`can't get you out of my album of memories;

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 --*

Today i was looking forward to the P6a class gathering. The time was 3 pm. I quickly packed my things from the staff room as i had been working on the Malacca trip presentation since morning. I picked up my 2 children and took bus 111 to Lovely's house where the gathering would be taking place. As we alighted the bus, Iman and Rina were there too!

As i approached the swimming pool, some of the guys were already there . Yu Jia, Niger, Nicky, Yi Thong, Shenyang, Daryll, Cuiling, Alfreda and of course, the host, Lovely, were smiling at us. Oooohh, how i missed all of them! I really hoped more of the guys would be coming. In a few minutes, another group of guys came. They were ian, cassandra and ridzvan and the last guy to come was ridzwan. i cannot ask for more when 14 of them came. I felt sad though, when the rest did not manage to attend. lovely, rena, iman tried to call some of them like raika, jabbar, cindy but they couldn't make it. I heard charlene and miaoying are in germany. it will be really great if keith, jeremiah, clarence, weiheng, nandini, sowmiya, izzati, minjian, umar, ziya, lyndon, yeehueh and many more others were around.

anyways, the party went on as planned. We played some cool music in this i pod thingy which i was so impressed with. i like the song by someone called John Something entitled Just Yours Thingy and i really want to get the CD. we caught up with one another about studies, ccas and so on. its so nice to see all of them doing well and still as well mannered as before. Then, my 2 kids(freda and ian) wanted to swim and in split seconds, they were already in the baby pool. i told them they could only go to the deep pool if my helper were to come later.

The guys got themselves busy. some play cards, some continued chatting and munching on the snacks while some others played games. the best game played there was the Dare or Truth Game Thingy. We would sit in a circle and there would be an empty bottle that would act like a spinner. Whenever the spinner spins the bottle and the bottle points to someone, the person will have to either choose a dare or say the truth.

Most of them chose Dare when it was their turn. i like it when they sportingly accomplished the Dare that their friends had created for them. Yu Jia, Lovely, Zachary were some of the people that chose Dare. it was so funny that we had such great fun watching them trying to fulfil the dare!Really refreshing and hillarious game.

Time flew so fast that it was time for dinner. Lovely's mum and maids had kindly prepared delicious meal of fried noodles, fried chicken, fishcake, watermelon and some beans thingy. Everyone filled their empty stomach and even my 2 kids, ian and freda and my maid had their second and third helping.

Well, the party didnt stop there. In fact, the party was just about to begin. One by one, the guys got thrown into the swimming pool. It was really thrilling to see most of them working cooperatively in carrying the victim to the pool. No one was spared except for ridzvan, who apparently hid himself near the exit and yi thong, who claimed that he was sick as his skin would turned scaly (i guess) if any chlorinated water was to touch him.

Even Nicky was not spared. Shenyang surrendered threw the white flag by throwing himself into the water to get wet before the others grabbed and threw him in. the girls were also pushed into the pool by the boys who were already drenched. They were running around like in the cartoon series Tom and Jerry. I had a great time taking pictures and video taping them.

After everyone got wet, we sat down to talk about funny things that happened when there were in queenstown primary school. its like walking down memory lane. it was so good to hear all the funny stories again. as this was the first batch that i taught them for 3 yrs, there were really many things to talk abt.

It was already 8.30pm.we started packing up and get ready to go home. the next gathering will be during the december holidays probably at Niger's house at Yew Tee. I really hope that most of the guys will come for the next gathering. no excuses, please.

As i looked back to wave goodbye to them, i knew i had done the right thing in teaching them some values which they carried with them until today. the values are humility, perserverance and respect one another. Thank you guys, for everything!!!!Enjoy the little video clip i had prepared for you guys!

wishing it had never been--* Tuesday, June 17, 2008