Thursday, September 18, 2008
What if..., SAS
Been thinking about this for quite a while now. "What if I stayed in SAS until I graduated?"... What led to me thinking about this? Facebook. I was looking at the list of "Friends you may know" and came across profiles of my old SAS friends (those I wasn't so close to). Maybe I would have been best friends with them if I stayed in SAS... I saw Edward Teonadi's profile and was like "Holy shit, Ed's not small anymore and his mole is gone!". We were pretty close ever since 6th grade because of band. Ed, Cookie, and I were pretty close in beginning band, and intermediate band where we all played the Clarinet. I can find their writings on some of my SAS scores. Then I saw Sandy's profile. He definately grew alot but he still looks like the 8th grade Sandy to me. We weren't THAT close but I still remember him being in one of my PE class (7th or 8th grade, I'm not sure). I doubt he still remembers me though...
I kinda get depressed thinking why I had to move when I think of all the times I spent with my besties in SAS. Sunny, Jeff, Will, Rock, Hahneol, Wynn, Tiffi, Tiffan, Huei Yu, Chi Chi, Da Yeon, Katherine, Calvin, and a few others (I can't remember anyone else who used to hang out XD). Shit, I fucking miss them a lot right now... Even though I got to see all of them before they left Singapore. That was like only for a day though... I swear, if I stayed in SAS we'll still be like best friends (Them and me that is). We're still good friends, seeing how none of them forgot me and still keep in touch with me. I hope all of them make Singapore like a rendezvous point to meet up and stuff so I can see them again.
Hmm and IF I stayed in SAS, I would have gotten close to Tae Hyung e hyung while he was at school! We never really got to enjoy school life together. Only the bus rides... Haha.
Okay, now, the main reason for my emo-ing. Chie. Yes, I mentioned this in earlier posts of how I loved her for like a long time (5, 6, 7, 8 years?). She was someone I really couldn't forget. My first love. I told myself I'll let her go like thousands of times but I couldn't. I guess my relationship with her (as in love) was going pretty well until I had to move to a local school in the middle of 8th grade. I never got rejected by her and she did tell me she liked me too before... IF I fucking stayed in SAS or hell, a bit more longer, who knows? Chie and I could have been together haha. And even though I moved schools afterwards, we still lived in the same condominium. Its all in the past now... She's now in Japan anyways...
Me moving to a local school isn't all bad either. Yes I missed my friends like crazy at first, but I got to make new friends in my secondary school. Only some are in contact with me though. Again, those I was really close to. After my secondary school life was my MI life I'm going through right now. Now I'm thinking it the other way. If I stayed in SAS, got graduated and went into like an American college, I wouldn't have met 4E2, her, 07S7, her, her, and her =) (Now you get why I put "5, 6, 7, 8 years" above? =P). And most importantly, Tae Hyung e hyung would still be in NS when I would have been like long gone from Singapore IF I stayed in SAS cuz I wouldn't have gotten the PR thing.
SAS was the place where I started many things so I can never forget that place, and the people there. I learnt English and Chinese/Mandarin there, got an American accent there, learnt an instrument (My plastic Clarinet), fell in love for the first time, played mass dodge ball, kick ball, baseball, basketball, tennis, badminton, rugby, rock climbing, sprints, poems, taught Korean, had my first ever band concert, first ever dance (with a girl, Katherine) on a prom night, went to a prom night/dance, and many more. Its where I learnt and did most of the stuff for the first time. I'll never forget my 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade years there...
Oh and back to the "what if" question. IF I stayed in SAS, do YOU think I'm still the James right now? Haha SAS is a wild place so maybe I wouldn't have been the James I am now. Who knows?...
SHUT UP.
9:34 PM
