Friday, August 22, 2008.

sort of inspired by jinghui's post.

yeah, i guess it's time for us to get back together as a class, for us to take this opportunity (of about 1 term) to bond before time cruelly breaks us up. no matter how we try, in rj we won't be the same again, and we need to realise that time has indeed flown.

yet, what we call "class spirit" feels absent. What class spirit is there when the exams are about and running? Do we go to the library as one class and mug together? Do we even talk and share when we have tests?

Perhaps we are selfish. Selfish people who only care about their own grades when time comes. And the so-called class spirit we have is actually just a few strong friendships put together.

Or is it?

I remember 2 April 2008, Learning Journey Day. Why did I even bother remembering the date? Perhaps it just struck me as perhaps the 2nd best day I had in this year so far (1st is 30 May).

I saw the manifestation of our class spirit. People, with varying business levels and madness, came together, regardless of time, schedule or whatsoever to help. When I reached school at 1.30, I was pleasantly shocked at the number of people decorating the class. Kenneth, Jerald and Patrick doing the designs, BenYong and BenLow doing up the net, Jinghui, Leonard and Shujian doing the paper balls, and others whom my memory forbids me to express (sorry ah.).

Even more touching was the period AFTER the trip. At least 25 people sat outside the class, some playing floorball-soccer, some playing bridge (of which I'm proud to say I remember winning one game (: ), some watching people play psp. The period of time when we did up the class, followed by the evening dinner with about 10 people, are memories I can't forget.

I can forget how much I scored for my Maths CCT. I can forget which enzyme cuts dsRNA into smaller pieces. But I CANNOT FORGET, and WILL NOT FORGET the memories I spent in 4B '08.

I never experienced a true class spirit. From P1-P3 I was too small to understand it, and from P4-P6 I had never gotten a chance to go for chalets with my classmates (and the gender disparity worsened the class spirit). In Sec 1 and 2 my class was horrible. I dreamt of letting go of my class in Sec 1 and 2, and I was honestly relieved when the end of 2006 came (although the people in 2J '06 are not too bad).

But came Sec 3 and 4.

We are unique. Fun and unique. Mugger, fun and unique.

Please, guys, don't let it go so easily. Keep it there, burning, even till the day we die. Let us enjoy the days we have left as a class, a wonderful class.

4B, 頑張って！

Edit: In light of the recent theft cases , we must stay as one. Don't let our guard down, find the culprit and let zhiyi and shukiat sit on him for eternity. To be honest, I don't think the culprit is from 4B, since 4B is full of nice people (as jinghui said on his blog). I can (and would only want to) believe that whoever that scoundrel is, he's ineligible (aka too noob) to be in 4B.

4B, let's find that culprit and burn him for our class bbq party.

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