So TJ’s College Day was held yesterday (15/05/10) morning. When I went back to school and met with my teachers and friends, I couldn’t help but miss school a lot. Yes, I know I did complain a lot when I was in school and all; but now that I’m in army, I can’t help but miss the fun and freedom in school. What supports me in army right now are my close friends from school.
I used to take my daily meetings with my friends for granted. When you lose something, only then do you realise it’s importance. Now that I can’t meet them regularly, I can’t help but miss the fun times we had together in school, albeit we had all the studies to deal with. Sure, I do meet them every once in a while, but post-JC life means each of us walking our own journeys in life. We might have taken the same subject combination in JC, but we are walking very different paths in university. When I look back, I can’t help but feel nostalgic over school – I miss my freedom.
GACKT’s song, Stay the Ride Alive, gives a very apt description of how I feel now whenever I think back about school life. I honestly doubt I need to explain it much. (Japanese lyrics posted here earlier on.)
Stay the Ride Alive
- Performed by GACKT
The wind shines; the trees sway and sparkle
I can’t help but think that this moment would be unforgettable
More important than the time I spent walking, or the distance…
Are these unmeasurable encounters with people; they even shine now
When I was looking from a place void of light,
In the depths of loneliness I heard
Everlasting words
In the past you gave me
Even as the constellations change, what never changes
Is this steadfast and eternal bond
Even if we never meet again; Stay alive
The time called “the future” can be changed, but…
The time called “memory” can never be changed by anyone
That voice echoing in my heart
“I’ll take you and your memories to the ends of the future”
When I was searching the vast open skies,
When I was lost in the night; I saw the shining
Everlasting heart
In the past you showed me
Even when everything comes to an end
We would be eternally connected by our memories
I will continue to tell myself in my heart; Stay alive
Stopping, looking back, walking again
We are always on a journey
Getting hurt, falling, standing again
“Be strong!”… surely that is the promise!
When I was looking from a place void of light,
In the depths of loneliness I heard
Everlasting words
In the past you gave me
Even as the constellations change, what never changes
Is this steadfast and eternal bond
Even if I try to end this journey,
Ever if we never meet again
Stay alive
You are seriously weird. When i went back to school i was thinking how lucky we were not to have to sit through talks by those ppl. Haha. dont u miss school more when ure not physically there?!
well. minus the talks. the speech by the GOH was completely like ‘huh? you’re kidding about the China part right?’