Yes, as we all know, our beloved 5E class twins Andrew and Christopher are leaving us for Australia to further their studies. Departing on the coming Wednesday, we have only two more days left with them. Sometimes it would seem that without them, it might not affect your life that badly. But sadly it will have effects on people close to them, especially 5E classmates.
The twins are short, and it became their most distinctive feature. They both share the same mischievous, joker and fun loving attitude. And they never fail to amuse us with their behavior. There are two things that I have in common with the twins. One, is that our English is good, and we are usually at the top. The other, is that our chinese sucks big time (3 of us were the lowest scorers during Form 3 in the same class).
The twins studied at the same primary school as I did, SJK(C)Kepong 2. However, I did not meet them until I was standard 4. And that time I only met Andrew, Chris was in the other class. Moving on to standard 5, I was sorted into 5A, while Andrew went to 5B along with Nick. Chris was in E or F, I'm not sure (I never knew about him). And we remained in our respective classes in standard 6.
Moving on the secondary school, SMKB. In form 1, Andrew and Nick both were in the same class with me. Surprisingly, I still remembered both of them since I was apart from them for 2 years (I split from my 6A classmates instead, since most of them were smart and went to the first class, I was in the third). Even though I wasn't in the same class as Chris in form 1, we went to the same uniformed unit, the Kadet Remaja Sekolah. Hence, the 3 of us were in the same unit. And so we began building our friendship.
In form 2, I dropped 1 class from 1K to 2E. This time, both Andrew and Chris were in my class. So is Nick (fyi, Nick has been with me for 5 years straight in secondary school. We never went in different classes). And it was this fateful year, that I started playing MapleStory. Began early February and was in time for the first Anniversary of MapleStory too! Because of this, not only did we interact in school, we also interacted online as well. This further bonded our friendship. And it never stopped, since we played Gunbound together as well, showing great teamwork spirit.
In form 3, all of us went to 3K and reunited with some other friends as well. We still played Maple as usual, and we continue to be the top 3 scorers in the English subject, as well as the lowest 3 scorers for the Chinese subject. We continued studying together, and faced the PMR exam. And like always, the year end holidays we continuously played Maple together.
As fate would have it, we would get seperated at one point in life. The twins, being better at studies, were sorted into 4E class, while Nick and I went to 5L. Even though we were in different classes, we always hang out together during recess most of the time. Another factor is because 4E and 4L has a very strong bond. The friendship that was built up over the years never fell, but instead grew. Remember, we still played Maple during the holidays. And it was this year, that we had one of the most intense gaming time (Maple) in our lives. We trained from Lv12x till 14x. Andrew and Chris both reached 150, but I got stuck at 149 =.= . Being in a different class never really affected us this way.
And finally, last year (Form 5). It was the same as how we were in Form 4, except less Mapling due to the SPM examinations. We have some small study sessions together, though they will revise with their classmates most of the time. It was slightly different than what it was in forms 2 and 3. Instead of being together in school and online, we spent time apart in school, but end up playing Maple together later, or maybe MSN/Facebook. And of course after the SPM examinations, we had a few hang outs together with other friends to celebrate the occasion.
Since January this year, the twins and I have been actively Mapling, fighting bosses and doing quests together. On the first day of our school's orientation, we were supposed to return to school to check out the kadet stall, but they didn't set any, so we went to McDonalds for lunch instead. And after that, we went home and continued Mapling. I am not surprised that we will be going for another Zakum run tomorrow, it has become a daily basis.
And tonight, there was a farewell party at their new house in Sunway SPK. It was meant to be a surprise party, but someone (I'm not mentioning who) sent a sms over asking "When is your party?" and ruined the whole thing. But there was one thing that did shock them - there were a lot more people than they expected. We had fun chatting, eating, playing chor dai di and showing some magic tricks. And from what I heard, there is to be another farewell dinner this coming Tuesday at Desa Parkcity.
And by the way, Andrew and Chris, you still owe Seng Wai some (not some bah, few million) mesos for his spamming + ringer service. Please settle your debts with him before you leave TQ.
[I will update this post with the pictures tomorrow]
