12-year-old lee yu fen. pei hwa presbyterian student with short explosive hair(in chanho`s terms). psle aggregate score - 242. posted to fairfield methodist secondary school.
fairfield methodist secondary school. location: dover road. run down school building of at least 50 years(?) history. principal - mrs tang poh kim. allocated form class - 1a. form teacher clara chow that was later replaced by serene ong. bunch of childish 13-year-olds. failing my first history test with score 2/15. that`s all i remember of jeanette ho. other teachers include choe wai leng, priscilla song, kan hwee meng, elaine chan, amy leong, lee yew meng and zheng lao shi. hanging out with linting, daranee and jane alot. selected cca equals choir. florence, jingwen, pearlyn as sec 4 alto seniors. more than a quarter of 1a was in choir. looking at prefectorial board eye candies immanuel and jinsheng. cross country 10th position. having a crush on ernest and then the whole world knows. syf flashcard display. shin, yanling and i feasting our eyes on our group leader: kenn chng. scrapped through year 1 of school. termed as underachiever by teachers. sec 2a. form teacher rosalind ho and lim ah gek. other teachers include diana tham. priscilla song again(poor luck) and so on. performing for chinese new year celebrations. losing face for that. bonding as a class. grew closer to choir people in class. syf choral festival. silver award. still having a crush on ernest. daranee left for further studies overseas. escape trip with jane and linting and loads of 8R photos. approached by rosalind to interview for prefectorial board but getting caught for eating in class the next moment by another teacher. hiding the green file before lim ah gek can book any one of us. 2a = model class 2001. steadily improving results. not good enough to stay on in A class. 2a class chalet in pasir ris. gabriel throwing and breaking a spoon for a prank played on him. telling ernest the truth during christmas. becoming damn good friends instead. 3b. form teacher - mr moothy, later replaced by cheri lim. air con classroom. new classmates, made up of mostly of 2d students. hang out often with gabriel, linting and rhonda. valentine`s day celebration with the class at jocelyn`s place. getting to know chow chan ho through a phonecall. mrs tang retired from the school, replaced by miss elaine lim. selling calendars to raise funds for school rebuilding. sec 3 level camp. malaysia trip. gotten to know ray better. kaiwei getting caned for chasing away mrs hia. miss lim throwing his textbook out of the classroom and all the way to the first floor. slacking but had hell loads of fun. got really close to amelia, tianyin, ray and ivane. moving to new school location: commonwealth. tea garden mcdonalds = favourite hangout after school. started to keep long hair. with 18 pins(!) everyday. opening lockers in the mornings for adel, amelia and myself. forming yaya (yenmei, adelene, yufen, amelia). rms more than pms. getting to know kim and wai better. sodexho(sp?) equivalent to sucky food. dinglun da bao-ing food for recess. fainting in school. shocking people. still hanging out with 2a people - dilys, shin and yanling. missing choir prague trip. surprising amelia during her birthday with tonnes of other people in her room. moving on to 4b. form teacher - cheri lim. other teachers include yeo lili. steve ow. lye kok foo. martha chew. choir and band combined concert in esplanade - Joie De Vivre. cross country 12th position. maintaining contact with dilys through pretty postcards. deuter bag gang. sars breaking out a few days before syf. going back to school to clear lockers despite many warnings against it. formation of seance after many ordeals. losing many friends. gossip queens = adelene, kim and i (also commonly known now as lingxuanfen). sodexho and still nowhere near(i mean it) improved food. evacuation of the class when martha spilled some acid accidentally. invention of cabbage patch by wai and adel. interclass captain`s ball. loads of practicing. having a crush on caleb for half a day. winning the games. 1st in b division. loads of thefts and fighting in school. loads of caning and punishments. suicide tremor. pre-fiesta at fairfield at adelene`s place. preparations of french toast. fish and chips. chicken porridge. tea egg. pasta. also nemo`s bank games station. syf. gold award. talentime. fmakapella. coming up first for group singing. ms lim and her endless talks. her asking about our ambitions and goals(even halfway through our lessons). prelims. me screwing them up big time (i`m not the only one though). her tearing up our prelims results. starting slowly to prepare for Os. going back to school to study. playing volleyball all the same. fairfield - 2nd home. tea garden - our dining area. O levels! last day of school - dvd prepared by cheri lim. the class turned into a mess of watery eyes and blocked noses. graduation service. 16th birthday at fish and co with beloved gang. best birthday i can ever remember.

in fact. best time of my life = 4 years at fairfield methodist secondary school. just too many things to say. too much feelings to express. undeniably the best gift of my life.