13/01/2004
RI.
alright guys. i'm going to say this only once.i love RI. and i don't bandy the word 'love' around casually like most people do. when i say 'love' i really mean it. and i really do love RI.
that's why whenever someone reminds me 'hey chng/kenny/whatever this is our last year you know. we're gonna leave soon' i feel miserable and frustrated. i don't want to leave RI. i made all my best friends here and i don't want to leave them i don't want to leave the long familiar road to the canteen i don't want to leave the classrooms where we studied and played and got in trouble i don't want to leave the astroturf where we assemble every morning.
even if i manage to go to RJ i don't think it'll be the same. even if my friends go along with me it won't be the same. the atmosphere will be different and we'll have lost the freedom to do whatever we wanted anywhere we wanted. the kind of freedom only boys' schools have. ill miss RI, especially the classrooms where so many things happened ill never forget for the rest of my life.
sigh. the thought of leaving RI in a matter of months is heart-breaking. i still remember how special i felt when i put on the badge for the first time during JRIC. i still remember the pride i felt when i first wore the white uniform on the first day of school 2001. once again, even if i make it to RJ, it'll be different. the memories won't be the same.
i can say this honestly: i will never forget the four years i spent in RI, never for the rest of my life. RI will always have a special place in my heart, and i will cherish the memories of the wonderful days i spent in RI until the day i die. thank you RI for all you have done for me.
dammit i really don't want to leave. i really don't. dammit.
kenny wrote this at 9:13 p.m.