Adieu, Lynette...

Today was the fairwell gathering which Lynette organised before she and her sister made her leave to Perth for their studies. How surprising. I mean, eight years ago she was a fellow classmate back in Del-Care. And now, she's fading away for good. In Perth. The surprise lies both in the fact that someone dissapears suddenly, and that Perth contains many other friends that had left the country for the loophole in the education system. And also in the second point, most of them had changed in character greatly, in a negative way.

Take Justin Goh for an example. Back in Primary 5, he was one of the few people I knew who I could saw I highly respected. Not just respected, but highly respected. Before his migration, he was also an innocent dudewho was very socialble. Unlike me, he became a Prefect and was even recomended for being a Head Prefect.

(Back in Nanyang, Prefects weren't really hated badly. They did their job, we did ours. There was almost no unjust case held between both parties, and no one needed to quarel over anything. That's a reason why I had an odd surprise when I came into ACS(I), where Prefects have been regarded as the lowest of standards. And it was only then which I had my turn as a Prefect...)

Indeed, he was a person I highly looked up to. But when he left for Perth, I could tell from every new visit he'd have back to Singapore that he's changing. Besides the height and the accent, he discovered how to swear the many vougarities available in today's society, let alone the 'f'-word. He admitted to me that he'd been watching porn and had been purchasing 'high-quality magazines'. And he was suppose to have once been an innocent friend. My regard for him dropped lower and lower until I finally concluded that he had now turned into something contradictory to the Justin I looked up to.

Don't get me wrong, though. Just because a person swears loosely does not mean he's not a person I'd highly regard. In fact, the person I'm highly regarding now is just as loose as the rest. But there's more to that guy that God let's me see, and that's the thing that somehow counts. God bless that guy!

Wait, I'm getting way far off from the point! So why not we just fast-forward to the part where Lynette's gathering starts...

First, I recieve a call from Nicholas Fung telling me that their going to be downstairs to send me to the place. My parents were still busy, so I went alone and had to hitch a ride with the Fungs. On the trip there, Uncle Francis was playing a few tracks from a Hong Konger Artist, and Nick showed me a few magic tricks with a deck of cards. When we arrived, we were greeted by John and the rest, other guests who gradually came by their call.

When it was dinner time we finally saw Lynette, and man was it creepy. She looks different, a whole lot different from back in the days of Del-Care. But nevertheless, we had our conversations with her before her final departure. Then after the meals, the guys and the gals divided up for their own forms of bonding. The ladies went up to the attic to play with the toddlers, while the men stayed in the dinning room to chat about stuff from the digital age. Sooner or later, we ended up gathering together in the entertainment room to watch cable stuff (Mr. Bean, Haunted, etc.) before saying our last goodbyes and leaving for our homes.

It may look as if all this took little time, but let's just say this is just a background view of the events. I just arrived back home minutes before the strike of midnight.

Ah, well. Another short post. It's late anyway, so I should be going now. Galatians 6:18! God bless y'all!