Shermeeen

Till the sun grows cold, and the stars grow old.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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I have come to the point where I have unofficially graduated from SP. It's been a whole 3 years, doing countless tutorials, projects and presentations, studying for so so many tests and exams and now... time flies (or actually not, because during this 3 years, I / we have waited for this day for so long - from 36 months of school to now, 0) and it's time I'm going to leave SP. Truthfully speaking, it's more of excitement and anticipation rather than sadness.

Entering SP wasn't because I liked it. I've never knew how it looked like until I stepped into the school for the first time after posting results were out. But entering events was my 1st choice, which pretty much decided that I have to enter SP.

I was not excited for my first day or orientation / school (I still am not excited if I have to go back to school now). I made my first friend, Cherlyn, through Facebook. I still remember what I wore (and was proud that I had nice clothes to wear), when we had our first break together at FC2, meeting new friends outside and inside class, getting lost in ABE because of the rain. Oh gosh, we still do get lost in school after 3 years nonetheless.

Came new lecturers who scared us on our first day of school by telling us that Events is everything, but easy. And came pouring assignments which definitely made us all feel that we chose the wrong course. I remember feeling ridiculously homesick with my friends when in school, and telling mum that I wanted to change my course. But I guess all became better after a semester, though we never broke the habit of going home straight after school throughout all 3 years.

Naturally, days passed and finding clothes to wear became a chore. Trying to avoid repetitive clothes just resulted in atrocious fashion sense. Sigh what was I even thinking... Wanting to not wear slippers because it was "unsightly" and "disrespectful" just became too much of a bother.

CCAs were bothersome. They started late and ended late. Or started really early and didn't give me CCA points lol. Wanted to find something that interest me, but I guess I didn't really care after that. I just wanted to go home and sleep everyday, yupp.

Applying for Gems was never pleasant. They were scary and felt a whole lot like taking a roller coaster ride. Waking up early in the morning to camp in front of the computer, to see your desired elective being stolen by other idiots, sigh. And you had to settle for something you didn't want to, and struggle week after week, while being in a class full of unfamiliar faces and awkwardness. Those people never became your friends and you never ever see or talk to them around in school.

So, managing to finish my Dip Plus course is probably one of the few proud assets I have.

Other than that, I guess school was just coming for lessons, having lunch breaks, fooling around in class, sleeping in class, then taking a long train ride home.

Throughout the 3 years, our class wasn't really close and was really quiet, so we stuck to our own cliques most of the time. We've been through group politics, and ultimately the ones that stuck through with me were Bimchies ;)

Every school day, we'll meet, without fail at the Love Bridge, before we go to class together (other than times when Naz would be late lol). We did every single group project together, went for lunches together, did events together and celebrated birthdays together. I also had my first overseas trip with Cherlyn and Naz and it was mad fun. We ended each test and exam with celebratory meals, talked about stupid stuff and shared gossips. Together, we wrote new year wishes on white wishing balls which were thrown into the Singapore river. And we literally grew old(er) together.

Apart from my already very boring life in school, interestingly enough, I got to know the boyf. Yeah true enough people say I might have known him because he's my neighbour yada yada. But SP did play a part in creating chances for him to meet me (and vice versa) ^^ Otherwise, why would we not have met 10 years ago! So thank you SP for giving me a traveling partner to school and back, and letting me meet my boyf so at least I have some additional fond memories.

And other than that, I'm thankful for having to be in DEPM 02 for the past 3 years. We never did many things as a class, other than our few gatherings for site visits and an overseas KL trip. As much as we always have differing opinions, but I wouldn't imagine myself being in another class where I may not have fit in as well.

Sigh, look at how much older and different we've grown.

While poly hasn't been very fruitful and interesting, I still wouldn't have chosen the JC path back then. Despite everything, I've appreciated what I've learnt and truly gained a lot, I wouldn't really want to trade them for anything else.

There's so much more that I've done, so much more I've to say, but really, it's impossible to describe it all in one post.

So here's my SP life in a nutshell.