When Insanity And Creativity Collaborate...: A Walk Down Memory Lane...

When I was all of 16, fresh-faced & preparing to face the world. So-called. Was cleaning my room today & stumbled upon an old photo album where I kept all the pictures of me during my early tweenage years. But the most significant year was when I killed all my curls with chemicals just to impress a guy whom I put up on a pedestal so high for 4 bloody years, it didn't matter if I came crashing back down.

I regret changing the way I looked just so I could have his attention. And even that didn't pan out well. I was at the stage where I looked at the world with rose-colored glasses where it didn't matter if I looked like a fool chasing a lost cause. Thick-skinned, right?? I still wonder why the heck I allowed myself to be caught up like that. I learnt it the hard way. Why do you think I harden my heart so much now??

Anywayz, here's a few pics or so of me during 2 significant events in East Spring Secondary School that happened. The first group of pics were taken during Racial Harmony Day where all of us got to dress up in cultural clothes that were the opposite of our own culture. So, if you were a Chinese you had to wear a Malay or an Indian costume & vice versa. There was a competition for the class with the most number of people wearing traditional costumes & of course, our beloved class won. The next group of pictures were taken during our graduation ceremony, marking the last day of our presence in East Spring.

Including some miscellaneous pics taken during my 16th year; the year I had cornrows for hair as I embarked on my solo trip to Thailand as well as the year I 'discovered' the animal-lover side of me. No lahh, actually I liked animals before but I figured a picture with me carrying a gargantuan python while being petrified is worth putting up.

This slimey fella here weighed a cold ton & tell me, who the heck wouldn't be terrified by this monster?? All thanks to Dad shoving me forward for a picture. Observe the idiotic guy behind snickering at me. He just wanted his face to be included. I finally realized the meaning of cold-blooded killer.

Though I knew macaws were omnivores like us because it ate the peanuts in my hand...

What I failed to realize that eagles were not. No wonder it kept pecking on my hand & ate at my palm instead of the contents IN my palm!!

This mammal ate all the greens I fed it & still kept sniffing at my bottle. I don't know what this is; a deer?? Horse?? NOT Ruud van Nistelrooy, okay!!??

A fashion MUST when visiting Thailand, having cornrows are just about the cheapest style available here. For a longer last?? Ask them to pull your hair until you feel like your skull is about to rip.

Ahhh yes, the gals from Sec 4E3 during Racial Harmony Day. We're actually missing another Malay girl; God knows where she was...

The Graduating Class of Sec 4E3 at the school's atrium. Oyy, Ms. Phillip!! Come nearer a little, lahh!! The guys won't eat you up. They might be psycho but they're not cannibals...

That's better. Don't we look happy?? Although I look like I'm hiding behind my good pal Jing Yi.

The females of 4E3 with Ms. Phillip whom is now currently known as Mrs. Ng if she changed her maiden name...

The gals with Mr. Lourdesamy or as we secretly called him, Uncle Emmanuel. No lahh, not Emmanuel Petit.

Taken form another angle. As you can see, we all love taking pics.

From left to right: Zaf, Len, Siti & Mazlina. At the garden outside the foyer on our last day.

My bestest pal Siew Wee & I outside her class. Or as I affectionately call her, Siewerz...

The Old Gang!!! From left to right: Nur, Mardiyah, Len, Nini & Fala. Even after all these years, we're still going strong. Let's keep that spirit going, aitez!!