Reminiscence Part 8e ... memorable incidents ...

[This is typed on 06.03.12 @ GPT Sepang based on memories]

For today's episode, I have 2 shorts to share ... first up is about me. For some weird reason, back in those years, especially when I was 11 and 12, I had massive problems with my stomach ... I always have stomach cramps and diarhea ... or at least I think it should be ... because I would have to go toilet like every few minutes ... and this happens rather frequently although I never mentioned to my parents ... like every week or every fortnight ... nightmare I tell you ... and I didn't want to tell the teachers ... so I had to sneak out and that's why I chose to sit with the open doorway side of our classrooms ... or in between one class to the other I would dash out ... that was then ... I hated to be the center of any kind of attention so for good and ill I avoided any kind of drama ...

The second was our "zone" ... our small group of loose chaps always hang around at the first staircase from the entrance as this is also the furthest from the canteen while our class is right at the top of that side of the building ... after a few weeks everyone knows to meet around there for a chat ... and you would find people like me, BW, Mikey C, OKH, TC, Doidy, A-Bird and the rest ...

Reminiscence Part 8d ... memorable incidents ...

[This is typed on 04.03.2012 @ GPT Sepang based on memories]

I just remembered another incident involving the object of my admiration ... we had music classes during those days ... and it was the "recorder" ... something that when you blow into makes a shrill sound ... I am not sure why it is never used outside school and no one takes classes unlike piano and guitar and the rest ...

So anyway there is this music teacher ... thin lady who looks downright fierce ... and she would give us home work to practise and come back to show what we know ... and BW ... well BW is a good kid but for some reason he didn't master those ...

And I remembered we were sitting in the hall that served as our music class ... sitting on the floor ... and BW in his ultra tight shorts ... and the teacher giving him a tap on her cane ... and he tried to act calm like nothing happened ... I saw and was ... upset on his behalf? ... he is our monitor, head prefect and scout leader ... give him a break!!!!!!!!!!! Right? My hero ... my idol ...

Reminiscence Part 8c ... memorable incidents ...

[This is typed on 02.03.2012 @ GPT Sepang ... based on memories]

From comics ... let's talk about books ... and the one big name of the past 3 years is Enid Blyton ... I recalled buying Secret Seven and Famous Five ... and liking the artwork and the "boys" ... hahaha ... I remembered wondering what the heck is fried bread ... and how when the Five go camping, breakfast is always bacon/ eggs/ fried bread/ fried tomato ... and how yummy is that ... all those deep fried and fried stuff ... hehehe ...

Then thanks to our school library ... I discovered a host of other books from Enid Blyton (Wishing Chair?) ... the 3 investigators (never liked the boss Jupiter though) ... Hardy Boys (not a fave because of the style of writing) ... but Nancy Drew is kinda off for me ...

I never did grow on Malay novels ... I read a few but somehow didn't pick up on them ...

Reminiscence Part 8b ... memorable incidents ...

[This is typed on 01.03.2012 @ GPT Sepang based on memories]

I remembered that we were very into comics ... because we had to depend on newstands ... and subsequently discovering other newstands but specializing in comics ... as they take bookings and reservations etc ... but at that time, it was fun going to the shops seeing what they have and checking the spines and choosing what to buy ...

It was annoying never getting a good continuous flow ... but that's part of the fun ... I remembered bicycling or walking from home to the newstand on Cantonment Road ... and they would clip it ... and I would buy even stuff that I would not normally buy ... Muppets?!?!?!

And I remembered discovering comics at Tan Mark Bookshop in Pulau Tikus and always asking to go there ... so I can pop in to read ... because my pocket money was so little that it would take the whole week's $$$ to afford one ... so I read a lot in the shops ... those were simpler, good times though ... loved it!

Reminiscence Part 8a ... memorable incidents ...

[This is typed on 29.02.2012 @ GPT Sepang based on memories]

I recalled an incident when I was a prefect ... and I hated to see people get into trouble ... well not just one incident but a few actually ... like when I had trouble controlling the little kids ... so Mr L, the disciplinary master had to come and shout at them and pulled me aside ... and later he had a one-on-one session with me and saying I have to be tougher if I want to be good at my post ... post? What is he? Nuts? I am 12 ... it's a school prefect job ... not an outside thingie ... sigh ... I was never cut out for this!

