~JcZw

There are some things that cannot be expressed in words. The friendship and the experiences, the feelings and emotions that I've felt since walking into V44, which only seems like yesterday, is one of them. If ever I loved a class, it would be this one. Thinking about these things is to laugh and grin because of the fond memories, but to also sigh that they may happen only once... Thank you, S15 =)

I'm going to Perth this saturday... heh... I hope it'll be fun too... Oh yar, my aunt got me an early christmas present... A new jacket to replace my DSTA one which I've worn for many a lecture in LT5, and which was getting quite small... Its a treat to have a jacket that can reach below my wrists... heh... its furry, so its warmer, but not waterproof... and like the DSTA jacket, it lacks a hood, so my ears will still be cold... But I like it anyway... heh... Nice inobtrusive colour =).

Was talking to a number of people online in the afternoon... SJers, classmates and fencers... By the end of it... I was

1) beginning another 3 hour download of our class video from Alon... The last time I tried, it loaded for 2.5 hours before the connection broke. Both of us were so aghast... This time it finished in 3 hours 3 min though... haha...

2) guilted into beginning some of my chem homeowork... I can't remember so many reactions... And I had as much luck kickstarting my brain into Aromatic Hyrdrocarbons mode, as I do kicking my cat out of my house.... For those that haven't been told the stories of my cat, it simply means that it didn't work. Anyway.. completed the mind-map and a little bit of the structured questions...

3) feeling under pressure for novices. Especially for the foil event. Oh well.

Oh yes... Back to the class video... As Stella said, it brought back many memories. The orientation... The JAE... what a sensory rush.. haha... I can still remember many of the first things I said to my classmates... Most were on the lines of "Whats your name".

The exception, of course, is Gerald Phoon. The first thing I said to him ever was "Good afternoon judges and members of the Proposition" during the inter-class debate... heh.

And there were also particularly unglam first lines like

"Oh YOU are Nelson! I knew a Nelson existed but I didn't know who"

and simple ones like "Uh, Hello" (to ChuaH, on the stands of the stadium during the first House Meeting)

Looking at the first ever class photo we took I remember what it felt like when I (and nelson) stepped into the class for the first time, feeling the cool blast of the aircon, and beholding a riot of colours from the girls, who were clad from white to grey, blue to green, while virtually all the guys were wearing white of some sort. ("Why don't you guys trade uniforms?" "Cos we're all white and no one wants the AHS buttons anyway").

I remember the intense trepidation as Mr Wong went down the class list and I listened to names like "Derek" and "Dorinda" and "Xun-Ai" and having this unreal feeling of "so this is who I'm going to be with for the next 2 years". Of course, trepidation turned to relaxation for a short while when I discovered I shared the class with another Jonathan.. heh...

There was this sense of having a completely new start. The slate had been completely wiped clean and it was time to make new friends, to begin a new stage of one's life. Everything looked fresh and clear-cut. Life looked simple. I don't know how to express this feeling. And I remember I said this many times when I was blogging during that period too... For the first time, I truly loved coming to school.

Then the three months of pure fun.

Then the JAE. How many days of jubilation, sadness, trauma, reassurance. From the dinner at Marche to the start of O2.

Then we slowly shook down to the new routine as we fought to keep up with a fast paced education. JCTs, then Promos. It was all super fast.

We had our fun... we had our relaxation, our scandals (thanks to the 6230 people, among others... I myself was particularly excited at the prospect of having a camera phone... heh). Our outings, chalet, BBQ. STJ, JTS. Sports day, friendship day

We also had our work, our conflicts and incidents which I'd much rather forget. Stress, problems. We had Project Work. Complaints, grumbles.

But we had friends which we could survive all this with. The same that were shown in the video. And, everything else equal, I think that's what makes JC fun for some and not so much for others.

I've had my doubts and I've had periods of withdrawal, but given a clear space to think, I'm pretty sure that, at least in terms of classes, S15 is as good as it could ever get.

Haha... i should be wrapping up now... its way past 1... And I realised I haven't typed such a long entry for so long... since the first 3 months or so... heh..

Good night all!