Sunday, October 19, 2003
graduation ceremony went quite well ... when i arrived at ri, i noticed that everyone was in particularly good mood, almost eerily so, and we talked to each other so much that we all paid little attention to mr lim's continuous barking of orders over the mic at the stadium steps, so we took quite a while to get organised and enter the hall.
we were showed our graduation video, which captured video footages of our 4 years in ri. it was quite nostalgic looking back and thinking about the 4 years that have passed so quickly, but most of us remained strangely stoical, or for some, cheerful. even when bertram, sergius, mr johari and mr wong were delivering their speeches, we didn't look sad or anything, either that or we were doing quite a good job of sustaining our cheerfulness. in fact, our batch's famous trait surfaced yet again during the speeches -- there were lots of people "talking incessantly" and "in full view of the speaker[s]". luckily no one told us that day that they were "flabbergasted" with our behaviour and to "go away" and "do what we do best". such are the memories we will cherish forever and ever. forever, and forever, farewell, ri!
then at the reception at the atrium, more cheerful scenes followed as we scrambled for photos with teachers, some even went to the extent of asking HM and elango for photos as keepsake. after a few photos, i met my primary school tutor, and we talked a lot about my jc options. and unfortunately after that, most of my friends had gone back by then, so i had to make do with photos with the remaining of my friends who hadn't gone back yet. we took photos with mr johari, mr ong and mrs smith. mok came up to me with his usual gaiety, but after we exchanged our farewells i saw his eyes redden, and i got a shock really. why was a sec three guy crying for us, while most of us sec fours were stoical about our graduation? that really hit me, but before i got even slightly emotional, i pushed that episode to the back of my mind, and decided not to think too much about it.
parting is such sweet sorrow ... so much for graduation ceremony. these four years in ri have been, without a shadow of doubt, the greatest years in my 16 years of mortality on mother earth. such memories will remain with us forever ... farewell ...
we were showed our graduation video, which captured video footages of our 4 years in ri. it was quite nostalgic looking back and thinking about the 4 years that have passed so quickly, but most of us remained strangely stoical, or for some, cheerful. even when bertram, sergius, mr johari and mr wong were delivering their speeches, we didn't look sad or anything, either that or we were doing quite a good job of sustaining our cheerfulness. in fact, our batch's famous trait surfaced yet again during the speeches -- there were lots of people "talking incessantly" and "in full view of the speaker[s]". luckily no one told us that day that they were "flabbergasted" with our behaviour and to "go away" and "do what we do best". such are the memories we will cherish forever and ever. forever, and forever, farewell, ri!
then at the reception at the atrium, more cheerful scenes followed as we scrambled for photos with teachers, some even went to the extent of asking HM and elango for photos as keepsake. after a few photos, i met my primary school tutor, and we talked a lot about my jc options. and unfortunately after that, most of my friends had gone back by then, so i had to make do with photos with the remaining of my friends who hadn't gone back yet. we took photos with mr johari, mr ong and mrs smith. mok came up to me with his usual gaiety, but after we exchanged our farewells i saw his eyes redden, and i got a shock really. why was a sec three guy crying for us, while most of us sec fours were stoical about our graduation? that really hit me, but before i got even slightly emotional, i pushed that episode to the back of my mind, and decided not to think too much about it.
parting is such sweet sorrow ... so much for graduation ceremony. these four years in ri have been, without a shadow of doubt, the greatest years in my 16 years of mortality on mother earth. such memories will remain with us forever ... farewell ...
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