Tuesday, April 24, 2012  

[Cake!]


Nom nom nom...

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Saturday, April 21, 2012  

[Childhood memories...]





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[Harbourfront...]


Taken last week, on 14th April.

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[Sweets...]

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Saturday, April 14, 2012  

[14 years...]

I watched this movie today.


I saw the first two during my Polytechnic days, which roughly corresponded with the time period for the characters in the movie, as they were in high school and college. Now when I watched this latest installment, the characters have all grown up and have jobs. And so do I.

Maybe this is the reason why I've always been drawn to this series of movies (the main ones, not the lame-ass straight-to-DVD versions).

This got me thinking...What has happened to the people I gone to school with?

Polytechnic was a great time for me. Three years of not studying very hard, but because I had a keen interest in what I was studying (for the first time in my life), everything came to me so easily. I remembered everything after reading it once. I would read lecture notes before going for the lectures, and during lectures, all I'm really doing was to confirm my understanding. I could have given the lecture. It was awesome. I didn't work all that hard, and I got fantastic results. University was tougher. Everyone was smart and almost everyone worked hard. But still, I liked what I was studying and had a great time, except maybe for my last year where I basically resorted to substance abuse (of sorts) to keep myself going for my thesis.

I think the most terrible phase of my education was when I was in secondary school. I hated the subjects. I hated the school. I hated most of my teachers. I tolerated most of my classmates. I wasn't interested in the subjects they taught and did not do well at all. Even though I was in one of the better classes...In truth, that was a time when I actually asked myself whether I was just stupid. Of course, I found out in Polytechnic that I wasn't, and in fact, was pretty awesome.

I felt like a big loser when I was done with secondary school. I failed one subject. I was in no mood to ask around at the time, so to the best of my knowledge, only two people did not make it to a JC and I was one of them. Of course, looking back now, it was the best thing that ever happened to me.

As it was such an insufferable phase of my life, I really didn't make much effort in keeping in touch with people from that time. However, I recently got into contact with some of the people I knew from that time. As it turns out, it's really amazing what can happen in 14 years.

So it seems not everyone who went to JC did well. Some of them didn't complete their studies in JC and ended up pretty much being big nothings. One of the prettier girls in school is now a single Mum with three kids. Apparently, her strategy of keeping the guy was to have as many kids with him as possible. Yeah, that's real smart. Another guy is apparently paralysed from the waist down due to an accident that occurred when he wasn't in the best state of mind. And I don't mean tired or anything normal like that. I mean the kind that requires a mental health professional. A whole bunch of them became teachers. Some of them, PE teachers. There was a time when being a teacher was a big deal, but let's be honest, that time has passed. These days, the only people who become teachers are those who are not able to do anything else.

Maybe I didn't feel much like a success back then. But looking back, and seeing how some of them turned out, I do feel a sense of satisfaction.

And that, my friends, is better than warm apple pie.

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Sunday, April 01, 2012  

[Hot...]

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