One Long Final Day (Part 3)

Ran off to the foyer to find Jinho, Stanley and Danielle already there. Had a bit of a ruffle with Pn Suria about me being too lenient but oh well, last day of duty right? Can't have a perfect record, gotta get things wrong too =P Jokes aside, it was just a bit of a misunderstanding and I admit I was being a bit lenient because of the fact I was leaving, it was end of term, people were stressed about Speech Day performances etc etc, so yeah, my fault =( Anyway, moving on, we waited for Tunku Naquiyuddin and the guest of honor to arrive to greet them then rushed off to the hall to prepare for the presentation of the program. Yeah, Speech Day protocols are a bit weird for me and make me very, very nervous.

After the nerve-wrecking presentation of the program booklet (yay), we could chill out at the back of the hall until the next task: presentation of the gifts of appreciation (double yay). /i honestly really do get freaked out by protocol. I need to work on that =/ Tried my best to listen to all the speeches - might I remind you, I was functioning on no sleep so cut me some slack here x| It was all very interesting.... the principal gave the annual report about the school in terms of academic, co-curricular actvities and recent developments. Then came the prize giving portion of which I was number 56 on the list, receiving a gift for Outstanding AS Level Results or something to that extent, basically meaning that I got straight A's for my AS exams. It was a book called "User's Guide to the Universe"...PHYSICS. haha. I excitedly went to show it to Mr Hughes only to have him reveal to me that he was the one who chose it. Ooh, explains a lot.

KTJ has this special award they present every year for the student who they feel is an all rounder and a good role model I guess =/ As far as I know, teachers nominate names but I don't know the selection process...it's called the Tunku Naquiyuddin All Rounder Award. And...well...I got it this year =D What made me happy wasn't even the fact that I got the award, it was the cheers that followed after my name was announced =) For all you know, it could just be that my friends are really really loud but doesn't matter, made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside x) Honestly, all I saw as I was walking towards the stage was Peng Yong's smiley face -.-"


Pretty cool, eh? The male recipient of course was none other than my partner in crime, Jinho =)

Ben left! Ben had to go at 11.30am =(((((( It's funny how we're so different yet so close but he really has been a huge part of my KTJ life. And when I say huge part, I mean see-him-every-day-somehow-remained-close-since-very-first-day kind of huge part. Whoaa, life without him around is gonna be pretty weird =/

The guest of honor was from Monach University. His speech was extremely entertaining and I loved his voice and accent. For the first time, the alumni came over and the chairman gave a speech then presented awards to the teachers who have been teaching in KTJ since the school was built 19 years ago. Quite a lot of them actually...about 7 I think. I almost didn't recognize the guy giving the speech but I had met him before...just that I didn't know he was the chairman and back then he was dressed very casually =S Did manage to meet him after for a little chat...very nice guy.

I really didn't think I would cry. Although I knew there was a possibility. I told myself, I believe I would really only know how much I would truly miss KTJ on the very last day as we were about to leave and true enough I realized alright =(

After the whole event, a group of humans in grey blazers were seen in the middle of the hall hugging and crying (some more than others =/ and some not at all). I...stood for awhile watching it all happen then went to hug some people. And I was okay...until I hugged Jean who said some things to me that made me tear up...followed by Janani who didn't have to say anything and two of us were sobbing uncontrollably ='( It all lasted for about an hour...the crying and the hugging and the goodbyes. Sigh. You never really know until it's gone. It surprised me to see some juniors crying...lower sixers, form 3's and 4's =S I didn't think they'd be so attached to the seniors but apparently so, hmm. I wouldn't have cried last year but then again, it's not the same.

When I left CBN, I didn't shed a single tear. Even on the last day of SKBB, I cried a bit. But CBN? No way. There was literally nothing to be missed there but bad, bad, horrible memories I wish to forget. The feeling was so different the last day of CBN and the last day of KTJ.

I managed to calm myself down...only to see Ms Sarah in the dining hall and start crying again ='( I really will miss her, she took good care of me in school. She sent me soup once when I had fever! How awesome is that.

Lunch on the grass was pleasant...I was thinking we should have done that more often =P All he while I was tracking people down to give them postcards...hope they liked them. After returning Mr Hughes his DVD's, I watched as the Lower 6'ers went off for their session of OBS. Gosh, it seems not so long ago that it was us in those buses wondering what Lumut had in store for us. There she was, dear little Danielle...moment I waved at her she started crying again O.o Of all the lower 6'ers, she definitely cried the most...I don't know if that's just her natural self - very emotional-sad-to-see-sad-thing-happen kinf of character or if she's really gonna miss all the upper 6'ers that much =S It was really sad to see her crying so much though...made me even more sad x|

Well, after they had gone there wasn't much else to do but pack up and talk to whoever was in the house. Talked to the teachers, some friends...


By the time I left it was almost 4pm and I think only Sam and Ishmam were in the house. Said my goodbyes, and it was sayonara to KTJ for the last time as a student. Imagine that...best two years of my life so far and it all happened in this little school in Mantin. I'm going to miss this place but as I said before, new things will come to fill that void so the feeling of longing for it will be replaced by just memories of the amazing, unique, insane yet priceless time I had in KTJ.