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I remember back in Standard 1, we were in the same class. Your dad always came to visit you during the recess. One afternoon, you were not feeling well and was throwing a tantrum. Your dad came to visit you, you did not want to get back into the classroom. You dad spanked you on your leg with his hand, you shut up, still very upset but you came back into the class.
You were very talkative back in primary school. Teachers reprimanded you for talking too much, too frequent. Some teachers concluded that you were the only child in your family and that's probably why you talk a lot in class because you don't have anybody in your age group to talk to at home. I am very sorry for your parents, for their loss.
One year in primary school, probably in Standard 3, I can't recall exactly which year was that, for we were in the same class for 6 years. We were back from a school break, you learnt some 'new' hand gestures, some 'dirty' hand gestures from some of your cousins during the break. You were so excited and wanted to show us, yet the conservative school environment back then compelled you from sharing with us. Finally, after a day of internal struggles and several of us constant pestering and reassuring you that we won't tell the teacher, you showed us the hand gestures.
When we were in Standard 5 & 6, we got into frequent arguments and quarelling, for I am very opinionated, you were no different and we both will not back down for anything. Things got worse when the teacher assigned me to sit in front of YC, where you sat next to him. Then something funny happened. I am a very observant person and I have a knack to 'smell' that something was 'fishy'. I found out that both you and YC were attracted to her and I can't help but to poke fun on both of you. You and YC were best friend back then, and I did not realize that it was hard and it took a lot of courage for you to back down from the (puppy) love triangle. I know, that was childish, but back then, we were all very childish.
After Standard 6, during the school break, we were enrolled in Keat Hwa Private Secondary School for a tuition class to prepare us for secondary school. For some reasons, even though we argued a lot in Standard 5 & 6, we decided to sit together, as we were in Standard 6. CH and I sat together, YC and you together and I was in front of you. I still remember that I turned around frequently to stare at you, because you won't stop kicking my chair. That was the last time that I was in the same class with you. We were never in the same class all through secondary school.
It was a shock for me when I found out about your accident. For a second, I thought that it was an April Fool prank, but I realized that it can't be. Your life had just started and this had to happen. Rest in peace, my dear friend, for there is nothing else in this world that you should be bothered with ... rest in peace.
