Friends



I was reading s story today n it was abt this guy who received a call from his Primary School friend when he was really down n things were not working out well for him.



After finishing the story, i started to think when was the last time i contacted my Pri School friend. When i was young, ok, i was young once, my parents used to tell me my pri school friends would be the 1st to be on the "Forgotten Friends" list. I did not believe them.



Every yr, during spring cleaning, i would read thru all my autograph books, from pri-JC. All the "remember me", "roses r red, violets r blue, u r my friend n i will remember u" stuff. It's quite ironical. Who would remember someone forever? Unless it's 1st love lah. Oh,i remember my puppy love quite well.Cos they quite handsome ah. Yup,all this mushy stuff.



As i grow up, i no longer believe in "keep in touch". If the contact is left in my phone for 1 yr n i used it less than 3 times,i would delete it. My colleagues had left n they did try to keep in touch with me, but seriously, life is so hectic, i really dun have time to entertain them.



Seriously, for 2 yrs, 2006-2008, except for wedding dinners, i no longer go out with my friends for dinner cos i'm already dead beat after work. Except for my senior who has left the country to work in US,i would go out with him when he comes back for hols.



Everyday needs to prepare work, talk to students to find out how they r,mark stuff, do lots of paperwork, where got time to socialise? Eric Ng was asking me how come i have so many meetings cos every time he sms me, i was in a meeting. Yup, I'm in 4 committees this yr, on top of band as CCA. 1 committee involves me taking care of the welfare n whatsoever not of all the performing arts in college, 1 involves the usage of a fund from HQ n we need to formulate guidelines to make use it is fully n rightfully utilised, 1 involves a competition on a national level, 1 is the department level. Band, needless to say, involves everything-human n non-human factor, mental well-being to academics. U name it, u have it. Yup, that's what i have for this yr. Actually as compared to last yr, it's off-load cos i dun have PW!!



Oh,my HOD wants to send me to China again at the end of the yr! Idun know y he always wants to send me to a country with no veggies. I love veggies. Last yr i went Beijing for 5 weeks. It's damn hot!!But quite fun cos the things r very cheap n i finally found my Starbucks!!!!!I can't live without Starbucks!!!My caramel latte!!!My raspberry frap!!!



Actually i quite enjoyed my stay in China cos i really have to be independent. I have a room to myself, msn my students every night, watched TV till 3am n had to wake up for lessons at 8.30am. But my day ends at 11.30am then it's free n easy. Shiok man!!then can go napping, shopping, sight-seeing.I dun mind going away but i admit i miss my students terribly then. esp my CG06S17 n my band. In the end, my band had to film their band prac on "Fairytale", my favourite song n put on youtube so i can download. I'm so touched!!!



Err, i think i digress too much!!Anyway, the last time i saw my pri school friend was in 2005 when we were still at Malan Rd. She was working in HP building. We went out for lunch once then we lost contact again. But never mind,at least we found each other once. haha!! I think the most impt thing in life is not so much abt keeping in touch but how these people impacted our lives, the things (good or bad) they had taught us n the times we shared. All these will not fade with time n they bear testimonies to our time on earth :)