Goodbyes and Hellos
February 14th, 2006
today’s the day Lynn leaves to Melbourne for college, so a huge bunch of us went to the airport to send her off. there were a lot of tears, hugs, and ‘take cares’ going around. the sentiment in the air was an awkward one, albeit emotionally so. she’s the first one in our clique of 10 to leave for abroad, so the feeling was .. new, for a lack of a better adjective. it’s going to be strange now when we go out and stuff, it’s gonna be 9 instead of 10.
aira’s going for NS soon. jovann’s going to india, ivan to cali. me, someplace somewhere in the states sometime somewhen. the other 6 of us, still here for an indefinite period. we’re all splitting apart physically now, as if emotional distance was not enough tribulation already. sometimes i wonder what’s to become of us. 5 years down the road will we even recognise each other on the streets?
i’ve never been thaaaaaaaaat close to lynn nee – not as close as ivan and sieutheng are to her – so i guess that’s why it never really hit me that Lynn-nee’s LEAVING until she went down the escalator (yes that damned International Departures escalator) and i called out to her to ‘take care’. she turned around with a tear stained face and said ‘yeah, i will’, and then she was gone. and we all left.
i know she isn’t gone forever and that she’ll be back during the december hols and all, and we can always fly to melbourne to visit her, but it’s just not the same. i donno. i never even really hung out much with lynn-nee, but it’s really harrowing to know that she’s not in the vicinity anymore. everyone’s moving on and everyone’s growing up so quickly, it’s just all so sudden. like the other day we were all at Freddy’s house for his housewarming thing, and i saw loads of my classmates whom i havent seen in ages. i was just really shocked cos all the girls were wearing make up (they never used to!) and suddenly everyone seemed to be driving, had cars, had all these funky ass calculus textbooks .. like, wow. and i had the :O look on my face for ages when i heard they went clubbing over the weekend. i mean, shit! these are the people who used to have 10pm curfews! slow down! this is all moving too fast for me to stomach.
aira and i popped by school sometime last week to sort out some paperwork and just to, you know, say hi and stuff to teachers and the people we used to know. i almost walked into a wall that didnt use to be there. while waiting for the elevator to arrive, it just kinda sank in slowly that i’m no longer a student of this school. right now, i’m one of those people in the 5Sc1 yearbook picture, and that’s all that’s left of my high school history. 11 years of Sri Garden, 11 years of shelter. SSG, you used to be so small. puny, even. now you’re like this hugeass school that’s gotten so big that the assemblies have to be split into lower sec and upper sec. i will always remember the times i used to play hopscotch in the courtyard, and the times i kissed my boyfriend in the empty 4th floor classrooms.
5Sc1, here’s to you. girls in makeup, here’s to you. boys who drive, here’s to you.
Lynn-Nee, here’s to you. have fun in melbourne, see you in June :)
edit : oh and a very Happy Valentines Day to everyone out there, attached or not. to the taken and unavailable, hope you and your partner have a great day together, be it a quiet night in or a romantic night out :) to the single folks, grab some friends and have a good time! who needs loveeee when you’ve got so much gossip to catch up on?!
as for me, i’m gonna have a great time tonight.. :) it’ll top all the previous vday celebrations i’ve had to date, i just know it.
big vday mwahs for y’all :D
19 Comments Add your own
1. Johann | February 14th, 2006 at 6:56 am
Happy Vday to you too dear :)
2. Kevin | February 14th, 2006 at 9:45 am
Wtf you didnt even come to the airport to send me off and wahh you start early ahhh..gj gj
3. Jay | February 14th, 2006 at 10:16 am
I just gotta say, that outfit you have on looks awesome on you! And your friend’s so lucky, going to Aussie for college. I wish I could go, but my GPA is a bit too low for that now. Happy V-day to you.
4. tze | February 14th, 2006 at 10:41 am
i see a copious amount of cleavage. damn. hhhooottt! =)
well. life’s like that. i have a lot of friends who left me as well, and yea, it was hard. but you’ll see that when they come back, its gonna be as though they didn’t leave at all. the gap of time would seem as if it never existed. don’t ask me why, life’s just funny like that. =)
5. Douglas | February 14th, 2006 at 11:57 am
Almost everyone goes to Melbourne if they’re going to Aust, what’s so great about that place that I’m missing out on? What happened to Perth, Brisbane or Sydney?
