Rag: Passion, Friendship, Triumph

Sunday, August 12, 2007

rag has ended.. school has started.. lt11, the carpark, as3 has been cleared of the rag stuffs..yet memories live on.. i woke up this morning from our rag room, came out of the room and stopped outside the door.. coz i saw nothing outside the room.. not what i would expect everyday for the last one month when i woke up... we (me, serene, applie, kenneth, guanjie) walked to lt11.. it's crowded with people.. but they are just students queueing up for coursepack.. no longer raggers who sat down and did soft tech.. and last night after coming back from dinner.. we walked past the carpark to go back to rag room.. what should be our yellow submarine is now left only with the frame.. our pathenon and palace dismantled.. i couldnt said enough of everything which i'm feeling right now.. as i read applie's msg on the yahoo group, i cried yet again..

for the past 8 months of planning, last 3 months of starting working from scratch.. last 1 month for chionging together.. it has been filled with so much memories.. the pain, the hardship, the few hours of sleep.. the jokes, the scandals, the suppers, the rollercoaster rides in lionel's car, the cans collection, the cans washing, all the birthday celebrations, all the pastries baked by our dearest juniors and jasmine.. all the origami which drove everyone crazy.. the cans bottoms which made me, kit geok and geraldine so pissed off.. the periscope box with card marche which me and serene kept doing.. nick climbing up and down the submarine and us telling him to be careful.. meichen telling us that we need to keep what we are putting up on the submarine very straight.. and us re-doing it over and over again when we think that it's not nice.. the mounting of the float for the first time.. the combined rehearsals.. the energetic dancers who always keep us motivated to finish the float as nicely as possible to match up to their dance.. kenneth nagging at us.. all the late nights talking to each other.. all the people who came down to help us.. all the seniors who came back.. all the freshies who are willing to come back.. our regular freshies (sarah, hanjing, alvin, sabrina, bernice).. the gossip gang, the 160 club, reuben's shortie song, joshua who are on the exchange programme yet came down everyday to help us... the singing at night when we wanted to chiong out the back of the palace but it ended up like us screaming lyrics out and jeremy being so gian to join us (me, michelle and serene)...

there's so much to be said.. so much in our memories.. so much we felt for.. even when the judges denied us.. even if the results failed us.. we know deep in our hearts that we have not failed ourselves.. the friendship which was forged between us.. the bond that was shared among us.. the family we had for these 3 months.. it's beyond words to express everything that i want to say about rag.. i dont know how to describe the love i have for rag, for this family who has been with me throughout this 1 month.. i'll never forget this experience.. i'll never forget everyone who has been there giving us their support.. i'll never forget the yellow submarine.. the palace, the pathenon, the clam, the treasure chest, the rocks... everything that makes up the entire arts rag..

i love rag!!! i love rag ocomm!! i love all raggers =)

Love Love,

Shu Ping

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