31st July 2010 - a date i would remember for life. For the very first time, NSS Alumni Committee led by chairperson - Ms Rosanna Chen, verociously & actively spent time aside her own to organize this gathering.
Supported by ex NSS students and some who are now teachers in NSS itself, she managed to gather quite a turn out. It is not a bad effort after all. Considering that only me and Rafeza were the only ones who turn up from our class of 4E7, we were joined by others - Siti Salamah, Suzana, Fuad, Haizan, Sri Idani, Diyana, Imran Jais and the list goes on.
No doubt, all of us remember that there was a time back then when the school tried their best to organize. That put us back close to a decade ago, where technology was still in advancing age and it still IS now. However back then, we were not so connected. Think about it. Which school wants to spend thousand contacting their alumnis?
I think we were disappointed when we went for the gathering back as we actually yawn thru out the event as not many familiar faces turn up - probably because they didnt hear of the gathering in the first place!
Fast forward a decade later, we are all CONNECTED thru one portal - FaceBook. Aside from the NSS alumni gathering, of course we do our own mini gathering, lunches,dinners and whatever else is there to share the common bond - that we were once school mates 13 years ago.
The gathering that happened yesterday was not the effort of the alumni committee. As i mentioned in my twit post, it is up to each alumni member as an individual to stake a claim in their past, it is up to you to come back and look back at part of the chapter that shaped you of what you are today. it is reliving your past and see how the future now holds for them.
No doubt it was a short moment for all of us but it was well spent. We could not get enough of each other!
At this point we were not divided by Express, Normal Academic or Normal Technical streams but as alumnis of NSS. A bond we all share regardless of who we are, what we do now or who we were back then.
It is the common bond of friendship that tie all of us together. What had happened in the past will always remain in the past; how do we move forward is what brings the best out of it.
As such, i hereby thank individually each and everyone of you who took time to actually come together and spent your precious afternoon.
To those whom i had actively message and probably irritate you as well on the event and had came, Thank you very much. You matter most to me as you had made a difference to me back then.
To those who shared in our laughter, tears & joy - only God can relieve you whatever pain you are going even for that short 3 hours. No doubt we love each other to bits.
To those who had not came - never regret coz another one is coming up. hope to see you at the next event.
NSS did not do me justice while in school but thru out the afternoon yesterday, it was obvious that we all had grown up and whatever had happened in the past remain in the past.
It was obvious that the respect we have for each other is mutual and honest and all that we have for each other was blessings and prayers that we will soon see each other again.
No doubt, i am going for the next gathering provided i see the same funny people around. Laughing is a good remedy for all those stress and i was so in need of one right now.
As i type this on an early Sunday morning alone in the comfort of my office (yes i had something to do) the event that happen yesterday it seems like a dream. A dream that is real when i check my iphone and notice that i had 76 notifications of tagged photos, comments & likes all because of an event that eventually took place 13 years after graduating from NSS and 16 years since i entered the gates with mother.
I am a sentimentalist and no matter how hard i try to be "fierce" or act like it will crumble when true friendship strikes my heart. May He bless all of you happiness forever.
Till we meet again NSS members, do take care and enjoy life.
I love the event yesterday.
Regards
Edzwan Yunos
NSS Alumni Member
Graduating Class of 1997
Pioneer Batch
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