bangand so come the final minutes before the glorious ending.
not too glorious, but still.
it shall be glorious all the same.
as with 2 years ago.
here we go again.
to the class.
4.4 Ezra 2008.
these two years are forever irreplaceable.
forever unable to be duplicated.
yet these two short years have thus come to pass.
we might want to continue as we are.
but from now on, the fact is inevitable.
we will go our separate ways.
after all, it was fate that brought us all here.
so is there any reason for us to continue staying the way we are?
no.
and they don't let us anyway.
so to each and every one of you.
a deep impression has been left in my heart.
despite how unfriendly,
ignorant,
aggressive,
crazy,
and uninterested you might have been towards me.
in the end.
you can't do anything else.
so i thank you.
1) Ariel
in essence, someone who can play along with whatever insanity you throw at him.
yet he stays sane.
i thank you.
for even though you weren't a close friend.
a friend is a friend nonetheless.
2) Austyn Yong
in essence.
actually.
i thank you.
for your passive attitude.
for you are still a friend in the end.
despite what everyone else thinks.
3) Benjamin Kee
three years. oh wow.
but now that we're all off on our own.
i can hope for the best.
try not to screw up now.
and here are my thanks.
for the many times we stayed over.
for the many times we laughed (mostly at you).
for the many times you helped me out, which given your expertise i am not worthy of at all.
and for being the same no matter what.
although of course, changing for the better is always.
better.
no matter who you become in the future.
you are you.
so there.
and so, my good friend.
i fear, with the circumstances.
we will eventually part.
and part we will.
with a smile that will fade with age.
4) Nick Chan
always one to be silly.
i hope this doesn't happen to you from now on.
but the world is cruel.
so this is your chance.
so i wish you all the best with it.
and perhaps when the time comes.
you will have succeeded.
5) Chandra
more indo insanity.
but nevertheless.
someone who shares it.
so i thank you.
for the craziness.
6) Dickxon
well.
uninterested maybe.
but in the end.
being neutral is better than being hated.
so thank you for.
whoever you choose yourself to be.
because there is no one else even one bit close.
7) Edward Doong
sigh.
i have to say.
we pretty much share interests.
and talk about pretty much everything.
i hope you can somewhat forgive.
the times where i get frustrated over your
repetitive ways.
perhaps a bit more patience was what could have done it.
but time can't turn itself back.
i wouldn't want it to anyway.
because we still remain good friends.
so i hope it can stay that way.
after all.
we still have some random stuff to work together on.
and given the situation.
we might still meet out of something.
so perhaps.
but the time will come.
so if and when it comes.
i only wish you will stay the way you are.
because if you can still make us friends as your unique self.
why can't you with anyone else?
so keep moving forward.
for you will always be you.
as i see and as i will remember.
8) Elsufyan
well. perhaps.
we might have been better friends if we shared that interest.
strategy.
but sadly, i am not so enthusiastic in that.
but you are a good friend nevertheless.
so i can only wish you all the best.
9) Jack Ho
i wonder how i ended up with you for four years.
but now the time has come to part.
oh finally.
jokes aside, thank you.
for your enthusiasm.
and the drama that unfolded every time you spoke.
10) Pradnya
i was tempted to type out the whole name.
oh well.
nevertheless.
another indo.
who can take as much of my silly acts as much as i can take his.
i thank you.
for making our lives brighter in your small way.
11) Iskandar
what a joker.
is all i can think.
and indeed.
most of the time you end up laughing at me.
i wonder why.
but still.
as long as it keeps anyone happy.
so keep the way you are.
for people like it.
and i'm sure you know that too.
12) Jeffri
yet another.
indo who can take my insanity as much as i can his.
thank you for the funky dance moves.
the harvest moon.
and all that talk about jc.
13) Tim Lau
well.
slight bit hostility perhaps.
not that i was very quiet in response.
but you are unique in your way.
or trying to be.
i hope you really don't try out one of your plans on someone.
because everybody is special in their way and doesn't deserve to die at the expense of another one's pleasure.
so keep it this way.
and it'll all be fine.
