Siglap is the only secondary school with Malays as majority. Yet I never felt threatened in that school. It was a pretty much laid back school. It was also the school that gave me the most worthy memories of all schools I've attended so far.

The first day of transfer was the full of anticipation. The only consolation lies in the fact that the principal was welcoming. I guess nobody would go to Siglap willingly given a choice. I didn't have much of a choice either. It was either that or going back to Bedok Town which isn't really for me.

From the moment we were seated though, Diana & Nat turned to introduce themselves. Nat says she's still amazed at my ability to talk to strangers so much. I guess they fit me well. They were the kind of girls I'm comfortable with. Besides them, there was Jieling too. She was a newbie just like me. We decided to stick together for recess. Our ritual was born then.

I can't quite remember the first few months of school. Only that Uma was the most friendly of the lot, Diana & Nat kept inviting me to join their clique to recess. Cherish was around then. I saw JunTat for the first time since pri days. Still as cheery & crazy. It was, like I said, absolutely my place.

Then Cuiting & Huiying joined Jieling & I for activity. From the moment we hung out together, we stuck together. Lemon barley almost everyday. Chinese stores for Mon & Tues, Malay food for the rest of the week.

It was crazy days then. What with passing letters, lemon barley, Amaths difficulty & classroom pranksters, 4H was definitely lively. But Mdm Nora had to go half through for maternity leave. Our maths teacher kept telling us to visualize our maths problems. Mr. Khek who talks non-stop once he started. Mr. Wee was the only sane one. Okies maybe he was the only one whom we like coz he's just as crazy as us. He introduced us to Don Hertzfield & HappyTreeFriends. He played video clips, which has completely nothing to do with physic.

We had him for sec4. Oh those were the days of fun.

But in sec3, we had this club whereby we hated May & Kimberly. We even came up with a name for their clique. May&Co. can't really imagine being friends then. Simply hated those girls. Those stick thin bitchy girls.

Turned out we were gravely wrong about May. Vanessa & Pearlyn as well. Only Kimberly remained the same as ever. & I began visualizing maths with May all during maths class. I joined drama by then and I was a fairy.

Got caught for writing a letter to Uma once. I think it was Sulaiha who read that I've got a crush on Simpson. Only that his name was spelt out clear and bold on that letter. & I began to realize Uma isn't all that fantastic. But by then, my clique was stable. It was a very reliable routine. Going to school on time, reading for nuts on the courtyard, going through lessons incessantly while writing letters simultaneously, rushing for recess with the girls then back to the classrooms for lessons, going home the same way as Jieling.

Then I got to know Luisa better. We loved each other the best! Sat together for sec4. Brought her gong gong to school and we blinded him. We threw him around & he lost his eyes. Poor sheep. I shipped her an identical one when she went over to Aus though. Caused us to get reprimanded by Mr. Khek more than once. Still we can't help ourselves going crazy. It didn't help that Thomas was always mentioning some nonsensical things.

Mamemo. Whiskey in a bottle. Gayz. Iron chef. Biking. "eh... no!"

The whole class roared whenever Zul opens his mouth. When he doesn't, he looks so cute & decent. Forget it when he makes a comment. We ended in stitches most of the time. Laughing days passed by so fast we sat for prelims without preparing for it. It didn't help that Mr. Wee was a joker himself. The inside jokes, class jokes, girly jokes, boyish banter. Sucan & Fursham with their competitiveness made us erupt at times. Sucan especially. He & his red face.

Ms Yong & Ms Ng came along. Butt of our jokes. Oily Ng & sports shoes Yong. They love to repair Thomas & his comments. Whereas MsWee brought a water gun to class to shoot at us every lesson. The small lady with the extra loud voice.

Prom night rolled by. I went for professional make over. I thought I was bad enough. Then Cuiting arrived. 4F boys began the wedding march. Oh geez. For some obscure reason, we had table to ourselves since the Cloud9 got their own table & Huiying joined HanBing. Cuiting's sec5 friends joined us. It was a buffet dinner. But before we leave the table, the guys had to pull out the chairs of ladies. The guy beside me stood for half a minute. Then I realized he was waiting to pull out my chair for me! We laughed when we both realized that. Actually I think he laughed even before I realized. Klutz. But I looked very nice that night. *winks*

It was the best schooling days I had so far. The only happy days I'll have I suspect.

Nat, with her green tea everyday, Diana with her loudness, Luisa with her Hanching nonsense, Adil who brought the class keys home(!), Jon, Zul & Thomas who caused commotion everytime they open their mouths, Adil with Uma nonsense, May & me who always visualize .

So many cool characters. So many antidotes. I miss you guys the most.