it's really nice to hear from one's old alma mater... every year, i get a UWCAC magazine and read about the new opportunities available to the new students... makes me feel part of a community; a very privileged one... it is very special to someone who's feeling very much like a nomad.
while i was in the States, i took the opportunity to visit AH, my classmate at UWCAC, who's currently at the Harvard Business School; at least i can say i've been to Harvard even if i didn't study there! haha. he's still pretty much the same silly guy... we used to take the same Math classes (Highers and Advanced) and he was also in my Theory of Knowledge class. little did i know was that the academic curriculum was too easy for him (he is one smart cookie and always sat in the first row while i was always hiding at the back)... and i was accused of being too bookish (how unlikely! i was probably wandering about fossicking various gems or talking to sheep?! -- i am pretty good at imitating the sheep that i passed by every day!)... because, apparently, i ignored a few interested boys... ahem... of course i didn't tell him how traumatized i was before i went to the uk... and how much i enjoyed the fact that it was so much easier for boys and girls to be good friends in the school without any other intentions of forming a closer relationship. that wasn't quite the case in the JCs in singapore... it's as if the sudden co-ed system led to the wild hormonal changes that are beyond the control of those who were previously in single-sex schools or those who do not have siblings of a different sex. i was much happier in wales because of the openess and maturity that most of my school mates showed... in any case, i was rather amused... and i am rather curious now about what other interesting 'truths' will surface when we all meet in the 10-yr reunion back at the castle-school... of course it's not merely an opportunity to catch up on each others' lives and to learn how they've moved on since, who their spouses are and what amazing frontiers they've challenged... it is also an opportunity to discuss the state of world affairs and how one might be able to contribute in some way, small as it might seem. i can't wait... although i'm slightly concerned that i've not really achieved much since i've left... i've been in school all this while... sigh... at least i know some really cool rabbit burrows where i could potentially hide!
posted by ~overacuppa~ on Sunday, 24 April, 2005 at 14:27 hrs
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