Gazillions of emotions rushing up my head all at once too frequently. It makes me think too much, wonder too often, and opens up floodgates of memories that I'd wish was tucked safely at the back of my brain instead. 4 years of wearing the cleanly pressed (thanks Mum) white uniform to school, waking 15 minutes earlier tying plaits, rushing for early trains so I could get a seat and get some shut eye, complaining about teachers, lamenting about some people whose names shall not be mentioned, rushing down during break times, watching chapteh matches, dozing off in class, eating, hoping that teachers wouldn't come for lessons, mocking a public h8 figure of 409, wearing the best class tee ever, watching paper planes fly across one end of the class to the other, getting into squabbles, watching other peopl getting into squabbles, mad rush to change and get ready for trainings, Pearlynn's usual rendezvouz with Mr Chia, Nichol's adoration for (the presumably married) 蔡老师, the ever friendly and humourous drink stall uncle, what only NHrians know as 八毛鸡, overpriced chicken pie, cursing at idiots who cut queue, climbing up the stairs, weekly dreaded assembly, brainwashing SS lessons.. I'll really miss everything. To be honest, up til now, I really have no clue why I put NH as my first choice. Everyone asks me why I chose a school located so far away from my house but looking back, I guess I won't regret my choice. Cheesy as it may sound, NH taught me a lot. I've come to learn a lot more about myself and definitely others, gained a lot, and of course matured a lot. My friends have been a great part of my life, the sole reason why I look forward to school everyday. It is because of you, that's why I've grown so much.





To Eisabess, I could never thank you enough for always putting up with my bullshit. Even when I neglected you so much during Sec 3 days. To date I could never apologise enough for my behavoir. That aside, millions and trillions of thanks for being my best friend through my otherwise boring secondary school life. Truth be told, you really made me see myself in a different light, allowed me to know so much more about myself and other things. Thanks for always accompanying me every morning in the canteen, giving stares at rude juniors who take up 2 tables at a time, eating breakfast together, and basically everything else. You've been the best friend anyone could ask for, and I hope you'll last long with PB okay?





To Nichol and Pearlynn, thanks for always being the optimistic and joyful friends to me. Without you life would be really dull and distasteful. Nichol, especially, for being this ball of energy and happiness, and Pearlynn, for being, well, Pearlynn. Of course, thank you Nichol for being the best table partner anyone could ask for.



To Huineng, the brightest and smartest girl I've ever known. I hope life would be smooth sailing from this moment on. We've both been through so much, and I guess that's why we could relate to each other so well. I hope that you would eventually find someone worthy of your love in the future, because a girl like you shouldn't be subjected to such treatment.





To Annette and Geraldine, my 2 other best buddies. Thanks for always being there for me, listening to me rant and complaining about everything under the sun. You both provide the best advices in the whole wide world and nothing could ever compare to that. Thanks for always putting up with my emotional self and never giving up on me.



To Rachel Hong, thanks for being the mother of our unit. Without you, NHNCCG would never have achieved its current status. Also, thanks for being my friend, studying with me and always always being there for me when I'm down and out and having sudden emotional breakdowns. Thanks for also always lending me your listening ear to everything big and small. Of course, thank you for all your lame jokes and childish antics which never ever failed to make me laugh out loud.



To Candice, thank God for bringing you into my life. You've been of really great help to me, just being there when I'm always upset, listening to me complain endlessly, and forever fangirling with me. Thanks for always putting up with my incessant and childish pleas to play Quadropop on your phone too! You're the best girlfriend ever and I hope you realise that even though you think your shoulders are small and don't look nice, you are actually very pretty. Never lose your innocence because that's what makes you you.



To Charmain, my tallest friend in NCC, thanks for, like I said in my card, being the permanent right marker during sizing so the rest of us had one less position to fret over. We've both been through a lot emotionally, but hey that's how we grow and learn right? Perhaps it's but a phase in our lives, or probably just part of growing up but remember to always keep your head up because you'll never know what's coming your way.



To Ruichen, my most bimbotic, most auntie friend ever. Thanks for making me feel at home whenever we're together. You really really make me feel very comfortable, and I can always be myself with you. Thanks for being aunties with me, pondering over which meals have the lowest calorie, always scolding me when I choose a (very fattening) white chip macadamia cookie. I guess I'll never forget Subway lunches with you, gossiping, listening to 987fm, talking over low-fat meals and all.



To Mengting, my friend who always swears, thanks for bringing joy to my life through all your course remarks about everything. And thanks for your assistance during training days, and thanks for making life easier to pass because of your jokes and laughter. You're already very thin so don't keep dieting okay? Being healthy is more important than looking good.









To Zhanteng, Joshua, Nicholas, Luoyang and Weixiang, you all have been my best guy friends ever and thanks for always being such funny and optimistic lads. Thanks for always filling up all the empty corners of 409 with your boisterous chapteh sessions, gay time and hilarious conversations. I'll definitely miss all of you - miaomiao's usual essays about cats and his flirtatious nature with juniors *cough*, Joshua's great singing, Nicholas's childish voice and hilarious "FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!", yapyap's extremely contagious signature laughter, and Weixiang for always being the gentlemen, not minding when we call you a construction worker or plain black. I'll miss all the crazy times we had, and that itself is an understatement. Anyway, sorry yapyap I don't have a photo with you.





To Weina and Joanna Fong, thanks for being such great neighbour classmates. And thanks for always having recesses with me. Of course, thanks for always being such sporty friends who'll never decline a photo.

And to you, even though you might never see this, you've definitely played a very important role in my life. You've left me with the best and possibly worst memories of NH, but nonetheless, these memories I'll keep forever. Because it was you who taught me the most, made me see how flawed I was, but at the same time brought out the best in me. Til now I don't know why exactly things turned out this way but I guess everything happens for a reason. Well at least you seem to have found your friends and much joy in life. We seem to have come from 2 different routes, joined together in a path for a while before the road began to diverge again. Now that we're back on our own paths, I wish you all the best for your future, and thank you for once letting me walk the road together with you.

To all my other friends whose names have not been mentioned, sorry it hasn't been but rest assured you will all be remembered by me for the rest of my life. Without any single one of you, life would be vastly different from status quo and it wouldn't be as great as it is now. Every single one of you have played such instrumental parts in my life, and for this alone I couldn't thank you guys enough. But this blog post could never do justice to all my thanks and appreciation for all of you. It's 10 more days to our final lap so let's all work really hard for better days to come. My fingers are already aching from the non-stop typing on my phone's tiny keypad but all the pain is worthy. It's already 1.53AM as we speak and I guess I need to hit the sack soon. I'll miss everyone, all my friends, classmates, teachers, 409, and of course, NH.





















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