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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
happened to hear At The Beginning on radio yesterday at KFC. so I randomly decided to look for my batch song.
I still think our batch song is very perfect. the first line is "we were strangers, starting out on a journey, never dreaming, what we'd have to go through".
it is just so apt for all of us back in secondary 1. when we were literally in the situation as the line describes. this song carries even more meaning since it the sec 1 orientation song for my batch.
it brings back many pleasant memories of lower sec days in the old school campus, at the row of classrooms at the bottom of the hill with 1/1 and 1/2.
memories of first day of school, when we were brought down to that row of classes and got accustomed to the new school and introduced to new teachers. back then I was wondering why are we so suay and got a class in a place so ulu.
memories of us racing up the hill after morning assembly, and racing down it during recess (since they are quite near each other actually).
memories of looking at the cars and people pass by up and down the sloping road near the level of the windows of the classroom. none of my classrooms after faced that slope any more.
of the multiple times some tried to run up the slope just outside class, seeing what is inside the gap right on the peak (it is just stones by the way).
of the serenity and coziness of the area, since that area is kinda sunk in compared to the surrondings and the corridoor serves only our 3 classes and seldom visited by unrelated people.
of the few remedial sessions (I had really really few remedials in sec 1. thank dorothy tay) I had there, especially the one before the day of the maths EOY by a trainee teacher (nice guy, but I forgot his name), when the class went to mac for lunch together.
in fact I had quite a few bits and pieces of the memories from the old school campus at this moment, but I am really too lazy to continue. and the main point is the song.
as we sang the song again during prom night, the last line was just as meaningful as the first. "In the end I want to be standing at the beginning with you.". how apt, as we all reached the end of our secondary school journey and enter another new beginning, no matter JC or poly, together.
this is really a powerful song that summarises the journey of our four years in that school on a hill (comparing the Jurong East and West Coast campus, I still feel I belong more to the JE one) extremely well.
so here is the song:
At The Beginning - Anastasia - Richard Marx & Donna Lewis
We were strangers starting out on our journey
Never dreaming what we'd have to go through
Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected what you did to my heart
When I lost hope you were there to remind me
This is the start
(Chorus)
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there whenthe storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
We were strangers on a crazy adventure
Never dreaming how our dreams would come true
Now here we stand unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you
(Chorus)
I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
I know that my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart
(Chorus)
In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you
I would also add in a little on the batch dance. it wasnt as meaningful or special as At The Beginning, in fact it probably had no meaning except that we learnt its dance. But Natural is still memorable cos it is still my batch dance LOL.
Natural - S Club 7
Loving you is not just luck or illusion
It's in the make-up of our DNA
It's not by chance we make the perfect solution
Don't fight it baby, you know that it's just destiny's way
Baby lovin' you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry
Baby lovin' you
Is how it's meant to be
It's something that is oh so natural to me
Natural
We got the answers but there's no explanation (no explanation)
We got each other baby come what may (come what may)
It's in the science, it's genetically proven (genetically proven)
Cos when you touch the reaction it just blows me away
Baby lovin' you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry
Baby lovin' you
Is how it's meant to be
It's something that is oh so natural to me
Natural
Turn off the light, lay your head next to mine
Take it slowly, a step at a time
C'mon get close, closer to me
It's oh so natural, it's oh so easy to see
Baby lovin' you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry
Baby lovin' you
Is how it's meant to be
It's something that is oh so natural to me
Natural
Baby lovin' you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry
Baby lovin' you
Is how it's meant to be
It's something that is oh so natural to me
Natural
Baby lovin' you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry
Baby lovin' you
Is how it's meant to be
It's something that is oh so natural to me
Natural
I still think our batch song is very perfect. the first line is "we were strangers, starting out on a journey, never dreaming, what we'd have to go through".
it is just so apt for all of us back in secondary 1. when we were literally in the situation as the line describes. this song carries even more meaning since it the sec 1 orientation song for my batch.
it brings back many pleasant memories of lower sec days in the old school campus, at the row of classrooms at the bottom of the hill with 1/1 and 1/2.
memories of first day of school, when we were brought down to that row of classes and got accustomed to the new school and introduced to new teachers. back then I was wondering why are we so suay and got a class in a place so ulu.
memories of us racing up the hill after morning assembly, and racing down it during recess (since they are quite near each other actually).
memories of looking at the cars and people pass by up and down the sloping road near the level of the windows of the classroom. none of my classrooms after faced that slope any more.
of the multiple times some tried to run up the slope just outside class, seeing what is inside the gap right on the peak (it is just stones by the way).
of the serenity and coziness of the area, since that area is kinda sunk in compared to the surrondings and the corridoor serves only our 3 classes and seldom visited by unrelated people.
of the few remedial sessions (I had really really few remedials in sec 1. thank dorothy tay) I had there, especially the one before the day of the maths EOY by a trainee teacher (nice guy, but I forgot his name), when the class went to mac for lunch together.
in fact I had quite a few bits and pieces of the memories from the old school campus at this moment, but I am really too lazy to continue. and the main point is the song.
as we sang the song again during prom night, the last line was just as meaningful as the first. "In the end I want to be standing at the beginning with you.". how apt, as we all reached the end of our secondary school journey and enter another new beginning, no matter JC or poly, together.
this is really a powerful song that summarises the journey of our four years in that school on a hill (comparing the Jurong East and West Coast campus, I still feel I belong more to the JE one) extremely well.
so here is the song:
At The Beginning - Anastasia - Richard Marx & Donna Lewis
We were strangers starting out on our journey
Never dreaming what we'd have to go through
Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected what you did to my heart
When I lost hope you were there to remind me
This is the start
(Chorus)
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there whenthe storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
We were strangers on a crazy adventure
Never dreaming how our dreams would come true
Now here we stand unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you
(Chorus)
I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
I know that my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart
(Chorus)
In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you
I would also add in a little on the batch dance. it wasnt as meaningful or special as At The Beginning, in fact it probably had no meaning except that we learnt its dance. But Natural is still memorable cos it is still my batch dance LOL.
Natural - S Club 7
Loving you is not just luck or illusion
It's in the make-up of our DNA
It's not by chance we make the perfect solution
Don't fight it baby, you know that it's just destiny's way
Baby lovin' you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry
Baby lovin' you
Is how it's meant to be
It's something that is oh so natural to me
Natural
We got the answers but there's no explanation (no explanation)
We got each other baby come what may (come what may)
It's in the science, it's genetically proven (genetically proven)
Cos when you touch the reaction it just blows me away
Baby lovin' you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry
Baby lovin' you
Is how it's meant to be
It's something that is oh so natural to me
Natural
Turn off the light, lay your head next to mine
Take it slowly, a step at a time
C'mon get close, closer to me
It's oh so natural, it's oh so easy to see
Baby lovin' you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry
Baby lovin' you
Is how it's meant to be
It's something that is oh so natural to me
Natural
Baby lovin' you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry
Baby lovin' you
Is how it's meant to be
It's something that is oh so natural to me
Natural
Baby lovin' you
Comes easily to me
It's what I'm living for
It's all in the chemistry
Baby lovin' you
Is how it's meant to be
It's something that is oh so natural to me
Natural
