| Shawn | Zena | Meili | Teck |

"The classroom was filled with new faces. A pretty girl with a red Ferragamo caught Shawn’s attention. Different people wore different uniforms. Shawn seriously couldn’t be bothered and at the back of his mind he only wanted to rush home and slacked. However, little did he know that he was marked by Teck.

Teck was a hooligan. A rascal from a lousy school. Ugly looking and worst of all had a “Qian Da” face. He could not stand Shawn at first sight. He could not wait to lay his hands on him.

The text book
‘Class. Can someone help those who are not here to collect their text book?’ AhPuNeh asked. Teck and Zena volunteered to help Meili (Ferragamo girl) to collect the book.

Zena was Meili’s best friend. Meili seemed to be a problem child. Unlike her, Zena is clean and proper. A decent student who is always consistent with her school work. She is quite a “warrior”. A very loyal friend. A person who will stare at those who are nasty and don’t mess around with her. Cause she is capable of throwing her 20 pounds bag on you like flicking a coin.

First visit in Simei.
Shawn wanted to play tennis. He knew Zena has a racket. He went to her house to borrow. Despite not knowing him well, Zena lent him the racket. Out of faith and trust. Basically Zena is very helpful. Very friendly and approachable. Shawn was taken aback by her friendliness and was very grateful. As back then, a racket is not cheap.

2 yrs
As days months passed, these few people became very close friends. Very close. So close that they thought it would be forever. Shawn helped Zena to buy the mee kia from the noodle stall. Drank coffee with her during the breaks. It was a very small cup of coffee but that cup of coffee meant so much. Without asking, Shawn knew Zena wanted coffee with milk. It was a mutual understanding between both. A common understanding shared by both. They talked everything under the sun. Time spent in sch was simply not enough. They share problems back home too. Together with Meili and Teck, they went through the Monstrous MahaDevil. The weirdo Tan. They come together to solve Meili’s eccentric Mum who stormed into the school for nothing. Shawn acted as the counselor and Zena would help to cover. Through out these two years, many things happened. Good and bad. No matter what the outcome was there is one thing in common, they never fail to come together as a gang and solve things together. Shawn is stubborn, never listen to anyone. But even that, Zena and Meili still tried to talk him round. There was once Shawn got injured in an accident and Teck has to help him around within school campus. Come to think of it, Teck did not like Shawn at first. But it’s really how amazing relationships can get; Teck was always obliged to help Shawn. And till Shawn’s death, Shawn knew that he can rely on Teck. In these 2 years, it’s really heart warming that such relationship can established and exist. There are many back stabbers who tried to harm the gang. The Uyong girl. The guy named Wind who tried to smear Zena’s name. So many things . Just so many things. Because of all these incidents, all these problems and happy events, make the bond strong, so strong that It was a thought that the relationship has been crystallized.

Collasped
Tears flowed. Poured. And soaked the conrete granite .
“Zena how?? You are better than me. Why can’t I win you? We worked hard!’
“ I REALLY TIRED………….”
It was a sunny day, but Zena was very sad. She felt so sad for Shawn. She was with him everynight. Every encouragement msg. Every day’s conversation was each other support and moral booster. She held him in her arms. They squarted outside the gate and held each other. The world seemed to evolve around where the tears formed whirl of waves.

The can of preserved food
“Shawn. Help me. Wo hen Xing Gu!” The phone was silent for 3 mins…..Some thing happened in Zena’s Family. And Shawn was the first Zena called. Shawn felt so sorry so sorry for her. He could not do anything but to lend her a listening ear. The night though he was not with her physically, he was with her emotionally.

Support
They needed each other. Every step they moved, every thing they do was once discussed and planned. Shawn was intelligent and cunning. But he is too emotional and gave himself away easily. Zena would be there to share and teach him what to do. They knew they complement each other very well.
From stunts to politics and job knowledge, they formed an incredible force."


From this story, I have my personal comments. One-third of the article is about Shawn and Zena. And the rest of the two-thirds included a bit about Teck and Meili, but ultimately still revolves around Shawn and Zena. Seems that Shawn has something for Zena, but was not written in the article. Seems that Zena might have something for Shawn as well, but Shawn may well just be an emotional support. Nonetheless, the article is just about Shawn and Zena. Teck and Meili are just extras to round off the corners and edges to make this article smooth.

Toasted...

Went for my company's Family Day at Sentosa yesterday together with Willy-san in the morning. Both of us took part in the inter-division beach volleyball tournament and I was made captain of the team. Got baked in the sun from 10a.m to 3p.m. Totally toasted... Evidence is as shown below:



I was wearing a FBT singlet, so that explains the tan line. Even until now, my skin is still burning and I feel like a Taiwanese sausage. You know if you heat a Taiwanese sausage, the outer skin of the sausage will actually snap burst open. That is the feeling I get right now.

Luckily, we managed to come in 3rd place, which should delight my Director. He's actually quite a sporty chap to come down under the hot, scorching sun to support us. I also heard that whenever we, DMERI division, had any events that we participated, he will actually be there to show his support. Yesterday, he remained a true supporter until the semi-finals. He said he had to attend to something, so he asked Willy-san to update him on our progress. I am sure he will be very happy to learn that we did DMERI proud.