A Meeting Of Old Pals

just went to meet up with the old primary school friends in our twice-a-year gathering. this time's outing was attended by a record-low 7 people man, wah lao. only had jinglong noor yonghan hanlong yaoquan lewis. ate at hisamoto, raffles city, then proceeded to father flanagan's, chijmes, for a drink before comine back to hall with lewis.

everyone's finally graduated(hopefully myself included!), and everyone's still bumming around before beginning to find a job.

jinglong, biz ad honours grad, our ex-monitor and the fella who deserves the most credit for making these gatherings a reality will be flying off to shanghai on sunday with an nus biz ad delegation to dunno-what-check-out-what-biz-opportunities there. lucky him. he's bonded to a logistics firm liaoz though.

hanlong, ex-good bud, is still his usual wet blanketty self. forever never change, always likes to see and expose the downside of every idea and opinion and talks like he's seen alot *roll eyes*. anyway he's from nus environmental engine. still bumming around for awhile. waiting to go to cambodia(to build a school i think?) on a yep program(all the rage these days).

lewis, ntu basketball ivp, going to taiwan in a week's time on some ivp tour i think. electrical engine grad. still the cheenapok i've always known. but nice to talk to nonetheless. he was the one who wrote the one poem in my primary 6 autograph book that i can still remember:

when you grow old and ugly,
like old people always do,
don't forget your friend,
who'll be old and ugly too.

sounds a tad funny, but i've remembered this poem since primary 6 haha. its queer yet sensible eh?

yaoquan "the spud", mass comm grad, also another ex-bud, still is the same as ever. i don't think he's changed much compared to the rest of us. but his sense of humour is still well tuned that's for sure. a tad blur at times. only can stick to high-brow humour with him. but a great pal still.

noor, now an sia steward, arts grad. looks even more suave now. talks even more suave. total lady killer(said he was picked up by a milf just a few days back at liquid room! eew!). broken up with wenli liaoz. most in tune with my kinda humour, low or high, i think you gotta be like that if you're gonna charm the skirts off chicks innit?

yonghan, civil engine grad. most distant. nothing much to say about him. very polite and goody. haha. reminds me of myself in primary 6 in fact. haha.

me? i'm still the jokey one who's talking the most and the least serious with anything. haha. i think old impressions are hard to shed. haiz.

nice to meet up and chat and be comfortable anyway. i think such meetings are always good for keeping in touch. else too long never see each other then won't have that much to say to each other and the chats would only be pepper-sprayed with awkward silences. but no, not this regular bunch of us. and maybe that's why i'm so proud to tell people my primary school friends are still meeting up.