Nostalgia
When I was back in my hometown two weeks ago (this will be the last time I use that phrase, I promise!) I dug up my old autograph books from high school days, and leafed through them in a fit of nostalgia. We were so young then. Nestled between entries promising undying friendship and entreating me not to forget my friends are other entries teasing me about the guy I had a crush on at the time -- I'd been woefully unsuccessful at concealing my feelings, which I'm sure were totally unrequited, LOL.
Some classmates I don't really remember, while others stand out more prominently in my mind. When it comes to girlfriends, I still have the notes we used to pass furtively back-and-forth in class as well as the little cards & bookmarks they used to make for me once in a while. I also have fond memories of the way we used to assign girls' names to certain guys so that we could talk about the guys and refer to them without anybody cottoning on. Bwahahahah.
Then I dug out my high school pictures (I was on a roll). I don't have many, but when I moved schools in Form 3 (at 15 years of age) my new school had an annual school magazine and every class had to produce a class picture for the school magazine. We also had a party (not really a prom) at the end of high school, after Form 5 so I had pictures from there.
I'm soooooooo thankful now that I'm anal about labelling pictures, coz my memory really needs jogging and I'm growing old. I looked at my party pictures and winced at what I was wearing. At the time I thought it was so grown-up but now I just think it was overdone. No wonder some of my classmates thought I was weird :P
Anyway, I got back to the city only to discover that a few alumni from my former high school have gotten together and created an online forum for all the alumni to get together and chat. How interesting! Unfortunately I can't place most of the seniors, since I was only in that school for the last 3 years of my high school life, but I'm looking forward to the chance to reconnect with old friends.