Now Jim T ... there was one who can discipline ... I recalled one of the parents commenting to another about the "to pui" very "pai" ... but he got the job done ... so who is to say who is right and who is wrong?

And speaking of being a prefect ... I remembered I had challenges with my badge or rather name tag badge ... I am a scatter brain all this year ... never able to keep things in place ... I even lost it and always had to lie to get a new one ... you see, it wasn't just a matter of paying to get new one ... we have to state the reasons ... and I had to lie more than once ... hahahaha!

Who is my fave prefect? Our head prefect - TBW. He looks so prim and proper and oh-so-cute with tie and badge ... and those ultra short and ultra tight shorts of his ... yummy!

Reminiscence Part 8 ... memorable incidents ...

[This is typed on 27.02.2012 @ GPT Sepang based on memory of incidents ... so take it with a large pinch of salt, okay?]

I remember an incident with Ivan ... he is this tall, thin fellow and a wee bit geeky ... I have no idea where he is now ... but he was there in the first few years when I was in Primary School ... and it was during break time ... I was at the waiting area and he was running and trying to catch some folks ... and getting frustrated ... so when we chatted, I told him to go up to the middle of the group and just say he has something to share ... he is disgusted etc ... when they come within reach, he needs to tap one and says TAG ... and he tried and it worked! Hahahahaha!

Reminiscence Part 7 ... the twins factor ...

[This is typed on 26.02.12 @ GPT Sepang based on memories]

You know how in some places, there are a number of twins? Well for my 6 years ... I can only recall one pair ... and that's the Loh twins ... I never met triplets or more ever ... anyway they go by the name of Fabes and Bern ... S Min and S Choy ... and though one look you know they are identical ... yet there are enough differences for you to recognize them without mistaking them for each other ...

Both have jet black hair combed back with oil or gel ... nice sharp features ... fair skinned and bone thin (my fave body type) ... and they wear for some reason very loose clothing to accentuate even further their thin-ness ... F is a bit more rough n ready ... while B is the more gentle of the 2 ... but they are both super nice people

I remember one time, thanks to our teacher's love for rotating all of our seating arrangements so that everyone has a turn from front of class to back of class ... I was having both twins as my seating partners ... it's like today with you ... tomorrow your bro and so on and so for ... I cannot remember but one of them does better than the other in classes generally ... and one may actually slip out of A? But not sure ... cannot remember now ...

Still like I said they are both adorable and nice people

Reminiscence Part 6 ... the shifts ...

[This is typed on 26.02.12 @ GPT Sepang based on memories so not actual event that happened on this day]

I call them the shifts ... because sometimes they are in the same class as us ... and in some semesters they fall behind ... but you know they do have potential ... and will be somebody some day ... if they do not fall along the way side ...

Vincent SSG ... pint size, well groomed ... fair and all around nice guy ... handsome to a certain extent and come from a well-to-do family ... some kids say his parents own the Orchid chain in Pulau Tikus like bridal, photography, etc

TKE ... he is the first chap I had in this school ... and somehow he never maintained his place at the A class ... still he has good genes from smart mom n dad ... and his sis is smart ... so maybe he is a late bloomer yes?

Simon M - our obligatory Indian chap? He has maintained his post in A class for the bulk of the years ... although his behaviour is odd ... and so is his friendships ... of course in goody 2 shoes area like our current school is ... less bad influences ... but when we all move to city center for secondary ... who knows what will happen then, eh?

Naz - one of 2 Malay chaps - if I am not mistaken, dad's a school principal or teacher ... and should maintain his post right through high school

A.Min - rich family and will maintain his post with no issues ...

Reminiscence Part 5 ... the 3 giants ...

