I was commenting on chloe's blog just now agn on secondary school life. It's only now how i realised how precious barker road is to me man.


Chloe's Post:

"When we got there, we received notice that it was Major Yum's last day in school. This is the man that sends me to the hospital everytime I get injured in school and gets me the best wheelchair. (I'm accident prone) He was like 'I will always remember you, sprain your ankle, then neck, then elbow... wah! want to forget also cannot'. Rachel just kept laughing lah. Some best friend right?
Subsequently, we bumped into Mr Lee S.B and Rachel was like 'MR LEE!! REMEMBER CHLOE?! she's the one that talks so much in your class.. you scolded her many times.' Despite the fact that Mr Lee reprimands me for not wearing my uniform right, talking too much and not being serious enough... he still loves me because I bagged an A for history!

A few moments later, Mrs Raj came in and she was like 'my sweet sweet Chloe.. how can I forget you? You and your beautiful essays.' She asked what I was studying and when I replied Banking & Financial Services, she gazed at me in consternation as if to make sure I was not mad, bad or bent on self-destruction before asking why I didn't choose Mass Communication. She said, and I quote, 'I love your essays, you're a very bright girl with so much potential. When you're done with this course I urge you to go get a degree and pursue writing again, you've got a gift.. it's best that you use it. Such wonderful essays.' She flatters with delicacy. I was thoroughly enchanted by it and even more so because it was coming from one of my favorite teachers.

We bummed around school for a bit. But since the heavens poured rain as thick as drapery, I just cabbed home and spent that 10 minutes staring out at the window watching my school diminish with distance while reminscing the times spent in smss.
I guess I really do love school afterall."




Bill:
I guess from what i see secondary school life is actually kinda good. (: Man, i can't imagine the nostalgia i'll get when i leave acs. I've been in the same school&campus for 9 long years! I'm planning to go back every week next year to help out in cca and contribute to the christian society..I'm dreading the time when i have to leave and move on to an unfamilar place ): Well I guess after all this time looking back we have to move on..It's life and life's got a billion willion things out there for us! but still, that doesn't stop us from visiting right? (:



Chloe:
I had the same feeling during my final year in secondary school.
Too much memories there! Campfire camaraderie, riveting storytelling, engaging in silly antics, climbing over the school gates to avoid getting booked by the prefects, the stupid school-made vids.. all that nonsense.

But yeah.. there's just so much more for us to experience out there x)



Bill:
Yup. Loads of stuff waiting out there for us (: It's always great to have hindsight and foresight in our lives, and i don't think it hurts so much in the end. We can always go back and visit! The best thing is that i think by visiting we learn so much more than we did when we were in there. I haven't visited my old primary school so much, but from what i can see is that teachers come and go, friends leave, change and dissappear. From that i learnt that keeping that friendship is very impt. We're in a sea of 4 million man!

Well, who knows what visiting might bring you? I can see alrealdy that the value of school's coming to you..but who knows. Every visit is like visiting a park every 5 years or so. The landscape changes- small and large, and each visit we can appreciate nature much better than we did before. Who knows what we can learn from the places we have left behind (:





I'm going to miss barker road lots when i leave. But well, as i said in my comments, there's so much more to learn from everything else and nothing can stop us from visiting again (:





That reminds me of something i posted the other day.

"While i was preparing for lit class the other day, I came across a very beautiful, poignant comment in the English Teacher. It says, "We all come together to go apart again." This is made by the protagonist, Krishnan. Generally..I just can't help but feel that my years in Acs Barker. They are 4 years of change and incredible revelation. I don't feel like leaving my friends and my Acs spirit behind for a better future, and i really wish i could stay forever. I've grown to like this school, I don't think anything's going to replace what, by grace, God has given to me through the school community. I'm going to miss the talks by Mr Ng, The devotions, the morning chapel. Sometimes i wonder what i'll do when one day in my working life, I happen to pass by barker road. Should I walk in and embrace the school and it's life once more, or just walk on for a better future? Sometimes i envision myself teaching and helping students there, and sometimes i envision myself doing other good things in that school, especially for the christian committee. It's a mix of thoughts and feelings that i've never considered before, I feel a little sad that i'm going to leave.

But well, as they say. Life goes on. I think God has given me a mission to do in this school, to start a great movement that has been lost to the new age and new habits. I don't want to give up..I think i will go back and help after i graduate. God gave me this mission..and i don't want to fail it or give it up because of graduation. I don't want to pass the torch, i want to continue running for God and Acs even though i'm gone as a student. Perhaps one day, I shall consider returning to school to do God's work as a serious christian."