Just 2 days ago, I went back to NYJC with Adam and Prat. To meet the teachers and to reminisce and update. But alas, I searched in vain for Mr Chan, my biology teacher and who inspired me and gave me the confidence that I can pursue my dreams. Mr Chan had again continue his quest for knowledge, this time going to China for TCM or Traditional Chinese Medicine. Despite having a Master in Biology, minoring in Botany and another Master in Accountacy, Mr Chan has yet ventured into a new field, this time in the name of interests. I believe that Mr Chan for his interest in TCM has also inspire his students to take up TCM. Well, I am shocked to hear the news as he was in teaching for only a very short time. There are also many rumours that Claren the lab technician and Mrs Tay, biology teacher going to leave NYJC and the teaching force. And conincidentally, all are from bio sector.
But anyway, I have a very long talk with Mr Foo, my former chemistry teacher. We talk aboout everything, the past, the present and the future. On the way, I also met and talked to Mrs Wong, my Math teacher, Mr Tan, my C.T and also Chinese Teacher, Mr Thaddus Lawerence, the botak(Haha), Mr Ho, my GP teacher and also saying he is going to leave teaching (Hah!).
But what I am really really shocked is the fact that Mrs Ho, our dear principal is retiring. Hai~~~ Time just flies. While age ruthlessly present. Mr Wan, whom Prat and I wanted to meet was also on courses.
All the people in NYJC have given me in one way or another. Giving me knowledge, teaching me principles.
Yin Shui Shi Yuan, drinking the water and thinking of the source will always be encyrpted into my mind. Once a NYJcias, always a NYJcians.
I have also met some of the odacians and the new dragon batch J1. Hah, The dragons have a super stiff comepetition, for their population brings good and bad.
My Odac president, Ken, was also in a jitter mood, as usual, when exams started. Haha. I am still cheering on him telling him to cool down.
NYJC simply brings too much memory. Now that the school had become much more nicer, with more better basketball courts and also, tennis courts. There is also a parade square and new Science Labs and facilities.
I can still remember how my senior and my batch suffer the shit. The kampong NYJC, The Great Wall of Nanyang, the dust and the noises. It is really amazing, and all the fond memories (Even bad ones are good) are all part of me. Though I am only separated from my school for 9 months, it seems a long long hurdles and separation.
I have visited the drum, the classroom, the science lab and even telling a couple of NYJcians that NYJC standard is simply lacklustre compare to a lot of other JCs. In my camp, as I asked around, getting 4 As are super common. And for NYJC to remain her competitiveness and for the NYJcians to edge, they simply must aim and strive for the best, as the best in NYJcians are simply still not comparable to others.
I am glad for the teachers and for NYJcians. As I am looking out for my new school, NUS, my heart still feel with gratitude and was warmed and touched as I stepped out of the compound. I really missed the past. Studying is still a lot better than working. But anyway, life goes on, but I will never forget the roots and the past, for that is how important history is. A successful person may be a genuis but without his past, is not truly great afterall.
I also have a slow walk with Adam to Bishan. To the Barberque pits where we always studied. The ants that bit us that truly inspire us in biodiversity. The Bishan Community Club study room which I comment how the atmosphere can kill me especially during the exam period that it stress me even more. The atmosphere is so tense that I can literally hear panic breath in every single person. After going there for one time, I refused to walk into that room again. And prefer ant bites. The tution centre at the R.C where I also study with Adam and Calvin, and the place we set up SciFi. Where we spot our dreams as we sought out the uncertainties. Our ambition.
The holy tables outside the R.C, where we studied too.
In fact, I even comment to all my teachers and friends that studying period during exam periods are the best of my time, as I enjoyed and played. Chess, Badminton, Basketball, Pokemon and Yu-gi-Oh. You name it and I played them. Indeed, I played as much as I studied. It was really enjoyable at that time.
Hahaha... For all the past, I hope that I can apply the same jovial attitude to my future. Studying and researching, and solving problems, are thrilling and superb to me.
I also look out for the Go chess club at Bishan Community Club. I have now took up a new chess and the hardest chess of all, Go Chess.
At J8, I also keep a lookout for all the past 2 years I have patronised. The Serangoon Central, which my friends and I have gone. The NY Macdonalds.
2 years ago, is my Memory Day. I have put this date as a reminder that good or bad, past is still important, though present is imperative and future is significant. All embroiled, I spent manyatime thinking of the past from when my conscious appear intelligent, even while chatting and playing Pokemon Cards and Go with Adam.
Memory Day is still a day for celebration to look back and to learn from mistakes, and enhance improvements for the present and future.
September 12 2005, the official date for the opening of an important Event, known as Memory Day, and to be celebrated annually.
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