The 3 are ... Wayne L, KS Tan and Roger Y ... they are the taller chaps, the bigger chaps and who are always asked to sit behind so that they don't block others ... except for Roger who always wanna be at the front so he can supposedly soaked up more knowledge ... hahaha

Wayne - he is the toughest looking chap with real chinaman features and has a baby brother who is the spitting image of him - with that natural scowl - everyone stays on his good side - still he has a wickedly good sense of humor and can say and do more with the lift of an eyebrow than some people with a mouthful of words

KS Tan - the easy going one amongst the three - energetic and always seemed to appear as if he is this large clumsy friendly giant - but with his easy going nature he gets along with most everyone

Roger Y - he always act smart but projected an image of a blur but friendly chap - still I believed he is pressured from home to be a brain - he doesn't have a wicked heart but just feel that he should be a little stronger inside

So that's our 3 jolly giants from St's

Reminiscence Part 4 ... the brain boy

[This is typed on 24.02.2012 @ GPT Sepang based on memories of childhood]

If there is one person who can be deemed to be the brain boy ... it is Albert LiauKienFie ... he is the one guy who throughout our 6 years at St's remained top boy ... he is usually amongst the top scorers for all subjects and always maintained in the top few positions ... if not no 1 most terms/ semesters ...

But the best part of Albert is that ... he is so nice ... he is sincerely nice ... not a goody-2-shoe but just a pleasant gentle lad ... that's why a lot of people like him ... he doesn't get into trouble, attends classes, behave like a good kid with jokes and no dirty humour, religious, even athletic ... he is thin, fair, hormones coming out (you can see the darker lines on his face!) ... and a bit of a BO when he gets all athletic ... but not regular BO ... that's why everyone likes him ... or at least I think so ...

There are the crazies who wanna be no 1 and are secretly jealous with him and be his buddy but all bitchy behind his back ... and you know ... am glad Albert didn't know ... so he remained this nice chap all throughout ...

So Mr Liau ... I raised my glasses to you and hope to be buddies through the years to come!

Reminiscence Part 3 ... the inner circle

[This is typed on 23.02.2012 @ GPT based on memories of childhood and not actually what happened on this particular day ... hehehe]

Well another day another moment spent for remembering the past and I have to admit besides my secretly admiring TBW and OKH as best buddy, there is a small group of mates, that for better or worse, are my so-called inner circle ... and here they are ...

Mikey the Chin ... overweight and have a passion to sing ... and always entering song competition and blowing away the competition i.e. always winning ... still he is odd ... he is not super top in terms of studies but not super bad ... but he is super competitive ... still we like Mikey Mike

OTC ... skinny gentleman with long hair centre parting down, glasses and a bit of a teeth ... always gung ho and all out to get things done ... unique amongst our close circle as our school or rather our class is so goody-two-shoes ... whereas OTC's dad is a rich bloke who has more than 1 wife and OTC is 2nd wife's kid ... a bit of a scandal in our circle ... still he was the kid who has all the comics and the one who actually orders comics from those mailing catalogues including Mile High ... and he was the only one who has Marvel Heroes Secret Wars issues and DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths!

Lastly we have Lloydy Doidy ... and this is another unique gentleman ... he is very fair to the point that even his hair is not jet black like the rest of us ... and owing to his peculiar name (for us back then) ... we even think perhaps he is Eurasian? What is his name? The only chap with 2 surnames Lloydy (the) Gun (Yang) Young (Wind) Hong Teik (Bamboo). See?

And that is the gang that I used to hang around before school, during school and after school. Of course, I was closer to OKH just like OTC and LD hung out more while Mikey because he stays in Tg Bungah ... well ... we do meet once in a while but if any of us organizes anything, the rest would be automatically included ...

And that's us ... in a nutshell until Standard Six ... what will Form One bring, I wonder?

Reminiscence Part 2 ... best friend

[This is typed on 23.02.2012 @ GPT based on memories]

Another day ... another day of chilling out at home ... doing nothing much except sleep, wake up, watch cartoons and eat ... and waiting for any trip organized by the folks ...

