Entry 16 : Fast Times At Pearl High

Hey.
I don't blog much, do I?
It's not me being a procrastinator.
It's just that I don't like blogging about stuff people don't really take seriously.

I don't blog about myself much.
I did that back in 2008 and I wrote a lot but nowadays I don't even do much.
So I decided that I won't always blog about my days.
That is the reason why I blog about thoughts and ideas.
That is also the reason why my blog gets abandon from time to time since I don't really think much either.

I've said this once and I'll say it again.
I miss thinking, having ideas and have inspiration flow into my mind like diarrhea flowing into the toilet bowl.
Anyway, it's been bugging me a lot, the thought that my blog now has ten followers that don't actually follow anything.
Meaning that even though they follow my blog, they're not necessarily following my life as I'm living it.
I guess they just like to read something different for a change?
A shout out to my followers/fans:

THANKS A LOT, GUYS!

(By guys I mean people and not males)

Well, that's not why I'm writing this entry.

As you can refer to the title, I'd like to write about school.

Yeah, this might turn into a sappy, depressing, unhappy entry but memories always make you feel that way, don't they?

The school I spent my last fve years studying at was SMK Taman Mutiara Rini.

Apparently there isn't a single photo of the school that I have that makes it look majestic in any way therefore I won't put up a photo of it.

I have to admit, the school isn't much fun.

It lacks a lot of facilities and teaching materials.

It homes the infamous Principal (whose name won't be mentioned) that is known throughout JB.

It was the home of the great Canteen Lady (Mak Cik Kantin).

And it was also the source of my happiness, sadness, exhaustion, inspiration, anger, despair, pride, joy and most importantly memories.

But the year that summed it all up was 2009.

The class that I stuck with and that stuck with me was M1.

That includes 1M1 '05, 2M1 '06, 3M1 '07, 4M1 '08 and 5M1 '09.

1M1 '05

The first year of secondary school.

The first step I took into the new world.

The year 2005 had me shaking in my B.First shoes and made my hair spring out like bushes.

I don't recall much of that year or that class.

I was made the Class Monitor because I had experience in that field and also because I was obese.

It doesn't make much sense but in Malaysia, if you're big, you're the first person everyone wants to be the leader.

I took it hard.

I had to chase teachers, search for chalk, control a class of wild animals and at the same time I had to maintain the peace of the class.

We threw chalk during Geography, we made fun of History and during Science, nobody paid attention to the replacement teacher.

1M1 of 2005 bore the title: "The Worst First Class in the History of First Classes".

We knew that it would stick and stuck till last year.

I was proud of it.

Why?

Because no matter how bad we were, we were all very, very intelligent.

Our grades weren't as expected by the teachers and we managed to bear another title: "The Filthiest Class of All Classes", another title that stuck until 4M1 because in 5M1 we channeled our laziness in studying in another way, by cleaning.

I didn't do well for the first few months in Form 1.

I sucked at Science and History.

Then I had a private tutor teach me History and after that I knew everything about it.

Nobody beat me in History and the teacher was also kind of scared of my knowledge.

But that was only Form 1.

I finished the year top in my class with straight As.

Eight As (8A) to be exact.

2M1 '06

The year when change started to happen.

My friend Sam moved to another school that school year.

He wanted something new or whatever.

It was also the school year when I discovered Abbas.

I talked about him in my previous post.

Michael moved, too, but from 1M4 to 2M1.

He finished top in his class that granted him access into the first class the following year.

I was chosen once again as the Class Monitor, mostly because nobody knew anybody yet and that my classmates only remembered as the Monitor so they went with it again.

In 2006, nothing much happened.

I would summarize the year as being a filler, like a year that I had to go through to advance to the next.

I finished the year top in my class, again with straight As.

I never got straight As until the Final Exam so it was kind of nice.

3M1 '07

The second most awesome year of my entire life.

Again, I was the Class Monitor.

I had my PMR that year.

The years where we have public exams are by far the most important years and the most memorable years one could ever have.

As I am, I can't recall much of what I did throughout the whole year.

Being the person I was, I never saw myself studying excessively or cutting down on games.

I was 15 and I had a lot on my mind.

One thing I remember, though, was that my close friend Hamizah Amirah wasn't there in class every day.

She moved to another school far away.

She didn't even tell it to my face that she was moving.

It broke my heart, really.

She could at least have said goodbye or something.

I didn't believe that she was moving until the first day of school in 2007.

However, I think it was in 2006 when another one of my closest friends, Arina Ayuni moved back to SMKTMR.

