Random Rambling # 3 / Character Profile # 1

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So, it's official. 17. That number represents a lot of things. Lets start off with Super Best Friends.

Out of all the SBFs I've had in 17 years (Five. "It" doesn't count since I never actually thought of it as a BF), I have to admit that Alex had the biggest impact on me. Let's see.... We met at the age of 7 in *drumroll* SK Taman Megah. Honestly, I don't remember if we became SBF in 1999 or 2000, but for the sake of coolness, I'll say 1999. However, since we're on the subject of my early years, I might as well talk about my first year.

In my first year, I spent the majority if my time with.... girls. Yeah. There goes one of my first secrets. In particular, 3 girls. As to who they are, that's Classified Information (I think you can expect to hear that a lot from now on). I was particularly close to one of them. I'll call her E (I think some people might be able to figure out who she is. If you do, good for you.). No, not the romantic kind of close. At least, I think it wasn't considering that I was only 7. I don't really have any special memories of 1999, though.

In my second year, I hanged out with the guys full time. One of my fondest memories would have to be seeing Alex being chased by the 3 girls around the school. I also recall that Alex and E used to kick each other in the legs. Hehe. As for what year that was, I can't remember. That doesn't really matter though. We were kids, we had plenty of energy and of course, we most probably still believed in cooties.

In the third year, I can recall that E was a prefect-in-training. Once again, my memory fails me. In the fourth year, we ended up in the same class again. In fact, the entire time we were in primary school, we were always in the same class year after year. I was almost always a few places behind him in the class ranking, so I guess that's how we managed to get in to the same class for 6 years. Now that's epic.

Like I was saying, in the fourth year, same class. Unfortunantly for us, we somehow did badly enough that we both ended up in the 3rd class. I think on the first day, we both agreed that we would get into the 2nd class together the next year as one of our friends (Zhen Quan was his name, IIRC) got into 2nd class. He was in the 3rd class the previous year. That obviously happened. I think the fourth year was the year I sat next to *drumroll* Benjamin Devasir (yes, him.) and Gerald (I forgot to get his email or something). I think Wei Liam and Ian Fan were also in the same class as me and Alex for the next two years.

I remember in the fourth year, boredom caused me and Alex to make "comics". We did them in little notebooks in our free time. It was fun, and it continued till the last year. In the last year, we wanted to stop because of the discipline teacher, but in the end, we didn't. I remember that the first 3 people who read my "comics" were Ben, Gerald and of course Alex. Good times. Alex made his own too. I now realise his handwriting hasn't changed one bit.

The fourth was pretty interesting. I started going to tuition classes with Alex. We went for Science at ZQ's house too, although that might have been the sixth year. I remember making a comment about our Maths textbook and I called it the "Big Fat Maths Book of Everything". When went to his house for tuition, ZQ actually made a Powerpoint advertising the "Big Fat Maths Book of Everything". Hilarious stuff.

In the fifth year, we entered the 2nd class again, but ZQ went down to third and sadly stayed there till the last year. Most of the year is a huge blur and I can't remember much. IIRC, this was the year that we started calling some girls lesbians. Why, you ask? That's because I remember one of the girls kneeled in front of another and saying "I love you.". That was while me and my friends were in front of them. One of the girls, I recall knowing since before the fourth year. One of my scariest memories is when my mother used to send her home. I recall it so clearly, it's creepy. For ease, I'll call her L.

We stopped to have lunch at McD's. As I got out of the car, L got out and just hugged me and basically lifted me off my feet. Yes, I was shorter then a girl my age. After lunch, my mother had bought some Hello Kitty toys for my sisters. L had one and she was so happy, she once again hugged me and lifted me up again... in the middle of the street. Yeah. Years later, I'd eventually find out a shocking truth. I'll get to that later.

Anyway, the lesbian thing continued to the last year. I also recall during Music lessons and when we had to sing, we would scream the lyrics at them. It was... funny considering most of the guys in class did that. In the final year, everything was coming to an end. Even with UPSR in the corner and the uncertainty of wheter or not anyone would see each other the next year, I had a great year.

I remember a new kid entered the school that year. Joshua. He was new, but in a day, he was part of the family already. The guys would play football in the "desert" as we called it, and the girls would do whatever it is they did. I can't recall alot of the sixth year though. I'll skip to after UPSR. We were anxious and we were basically trembling with excitement. Then the ceremony began. Slowly, one by one, the classes started to go in front and stayed there. In the end, I only remembered 4 of us still sitting down. We were the ones who got 4A's. It wasn't bad. I didn't feel upset. Me, Alex, Montri (Mr. Sexy Legs. He wore shorts in standard 6. Having long legs, he got the name Sexy Legs. He accepted the name.) and Sabrini Tan (I remember Ian Fan being somewhat jealous of me. Why? Because me and Sabrini had to share a piece of paper that had two UPSR forms.). All in all, I had a good primary education. Lot's of fun and memories.

Then came the first year of secondary school. I was supposed to have go to SMKDJ, but I got sent to SMKKJ (the King's school). On the day of orientation, I met a classmate of mine who would eventually end up in DJ, i think. I tried to get into DJ, but they were full. So, I turned to the second alternative. Tropicana. I'll tell you that Mr. Loke (Yes, him.) helped me get in. WTF, you say. How did that happen? Well, my mother taught his daughter and his two sons. Heh. They are, Loke Jia Wen (My mother keeps a picture of me and her as kids), Loke Jia Jun (You should know who this is) and their little brother. Anyway, I ended up in 1B because our history teacher (Forgot her name D:) who also used to teach in Taman Megah, told us that 1A was full and that I would be sent there when they had the space. That never happened.

The first day, I was reacquinted with Nicholas Kurt and Rhys Lee. That was the day I also met Brendon and obviously, Jun Wai-sama. Anyway, this is about Alex, so on to the story. Alex was kinda dismayed that I didn't end up in DJ and asked me to transfer. I did have those intentions. Still, we went for BM tuition together again till now. We also went to the same Maths classes till this day. I recall during AC, Ben came to 1A and asked me if I was going to make comics that year. I said No, and he asked me why. I don't really remember what happened after that.

The second year, I had originally planned to leave. I was put with in 2A with Vicky and "it". That year, I met Kelvin and everyone else. I planned to leave in our third year and of course, that didn't happen. In the fourth year, Alex told me if it was okay if I didn't want to transfer. And so, I've ended up in Tropicana for five years. A part of me wonders what would have happened had I left. I still wonder.

Now for something not related to school. I remember Brendon introducing me to ROSE Online. I told Alex about it, and we played it together. I stopped after awhile, but eventually, we'd play Maple Story. That was in Aquila. His highest leveled character was 43 and my highest in Aquila was 29. LOL. We stopped that eventually too. Then we went to CABAL. And that too we stopped. Right now, we're planning to play a game again. Most probably after SPM. We'll see.

Also, once during our BM tuition, we were talking about primary school. All of a sudden, Alex says, "Oh yeah, L likes you. She told me herself." Needless to say, I was surprised and kinda shocked. In the end, I did nothing about it and Alex started teasing me about other girls. I remember one particular comment he made. It was kinda perverted. Sorry, Classified Information.

Ah, all the memories. That's not even everything I remember. To think that only a decade ago, I became SBFs with him. 33 years from now we can both say to our kids or friends or whoever, "We've been SBF for 40 years.". As if 10 years wasn't long enough, I can't possibly imagine the next 33. If I were to write about this again in 33 years, I bet I could make a book.

Anyway, better stop here before it gets even longer. Till next time.

Dedicated to Alex, my SBF! Thanks for 10 years of fun!