Last final day of sembawang secondary school...for me

posted by Justin D. Pereira

Time have passed by so quickly. Seems just yesterday when I first stepped into Sembawang Secondary School. Remembered my first camp of my entire life, and it was the Secondary 1 orientation camp. Haha, I was in class 1E4 and needless to say we bonded very well. If I dont remember wrongly, Ding Xiang, the first head prefect of Sembawang was my class leader. Hehe, little was I to know that I would end up in his position 2 years later, but under a different organisation, the Student Council.

Have to really thank the teachers in the school who have made it possible for me to achieve so much in life. They have given me opportunities which I believe would not be possible if I went somewhere else. The leadership camps were numerous, the exposure to all walks of life was really diverse. This myriad of people whom I have grown with for the past 4 years, are the closest to me.

Having been the camp commandants for 2 camps, the secondary 1 orientation camp 2006 and Cohesion @ Sembawang, it really has been an eye opener for me. I can honestly say that the planning which the camp executives do is certainly no easy task, and it is only with passion, determination to make a success out of the camp will it happen.

Now, it is over. The 4 beautiful years which i have spent in secondary school was where the true bonds of friendship really took place. Not to say that those in primary school were not there, but it is when we are in secondary school and during our period of growing up together, achieving goals previously thought not possible, that happens during that time in life.

Years pass, and people change. But one thing remains the same, and that is the bonds of friendship....