) I kind of love D&T lessons where we cut woods and acrylics and sandpaper the edges smooth.
66) Wastinga hundreds of paper just to print my home econs coursework report.
67) Learning how to play the guitar during music lesson.
68) The story of Oolong Tea that's been on repeat for the entire four years of high school.
69) I kind of like the back to school music where they would always play the song "welcome to the family ~".
70) Oh yes, right before assembly starts, they would always play a tune for us to get ready and settle down.
71) Newspaper reading every Monday. And I envy those classes that gets to read The Newpaper cos I don't like reading Straits Time cos it's too damn huge.
72) Doing CWO once for half an hour. Was supposed to serve detention but we bargained for it.
73) The making of a film for History class that I'm still really proud of it. But sadly, we have lost the video.
74) I miss playing pool at Hougang Plaza T_T
75) And that lanshop there too. My friends will always play DOTA and I'll be there with my audition.
76) Skipping school half the time when O levels was approaching because it is more productive to study elsewhere.
77) That elsewhere was meeting my primary school friend at night to study at McDonald's or sometimes in the afternoon at the library.
78) Hanging out at kok's house.
79) Doing service for the elderly, helping them clean their houses and providing them with necessities.
80) Flag days in town area as well as once where we walked from hougang to buangkok.
81) Being tested on singing the school song in lower secondary and failing badly because my school song is in Chinese.
82) Putting everything under our table.
83) The metal cupboard at the back of the class and how my classmates would accumulate lots of empty water bottles behind.
84) When my friends and I would play mahjong just two weeks before O's. And I miss how free we used to be that we can meet up ever so often.
85) Me and my goth moments. The piercings and the thick eyeliner.
86) Prom night :')
87) How I cried during graduation. :'(
88) Once during cross country a friend fell down, so I helped her up. And she ran ahead of me resulting in the placement of her being 10 and me 11. At that point I was wondering if I should ever help others in need. (Medals were only given to the top 10)
89) That trip to Vietnam with the school. And how I was waiting for my friends in the guys room and how the teacher reprimanded me for being in a guys room and I talked back. She called my dad to complain about the situation. Her plans backfired and my dad ended up giving her a HUGEEE scolding. Oooooo ownage!
90) Something I will never miss is how HOT the classrooms are and I would always fidget around. (I love poly and the air conditioned tutorial rooms!)
91) Dreading the climb from level 1 to 4 to my classroom.
92) Teachers who release us early for recess!
93) I love excursions.
94) Jenny Ang and all her funny jokes that she will never ever laugh. I only remember seeing her laugh once.
95) Doing classroom decorations. I really like my sec 4 class where our theme was movie theater. Nigel popped real popcorns and it was really fun to do the entire layout as a class!
96) Sports daaaaay!
97) Inter-class competition! My upper sec class is full of netballers and we always got second because there are other classes that are full of netballers too. HAHAHA!
98) Not having to decide what to wear to school for the next day cos it's simply uniform!
99) Tying my hair with scrunchies cos I used to love those fuzzy hair ties.
100) I really miss everything about High School and would love to be young again and cherish all about it!