I don't remember where she went in 2005.

Taman Universiti maybe?

Arina Ayuni, Tasnim Arif and Nur Amiratullyana kind of became a trio of some sort in that year.

2007 gave me awesome moments to cherish and I still cherish them until now.

But I don't remember much of it, though the memories will always be in this mind of mine nonetheless.

One highlight of 2007 was that I went to my first concert in my entire life.

It was My Chemical Romance on 9th December.

There I met Haniesha Eliza.

Oh, 2007 was also the year I created my MySpace account.

From there I got to know Sarah Eleena and Yasmin Raihan.

After the concert, I knew that Yasmin went, too, so i started talking to her more through MySpace.

It was fun, having friends from another state.

They all live in Selangor or KL.

My PMR that year was great.

Aside from all the entertainment I had, I got a perfect score, scoring straight As.

This time, though, it didn't count as finishing top in the class but it was an achievement, regardless of rank.

4M1 '08

The 'hole' year or the 'empty' year.

The year where hormones took advantage of me and made me the depressed person I was.

I was dealing with cutting, weight problems and emotional problems.

2008 was the year my parents said I had to start this sort of diet and I had to stop eating rice and everything.

I got used to it over time.

It was also in 2008 that I fell for someone.

It made me crazy, literally.

I never thought straight and my lessons weren't affecting me.

I hated Science but I went into the Pure Science stream anyway since it would give me more options when applying for universities and college and stuff.

Chemistry was stupid, Biology was fake and Physics was a disaster.

I knew nothing about Chemistry until the end of the year.

In Biology, I had to pretend I was learning but in fact I sat in front and paid attention to En. Zaidi so he wouldn't get upset since the rest of the class minded their own business.

I was also the Class Monitor so extra pressure was on me to keep the class intact.

Pn. Bibi in Physics became a mess and was distraught since nobody wanted anything to do with her lessons.

She got really pissed at our class and stopped teaching us for months.

We were held back a lot in Physics but I don't blame her for being the way she was.

Teachers are like that, you don't respect them, they don't respect you.

Although I was more of a mess than anyone in the whole world that year, I managed to keep some ties and keep my head on for the Final Exam.

I didn't finish top with 6As, 3Bs and 1C.

At least, I think it was like that.

In 2008, I also got to meet my MySpace friends.

I met up with Sarah Eleena at the International Book Fair and with Yasmin at a bowling alley in Sunway Pyramid.

I was nervous meeting Sarah for the first time.

It was okay and I got something to remember her by.

But about Yasmin, I'm not really sure if it was in 2008 or 2009.

The important thing is that she looks way prettier in person than she might look in her photos.

I'm just saying.

5M1 '09

The greatest year in my whole entire life.

Why?

One main reason:

5M1 2009

I designed a class T-shirt so everyone remembered that class.

Class T-shirt (Front and Back)

Believe it or not, we were still "The Worst First Class" and guess who was the Monitor.

Me.

Everyone had adapted to he fact that I had been Monitor for four years running so they said there wasn't anyone else who was meant for Monitor.

How I got chosen in 2009?

Here's how.

Me. Jia Wei.

Ok, siape nak jadi Ketua Tingkatan?

YOU LAAA.. SIAPA LAGII??

Ok, ok..

Good times, good times.

It was the year where, now my close friend, Rafeeqa Ruslan moved in.

She is, by far, the best girl to talk to.

Talking to her is like talking to Michael, no boundaries, no cover ups, just full-throttle madness.

5M1 gave me the greatest joy.

Everyone in 5M1 was close to each other.

We finally understood and knew one another.

Of course, after five years in the same class, who wouldn't?
The bonds we had with each other were embedded into us and it showed in 2009.

Everyone joked with everyone.

The Chinese students could talk to the Malay and Indian students without any hesitation.

In the first four years, nobody could understand what the person of the race said since the way we all say things is different.

Our accents and slangs and pronunciations restricted us from having long conversations or even joke but in 5M1, everyone knew how to speak with everyone.

Jia Wei finally knew how to settle down and Wen Long became a lot more social.

I love every aspect of 5M1.

The jokes and conversations with Mikel, Feeqa and Yana were the best I ever had.

It was also the year where everyone in the school knew everyone in our class.

From Reevan to Kang Ling, from Kenneth to Kornesh.

I was who my true self at school in that year.

I felt more confident after losing 20kg due to the diet.

I became more social and outspoken.

My relationship with the teachers was more than just student-teacher.

It IS the best year I had.

And I'm sad to let it go.

I really wish I can relive the moments of 2009.