14) Gerard Lee
again.
i do not understand why i have known you for four years.
but your attitude hasn't changed.
i can't say keeping it that way is for any good.
but maybe it's not me who has to tell you to realize.
what has been going around you.
nevertheless.
i can only wish you all the best.
and that by pure luck you may be saved.
and then you will realize.
for you will have no so-called luck left by then.
15) Shaun Lin
well.
what can i say.
another unique style.
is what perhaps keeps us going.
plus a post-end line for laughs.
because that's only where you seem to come in.
but as an intellectual.
you are valued. i guess.
to me, though.
a great friend.
who will play along.
for the both of our increased laughter.
in the end.
once again.
you may change.
but you are still you.
i thank you, finally.
for the recurring jokes.
voicing your desire.
or rather, your passion.
perhaps it might come true.
but the world is a cruel place.
so who knows.
just know that in the end.
i am still your friend.
and a good one at that.
16) Andy Loo
someone i knew from way back.
i had always admired your talents since then.
and now.
you like to joke around.
but the courtesy and respect does not fade.
and at that i am grateful.
and i shall wish you all the best.
17) Reuben Wong
perhaps it was more of my fault.
but either way.
you have played along.
so i thank you for that.
and the laughter you brought everyone.
for the chess that everyone else played.
and group of people you brought together with it.
those were good times.
and i'm sure you will continue this way.
18) Rheza
always a bit mysterious in terms of reaction.
but you play along at my silliness as well.
so i thank you for that.
and also the jokes you bring.
for they were special in their own way.
19) Ricky
perhaps more passive.
but when you get excited.
it becomes a chaos.
in a good sense.
but nevertheless.
thank you for listening.
20) Russell See
you were entertaining in your own way.
and the courtesy, too, didn't fade.
so i can only wish you all the best.
and that perhaps.
just perhaps.
you can stay like that.
because after all, i guess.
you will be happiest when you can be yourself.
21) Ryan Cheok
entertaining in your own way too.
if only you were more open.
but it's fine either way.
for our time is up.
so i can only wish you all the best.
22) Ryan Foo
i remember how we started talking.
it all started with a similar interest.
who knew what happened then.
and then something else grew.
and soon enough.
everyday we spent as friends.
great friends.
like edward.
you are unique like that.
and that's a good thing.
maybe you can go pair up with him and do a stand-up comedy.
but that's only useless chatter.
like what we did everyday.
but every word came with enjoyment.
and shared with each other.
each and every one of them were and still are precious.
but now that interest is no more.
and other attempts have sort of failed.
but i'm still sure.
that we might stay like this.
for you are working towards it after all.
and i will look forward to it.
for you are an irreplaceable friend.
just, and so ironically, like the rest.
23) Tan Chuanxi
another person i knew.
from oh so long ago.
but now the time has come.
i thank you.
for your enthusiasm.
and your friendliness towards me.
your energy.
that drove the class along.
and continuing to play alongside me for the exams.
even if it was out of laziness to find another partner.
which i highly doubt.
i treasure it greatly.
and in the end.
when you play with your friend.
the music sounds the best.
24) Kai Wei
passive.
i suppose.
but still friendly.
which is a good thing.
i guess.
so thank you.
for being a part of it all.
as with the rest.
no one else can take that number from beside your name.
25) Tan Ti Wern
hooray.
i promised i would write something long.
so long i will write.
to me.
you are, despite who you look to be.
a very dedicated.
passionate.
understanding.
and mature.
person.
yet you still put up with what childish things we do.
and i thank you for that.
because it has brought us much joy.
because you are special in your own way.
and to us, that is a wonderful gift.
so i thank you.
for the times you didn't mind following us around.
for the times we all sat around in the bus and talked all kinds of nonsense.
dropping history was a good choice.
i hope you didn't regret it.
because i didn't.
and as the days drag along.
you may not end up the ti wern we all have come to know.
but you will still be you.
and to me, a precious friend.
26) Brian Tan
quiet at first.
but in the end.
a random.
and fun guy to be with.
perhaps the fun times could have lasted longer.
but this is more or less the end.
so i thank you.
for being the friend you were.
