After Jocelyn's marriage & child birth last year... Yiliang's ROM months back and a wedding is being lined up at the end of the year... Another great occassion coming soon... Out of my surprise, i received an sms from a guy whom i never contact for awhile.... haha... since he is busy with army, i am busy with job... Hankeong getting hitch this coming June... Honestly, i am happy for him... i shall dedicate this little post to him... haha...
HK, his little nick last time, was someone i know since poly year 1. In year 1, i am considered one of the studious guy in our class... so is he, we formed a study group and studied our way to sem 2. Soon, due to some differences in the group, we break up and never study in such a big group again... of course, we still study together once a while....
i still remember him as someone who is kinda competitive... alright, who isn't? i admit i am too... but i did, at that point of time, feel a little pressure to succeed as well, with his presence. Others feel that he is comparing many things with me, so its not just me feeling it... We shared common goals & interest. Both were bowling members. Alright, he did fare better than me, but once awhile, i show that i am a force not to be reckon with.. hehe.. and he will try to beat me... its friendly competition... In studies, i am one of the better Singaporeans in our class, with the top spots normally occupied by my other good friends (foreigners)... Hence... you'd guess it... i am considered the 'upper class' in terms of studies...
Though i constantly lost to him in bowling terms, i fared better than him in academic. We did studied together in the beginning but as i soon went to help another group of friends. Me & him, never study together much again... moreover he stay in the north, me? AMK, Bishan seems to be a better choice for me... and it is more important to help friends to pass, than to achieve GREAT results isn't it? Hence, i decided to spend time with those who often skipped lessons etc. (you guys out there, touched right)
Maybe its due to results, i guess i am fortunate to get into the elite class after some of the elites choose opted out. And i become the minnows there... He, on the other hand, failed to make it to the class but if i am not wrong, he did pretty well in other specialisation... alright, photonics students do regret chosing Photonics but the people there are majority great.... hehe... as in personality wise of course... Academic? Needless to say, they count by numbers of As but yet they are humble... Those who know my results... i am one of the weakest link.
HanKeong achieve good results in Bowling terms. He is outgoing & like to socialise, which made him the top choice by the senior to be the next club chairperson. But we (a few committee members) feel that he is not yet up to the standard as he always heeding our help rather than making the cues himself. Hence soon after, a few of us quit... wanting him to be more independent... but that is a correct decision i feel... at least i lost my favorite CCA, i earn back a friend. A class chalet at the end of our poly years allowed him to say his apologies and of course, i was touched... it strengthen our ties...
Honestly, i am glad that regardless how i treat him during those days... he always regard me as a brother... and even now, call me when he planning to ROM... i mean, he can simply forget about me, isn't it? but he didn't... He never did anything wrong to me, so i never really hate him... haha just jealous that he get all the attention in bowling more than i do... hehe... alright, i hate to socialise to that extend, happy?! We even had short stint together in Fairprice before he left to concentrate on his studies.
Fond memories, huh?! Definitely... so i am really happy to see him ROM so soon... too bad not Jiahui... haha but hey, love cannot be forced right, so i am glad that mr HANK(eong) is getting hitched...
p/s to~
JH: Not sure you still treat him as friend, but i hope that you forget what happens last time and give him well wishes... i actually forget what happen... haha... alright, at least he made you stronger... and made u treasure Bel more, right? haha...
HK: If you get a chance to see this post, Congrats~! POWER lar... missed those bowling days... our schedules just can't accommodate a bowling session... but SIR~! congrats once again... Hope that you have a blissful marriage... so envy... haha...