Post-Poly Syndrome

Do I miss school?

Yes and no.

I miss paying for cheap food.

I miss hanging out with Ron. (TEP mini-adventures!)

I miss trying to rationalize people's strange behaviors.

I miss listening to Azhar's sarcastic jokes.

I miss working with like-minded people. Conflicts are fun. It breeds flexibility and expands thresholds for tolerance.

I miss XJ's lame jokes.

I miss Splash n Decker's sandwiches and mushroom soup.

I miss Ayin, Fin & Zaidah.

I miss having breakfasts in the morning with my clique.

I miss doing productions with Jon and Alistair. And my Newsbox crew too.

I miss my TEP locker. I pasted a cut-out picture of a supermodel clad in lingerie on it. It was awesome. Irked Jo. It was funny.

I miss tearing my lecture notes during exam periods. "... Eh fuck this. I'm gonna skip this part." -tears a bunch of paper into half- Then Jon told me how he threw his out of his house window. I guffawed for a good 5 seconds.

What I DON'T miss about school:

...

Actually, I have nothing against school. It was fun, exciting, frustrating, unbearable, painful, surprising, gleeful and so much more.

My only regret is that I didn't sign up for a CCA and commit to something bigger than myself. Always on about grades and afraid of screwing them up. I did well in my final GPA grade, but I had nothing else to offer in other aspects of my "well-rounded education" in NYP.

But I learnt a lot about people. And that's more than I can ask for. Trust me, there are a lot of what-you-call weirdos in my class.

Homosexuals, cynics, hypocrites, manipulators, divas. We are an unlikely bunch of people that CO-EXISTED as a class... And we SURVIVED! each other to pull through to the end of our polytechnic education.

I wrote this in my final TEP report:
"I've seen tears, smiles, frowns and other dramatic events I can't quite comprehend, but to be a part of this motley crew of misfits, including the lecturers themselves, it is an honour."

I know, I know.. It sounds really dramatic, but it's the truth, dammit!

Come next Monday, I'm going to be wearing a freakin' robe to go on stage to collect my diploma and my dad and elder sister are going.. Will be taking pictures and yada yada.

I just hope that the reader will pronounce my name right.