27) Nathaniel Toh
again.
i do not understand.
how someone like you would come to even notice someone like me.
but nevertheless.
your friendliness and courtesy prevailed.
it's wonderful to have a friend whom you think will never befriend you.
so i thank you for making that highly unlikely situation come true.
28) Nick Wee
well.
in the end.
you still were nice to me.
so i thank you.
and for the laughs.
as well as who you are in your own way.
i thank you.
29) Willie Quek
once again.
the friendliness.
and the courtesy.
prevail.
no matter how crazy you can get sometimes.
there will be no one who can get crazy like you.
not by magnitude.
but by what you do.
so i wish you all the best.
for you were a friend to me.
30) Wira
quiet, passive perhaps.
but never refusing to listen.
never refusing to take an opportunity to talk.
i thank you.
for showing that friendly attitude.
to someone you have barely known.
yet over these two years.
it persevered and.
as we part.
you will remain a friend to me.
31) OOOOO
hmm.
well what can i say.
this is such an awesome person.
words can't describe the awesome.
...
i am letting my ego get the better of me.
well that will be something to avoid.
now on the new year's list.
but this will be farewell to the me from then.
for everyone will change in their own small way.
or even big way.
and what was left behind.
will only become a memory.
so to the me from then.
i say goodbye.
32) Melvin Yuen
i never considered myself to have a best friend.
but in reality.
perhaps it was just denial.
perception is what makes the reality.
so in majority human terms.
you were my best friend.
were?
it all started.
with a small thing.
which in your personality.
still produces and shoots at me.
and it grew into something big.
which blew up with no glory at all.
and i was left standing there with nothing.
perhaps all the comfort i had was to shout and scream.
but at least you were there to laugh at me.
for it is better than looking up into the sky.
and staring all my hate into the moon.
which continued to shine so brightly.
into the dimmest point of my life.
but that is all over now.
and you haven't changed.
everyday teasing and laughing at me.
laughing together at silly things we both do.
to other people it might be annoying.
but to me, you wouldn't be my best friend if you didn't do all those.
i used to wonder.
why do i tell you things i don't want you to hear.
because if you did you'd just make fun of me.
but i realized the reason for that a long time ago.
and it was because.
when you are happy, i am happy.
just as with all my other friends.
so perhaps.
we could continue along the road like this.
but one day there will be a fork that will separate us.
for there is no such thing as a life friend.
so i can only try to make it happen.
and the rest i will leave for the hand of salvation.
because if we didn't hope in the first place.
it would never happen.
so i thank you,
for everything you are.
too long to list out if i took a year writing this.
because in the end.
a part of you made a great part of me.
and for that, i am grateful.
because who knows what i would become.
if i had never met you.
thank you.
33) Zachary Sim
once again.
the courtesy prevailed.
and i made another friend.
thank you for the occasional joy.
and i wish you all the best.
34) Zakhran
and last but not least.
thank you for the joy you brought to everyone.
and the same, albeit a bit changed person.
you were since i first met you.
but friends we are.
so let's remain that way.
...
our class might have just been a number and a name above a door.
yet it was a living entity.
unique and full of life in its own special way.
there will be no other group of people that will.
act.
laugh.
and live.
like us.
and how we carried this out.
i will forever remember.
parting is such sweet sorrow.
but no matter how far the winds of fate may tear us apart.
in our hearts, the bond will remain.
so i bid you all
farewell.
...
for i will no longer look to the top.
i look forward.
and towards only one thing.
i shall walk.
whether i walk with everyone.
or on my own.
i know that i can't really
expect anything more.
because no miracles exist in this world.
only accidents and inevitabilities.
and the actions that one takes.
so i will reach my hand out.
and try to make that miracle happen.
for you are ever so kind.
ever so good to me.
and i appreciate that oh so much.
so i will keep walking towards you.
until the day i reach you.
and we shall both say.
till death do us apart.
(and by the way, i am not talking about melvin in the last bit. repeat. i am not gay.)