11 Founder's Days have passed since i've left the school but rather unexpectedly i'm quite excited about this year's one, to a level far surpassing any other Founder's Days in recent memory. I think that somehow it being a Friday and also a no lessons day at school due to our cross country has put me in the mood, especially since the students sang the school song so loudly and proudly today. Granted, it's not the same song (nor the same school), but the warm and fuzzy i-love-this-school-so-much vibes were resonating so strongly in me, reminding me of how i felt when in JC we were bused over to the old Police Academy to support our rugby team - we lost to RJ when i was in year one but trashed them the next - but both times i was cheering my lungs out in a way i had never done before, and never did again (i did cheer for the Tar Heels while on exchange, but i was probably more caught up in the moment of everyone else's cheering than anything else).
Another thing was that while i'd never really paid much attention to all the AC-love on fb on previous Founder's Days, this year i've seen the postings everywhere (never realised how many AC friends i have - no wonder for the longest time i thought that everyone in Singapore spoke English and had the financial resources to take an overseas holiday at least once a year). Truly there must be something special about the school to evoke such strong feelings of school patriotism (the actual word for this, if it exists, escapes me). Of course the amount of AC haters around (even among the alumni) shows that things are not so straightforward (i myself have my fair share of things i don't like about the school) but well the school definitely has been a blessing in the lives of many, and i dare say that the good has outweighed the bad.
So happy 127th, ACS, and here's to many years of being blessed to be a blessing ahead :)
Another thing was that while i'd never really paid much attention to all the AC-love on fb on previous Founder's Days, this year i've seen the postings everywhere (never realised how many AC friends i have - no wonder for the longest time i thought that everyone in Singapore spoke English and had the financial resources to take an overseas holiday at least once a year). Truly there must be something special about the school to evoke such strong feelings of school patriotism (the actual word for this, if it exists, escapes me). Of course the amount of AC haters around (even among the alumni) shows that things are not so straightforward (i myself have my fair share of things i don't like about the school) but well the school definitely has been a blessing in the lives of many, and i dare say that the good has outweighed the bad.
So happy 127th, ACS, and here's to many years of being blessed to be a blessing ahead :)
