Of the Land of Smurfs



Remember those blue coloured cartoon characters called "Smurfs" which lived in the forest and took naps on huge mushrooms?I was actually there yesterday,at their homeland!Well,technically anyway.I was at Catholic Junior College yesterday,and i didnt see a whole bunch of them anyway.

It was Ahmad Iskandar's great idea to study at CJC.After all,he thought it'll be fun to study in a totally different environment other than our own school.I kinda agreed,but had my reservations.After all,CJC is known for its strict disciplines.No handphones anywhere in school and such.Can be a pain in the ass,really.Anyway,so i got up at 930 and prepared to head on down to the college.It was huge from where i saw it through the bus window.Krishna was at the bus stop sorting out papers,and he led me passed the basketball courts,the infamous grand stand and then the study area.It was all quite in "Smurf Land",with a few of them playing volleyballs on the courts,and a few more in the canteen either studying or eating.We met up with Ben,and we studied a little.Ahmad and Samuel came soon after,and they were met with a big fat lie conjured by Ben,Krishna and myself that Brother Paul(The principal who shares some striking resemblance with Joseph Stalin,the ex-dictator of Russia)wanted to see us,and that i already seen him.Samuel was obviously scared out of his wits,and Ahmad on the other hand was told the secret a few moments later.

As we discussed our papers,Krishna handed me the Maths Paper One while i listened to my Ipod.So he asked,"Hey,Weilien.Question 10 part one.How did you do it?" So i took off my earphones,stared at the functions question and went,"Inverse." Then the table started chuckling and Krishna said,"Its F'(x) you know?Its F Prime X and not F inverse X." Then at that moment,it all dawned on me.In fact,everybody at that table got that question wrong.Everybody did inverse instead of differentiation.As i stared into deep space in bewilderment,Samuel on the other hand found out that he screwed the whole Vectors question up with a wrong Alpha value.All and all,it wasnt a good day to discuss maths.At least not those questions,long over.Bloody hell.

As i went to the toilet with Ahmad i saw a few Ex-Marists at the study area right beside the canteen,and they saw me as well.You shouldve seen that astonished look on their faces,because its just weird to see people from other schools,roaming in yours without anybody stopping us.Well,it was fun i guess.The toilets were pretty eerie i must say,at least the one we went to.At least they had cleaner tables.I did a bit of Maths,on Paper 2 especially.I must say it really helped.Though i didnt do a whole lot,but i think it helped one way or another.

The tour around the school was fun.Krishna showed us the badly battered classroom of his.Holes in the projection screen,notice boards and ceilings.Results of broomsticks being thrown,metal bars from under the table being thrown and stuff.Well,that really reminded me of Maris Stella,where shit like that frequently happened.I guess,CJC couldve been a better place for me after all,as i confessed to Ahmad later on.It feels more at home i guess,with the chaos around me.I guess we all need a little chaos here and there to keep our school life fun and exciting,and not that peaceful and dead place like NYJC.Yes,its peaceful.But its just bloody boring there.You can rot just by sitting there for half an hour.Anyway,Krishna's friend was crazy enough to climb from the first floor to the fourth by jumping and climbing onto ledges at the side of corridors.He is nuts,i must say.And like the Marists they talked porn while doing their work in the study area.Now that's what im talking about.The good old days.Haha.Smurf Land reminded me so much of Maris Stella,that chaotic land of the insane.

After my visit to Smurf Land,the lot of us went to Orchard.Krishna wanted to return a book,and Ahmad wanted to buy blank discs.Well,Ahmad and I ended up eating some Korean food at the food court at the basement level of Takashimaya while the rest left.Finding food is not all that difficult there really.Finding a seat,that's a trick.It took us about ten minutes to find a seat in the corner of the whole food court,and it was really uncomfortable.Oh well,so i went to buy the BBQ Beef set for the both of us,and i treated him to dinner.He then treated me to Chocolate Ice Blend at CoffeeBean,so i guess we are even.Haha.A surprise visit by Dellia at the Coffeebean came as a shock,just as we were about to leave that place.Since Ahmad had an urgent date with the toilet,i stayed for a while to talk to her.It was kinda weird to see her dressed up all formal,since she just finished her work.Her mom was downstairs at some shop going through mounts of clothes,so our conversation was really brief.Oh well,better than nothing i guess.It was all fun.

The best thing about Ipods is the ability to kill time as you travel on long bus trips.I was fortunate enough to grab a seat right at the front of the bus,which tailed Ahmad's 132 for a while.I hate going home from town on bus,especially at peak hours.You are really lucky if you find a seat,and you are really lucky if you dont share it with some old cracky man with a weird smell or some Indian worker who just finished his work at some construction site.Fortunately for me,i took the seat for my own.And Ipod was perhaps my greatest companion then.Oh well,save for the conversation with Dellia on the way home.Haha.Thanks girl,that killed a whole bunch of time.

Song of the Moment---The Way We Are by Lene Marlin