Sunday, August 28, 2005

Reunion

It was a night of nostalgia... a night that is simple, yet awfully sweet and heart-warming. It leaves a tingling sweet sensation and it will stay etched in one's memory for time to come.

It was the night of Jianyun's surprise Birthday celebration.. carefully organised by the awfully sweet gal of his, Nengduan. She wanted to give him a surprise and painstakingly got the contacts of Jianyun's different groups of friends by drawing links here and there between the few she knows of, and liaising with them to spread the details of the Birthday Surprise to other friends of Jianyun.

The efforts she put in touched me greatly, especially so when she does not really know some of us.. and yet, she took the trouble to find means of contacting us, and invited the whole lot of us... and she did all these without 'stealing' the contacts in Jianyun's hp! Can tell from Jianyun's expression that he was visibly touched by Nengduan. And it sortta made me a tad guilty for not putting in much effort to keep in contact with some of my friends, including Jianyun too.

Haven't really interacted with Jianyun for a long long time... I can't use the word 'seen' cos I DID see him at his Commissioning Parade, and all the rehearsals before that, where he got his Sword of Honour.. But becos of regimental regulations, I can't just walk up to a friend in the middle of the parade square and slap him on his back and chat rite? I must say I am damn proud of having Jianyun as a friend/senior. Sword of Honour can?? I mean.. how zai is dat?

Anyway, during the Birthday BBQ, amidst the good food (Jianyun mum's Spare ribs rox!! And the pork chop, satay, otar etc... Best BBQ food I've eaten!!) and wine.. I had the rare chance to catch up with friends like Wenjie and Lynette, both whom I have also not seen for a very long time too. It's a pity that Yucheng, Ping'an and Melvin couldn't make it. I must really really thank Nengduan and Jianyun for this.. it's like, somehow the feelings of all the years that'd gone by just suddenly came back in torrents.. We reminisced about petty events that took place eons ago.. the little funny incidents back when we were all still very much bonded to one another.. and the feeling is overwhelming. It's like, although we haven't seen each other for so long, there is no distance between us. And it seems like it's just yesterday when all those funny things took place.

At the back of my mind, I saw the familiar images of HCCO's cosy little CO room... the jigsaw we did.. the little pencil souvenirs.. the dinners at Cute Chicken/KAP... the CO camps.. the chalets.. the Beijing trip. Everything is just so heart-warming... so full of nostalgia. Those were the happiest years of my life in school... and I truly want to thank the friends that wove such sweet memories for me. Lynette, Kaiyang, Yucheng, Jianyun, Melvin, Ping'an, Wenjie just to name a few.

On our way back.. I chatted with Lynette. Much like the way we would when she still don the yellow-ochre HC uniform, with her hair tied up in the casual ponytail with a Burberry-look 'scrungey' How the hell do you spell that? And somehow... I felt a sudden longing for all my friends.

How are you guys doing?

Cre8tivesparks at 8/28/2005 04:29:00 PM

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