the school doesn't seem like the sch we used to know.. the sch we used to be brought up in. 

it was shocking to see so many lil boys running ard our funfair.. some pretty not so decent guys.. & how some gals dress pretty much in spag tops n stuff which never was once allowed within the compounds of our sch. 

maybe we've left the school for so long that so much has changed. 

and maybe coz of the funfair.. all the pianos & all the mirrors that used to be sprawling ard the compound seem to have gone into hiding. 

& somehow the spirit in school seem a lil different from how it used to be back then. 

a lot has changed since we left. 

the culture, the teachings, the spirit & maybe even the 'upbringing' part. 

the only consolation i guess was that the physical building of the schools & the rooms remain the same all these 8 years since we graduated. some familiar teachers still remain seated at where they used to. and i guess the thing we looked forward to on our usual return is to see xiao zhang. the only difference now is that we no longer can hear her all powerful n almighty voice thru the sound system calling us bao bei. It's funny how we used to think it's so cheesy n all. but it's that very thing that made the whole sch feel like one big family n the very thing we miss most n remember about our sch days. I miss how she had that kind of power to keep all us lil monkeys in control... from P1 kids to sec 4 kids... how we used to dance the family dance & mass dance. N i miss how we will collectively sing 'ai wo ai wo shen ni ge la' & start swaying as a sch towards the music & how if we were in different parts of the sch we would haf just all ran to the field to gather to the music. Now they sing some songs which we don't know... oh wait... in fact no one sang other than those on the field. Somehow it just hit me in the heart. it was kind of a painful feeling in the heart that the younger generation in the school no longer are able to experience the spirit we had back in those days. I guess the presence of our VP didn't help much though i must say she did bridge the gap of now n then with the prayer in chinese & everyone saying our father in chinese. 

The spirit of our family culture resides in my heart now and forever. The voice of our dearest xiao zhang will ring in my head & how i miss us being her bao beis. whatever it is... i'm still proud to say i'm from SN. And the gracians i know will forever be the gracians i know back then.. no matter how much we have grown through these years.....