when i was in pRimaRy school, i was in choiR... i wanted veRy much to leaRn the piano.. but i knew we couldn't affoRd it.. i bought a pencil case which had a little keyboaRd that could play music.. and played with it a lot.... at home.. in class... so much so that i distuRbed the class with the sounds such that i was scolded by mrs khiR.. befoRe choiR sessions, i would be sitting in the music Room fiddling with the mini keyboaRd.. the song sheets had numbeRs indicating the notes.. and coincidently the keyboaRd was denoted with numbeRs as well.. so wheneveR i had a new song sheet, i would play on the mini keyboaRd and pRactice singing the new song even befoRe mdm goh staRts teaching...

i loved singing then.. being in TPS choiR gave me lots of peRfoRming oppoRtunities.. i had my fiRst peRfoRmance in school.. went foR LOTS of peRfoRmances and competitions.. and we neveR fail to get gold oR win.. haha.. maybe that's why i held high hopes in NASCO.. my biggest RegRet was not being able to get into RecoRding with 叶良俊 maRginally... aRgh.. neveRtheless, i was happy in choiR.. theRe was dance steps foR some of the songs.. which i Really enjoyed.. =p being in TPS choiR gave me lots of self confidence..

when i was in pRimaRy school, i was in chinese dance.. only peRfoRmed twice.. once foR SYF and anotheR time in school.. i joined chinese dance in late pRimaRy 4/ eaRly pRimaRy 5.. so i had little time to leaRn compaRed to the Rest.. it was gReat woRkout foR me.. i loved dancing.. it gives me even moRe confidence in myself.. foR the SYF i was allocated to the back to do simple dance steps.. by the peRfoRmance in school, i was fiRst up in fRont doing moRe difficult dance steps.. i RemembeR having to bend backwaRds to touch the flooR then come back up and continue dancing without feeling giddy in 2 seconds.. heh.. biggest RegRet was not being able to masteR the technique of splitting... i joined too late and my bones weRe quite haRd liao.. inflexible!! =p

dance sessions weRe always befoRe my higheR chinese lessons.. and eveRytime without fail, i would be late foR higheR chinese cos dance always end late.. then had to Run fRom the hall to the classRoom.. heh.. always sit at the last Row with yamhan.. when we changed classRoom foR higheR chinese, i was still late.. haha.. i RemembeR i was always too tiRed foR lessons... dozing off in class was nothing uncommon foR me.. but i RemembeR cheRyl sitting beside me once fell asleep on the table... i had to nudge heR to wake heR up befoRe the teacheR saw it.. hahaha...

oh yah.. cheRyl was my Role modal in pRimaRy school.. she sang veRy well.. was the solo foR a numbeR of songs.. and she was head pRefect of the school! eveRy yeaR when the class had to pRepaRe foR teacheRs' day peRfoRmance, we would be exempted fRom the audition and got in stRaight away.. haha.. cos cheRyl in my class mah.. then we would go heR house eveRytime and pRactice dancing.. =)

when i was in pRimaRy school, i was in gaRdening.. maybe cos undeR the influence of my mom.. i like planting... while otheR ppl couldn't be much botheRed, i would go to the school's gaRden eveRyday (only students fRom gaRdening weRe allowed to enteR).. then i would loosen the soil and pluck out weeds... i would go to the little pond at the coRneR and look cuRiously at the floating plants and wondeR why they could float.. would look at otheR plots and tRy to make out what kind of plants they weRe.. would look at the pong pong tRee beside my little plot and wondeR why the fRuit is poisonous.. the gaRden was a place i would be in when i was feeling down.. i find peace in that place... =)

i had lots of good fRiends in pRimaRy school... we would play basketball almost eveRyday afteR school... we Refuse to play in the couRt in school cos it was too shoRt and unchallenging.. we would go to the big basketball couRt just outside the school's back gate and play... befoRe school, duRing Recess and afteR school eveRyday, we would play skipping, zeRo point and five stones neaR the canteen... chenchin would always join us.. and yah.. he was good in all those games... =x haha... sometimes Ruiwen joined us as well.. and somehow guys seem to be betteR in these games.. =p

we used to dig out "bones" fRom the gRound.. at the fitness station, we would be playing with the sand.. occassionally we would dug something white and haRd.. and we would conclude that they'Re bones cos ouR school was said to be oRiginally a cemetRy.. haha.. i would use leaves, sand and twigs to make "dumplings".. then we would have "cooking session".. haha.. how childish we used to be..

the aRt Room was at the end of a daRk coRRidoR.. it was always gloomy.. and we heaRd stoRies of ghost lingeRing aRound theRe.. the mona lisa pictuRe in theRe was said to have moving eyes.. i actually witness a big doll glowing in gReen light when i once went theRe.. i see with my own eyes k!!! so scaRy!! maybe it was Reflection of light oR whateveR, that i neveR got to find out... =p

i RemembeR going to the coffee shop opp school to eat.. then we would go to the shops to buy stuff.. put 20 cents in machines and tuRn foR a sailoRmoon caRd.. muahahahha... RemembeR i once quaRReled with my fRiends.. i walked back to school in the heavy Rain without an umbRella.. cRying and walking... and was almost knocked down by the school bus which was coming out of school and didn't see me.. haRz...

theRe aRe so much so much moRe stuff i could Recall fRom pRimaRy school... and the memoRies become moRe and moRe cleaR even as i age... but why? why can i not even list out some fun i had in JC? as i gRow oldeR, ppl became moRe and moRe supeRficial.. moRe and moRe hypocRitic... neveRtheless, i'm still thankful i have a good childhood... thankful that i still have sweet memoRies in bad times...