Saturday, June 25, 2005

Class of 2003

Toe and Pao possess horrendously good persuasive powers. They actually managed to yank this stubborn mule to the first official RJ reunion for the batch of '03.

I saw people I haven't seen since my last A'Level paper ended.
Alicia my superglue partner. May who called herself the love of my life and who actually gave me a watch to prove it (haha!). Clare who had gravity-defying hair. Bimbim. Du. Isaac Yee and his hearty chuckle. Renyung. Isaac. Kennedy (whom I actually see quite regularly at Mambo haha!) Yvette, whom I ran into in London. Aiky. Samuel Birdy Kwek. Huang Jian. Xueying. Qiuyun who always looks so good. Vina my OG mate. Dave. Dennis. Sida.


Qiuyun and I.. She always looks effortlessly glam!

Just like old times, The Hotties played again, with Dave as guest guitarist. And then Obese Butterflies came on, with a guest vocalist, some dude called Darren from AC. It is safe to say he got everyone's ears perked up for the first time that whole night. Nudgenudge Chaleneeeee???? Haha namecards always come in handy huh?

Other than that, the mingling reminded me so much of the chickflick Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion. Everyone inquiring in polite tones about another person's uni/army/overseas life. Or maybe it's just me, I've never managed to hold onto the Rafflesian label without any personal alienation and a sense of oddness. Cold fried fish and soggy beehoon didn't do much to perk me up.

But arm in arm, the three of us trooped around. Getting tired together, getting bored stiff together, stuffing ourselves silly together, laughing together, yakking together. Taking silly bathroom shots and pouting like the drama queens we are not. I never get tired of friendships like the one Toe, Pao and I share.


Celest cannot live without her big TOE


Pao and me being idiotically smileless (cmi!)

That alone, was the saving grace of tonight. For me, it was just the two of them. The best friends I made out of my two years there.


We go way back...


...Right up till now


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