1. 12GB Data

I still detest the fact that I actually missed out on the 12GB data entirely. I only actually signed a phone contract back in secondary 4, by which the end was neigh for 12GB being the norm.

I mean, okay, I probably won't use all 12GBs and I'd agree that the telcos may have been overly generous giving out 12GB for just less than $40 per month.

But dropping from 12GB to 2GB is like exchanging your lobster aglio olio for bread crumbs. And that kind of made me hungry maybe I should get some bread crumbs right now.

So to OneRepublic MyRepublic (genuinely, I've been saying the former for some reason instead), kudos to your ambitious plans. Dilute this monopoly (or oligopoly, or aglio olio-poly or something like that... okay no more food.) and bring us... I don't know, maybe let 4GB be the norm at least? Pretty please with aglio olio sunflowers and daisies?

2. Eraser wars

I can, up till today, vividly recall how I used to have a whole collection of Pokemon 1 to 7 erasers. Literally, there were so many erasers I collected that it filled up quite a large box that I had. Probably 100+ ish erasers?

Which is quite funny because despite collecting that many Pokemon erasers, I do not actually know any Pokemons outside of Pikachu and Squirtle. Even up till today. No idea why that's the case but it just is.

So we used to staple the bottom of the erasers to form a cross shape. Occasionally, if we feel mischievous or have certain grievances towards the person we are duelling with, we'll stick a few staple bullets out the sides.

It was budget Beyblade. And it was so customisable and cheap to maintain. Mind you, it was a huge part of my primary school.

3. Being cool

I miss being cool just by doing simple things. Back then, having the latest Nike water bottle (the one that you suck... as in, literally) or having the Impact-brand bag would put you in a different class to the rest of your peers. You would be ahead of the rest just with simple things.

Nowadays? Well, I've had to buy an S6 Edge to stay cool. Yet I'm not even cool nowadays. People ask what the functions of the Edge was; I run out of explanations because it simply isn't functional, so I said "aesthetics". And then they sod off and I carry on with my miserable life being an uncool fella trying to cross over the other side of the fence.

Not that I ever was because I never owned an Impact bag and instead carried a granny's coin pouch around in Primary 1.

Might have said too much there.

4. Running

...to the canteen.

In my secondary school, every Tuesday was Fried Food Day. That was, until the vice principal decided that Fried Food Day would alternate with Healthy Food Day instead; kind of like balancing two extremes so that ZHSS doesn't produce too many obese, inert and unhealthy kids, ya know?

Anyway, back to the point. I remember running with some of my friends down every Tuesday because the Malay store sold pratas. PRATAS! It's a luxury outside of school, and even more significant within the school. Every Tuesday would be a sprint race from the classroom block to the canteen to avoid the appetite-removing queue that generates within 5 minutes of the school bell.

In army, things are still the same, I guess, because you still run to be the first in line to get food so you've more time. But whether you run because you like the food is probably another whole thing altogether. SAFTI food sucks.

5. Cliques

To sum it up simply, school was like The Hunger Games, minus the war, the bloody parts, the parts where people die, the parts where there is actually a gorgeous goddess resembling Jennifer Lawrence and the parts where we fight for survival. But there were divisions in school, and even within the class. Truth be told, I quite enjoyed that. You hangout with a group of friends, and then the next thing you know it, this group bitches about another group, and so on and so forth.

It's like a rivalry that was absolutely harmless but it pushed us to do stupid things. Like dressing like retards for Racial Harmony Day and so on.

Not that I no longer have cliques, but I just am no longer surrounded in the environment of many cliques around me. Kind of feels... weird to not be competing again.

6. 。。。大雨


Oh no okay, looks like we didn't 错过 this 大雨 it seems.

7. 。。。爱情

Come on, let's all be bloody honest: we all liked someone(s) before in school. It's part of growing up. So you think about who you've missed out, how early you could've dated (I tell you, my earliest could have been... secondary 2?) and all that stuff.

It's fun to think about it. When you recall the moments you shared with the people you thought you liked and you thought you wanted to woo. But you didn't anyway. Or at least I didn't because I was a wuss.

It's okay. I don't regret not having ever dated wearing a school uniform. Your school life is about making friends. It's great if you've dated because you learn about handling relationships on a 1-to-1 level, but by forsaking that, I've learnt to handle relationships on a larger scale, and also on a minute scale with individual friends that have made such a difference in my school life.

And that's why I'm dedicating this blog post and my new blog skin to all you gentlemen and ladies out there that have made a difference for me.

那些年的我，学了很多。感谢大家给我的经历，陪我一起走完穿校服的岁月。

Idk. I just thought writing in Chinese is more sincere. Maybe it's a result of me watching too many Chinese movies recently. I just find them more thoughtful and more sincere. I'm sorry if you don't understand what I just wrote, I'll offer 1-to-1 translation.

Till the next time!

Song of the day:
胡夏 - 那些年
Sorry, but it had to be this song and only this one.