So let's move on to bicycling and best friends ... for the bulk of the past year or so ... whenever I come home from school if there is nothing much to do ... it is the bicycle ... and I would generally popped over to ... Gerbang Midlands ... where my best mate KH Ooi lives ... and if anyone else is around we will meet them but otherwise it will be us going around, hanging out at his home or going to the neighbourhood playground and just play the swings, roundabout and slides and avoiding the cow dung ... hahaha ... I kid you not! Cow dung ... ugh!

KH Ooi ... from the first time I knew him stays with his elderly mom, an aunt and an older sister ... dad passed away and he has a married elder brother ... never knew what he actually did as he would occassionally drop by only ... but our parents obviously know each other since we are from the same neighbourhood ...

Life is simple, eh? Whenever we can afford, one of us would have gameboy ... but the old world version where it is in black-n-white ... we do not have the Atari though ...

Reminiscence Part 1 ... My First Admirer

[This is typed on 22.02.2012 @ GPT based on memories]

As this is school holidays, I would spent it watching tv, playing creative games with my cousins, going out bicycling with my best mate Ooi KH (Frozen Wind) ... and just hang out basically doing nothing much ... so what the heck?!?!?! Let me take this opportunity to share my earliest thoughts about who I am crushing on ...

There is only one person ... throughout my time at this school ... this is the truth ... of course then again I am only just turned 12 ... and our school is generally the goody-2-shoe ... we don't even say SHIT ... it is taboo ... could you believe this?

So during this whole time ... somewhere along the line, I started having a crush on BW Teoh ... I kid you not ... he is our class monitor, he is the school head prefect, he is the Troop Leader of the Boy Scouts (overall boss is called Troop Leader and Patrol Leaders are the bosses of sub groups if I am not mistaken) ... he is of slightly below average height, neatly slicked back generally long black hair, wearing glasses, always perfectly groomed with tie in place and shirt tucked in. his shorts are way too tight and I guess as he grew out of them his parents never bothered to buy new pair because we are moving to secondary school and we will be switching from dark blue to jungle green ...

So tight until you can see his brief or underwear lines ... hahaha ... I kid you not ... I saw this a few times ... his skin is tan, he is perfect shape not fat or thin or muscular ... and his behaviour is the epitome of Mr Goody-2-shoes ... and though he is friendly and all that everyone likes to make fun of him calling him Mr Show Off and all that ... but the truth is I could not take my eyes off him ...

That's why I remembered 3 distinct incidents:

(a) I remembered him being seated next to me ... we have a twin seating system i.e. 2 desks joined together ... and for a while he was my seat mate ... and one day I happened to glance down and automatically checked out his crotch the way his supertight shorts are squashing his manhood ... and was even thinking if he pushed his wee wee downwards so that it looked so flat in front

(b) I remembered seeing him standup and bent over slightly and I was trying to discreetly eyeing his butt to enjoy the firmness and the underwear lines

(c) I remembered seeing him squatting down to get something out of his bag ... and it was PE time so he had his team colours singlet on, the blue shorts and a sky blue underwear peaking out at the top of his shorts

Is that so gay or what? I am only 12 and I remembered that until ... forever ... that's the sad truth though ... so was I born this way?

Bye Bye Primary School ...

[This is typed on 22.02.2012 @ GPT based on memories]

A bittersweet day of sorts ... after 6 eventful years ... where I grew from a nervous baby to a nervous kid (hah) ... filled with all sorts of lies, mental torture, troubles, fights, bullshit ... the cycle comes to an end ... school ends ... and next year I will not be coming back here any more ... I will be moving to secondary school in the city and it is so sad as we in this school are now at the pinnacle ... we are the seniors and we are going to start from the bottom rung all over again!

Well, we had all sorts of events and at the end of it all I took home my science project ... and headed home only to find out that there should have been a memo out for students on when to register at the other school ... and I didn't know and had to head back to school and dug around until I found a piece of this note in someone else's desk ... and clutching it went back home again ... so while everyone had gone off ... I had a second farewell ... the emptiness of the school rooms ... the emptiness of school corridors ... the emptiness in the fields ... the weakening sunlight ... everything added to the sense of desolation

Damn! I HATE FAREWELLS ...