Tuesday, October 31, 2006
I attended my Tao Nan School GEP '01 reunion today. It was really cool. Had to travel all the way to Changi Village from Tanah Merah MRT, then i found out that .... it was the EXACT same place we went to for our shooting chalet. -.- except coming from the opposite direction.
Haha at first i thought the BBQ was going to be damn failure. Jed bought these charcoal pillows (briguettes? damn you frenchies) that wouldnt burn properly, so we were pretty much turning out uncooked chicken wings until the real charcoal arrived.
Had my face attacked by Felicia who was holding face paint. Ever seen a sad clown before? (: While playing bridge somemore. I will never forget that maniacal laugh. Anyway the turnout was quite good. Nearly 30 ppl, mainly from RJ ACJC and HCJC. We were all sitting around recalling the good ol' days, complaining about lousy teachers, poking fun at Paniel for losing his way, and generally just laughing away.
One topic that came up tho was about GEP. Hmm i feel kinda sad that GEP's being abolished, cos we'll be losing a special type of people. I couldnt have imagined myself getting to RI and RJ if it weren't for GEP, cos i wouldve been stuck in my old neighbourhood school rotting away. Maybe it was the change in environment, the teachers, the different teaching methods, but definitely being with people who thought like me helped me excel in my school work.
I'm really grateful to have had, and still have them as my friends. Haha some of them have really changed so much over the past 5 years. Some have matured, others mellowed - I nearly couldnt recognize Xue Ying when she arrived - but to still be able to get together after so long and felt that same connection that we had: really means something. <3 TNS GEP 01
[Edit: Ah got some flak from mam so i guess i shud clarify this =)
1. I'm a slacker. I prolly wouldnt have been pushed to excel if the env. hadnt been so competitive. Don't get me wrong my pri sch friends were so bright and the teachers were great! But i didnt have any motivation.
2. I didn't want to leave my neighbourhood sch either! But my parents forced me to >< And looking back, i dont regret it because it was like venturing into a new world. It never was about escaping from a so-called "lousy neighbourhood school"
3. (thinks of Wee Shu Min incident and shudders) There was never a GEP vs non-GEP thing going on. I think those who got into RI/RJ on their own merit deserve it. Worse off? Definitely not. But i guess the GEP ppl were just taught differently and that's why i don't regret being in GEP (:
Peace]
Chris LOLed @
ABUNDANT PEACE :)
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