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
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