The moment I alighted at the vj bus stop, I said, "Freak, I miss school." I had this hollow-ness as I walked to vjc by the familiar pathway... VJC Students milling around, going home in hordes... It wasn't too long ago... I used toscamper down the path with the choir people, or strolled down it with jien as we made our way to our favourite coffee bean. ): I think what shihui said is true. We will think vjc is just a stepping stone but it feels like home surprisingly...

Harris was as adorable as ever. (: I called out to him and we had a short conversation while he was on the second floor and I, on the first. He gave me this delightful smile, which I really think is cute! (:(: I met my beloved Josef Tan as well. As usual, he was hounded by a geog student.. When he saw me, he flashed his typical sponge-box-square-pants smile and exclaimed, "GOH SI YING!" hahaha. It is weird why he remembers my surname. I think perhaps, in the past, at the look of my name on essays, assignments, he would start having a panic attack. The name would be strewn across the paper in large, widely-spaced letters... It could be a bad omen for the words and arguments that followed. ;) I am quite positive about that. He was still JOSEF-TANISH... saying how we should pay them for using the staff lounge, yadada. I miss GEOGRAPHY LESSONS and yes, josef tan's crap and insight. SUSTAINABILITY! He offers a very systematic method in tackling geog questions. Yi-Fu-Tuan! Humanist perspective of Geography! I miss GEOGRAPHY S lessons too. Slack as we might be, we had quite interesting discussions now and then. It was different from normal geog tutorials which could be quite sleep-inducing. oh and Yuting told me josef tan is adopting another approach-he is trying to be more nurturing. Lol. well, I was pleasantly surprised he remembers my full name. I managed to exchange a few words with mr victor yang... who was my CT for two months. I waved to mr two aik cher. He is so shy as usual! He is one of the nicest teachers I ever know. I think mr dax young is cool to have let us use the staff lounge so readily. (:(: Mr Chad Goh is extremely spontaneous and helpful. He is my grand senior from dhspb! He saved our day literally! Needless to say, our juniors are fabulous too. (:


I should make an effort to go back to vjc more often... I will so like to sit in for the Lit/Geog lessons and just listen or comment when needed. Perhaps Drama Night was one of the factors that made vjc so lovable today. I love the energy level! yepyep. I like going to schools. A few weeks ago, I was in dunman high to request for another copy of my testimonial. I love seeing students in the canteen, studying, gossiping, preparing for CCA... The drink stall uncle recognised me and he replied very confidently that the students are still as obedient when I asked whether the students have changed for the worse. It is happy to hear... I feel happy seeing skirts over tthe girls' knees and their shirts neatly tucked in. It is a trademark of dhs and it only goes to prove one thing that even when mr kiw's power is subdued in the school, the students still carry on with the values of the school. I CHOSE to go to dunman high over other elite schools then because I believe I needed to strengthen my knowledge of Chinese. I mean, up till now, I am still more inclined towards western literature. You don't see me posting chinese poems, do you?But I dare say some of the chinese "san3 wen2" cannot be translated into English without losing the beauty and poignancy of the chinese words. yep, Dunman High gave me four years of education that kept me grounded to my chinese roots. I have never regretted it at all. (:(: However, the same cna't go to the admin office..