steps of my life.

age 00-06

can't really remember much of my life at that time. i was born in mount alvernia hospital on 18th Nov 1982. between 0-2 years old, i stayed in a private apartment at geylang which my grandpa own. remember nutZ about that period of my life, but after much pester, my mom told me my brother used to tie this rope between the 2 tricycles (as I couldn't ride at tt time) so that i can ride too, and when he did a sharp turn or something, my bike will lose balance, and fall flat on my face. but i'll still be contented to be able to ride. *sheesh*
then we moved to potong pasir where i attended kindergarten at ascension kindergarten that was then situated beside st andrew's junior school, which was where my brother was studying. what I could remember about that period of time was how he alwiz peep in and climb up the lil' slope to look at me and wave happily while I am having my tea break or something. also, the building blocks, playing sand and being on tv as they interviewed some kids from my kindergarten. (i still have the tape :P) let me know if you want to borrow it.

age 07-12

age 13-16

serangoon secondary school. this is the place where i spent my precious teenage years. this is not an ordinary neighborhood school, but it is one that is famous for notorious students. theft, fighting, extortion, the students have done it all. that is absolutely true, but it is really not as bad as it sounds. other than having to see one Ah lian and/or Ah beng at every 10 steps, it is quite an okay place. i mean, i made it. i survived all the peer pressure, good teachers, lousy teachers, puberty, crushes, puppy love, examinations. i made many good friends, those that i do think will be with me for the rest of my life too.
What i can never forget to mention whenever i talk about my secondary school life is of coz BAND. band was all that mattered to me. "School Sux but Band Rulez." ok, we may not be a good band, but we are a group of fun loving people enjoying the process of music making. SYF was not only a great experience for us, but it made us feel special. we were the batch that attain the FIRST medal the band had ever achieved and boy am i proud to say that we worked damn hard for it. though bronze ain't no big deal, it meant a lot of us. the outdoor perfs and concerts, the trips to Mac after band.... hmm...

'sides band, i have to mention my class 3EA'97 4EA'98. you think it is fun to be in the best class? Basically schoolmates will usually sterotype you to be "4EA de mar..." and thus nerdy/geeky/toot. that is alright lar, but having to compete with all the smartass of the school, the 8 subz, the triple science... I shall save you the details. actually we are far from what the rest of the school percieve us to be. prolly we are not as wild as them ( pls dun ask me how wild), but we do have our own share of pranks, fun and dumb jokes etc. life would be so different without all my classmates. :)

age 17-18

managed to do okay after (trying to) slog real hard at PP mac in 1998 for the silly O levels and dropped my butt onto ajc. well well, the skool doesn't look quite.... happening, but i was hoping something good will happen. it din. *sigh* but well I have not really expected a lot. it's not like college life sux, but prolly coz there isn't really much of school spirit, so it is quite lifeless. there was nada sense of identity and belonging in the school. lucky for me, i made great friends from both band and class. basically we should blame no one but the fact that MRT is just beside the school for going to town like almost everyday after school. who can forget the "zao lecture tuesdays?" and "neoprint trips" all the way to bugis or taka. alwiz remember the fun times we had, like the family day '99/'00, ala carnivals, how we went town in our tees, shorts n slippers ( i still remember the tub sarah carried) and how we all wore our 'pink corour' shirt. of coz there was the trip to lil' india ( the super hot curry?), the trip to mr nathan's house (where mr nathan suddenly had 3 indian gers in his class), the lil' BBQ thingy at beckz's place. oh ya who can forget shakespeare dae? the silly wings are falling cotton wools, the fairies, witches and all...

once again band took up most of my leisure time. once again it is part of me, one part of me that keeps me alive, tho' it takes up the whole sat... :( SYF, SPIRITANTO VII and VIII, who can forget those times? making music together, the music that we all love and only us, band members can understand.... understand how we spend hours and hours in the band room together. We are unique and special, for not all can appreciate what we love and create... the music that we play. the sketch we put up 3 days before the big concert which rocked the concert, everything. music, I like

age 19 and beyond

here i am, after surviving yet another major exam. singapore management university. the 3rd university of singapore, it is but 2 years old. lots of publicity is required, tons of people not knowing whatthefu*k the school is, whether it is a private school, or a government funded. sigh. but i find it real cool, cos unlike the JC system, we study in seminar rooms that accomodate up to 40 students, and it is more like a small scale lecture, where lecturers will actually know your name and interact. this is one place where you cannot be in if you like to hide in the back row of the LT to sleep and remain unknown for the rest of the school term. lessons are more interesting, and having laptops means you can illegally play online games (lan games even) and icq in front of the teacher, clicking away just like the nerd sitting at the first row.

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