last sunday, attended a gathering of my secondary school's gymnasts alumni.. well, sort of because only a close knit of them gathered, basically just the seniors until my batch.. and only me from my batch.. jonathan was too indulged in his hang-over state to come.. haha..
we gathered at the place of our former teacher-in-charge, ms lin. even though i have not seen her before, there's not sense of distance between us.. it's as if she already knew me as one of her students long time ago.. i liked the gathering, get to meet those seniors i have not meet for at least 10 years.. like juwanda, ren jun, li si, lina and raymond.. all those memories just flow back like tap water, all those hell-trainings by them, and of course the after-training outings, meals.. now, all the ladies who came, save lina, are already married with kids.. time really flies..
all was fine till we watched some self-made videos taken by them during one of their trainings, when one segment showed one of our friend who have since left us all.. everyone turned rather quiet, as if choked by something everyone of us felt but dared not speak out.. a moment which seemed eternal..
what i enjoyed most about this gathering was, which was also well-said by richie, the kind of relationship which does not contain any motives nor agenda, pure and almost child-like.. i certainly hope that all or most relationships are like that.. wholeheartedly and sincerely..
cheers..
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