Teachers' Day

Today is Teachers' Day. Can I make it anymore obvious? (shades of Avril Lavigne there...I'm crazy about her nowadays...heh) The day when teachers around Singapore rejoice and receive overdue gratitude n' heartfelt thanks from their students,mentees,boys & girls. Now that I've left school, I really miss the atmosphere of this and other special occasions, when the students are let out to have fun halfway thru the day, when teachers let their hair down (wadabt those w/o hair?) and become less frumpy and moody, and generally, everyone has extra bags of goodwill (and candies, for them P. Schoolers) to share.

One year ago yesterday, 310806, I took part in my last-ever Teachers' Day concert. I'm a band man, and so far, out of the 3 years I studied in MI, i took part in 2 of the years. 2005 I skipped cos of some friction and politics (MI...standard arh). I remember playing lead guitar in 2004 with rhythmist Erezuwan, bassist Syaqir, drummer Shmeer, and of course, who can forget, abang vocalist, Hairi, and we covered Guns N' Roses's "Don't Cry". We cocked it up, we had fun, & we dedicated it to Mr.Heikal, who it turned out,wasn't even in the audi.Hmmm.After which as a last minute plan...n' it was literally LAST-MINUTE... Sulaiman, Shmeer and me banged out "That Thing You Do", by The Wonders. We did fairly ok considering the last-min nature. The singing was plenty awful though...no hard feelings eh Farhan?~ heh.

In 2006, again I had a band, this time me on rhythm, Sulaiman on e lead axe, Syaqir on bass, and our two special performers, Mr.Azlan banging the drums n' Amelia our only girl~ Once again, we played "That Thing You Do"...2nd time in 3 years for me... but alAmakk...the Student Council kinda spoiled it abit la.

My 2006 Band

Sheesh. And I did smtg I hadn't done in years, I acted! heh. That means I've danced, jammed and acted in front of school.Hmmm. Long story short, this vid below (part of the skit) was supposed to be wad I was 'dreaming' of when sleeping in class...

Guess u've all watched it from my Friendster acct...
Anw. there's more videos of concerts in MI that I can't post cos its too big and burnt onto VCD (Teachers' Day 2004 & 2006), or its gone from my comp (CNY Concert 2005) =( oh well.

Anyway, back to my musings.Point of this extended post is, is that i miss school.Yea all u who can't believe wad ur seeing here, I repeat:
I MISS SCHOOL. How I miss wearing my school uniform.My notes.PE lessons.Canteen.Friends.Teachers.Assembly. I realize that I'm an adult now, whether I like it or not. By any definition, be it by religion or by country. There's no more turning back. Speaking of being an adult , here's wishing my cuzz Mr.Jibondez a Happy 25th Birthday. U have grown man.U have grown!

And here's a shout-out to my dad which I'm ashamed to say...I haven't done all these years.
HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY, AYAH.
This post is for you.

Dear Amy, see you in September
Hope that you remember me next year
Hey Jamie, you've been a great friend to me
I hope that I'll still see you around here
'Cause I'm looking through the yearbook then I find that empty space
There's a name without a picture, but I can't forget her face
Tell me where did you go, I want to know
Where did you go?