thank you

Farewell came and went. Was fighting back tears while we were in class. So much has happened during these 2 years and for most parts of it, 6a was with me. I’ll miss being in 6a, watching all the silly antics, listening to squabbles, alternately laughing and diao-ing at the unfunny jokes.. I’ll miss singing at the top of our lungs, regardless of our aptitude for singing.. I’ll miss watching the looks of exasperation on y2k's face when we give him the most ridiculous of answers. I’ll miss pe with the class.. I’ll miss the scissors paper stone games after meals in the canteen (though usually I just force the guys to help me clear n refuse to play the game haha).

It’s sad that we have to leave each other. At this point, we have all overcome any barriers of awkwardness around each other, and just when this sense of utter comfort has settled in, we have to go our separate ways. Ms Wong said that she didn’t want to get too close to us, because she knew that eventually we will have to part. Yet, while it is upsetting that the time we spend together in the future will probably be less than a tenth of what we do now, I don’t regret forging bonds with any of you.

I hope that many years from now, we will still be able to count on each other, to believe in us, have faith in us.. I hope that regardless of what careers we have, regardless of money and fame, we will still see each other as we do now, our opinions untainted by the future. I hope that no matter what happens, the bond of being part of 6a will always stay, and that we will always be able to look at each other with fondness and affection, innocent as always.

I don’t think I have adequately expressed this, but I really thank all of you for the little shows of concern you have given me throughout my jc life. Every little thing matters.

Thank you, lian, for listening to me, especially last year, and for your encouragements, be it during season or when I get distressed about schoolwork.

Thank you, tang, for the fun, laughter, encouragements and obvious concern.

Thank you, xuhui, for your incessant patience with me despite me being less than rational half the time. Thank you for listening to everything despite me talking about the same things over and over again. Thank you for going accompanying me through every thing. Thank you. I don’t know how I would have survived jc without you.

Thank you, shiting, for all your little notes whenever I am upset. Thank you for accompanying me when I didn’t want to go home last year. Thank you for all the little details you made sure to take care of.

Thank you, jilyn, also for the little notes and for the car rides home. Thank you, for listening to all my rants.

Thank you, cass, for all your entertainment and intelligent discussions.

Thank you, zara, for the easy friendship you had handed me early last year, and your perpetual cheerful “hello umay” when we meet, which always made me feel welcomed.

Thank you, bin, for being so understanding all the time and making me feel that I can go to you anything, and for all the effort you have put in to bond the class.

Thank you, taitai, for your generosity all the time, yummy products of your baking, and listening to my troubles even though we aren’t all that close.

Thank you, caiyun, for the unfounded faith you have in me (esp in sports haha) which actually did serve to boost up my self esteem.

Thank you, nic, for your listening ear, especially last year. I felt that I could go to you anytime at all, when I needed you. Thank you for giving our friendship another shot. Thank you for the pat on the back when I was so upset during season.. it brought me to tears. Thank you for noticing whenever I am upset.

Thank you, hammie, for being a willing punching bag, though you never did deserve the punches. Thank you for always being here. Thank you for your understanding and sensitivity, not judging me when I expect you to, because I find what I say retarded. Thank you for being so reliable. Thank you for all the small little things you do for me without much thought.

Thank you, eric, for teaching me patiently the few times I ask you for help and for asking me if I was alright during season.

Thank you, ryan, for accompanying me to watch xuhui train that one time after the raffles trail briefing, and for offering to let me go to your house to kill time. Thank you, for the show of concern when you put your hand on my back/shoulder while walking into the lt for gp, when I was sad.

Thank you, winfred, for all the treats, the talking, the understanding. Somehow or other, I feel that you always know where I’m coming from.

Thank you, ziming, for the reassurances in your blog (about my musical aptitude), and for the security you gave me when we were cycling in ecp.

Thank you, zhiwei, for helping me carry my gp files, and for your generosity when I sat next to you, always offering to let me kope your food.

Thank you, joel, for insisting on accompanying me at the bus stop last year, when we were at orchard. Thank you for trying to engage in conversation when you could tell I was feeling left out.

Thank you, jenhan, for reassuring me during pw oral presentation. I was really very nervous and felt a lot better after you said something which I can’t remember what. Just remembered that I felt a lot better. Thank you, for insisting on sending me home after nic’s party. Thank you, for telling me it’s ok and asking me if I felt better, during season when I forgot to wish you happy birthday. Thank you, for all the little shows of care.

Thank you, shawn, for being the first to introduce yourself to me. It made the initial unfamiliar surroundings seem friendlier. Thank you for smiling and saying hello every time you see me.

Thank you, gerbert, for all the entertainment you have provided me with. 6a will definitely be completely different without you. Thank you for reminding me about the strength of friendship, from your evident faith in it.

Thank you, lloyd, for the smiles and the somehow misguided perception that I analyse everything and that I know everyone. Haha. Thank you for your sensitivity, like when you tried helping me look for a copy of phy prelim answers for hammie when I claimed everyone was ignoring me.

Thank you, zhu, for the effort to make me feel happier, with sweets or whatever you can think of. Thank you for putting up with my tempers as well.

Thank you, yowie, for the easy conversations, esp when you first entered 6a last year.

All of you make up a class, where I feel I belong to. No hostility at all.. every little thing you do made me feel welcomed, no matter what mood I am in. Thank you. I wouldn’t exchange this class for any other.. not even somebody’s hahahaha, to those who know what I’m referring to.

In this class, there is love. And may this love never die.

-umay