Some people go their whole lives without having true friends. Friends, who’d be there when we triumphed, fell, love, lost, hurt, smiled and even cried. These friends stick by you till the end of time. The thing is, the only way you eventually meet them is through the most smallest choice in life. For instance, I almost joined the band in school, yet made a 180degree turn at the last second to join the scouts. If I hadn’t, I’d probably never have had all those memories. All those times where we shed tear and sweat, through all those orientations, and all those times we laughed so hard for no apparent reason. yea, it’s the smallest things in life that we choose that make the biggest differences in our lives.
Sometimes it feels like yesterday, leaving VI, saying goodbye to all of them. The feeling of that day is pretty indescribable. The closest I could say is that it was a feeling that you could only get when you are at 17 and leaving school. A feeling that nobody else in the entire history of the world has ever been close to. Who ever has loved, as fiercely. Who ever has laughed, as hard.
3 years ago I graduated secondary school with my friends. AnandRaj flew to Russia to study medicine. KeongYuan and ChienYih shot to the UK to get their degrees. I joined form 6, with Nickkee, Liksheng, Danny and Wooihong. My pal Vivek went to realize his dream of becoming a lawyer at MMU Malacca. Leaving Logann and Ganesan to study A-Levels at college.
Things have changed in 3 years, many many things have changed. Everything that happened made us to what we are today. But for once in our lives, we lived for 3 years apart. For we had spent the best 5 years of our lives together, in one troop, in one school. We had a huge fight in school, among the 11 of us. Glass was broken, chairs were thrown and tears were shed. We also had a wonderful campfire, where tears were also shed at the end of the night, but they were tears of joy. We knew it was coming to an end, yet deep down, I said it was just the beginning.
We loved and we lost, and through all that, we always lent each other an ear, a hand, and a shoulder. We were beaten down, and we rose back up together, never turning back. I still remember all those memories. All those tears. All those laughter.
Recently, the 5 of us finished our form 6. I got a temp job at NSTP, Wooihong and LikSheng got jobs at their dad’s offices. Nick enrolled in Monash’s Feb intake. Vivek started shooting mini movies for film festivals. And with all the change around us, we still never forget the day we stood in the middle of the horseshoe, shouted our names and joined “the best damn thing” that changed our lives forever. A lot has changed since we left VI, but in many ways, our journey is just beginning.
Yet, with all the sweet memories that I have, that I know will last me a lifetime, there are days where it gets difficult.
So sometimes if feels like yesterday, and sometimes it feels like someone elses memory.
