Yup..Attended The Chinese High School (or Hwa Chong Institution) 90th anniversary dinner today. I must really say that time flies because 10 years back, which is chinese high 80th anniversary, i participated in the opening ceremony in the day where then prime minister goh chok tong graced the ceremony and open our newly extended campus. At that time, all sec 2 boys(incl me) have to perform some traditional chinese "dance", called 红绸舞 for our PM. That night, i had to be the traffic marshal at the now defunct Singtel towers opposite our school. And of course all the npcc guys attended the 80th anniversary dinner after our duty, and the guest of honour is none other than our alumnus late President Ong teng cheong. Remembered one thing that he said that i still remember till date: 'If I'm not at Chinese High on March 21, where else can I be?' "...It just spell the passion he has for the school and the meaning of 饮水思源. This is indeed the true 华中spirit
So 10 years have passed and here i am, back in TCHS attending the 90th anniversary. I do not have many photos from secondary school because at that time, digital camera is something that is virtually non-existent in the market. But surprisingly the memories of that chapter of my life seems just so fresh in my head. I guess such memories that is so deeply embedded in my head is much more valuable than the millions of photos taken. I remember those days where my classmates and i will be playing chapteh after school almost everyday outside our classroom till about 6pm. I still remember playing mini soccer in the classroom using tennis ball during break time, and i tried to do a bicycle kick when i fell on my buttock. I remember attending music lessons, where we had to take test for the keyboard and i still remember the show "The Sound of Music" that we watched during the class. I remember failing my first exams in my life in sec 3 and had to see the dean at that time. I remember boycotting geography lesson with the rest of the class because we dun like the teacher teaching the subject, and we also got chased out of class for not bringing textbook(even those who brought volunteered to get out, so as not to attend the lesson). Thats how daring and rebellious we were..haaha.... I remember going on an overseas trip without going with my parents for the first time to perth for a 2 weeks camp. I remember spending lots of time in the library reading Tin-tin comic books and spending lots of time in the computer lab playing online games which chalk up to almost 100 bucks of internet fees.
Lots of memories flowed back when i saw many of my teachers who taught me before. Though some of them dun remember me, i do remember them...Remember what they had taught me and the encouragement they gave me at times when i need it most. Thanks for that.I remember having fantastic teachers such as Mrs chan (our form teacher & history teacher) who always joke with us and can be so casual with us. Really one of the best teacher i had. She can joke with us and we always bully her too, but her comments are just hilarious. Spoke to her just now, and she is as candid as 8 years back.
Mrs chua (chem teacher), who is soooo strict on us, making us run from our classroom to her chemistry lab the moment the bell rings. And i still remember that there was once we tried to act as if we were running by stamping our feet very hard on the steps to create the noise, but actually we were strolling up the stairs. Who knows she is watching from upstairs and caught us doing so...haha..its just so funny looking back. She is also the teacher who made me remember the formula for phosphoric acid for life...H3PO4...hahaa, because i was made to stand for the whole lesson for not knowing this formula.
Mr Png (Maths teacher). My A-maths and E-maths results were one of the most cui in class and had to go for his remedial lessons. He always give us lot of assignmets, and i still remember my friends and i wanted to finish the assignments fast so that we can play the "who wants to be a millionaire" online or street fighter, so we just simply copied from the answer booklet or famously known as the "grey book"....haha...ok..those were the times where i think i am so rebellious....=(...but i am glad i had learnt from my mistakes.
Yeah...so many memories from Chinese High..and i cant possibly type everything out now....simply love my school so much so much...Chinese High always hold a very special place in my heart and i will definitely be back for the 100th anniversary...The Hwa Chong spirit, which is "自强不息" and "饮水思源" (never give up and never forget our roots) is also something that i will never forget.
Once again...thank you chinese high for everything...happy 90th....
爱我华中, 我爱华中
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