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To say farewell and good riddance to Rachel (girl in blue.. who happens to be in every pic) and I. Loudest Ten member, Zhen Kiat and her friends master-minded this little farewell gathering for us. It also happened to be Jacintha's (another Loudest member) birthday as well.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had practically invited the whole class, including our optometry lecturers: Vivien (left), Jiajia aka Kimberly(right) and Monica (Behind Viv).

The food was pretty good, we even had stingray, crayfish and prawns! It's only then when I realised that I have lost touch with everyone in my 2 years of NS...

One big disappointment: Of the guys, all of whom I regard as my brothers, only three turned up. From Left to right: Me, Jason, Teck Soon and Samuel and Mr Tranny *gasps!*. According to Sam, the rest already *flew away by aeroplane to Melbourne to await me there.

*Pang Puay Kee - Literally translates to Releasing Aeroplanes: It simply means Not Showing Up or No-Show at the last min for an appointment. The explanation for this phrase still eludes me to date.


All in all we had great fun! About 4 of my female classmates had quit their jobs as optometrists to join SIA as flight attendants; 'Cabin Crew', they call themselves.

3 of my friends have just graduated from B. Optom in UK, Cardiff University. Another 2 are leaving for there this year too.

One of my classmates, Beilei, had just set a new benchmark: she just got engaged (in the Singaporean Context, getting engaged means u have either registered your marriage with ROM or have already applied for a HDB Flat and now face a deadline of 2years to ROM) and is planning for her wedding in October this year. Sadly, I'll be in Melbourne by then. More weddings coming up in the next couple of years!
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Lastly, I would like to introduce to you a very special and noisy group of girls known in the Underworld as dum-dum-daaaaa : The LOUDEST TEN (see pic below).

The Loudest Ten was formed when 5 girls from my class and 5 from the other found out that they had a lot in common and thus.. merged into a heaping, ear drum shattering, mass of.. cosmic proportions (think BIG BANG). The term, Loudest Ten was coined by one of my lecturers to describe them. Later on, the Loudest recruited our senior, Lay Lay who gave them 'maternal care' during our overseas community eyecare program in rural Thailand, making it a grand total of 11, though the suffix Ten stuck.

am doing inside, you ask. I became honoury member when I became attached to my girlfriend, who is a member of this group.

It was nice seeing everyone again. I'll like to thank everyone present that day for making our farewell a night to remember! It's time to pop that champagne!