I had fun looking through memoirs from my primary school days. :D I remembered it was practically a trend to own autograph books and working to get as many people to write in it as possible. I was just digging through my stuff looking for a notebook for the briefing tomorrow and I found 3 of those books. Silly poems like "Drink hot coffee, drink hot tea, burn your lips but remember me." ; "Frens 4eva" ; "Best Buddies" brought back so many memories. I couldn't even remember some of those names written in those books. I can't help but sigh whenever I think of how innocent we were back then, making promises and vows to remain "best friends forever", "keep in touch", and conveniently forgetting all these promises when we went our separate ways. There are quite a few whom I am still pretty good friends with, but a greater number lost through the years. Can't say I am sad - it will be terrible if I keep clinging on to old friends while everyone else is moving on. Thinking of my childhood days certainly brings about nostalgia. Playing under the hot sun in the field every recess and sweating out buckets before returning to the humid classrooms; chasing after boys during
Police and Thief or to get back our belongings; pretend boyfriends and girlfriends; tattletaling etc. Entering a girls' school after primary education has changed my life considerably. No more roughing around, no more outdoor voices, no more hitting of guys. (: It sounds pretty funny when I put it that way. After being surrounded by girls for four straight years, VJ seemed a tad weird at first. The guys are so grown, no longer those perky little twerps as I had remembered, with deep voices and big physiques. And everything just went back to primary school days, but not totally. My tomboy side started clawing its way out again, though not as much as when I was young. Seriously, I think the four years in a girls' school has caused in me an irreversible change. Whether it is for the better or worse, I don't have a clue.
It would be nice, if there's a primary school gathering. (:
