Reminiscing Old Times

Hi there. So, you're now tuning into darren's personal life. Sit down, take a sip of your nicely made coffee and enjoy....

So, there I was. Sitting down by the window, staring blankly into the sky as deep thoughts went through my mind. It's just one of those times where my mind takes off in 'Darren World'. Yeah anyways, so I had a flashback of a moment that happened back in January 2008. The first week of school reopening was rather relaxing as there weren't much to do. Then came the day where all the students were streamed into their seperate classes. I joined those who too had interest in the pure science stream and seeing as my PMR results were good, I was placed in the 1st class as expected. I haven't been to the first class since primary school when i was in the first class for four consecutive years. I moved on to S.M.K. Seafield and they didn't really believe in cramming all the good students in one class. So, I finally got the taste of being with the elite once again.
I had a tough first week there as I was quite new to most of them and so making friends took a little while. But there was one time when this friend of mine kept on asking me to shift to his class which was the third tier in the form. I mean, most of my friends were there and seeing as I didn't really fit in well so I took a day to consider it. You should've seen me that day. I was literally going crazy 'cause that decision is after all gonna cost me the whole year nad maybe the next too. Not to mention my future....
I finally decided and I went to the counseling room to inform teacher which class I wanted to be in. Hmmm.... which do you think I would've gone to? ( of course this is not for my school mates as they already know )

Okay, if you guessed that I followed my friend into the 3rd class....



then you're...

SO WRONG !!! ( means you don't know me that well )

I decided to enrol into the top class. It was really difficult at first because as I said earlier I haven't been in the top class for some time and lately I've been given the impression that the first class comprised of total nerds. I said to myself "ahhh... who cares? you're no nerd and so what if you turn into a nerd? It's only for a year or two".
As time went by, I started to blend in with the people and eventually I knew everybody quite well. All those smart ones turn out to be just like me. I mean, none of them were actually like those really ridiculous nerds who live and breathe their books. For example, there are these two girls, Andrea and Joycelyn whom lived in my neighbourhood but I haven't really had the chance to talk them... they're really cool. And Tian Xiang whom I thought was a total 'Professor' like kinda person turned out to be a nice guy who likes to talk and yeah maybe he does have the 'professor' look but still.. the point is I was so wrong 'bout them and I really shouldn't have judged them in the first place.

Besides that, there are a few things I've come to enjoy; such as a classmate of mine who constantly approaches Andrea and Joycelyn each and everyday ( you know who you are ) without fail. It's really fascinating, some of these people. There are just so many characters which I have become fond of.

Then there are those just can't seem to get over small issues. These people to me are really juvenile. Oh well, I can't help them so I'll just let them be. And I dislike it when people judge me before they know me. There is this one dude who thinks very highly of himself and often discriminates others, so to speak and me being one of them. It's been several time that I was told "What is this? You bringing the 4 science 1 ( name of the class ) name down". I mean you just have to wake up and realise that that's just a name and nothing more. I don't feel at all proud of the class name. Maybe a little happy that I made it here but not proud. So, I just hate it when he does that.

Other than that, the class is really wonderful and I thoroughly believed I made the right choice ( gosh that sounds like an english exam question ). I'm glad I didn't follow my friend into the third class ( not that it's bad or anything ) because if I did, then I wouldn't have enjoyed 2008 as I am now. So, thanks for all those who made it all better for me.

Long reminiscence huh? I guess that's just what I do nowadays. So I'll save one more for the next time? This post is kinda long so I don't really blame ya if you stopped half way reading it ( then you wouldn't be reading this part of the post xP ). Until next time you Bloggers!!


--darrenkhoo signing off

First of all, exams are over! Gosh, you don't know how it feels to get them over and done with. The only down side to it is, I think I might've flunked physics and add math this term. That's why I intend to go all out for the endyear exams in october. I really have to buck up and catch up if I wanna go anywhere near an averagely good score. SO, I've been thinking and have come to the conclusion that I really need to do a three month reevaluation of what I'm gonna do. I'll probably start tomorrow I guess...

I've got lots to tell but just not the right time now. I'll save it for tomorrow. good night
--darren khoo