well, im officially graduating tomolo. therefore i have decided to chronicle the 3 yrs i spent in TP in this post. it will be extremely long though so pls bear with me.
Sem 1.1
First ever sem in TP. hahahaha. how fitting was it that the class is TB012 (12 being my favourite number). and not to mention, this class being my favourite class of all time. OMG, the fun we had together and the tutors still remember this class even today!!! everyday during break, we would visit the many canteens to taste the food except engine cos the food there simply sux sia. and after school we would jus spend our time wasting away in Biz Park over a cup of iced milo and jus talking crap. hahaha. the 7 guys were the greatest sia, John, Jaz, Colin(Jian He), Jeff(me) Ismail, Sylbest and Alvin. And together with John, Jaz and Colin, the 4 of us formed the 4Js. the 4 crappiest guys in the class. (a fifth J was to join us later on). most memorable was our chalet/kayaking trip. that really got the class together as a group. i mus also mention song yun and elaine cos they were like my sisters in the class, hahaha. the fun we had during project. and also sharon and ur lao shu; thanx for letting lao shu keep me company during the boring lectures and the stupid OB tutorial. a pity was that we only had 1 sem together, otherwise the fun we could have would have been so much greater. other than colin who went to study LOM. the rest of us went into Business but we all chose different electives sia. all 6 of us, all different electives ah!!! how likely is that? gratefully, the majority of us still keeps in touch. and special mention to the entire class for pestering me to cut my hair every single day. hahaha. i have to agree sia, my hair was way way way too long.
Sem 1.2
to be totally honest, i hated this class. i was the only one in the class. no TB012 pple at all. and the people in this class were people i didnt particularly like or could get along with. the 4 Js all had similar 1.2 class, which gave us something to complain abt during our get together sessions. and what John said was correct, if it wasnt for this particularly bad 1.2 class, we wouldnt have realised and appreciated TB012 that much.
Sem 2.1
hehehe, this was where the 5th J joined the group. Jason Ho Hin Kheng. got to know him cos he was in my class for 2.1 and boy did he make my 2.1 so much more exciting. i was in the same class as him and sylbest. together with that freaking tall eleanor. =P we did projects together and boy did we do well. we submitted the best project for both the HR projects and the one Marketing project we did. me and ele would always made jason feel inferior by standing either side of him and talking across his head. hahaha. we would stay back late in school almost daily to do our projects and although it was tiring it was fun because we spent half our time playing winning eleven on sylbest's laptop in the library. apologies to ele and sylbest cos me and jason were always late for meeting by at least 1 hr. =P. and with the beginning of this sem, we started to stay overnight at sylbest's place for overnight winning eleven "camps". the 5Js and sylbest also really got to know each other better thru our irregular camps.
Sem 2.2 to 3.2
got into my banking and tourism class and i did not change class ever again. had Jia Ning, Serene, Priscilla and Fauzrin in my grp for projects. the class was not even close knit cos we basically jus stuck to our own project grps. but i liked this class because of my project grp. it was particularly special because, we would talk cock 60% of the time and jus laugh our way through the many project meetings even when we were totally stressed out. the war only began when we reached home. special thanx to jia ning for typing all that we have discussed into soft-copy and printing them out. it was particularly tough in 3.2 as we jus came back from SIP and had a shortened sem with the same amount of projects to hand in. but we managed to gut it out and hand in works that we were proud of. and they were great projects too. the projects pulled my coursework up to B+ despite my C or C+ mid sem test results. and ever since i got into this grp, i have been known as baby ever since. =( the many outings we had were fun too especially the field trips for our event project. hahaha.
my SIP was also particularly memorable with all my great colleagues and fun work. was even more touched when the operations people gave me a gift for being the best attachment. =) cried a little but nothing compared to camp. had some of the best tutors in this class sia. Mr Desmond Lim; always covering our ass. Ah Phong; event management tutor. Mr Chua Kheng Tiong; nv marking me late for a/cs tutorial despite me being 1 hr late. Mr Lawrence Leong; BTM tutor, he taught things using logic.
i also started to take part in school activities during this period. first was the SL camp, it was ok and i loved my freshies to bits and pieces. but they still call me banana when they see me on the road. damn. i also took part in kayaking during this period. got hold of my star 1 and star 2. hahaha, apologies to angie during star 1 course because she had to rescue me twice for capsize drill; she had to paddle so hard to make sure we were with the main grp. thanx alot. the most special thing during this period would be me joining programme comm for OTC/FOC/FOW. nv expected myself to do this sort of thing, but while walking to athar with saf one day, i jus wanted to do something with my last sem. the programme kias, definitely some of the most wondeful people i met in 3 yrs. us squeezing into the superbly small and slow SAA hydraulic lift. record was 26 of us. and the lift was nv the same ever since. always breaking down and jamming. hehehe. we went thru alot of shit especially on the first day of OTC, but we became stronger and more united. late nites to al-kadir for supper, MOS in log room and in zul's 14 footer lorry. it was especially tough for the 6 days FOC/FOW but i dun think anybody wanted it to end on the last day. last day was rather emotional for me personally, nv expected myself to do that. but 3 wonderful yrs in the school, i jus couldnt control myself. and that was the first time i cried so hard since sec 2 sia, when we lost and couldnt get into nationals for north zone bball tournament. thanks to meili and shep for consoling me and xiu hui for asking me if i was alright when we were outside the lift. really appreciated it guys. have to thank all the I/cs for job well done especially the scoring i/cs (abby, jeslyn and yours truly) cos we stuck to it sia. =) and ah hui for the frenship band.