I'm finally here to blog about my secondary school life. This is a long entry but don't give up reading it half-way. You'll learn something new after reading it. Lol. Confessions!! First I came to Hillgrove and it was situated at YISS. I believe it is the most memorable though YISS treated us like JUNK. They made our band practice in their PE underground room with 2 fans and we had to smell the rubber latex from the bags of balls they had. Our band survived though. First SYF and we got a SILVER. I remember all the boo-ing their students made at us. I'll never forget. Next, we shifted into our own premises. I was so elated then. I love the classrooms cause it's BIG but then later I realised that the classrooms were stuffy. Anyway, being the pioneer batch made me really proud to walk into the new premises. I remember Mdm Thoo, her never dying spirit has never failed to inspire me. She was the first principal of HGV. Without her, HGV won't be where it is today. At secondary two, I had streaming and I jumped class from 2a2 to 3a1. However, the sec 2 days were the worst of my life. I made the wrong friends or should I say, I was a lousy friend. I had to go through friendship break-ups and I had to endure with the hostileness people showed me. Back then, I didn't know that I could survive without friends. Anyway, the friendship break-up make me really afraid to make new friends, I had no confidence in myself and I didn't trust in anyone, at all. I developed a phobia of trusting in friends. It still haunts me now but I'm trying to get over it, cause I found friends I can trust. I will talk about this later. As I was saying, I had hell of a life in sec 2. It was a bad nightmare and that was actually the saddest period ever in my life. However, that incident has made me stronger and more independent. Things got better when I got into sec 3. I made new friends but then I was still reluctant to open myself to people. Then we had sec 3 camp, I had so much fun. I remember the guys helping us when we were in the gooey mud. They all lined up along the muddy slopes to pull us girls up. We were like so weak compared to the guys. I'm talking about masculinity. Lol. I also remember giving my banana to the guys when I couldn't finish eating my dinner. Did I give it to Danial? Ha Ha. We also cultivated our class team spirit during the camp. It was the most memorable and it was then that our class spirit began in earnest. We started to study very hard as a class and we would always stay back for Mrs Loo's extra math class. Life was so hectic at that time. Secondary three and we were like graduating classes, staying back everyday for our academic's sake. We moved on to secondary four and we prepared for our N levels. It was nightmarish. Being the pioneer batch, the teachers had the duty to 'squeeze' results out of us and so all teachers became mad. They started drilling and drilling and drilling until we almost died. Though it was just N level for the secondary four NA students, we wanted to do well and we really worked hard as a class. However, there was a class dispute which was really horrible and it threatened to kill our class spirit. Then again, we overcomed. Then, we had our N level examinations. We did really really really well. And it was also the year which Mrs Loo, Mr Oon and Mrs Wong left. I was disheartened when I heard that they were leaving because I felt that these teachers played a part in motivating us to do well for the school. I felt that without them, the school will be imcomplete. Kok Hong left us after sec 4 and shimei joined us at sec 5. The beggining of sec 5 was terrifying. Everything felt misplaced. Firstly, we lost Mrs Loo and Mr Oon. Secondly, sec 5 is not easy to cope with. Thirdly, our friends from the same batch had left us and I felt a little stranded. Lol. I should say that this sec 5 year is the best year of my life. I bonded more with my classmates and I found friends I can trust; bernice, wanyu and fuddy. I also bonded more with my band friends; sean, mel, bel, shao, and zaidie. I also developed the name 'prawn' unknowingly. Ha Ha. Anyway, I did really BADLY for my mid year exams, so badly I might as well quit school. With the motivation and encouragement by my friends, I told myself to persevere. As I moved on, I found sec 5 life easier and easier to cope with. And I moved on till my O level exams were over. Life hadn't been easy but it took just the inner courage to want to keep carrying on. Mugging for the O levels was tough time for me but I made it. Let me talk about friends, Bernice is one of my best pals. Anything that I am unhappy with, I talk to her about it. I can talk about anything with her and she will listen and laugh with me. Wanyu is one of my best pals too. Being with her has CERTAINLY made me a more patient person cause she is really a SUPERBLY patient person. And then came fuddy, I remember glaring at him whenever he sneezed in sec 3. Lol. I just didn't like his sneezing, it was THUNDEROUS. I got used to it after 2 years. Ha Ha. Now that we are away from school, I kinda miss everyone's laughter even YVONNE LEE'S the 'yoyo'. Lol. I miss the times where we'll sit so quietly in class to do our mock exams. So blessed to be in a disciplined class. Ha Ha! I miss the times when we were scolded by Ms Wang for not doing TYS. I miss the times when Ms Wang would call joey 'joel'. I miss the times when Mdm Khong talked about her childhood, her jokes. Though lame sometimes, but it was fun apart from the Chinese TB. I miss the times when Ms Alicia Ang would play along with our jokes and I remember faizal, joey and izwan playing a prank on her in the geog room. She got hell of a shock and it was really hilarious hearing Ms Ang scream. Lol. I remember the outings we had, class chalets at sentosa, east coast, aloha loyang, the various BBQs and steamboats at marina. I also remember the movies I watched with my band friends, the concerts we went at the Esplanade/Botanic gardens. The night we ate at seven mile. It was so much fun. And yes, RUMOURS about me in secondary school. Firstly, let me start off my saying that I will never ever ever ever ever ever be with someone in the same school as I because what I'm looking for are guys who are OLDER than I so this ALSO EXPLAINS that I have never never never never ever ever EVER EVER EVER EVER hooked up with one guy from HGV. AND the rumour about me LIKING WEIDA from class 4E3, 2004, IS RUBBISH. I mean weida is nice, he is friendly and everything BUT I hope the person who started this rumour gets cancer. I laughed for HALF A DAY when I knew of this stupid rumour. It is pure GIBBERISH. And, I have never never never EVER EVER EVER stooped so low as to plead a guy to be with me or to like me. Why would I need to do this??! So, rumours about me stooping low to get a guy is RUBBISH. What is more is that I WILL never ever ever everrrr EVER WANT TO ( see the word 'WANT TO') be with a guy from the same school. I typed this so that people will be clear of what I have said earlier on. Yea, so much for the rumours. And for those who might be interested, I was an EM3 student when I was in primary 6 BUT this is HISTORY. I'm an accomplished person who completed Os. Ha Ha! Now, more on my personal life, I LOVE reading LOVE NOVELS NOT BECAUSE I'm DESPO. It's just part of a SCORPIO to like to read love novels so quit talking about me being despo for love OR sex. It's just so JUVENILE to think like that. I like to be alone most of the time BUT this doesn't mean I'm LONELY. I have never really felt lonely since I was in sec 3. So next time u see me without friends around me, don't think I'm a LONER. I just LIKE to be alone at times. So much for today's blog, anytime I want to add something in, I will. I hope you enjoyed reading this entry, whoever it is, I hope you got a better insight of everything. Ha Ha!