after weiyan whined about wanting to hear the choir for the 50th time, the both of us with geri, popped by st andrew's cathedral where st margs was having their prefect's commendation.
we were sort of late, but the ushers easily recognised us as seniors and knew better than to deny us entry so we entered the cathedral where the logistics comm was taking the pledge. and for once we were given seats where we would be able to actually see what was going on.
i didn't pay much attention to the recitation of pledges by the various comms to serve the school and uphold blah blah blah. but when the speaker (whoever he was. there were so many people dressed in white robes with purple scarves holding staffs.) got up to speak, i looked around and started thinking about when i was still in st marg's.
i remembered how we used to change in and out of our PE attire behind the OHP screen, and i remembered us screaming at mr ng, "DON'T COME IN!!!!" because rini was changing behind the screen. i remember the practical lessons, and trying desperately to borrow a long ruler or calculator because of the "passport and ticket" rule. i also remember climbing four floors up to the physics lab, usually running so mr ng won't scream.
i remember chem prac, and going "SHIT!!" when i over titrated the acid. i remember trying to distinguish the colour of the ppt from the colour of the solution. of course i remember the fantastic artwork in the basin when it was time to wash up. more than anything, i remember siting thru chem lessons with my heart in my mouth, because i hadn't done my assignments. and of course, when i said "fuck" to miss siti.
i don't remember very much about emaths, mainly because i usually sleep or do something else in class and ms ho had so much faith in my maths she didn't bother to wake me up. or maybe she just liked the quietness while i was asleep. i do remember ms ho giving rachel and i prelim papers from other schools and excusing us from class to go and do the papers in the library because we are such geniuses if she kept us in class any longer we would have died. actually she was probably just trying to get rid of us. certainly i remember doing anything but the prelim papers in the library. i remember reading foxtrot.
i remember even less about amaths because i was almost always sleeping. i just remember mrs chua's "you havet the potentialt to do very wellt if yout put int the effort." i remember her telling us every chapter was the easiest chapter in amaths. i also remember marvelling while she solved relative velocity like they were 1+1 questions, and laughing at her pronounciation (nim, vectal, FATHER LORT). and i miss aspiring to be like her, being the most slack HOD ever. being the first to go home, being so cool and never losing her cool at anything. most of all i miss laughing at her mole, her bad dresss sense, and imitating the way she walks with rachel xie.
i miss meddling around with mdm su's laptop, i miss just sitting there and talking cock with her, and i miss begging her to extend the deadline for homework due today. she didn't teach us much english, but what the heck. she bought us swenson's cake. she was more of a form teacher than english teacher. of course, mrs raj's L1 speech, and mrs seet's stupid smile. and i never did get to tell them that making all the band 1 english girls gather in the hall for mass lesson is a stupid idea. for us its just to gather with your friends and talk.
of course i remember ms wee, holding my hands and touching me all over, and her blahing non stop to me in chinese, most of which i didn't catch. and of course i remember proudly graduating with an a2 in chinese, and a distinction in oral, even though my topic was on cooking and i had to tell the examiner i can't cook, and half of the things i said were in english.
i also remember mrs low, and my encounters with her were pretty much like ms ho's, except of course i gave mrs low a lot more trouble because of the expulsion thing. yeah i remember running away from class to read comics in the library and then rachel having to come and find me. and also talking cock with mrs low. a lot of cock.
most of all i remember rachel. and i always will.
