A farewell to friends. (Feel free to write your own LOL.)

Hello all who may happen to poke around this dusty corner of the internet- which is no one. (Kind of makes me wonder why I'm bothering, but I just wanted to close this properly.)

Well, our journey together in the same school has come to an end. Over the last six years we have all laughed, cried, suffered, mugged and eaten together. We have spent many late nights cramming and rushing homework, and finally we enjoy the fruits of our labour.

Let's not lie to ourselves- there are none of us who held on together to the old class spirit after all this time. In a way, we never got along well together as a class, and so when reshuffling came around, we just assimilated into our new classes and forgot about the old M05103. We can look back at the past now and wonder why, how such wonderful people never got along well together: was it our personalities clashed? Were we just too childish? Did we just not bother? But really, there is no point; the past is the past.

But even so, I am proud to have spent two years with you guys, even if these two years are far off in the distance and shrouded in the mists of time. From our class comes Donovan, valedictorian for our class of 2010. And we have Shi Yang, a top academic student. We have Kylie, whose works have already been published. We have Sidwyn, who's fresh out of high school and already developing iPhone applications. And I'm sure everyone else who was in this class has their own strengths and achievements to be proud of.

For me, this class was the beginning. It was where I made my first friends, friends that last till today. There are quite a few of us who have forged rather strong bonds, such as Yong Xue, Shiuh Sheng and I; Kylie, Cancy and Rashidah; Kai Hui and Joshua Ong. And I'll always be glad that we were all part of the same class once, that we all started on this journey together.

But let us not forget our old classmate who did not make it to the end with us. Rest in peace, Joshua Yeh.

And so now that we've graduated, it's time for us all to part ways. Some of you will be flying off very soon, and you will be missed.

Wherever life takes you, I wish you well.

- Jun Yup

Rest in peace, brother.

Even if no one will read this, even if no one ever notices it, it is my sad and obligatory duty to post this.

Good bye, Joshua Yeh, old member of M05103. Over the years you have become almost a stranger to me as time brought us apart, but you continued to make an impact on the lives around you. The struggles were many but you fought on, and today you have gone home into the service of the Lord.
Good night and farewell, brother. Until we meet again.

For those looking to bid him farewell, you may do so from 16th to 19th March 2010 at:

4th Floor Ruby Room
Singapore Casket Company (Pte) Ltd
131 Lavender Street Singapore 338737
Tel: (65) 6293 4388

17 March ; service at 8pm
18 March ; service at 8pm
Funeral on 19 March ; service at 9.30am

For more information, refer to http://mustardseed-prayers.blogspot.com/

- Jun Yup