6. ria | February 14th, 2006 at 12:40 pm
you look absolutely sexy in that outfit my dear. ^_^ if people were looking your way at the airport, trust me it wasn’t coz of the tears. heh. happy vday su ann! hope yours would be as lovely as you are. mwah!
7. vvens | February 14th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
so bad lar you. ;p you took pictures when people are so sad, crying and hugging. HAhahaha..
anyway, happy valentine’s!! ;) have fun tonight!
8. laziicat | February 14th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
perth is much better than melbourne. the weather isnt so…temperamental!!! harhahrhar
dear. this year is my 10 year HS reunion. i am shaking in my books imagining what everyone (that i dont see on a regular basis) is up to….mixed feelings and all that jazz…
9. pinkpau | February 15th, 2006 at 4:16 am
johann : :D
kevin : haha next time you leave i come and send you off ler ok! with flowers and stuff!
jay : why thank you :) and ahhhh, you dont need aussie, you’re already in NY .. :D
tze : still miss them though :(
douglas : you’re missing out on temperamental weather and lygon street .. :D tis okie though, you’ve got great beaches over there!
ria : and i hope yours was fantabulous .. :D may your vday with the boy be all that you want it to be!
vvens : hehe yea lor, must capture all these sad sad moments so i’ll have something to look back at :D
laziicat : oh hey blog about it, blog about it..!!!
10. alvin | February 15th, 2006 at 5:15 am
oh the pretty one is gone… >__
11. pinkpau | February 15th, 2006 at 6:00 am
yup :( *nod nod
now all that’s left is the girl with the boyfriend .. wanna give it a shot?
12. jeremy | February 15th, 2006 at 7:15 am
change is inevitable. can be awkward, but mostly surreal. with that said, it’s quite surreal to see malaysians wanting to come to the states instead of following their masses to aussieland.
consider new york. it IS the center of the universe.
13. kristof | February 15th, 2006 at 7:28 am
heh. the first picture was, lol. not being rude or anything but compared to my farewell at klia. lol.
14. steph | February 15th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
we all move on. life’s like that. often its for the better. or even just to greener pastures. believe me. its heaps easier on the friendship group when u guys are moving on after form 5. it is the beginning of a new phase anyways. not quite the same when u move on after form 3. but den again.. true friends will always be there.
plus, nothing much realli changes when u all get together anyways. u just have heaps more to catch up wif. which is awesome!!
15. alvin | February 15th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
well if you dont mind breaking the ice for us…..
::blush::
16. pinkpau | February 15th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
jeremy : new york? it’d be binghamton if i go there :) i’m looking at places like U of Penn and Cornell though, assuming i actually have what it takes to get in there.
kristof : diff ppl have diff farewells, i’m sure you know that .. :)
steph : how is it heaps easier? oh, siigh. it’s just that i think everyone will be leaving and when they come back, it’s all not at the same time? so i’m not sure when the group will ever be able to meet wholly as a group again :\
alvin : send me godiva and we’ll call it a deal :D
17. jeremy | February 16th, 2006 at 4:10 am
good luck on your applications. what are you planning to major in? and i wouldn’t worry about getting in them ivy leagues if i were you, judging by your writing … =)
18. steph | February 17th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
well.. ur leaving or rather going ur seperate ways all at the same time. its the beginning of a new phase in life. as opposed to you leaving everything u noe midway thru high school. neither completing here nor starting anew wif everyone else elsewhere. oh.. im doing a pretty bad job of explaining this. :( hmm.. the meeting up bit might be a tad thru. but m sure it’ll work out. in anycase..have a good weekend. :D
19. pinkpau | February 22nd, 2006 at 6:13 am
jeremy : will pursue something in Psych or Mass Comm, still unsure which. bout my writing, i realllyyyyy dont think that’s enough to get me into an ivy league school! :X
steph : no that makes total sense :) sets a few things in perspective.
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