In the name of the Hwa Chong Spirit!

In the name of the Hwa Chong Spirit!

They can merge the schools. They can take away the school songs, they can even take away the logo, but they will NEVER be able to take away our Spirit!






You may ask me what all this mad screaming is about. I can tell you everything in detail, can send you one hundred and one forwarded e-mails and articles, but if you don’t have it, you will probably never understand it. But anyways, I have always held or at least tried to hold a MAF since I have came to London. Not a single year was an exception. It was either a thing in the halls, or a cooking out session in my house, or at worst, a meeting in a London restaurant, but we never failed to celebrate MAF, well, not since my first year in Hwa Chong. (I am ancient! Don’t ask how old I am as many of my batch has long returned to Hwa Chong to teach.)

This year, I wanted to make an exception and just give up on the whole thing. I am not prepared, everyone is scattered about or has gone back home and logistics of organising something like this is a complete nightmare. Ask everyone and there will be conflicts, don’t ask everyone, there will also be problems of leaving people out. Its never that simple, not to mention the need of a substantial amount of mooncake and what nots to keep everyone happy. So, in the flow of things, there was no planned celebration this year.

It must have been the clearing up of my e-mail inbox together with my room that suddenly stirred up a lot of happy memories that I have of Hwa Chong. Not to mention that the added guilt of not turning up for MAF last Saturday when I was actually still back home. (thought I have a more than valid excuse for this!). This year may very well be the last of the HCJC MAF as they have merged the school and are about to change everything inside out, then it dawned on me that they can change all that they want, they can take out all that they want, but no matter what they do now, they cant touch the memories that we still have. So in my own little way of remembering such a wonderful school so far away from her, this year will be of no exception. We WILL have another MAF party come Tuesday! Haven’t decided where and what we are going to do, but I think we will be meeting at Russell Square Tube Station at half six. Anyone interested, drop a message and I’ll get back to you!

May the Hwa Chong Spirit live on!