4 years of secondary school education, 4 years of notes, textbooks and worksheets, 4 years of friendship. Now, we are supposed to restart all over again from level one.
That is, a new life. Stage II, Level I.

Some of the unique facts about the current sec four batch:

1. 1st batch under the 'know-your-results, then-select-your-school' scheme for PSLE.
2. 1st batch to be able to choose whether to transfer school and go into the Integrated (直通车- Choochoo train) Programme.
3. 1st batch to be engaged in the 'School-Based Practical Assesment' (SPA).
4. 1st batch to take our 'O's earlier and have the results released, earlier.
5. 1st and only batch to gain admission into the JC under the PAE exercise for a period of 1 mth. (Before our year - 3mths, after - 0 days)
6. Only (current) batch to gain exposure to the management of '2 principals' in our school, namely Dr. Boon and Mr. Wang.
7. Only (current) batch to undergo PRIME Project when having lessons.
   (They drill the walls during lesson time and u have to go one big round round the building to fall in in front of the UG rooms.. -.-)

With us leaving the skl, all these records and exclusive experiences will be gone.

And I dont believe that you can sustain a long distance friendship forever. If you have paid attention to the lame 2100h show showing during the 'O's, you will remember tt 2 lame couples were engaged in a long distance relationship and the girl broke up with the boy aft a few mths. Dear, dear Poor, poor son-in-law.

Anyways, back to the topic.. Sure, you can say we can organise cls outings, cls gatherings or cls chalets during the hols to meet everyone else in the cls. But is tt really possible to be carried out in the long term? I have a feeling tt even now, 2K05 is dispersed. No chalets. No outings. No gatherings. (So far) Ppl no longer found it necessary to get together. (Correct me, please!)

It's a funny thing tt ppl in my primary skl cls are organising a chalet aft such a long time. The last time we got tgt was like, 3 years ago. Just imagine, it will be so awkward meeting each other. Asking arnd for names, questioning abt L1R5s, eating silently tgt, and even slping with some 'strangers' for a day. Even if the 人 is 在, the 心 will not be 在 (in short: 人在，心不在).

We will nvr get same experiences we have in secondary skl when we proceed onto tertiary level. No definite clsrooms, combinations and CCAs. Different teachers, clsmates and skl environment.

Lastly, here is the song tt I totally agreed upon (except the 40 yrs old part). It was the theme song of a Chinese 2100h drama in the yr 2004:

《男人四十》
《男人四十》主题曲
歌手：王建复

一天一天 一年又是一年
时间跑得比我快
回头看看 走过的路程
能给自己多少分

有些遗憾 也小有成就
全部都留给回忆
周围朋友 每天忙忙碌碌
还不是为了明天

再一次 年轻多好
很多事情可以重来
再一次 做选择
我相信自己做得更好

现在的我 终于长大了
是时候 想一想 下半辈子
不再去冒险犯难 人生就是要脚踏实地
一步一步 走出个明天

现在的我 终于明白了
上天对每个人都很公平
只要你勤劳一点 用心一点动作再快点
没有什么 没有什么我做不到
现在开始 喔喔喔

我要做个好男人

*ADVERT*
The encore edition of《男人四十》premiers 13 Nov (the day we finish 'O's! =D), every weekday evening at 5.30pm, and ends on the same day as 《天堂鸟》, only on Channel 8.

不在乎天长地久，自在乎曾经拥有。

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