ACJC Part 2 (Drops of Jupiter)

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tell me did u sail across the sun
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as cliche as it is, time really does fly when u're having most fun. perhaps that's why i'm going to be 21 already but i still cannot let go of my two years in JC. uni life is fun and i'm lovin' every part of it. but it seems like i look back to my jc days even more than my sec or pri days.
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did u make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
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after the 1st 3 mths, i got posted to YJC. thanks be to God and i returned to acjc. i didn't want to leave. i loved my friends and teachers too much to want to leave. ray was that ever loving "granddad". baojin's that sweetie who patted my head while i cried after being posted out of ac. ky was more certain than me that my appeal would be approved. lk told me not to worry, that i would surely return to ac. dom, yiling and coach called me constantly when i was in YJC.. mr how helped pull me back into ac. and mr yeo believed in me and went against the sch's system to fit me into a class doing 4 subjects even though i did not make the mark. after just that one week of highs and lows, i broke down, thanking God for all He had done for me... for the friendships in my sch mates.. for the encouragement in those same tutors who remembered me when i went back for my A level results.
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and that heaven is overrated
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then sa5 came into the picture. i think i mentioned once that we never were close until the end of 2001 where i got frus and organized a party with raj for the nov babies. the late night pool until 4 plus in the morning and finally dragging ourselves to raj's place to sleep. our many class outings to the pool and to the gym. we rarely met just solely for meals. we were the only crazy class still meeting for gym during the A level Chem papers. i remember some of my friends walking into the gym to talk to me, calling me "hardcore" and what-not. me being that sister and "leader" of the girls... to being the "brudder" of the guys.. the ultimate scandal creator capable of creating smoke without fire and of course, the sgt of the class.
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tell me, did the wind sweep you off your feet
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we definitely had moments where we just sat and laughed.. esp with the girls. i adore my sisters and brothers to bits! sd and mich's run in with the wailers at the stairway, spoiling our image of the song "all or nothing" at all. the little crushes along the way that we sorted out together. even the time where i nearly killed the next rugby capt. i don't think he ever knew it but i seriously didn't know he was behind the gym door when i pushed it opened. and his idiotic friend only stared on in amusement, not stopping me. and i pushed it even harder when the door rebounded! i apologize again.
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did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
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post exam games, fun-o-rama, teacher's day.. just to name a few of the sig times we gathered to sit, laugh, talk and crap.. even assembly was not spared, whether on the track or in the hall. the times of eating the void deck.. all the sting rays, curry veg, chap chai peng, tau huay and the honeyed candy during chinese new year where we had almost everyone staring at us as we twirled the candy to our own amusement. i had friends complaining to me abt their own classes.. then wishing that they were in my class. and i never failed to thank God for being there for me as i worked through each chapter of my life story.
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and head back to the milky way
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friendships grew stronger... friends became crappier to my joy. i enjoyed life really.. it was super super fun.. all the crazy moments.. even breakfast during wed morning econs lecture. and lk scared me to bits during one of our conversations. he said he knew i liked someone in his class.. i didn't, naturally. but one of my friends did. for a second, i thought his class had thought wrongly! thank goodness sc cleared up everything for me, telling me that lk always did that.. but i do not deny that lk was someone who made me smile.
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and tell me, did venus blow your mind, was it everything you wanted to find
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all the meals together in the void deck.. assam stingray, curry veg, tau huay, beef horfun, mashed potatoes that made me high, yong tau foo and chee kueh.. our hysterical moments during econs lecture which we were sure annoyed chia to no end. she was always staring at my crazy class.. zhennan adored singing baywatch and ding dong bell.. then my very bad estimation of stuffing the whole wafer into my mouth. mich and i were red in the face and hiding from chia as we chortled inwardly. i swear, it felt like the whole lt was staring at both of us as we vibrated in our chairs with silent laughter.
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tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
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prom was one huge event for me... the class was so indecisive.. i ended up making the decision for everyone. it was like, "ok, you're going. call "so-and-so" and "so-and-so" and tell them that you're going so they have to go." but if i could go back, i wld change some things that night. i would have dressed up differently for the prom.. taken more photos with more ppl.. more film!! and would have not played "truth & truth" that night.. seriously.. i won't have played that game. the story game was enough for me... who knew that we, the talented few, cld come up with stories abt hairy naked fruits?
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one without a permanent scar
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even our little meetings after we graduated. honestly, i need to stop planning for them. it stresses me so.. will just sit back and wait for others to do it now... not that i'm lazy. but it's nice to just sit back once in a while and let others work their magic. just that i wish the recent acjc reunion was better.. that more of the sa5ivers had made it that evening. hoping for another reunion next year.. and i promise to have more fun next year.. but for now, alex, steve? thanks for this year's! once sang this during a dboat training session. "Once in our lives, 2 yrs of our time." and what an amazing 2 years it has been!!
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and did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there.