Thursday, October 11, 2007
Time flies. It had been 4 years. It may be long but it seems so short.
4 years ago, I was just a 13-year old, within the crowd of uniforms with its unique metal buttons and green shorts. The youngest group of all, thinking about how to get pass the upcoming 4 years in this place I did not even want to come. Ignorant and naive I may be, it was all about school work and grades.
Took up Volleyball. Well, it was a good start for my 4 years. Ms Kwok, then she was, how can I ever forget her, the person who wrote a new chapter in my life. It started out well. 10 individuals. Training was hard. School work always seemed so mundane. Chairman wasn't an easy task either. I wondered if I made the wrong choice of coming to this place.
A year passed. Had a new class, new environment, new friends, another round of ice-breaking? Harder trainings. More school work. Then came the 'infamous' Tablet PC. Hmm... Innovative way of learning perhaps. Brought us all into a new virtual world. CS,Dota and Maple sounded so common.
Sports became an important part of my life. More came in. We were the seniors. Results weren't fantastic or up to expectation. Injuries followed, many of them, fortunately after the season ended. Experienced what is like to be trapped at home for 2 months. Back with the enormous task. To catch up in both sports and academic. A purpose began to reside in my life.
2 years passed. With the same classmates and friends. Some left but life has to carry on? Began to know each other better. More school work. More subjects. 10. Seemed as if a mountain was on my shoulders. Season wasn't too great, neither were my grades. In fact, they were quite bad for a start of the year. Ms Kwok left. Came a 'Mrs' instead. Heck about her and so she left. Came back a "Ms".
Got into the quick pace of work. My grades were picking up. Expectations were met. In fact exceeded. Handed in a nice report book to end the year. Got to know more juniors. Seemed as if I was taken over by sports. Training till 9pm seemed a norm. Parents said "Why are you always so late". "Training" was my answer. It never failed to be. Knew my teammates better. After all, 3 years passed.
It was not too long after that there was only a year left. Many things happened. Season started. Fantastic results to start off the year. Maybe not for my grades. Blew me off-balance. Fallen but stood back up. Could not have done it if it was not for my friends and teachers.
Many things happened. Everything seemed like as if it was a roller-coaster ride. 4 years just passes by, as if with just a blink of an eye. Tomorrow will be the last day, with all my friends, classmates, teammates, teachers, the school. Nothing seemed to be more important than any of these.
4 years. 16. Grown. Matured. I learnt many precious lessons, not only from the textbooks, also from life. It was this 4 years that I truly experience the happiest times of my life. Even with the quarrels, disagreements, there were those countless moments we had together, classmates, teammates, teachers.
When I was down, you cared for me. When I was fallen, you carried me up. When I was happy, you rejoiced with me. Everything seemed so simple. But I appreciate it. Really.
There comes a time, when all these would be 'lost'. Here it is. Many of us will go our separate ways. After 4 years, our friendship has grown, deeper and stronger. Without you, I will not be what I am today.
10 years in this place. Gentleman, bilingual scholar of high integrity and robust character who is passionate about life learning and service to others.
Being the one and only group of sec4s wearing shorts, I am proud of it.
Coming to think of what I thought 4 years ago, I know I made the right choice of coming to Catholic High.
For Catholic High. For all my teachers. For all my friends. For my teammates. For 4-10. Thank you.
{9:39 PM}