already done bulk of the 'visiting' on CNY eve

today's CNY eve. tis morn i got up at 5 plus am again (have been waking up at 8tish, 9nish) to go back to sch to visit my ex-colleagues (inspired by dinner with some of them) and see some of the students who are still in school.(the first batch i've been thro since they were S1 has graduated. soon, no students in the sch will noe me.)

the CNY program was... well, usual (i noe a lot of efforts' gone into it), hving been thro 3 of them. but it was great to catch up with pple i used to work with, mull thro tiring times with, laugh abt silly jokes... a quick list of pple i've spoken w: haz, sok hoon, nair, hui cheng, cik zulaika, lian, colleen, deepa, janet (tr aide), anguila, ad ong, tess, intan, audrey, en chee, 3b1'07, mrs tay bee kee, mrs judy wong, mdm poon, puspha, some geog (and non-geog students of '07 batch) ... said quick hi to huihuang, tang, thomson, jacob,peck hoon, ... pple i missed cos they've left or taking break include mrs aw, marilyn, baljeet, mildred....

its really nice to be in touch... :)

every yr, the guzheng tuan performed. tis yr, without fail. i rem last yr, i commented to a certain teacher sitting beside me that, the previous batch's ensemble leader (who usually sits at the foremost section of the set up whom i've taught before and i therefore had encounters with) was no longer there as she has graduated. It felt strange to see the first batch of students i've taught for at least a year, and worked with in performances not there and moving on. I think i teared. This year, once again, the girls i remembered as the seniors and leaders of last yr's group i;ve seen through school concerts no longer there. This happens year after year. But next yr onwards, even if i do visit, it wld no longer hv that nostalgic feeling anymore cos i no longer hv encounters with them. its such a surreal feeling.

after tt, there was a kalimantan 'reunion'. ping's in town, so we all met up for lunch (most of us who are in town).

so tt's so much for my past 11 waking hours. nice... :)