Char: How It All BeganI met Zyun waaaaaay back in 2002 when I was posted to RVHS. Come to think of it, what a long 5 years it has been. Sometimes I think she's the reason why I flunked my exams through Sec 1 to 4, until the O Levels came and I somehow managed to scrape through.
It was a cold dark (duh, it was like 6.30am when I reached the school building) morning. Peering through my thick glasses (it's not my fault there was a camp and contacts were too much trouble. I pack light.), I scanned through the crowd. What the. It was freaking one hour early for school and yet there were already people sitted in the hall, reading their storybooks. Why God, WHY did I chose such a boring school?! Anyways. Scan scan scan. No cute boys. I shrugged my shoulders and sat down. For the rest of the day, I decided to keep quiet as I observed my classmates and search for a person truly worthy to be my new best friend.
I remembered distinctively when I first saw Zyun. She was wearing our school PE tee shirt, buttoned all the way up to create the illusion that she has no neck. Her hair was....... well..... if you know how a shitake mushroom looks like, that's about how it looks. I thought she was a demure girl. And at least I thought she was a girl. After that incident, I've learnt that first impressions do not count.
The first conversation we ever had on 10th Jan 2002:
"Happy Birthday, Zyun."
"Thanks."
And she walked away.
How rude. I figured I'll never hang out with her. Ever.
It was only after a whole lot of time, a certain crazy chubby friend and a skinny friend later, that we started hanging out. Ahh, how fate loves to make fun of us.