memories...

A letter to NIE:

Dear Sir/Madam/beige concrete structure situated in the most ulu and unimaginably inaccessible part of Singapore,

On the eve of my last official day in the National Institute of Education, I would like to express my sincere gratitude, not so much for the tutorials and lectures that sometimes bordered on inanity, but rather, for the opportunity of socialising with...

1) the Bio n Eng peeps...the six of us...the only ones in the school with this odd combination of CSs...
~ P, with whom I can talk to about anything and everything
~ HL, a wonderful hang-out buddy and gossip mate
~ M, my snoozing mate on the MRT home
~ G, our da jie, who is always so steady in all she does
~ G, who is oddly charming with his fancy for spas and facials and totally metrosexual lifestyle

2) the Bio peeps in general...with the lovely, lovely girls (and sometimes the occasional XY chromosome being)...too many to name...with their absolutely quirky humour..I will cherish the laughter and crap we shared...

3) the Eng tut peeps...having gone through 3 very different tutors...having to adjust each time, and especially during the second semester~ during which our unity was so strong and so pronounced to all except one...and also special mention to my two chem friends T and Y...

4) the Practicum peeps...who have offered so much solace and friendship during the trying times of the practicum period. Even though I was a rose among the thorns, I was quite a happy rose...thanks to L, LH and SK...

5) the ubiquitous Fellow Trainee who is encountered during tutorials...with whom one can, at any point, on the basis of a shared identity and shared experiences, strike up a conversation.

I have to confess that those days were not exactly my happiest, for I had felt rather disillusioned and dejected at several points, and it was in no small part thanks to the above people that I have managed to somehow pull through and still manage a smile.

What can I say...teachers rock. =)