Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Before I share my own views about 3K06. I have to talk about 3K/4K 94/95. This is us. As "oh biang" as can be. Last time policemen wore shorts, and girls had short hair.
My class was never united - in the way all of you express unity to be. We were, like you, clusters of 2G, 2H, 2J students, conglomerated into an entity called 3K. It was arbitrary. It was uncomfortable. It took us some time to accept one another. But eventually we did.
I will forever cherish my time in this class. Not because we won any awards, not because we were fanatically united as a class, but for one reason alone = my best relationships in my life were forged in 3K and 4K. This was us then.
Relationships are not about the good times alone. Relationships are forged in fire. We fought, yelled at, and at times hated each other. But like the forges of a blacksmith, the product were friends that until today I hold dear to. It is one thing to have friends to talk to, but another that can read you like an open book. Three of us are particularly close, and although we ended up in different JCs, we still, very openly regarded each other as closest. We stay close until today.
I don't know how to describe a close friendship. It's the type that knows what's on your mind without asking. It's the type that can read your body language, no matter how minute. Of course, 3K94 still meets up until today. It's a bond the continues to grow.
So what am I saying? I am not saying that my past was grand and nice. Neither am I saying that I hope that 3K06 MUST be something grand and nice. All I'm saying is this:
Build relationships.
I don't care about awards. About the class winning anything. The greatest things in life are not prizes, or material. They are people.