It's been almost two years since I last visited my secondary alma mater- SMK Tinggi St. David Melaka or also known as St. David High School Melaka. The last time I visited was during my younger sister's report card day back in 2016. Flash forward to 2018, it's time for me to go back to school to help out. Clad in my St. David Buddhist Society t-shirt, I paired with my trustee Adidas neo shoes and blue jeans.
Once I reached the school gate, a lot of things had changed since I left the school four years ago. The guard house changed from white coating to pink. Along the newspaper reading corner, some book shelves were placed with educational magazine. Even some new murals were added. I had a hard time finding the Buddhist Society stall. Yes, I was a member of the society when I was in Form 4. Luckily, Ms. Leong, the school's counselling teacher, asked one of the juniors to guide me there.
"Hey guys, I'm here!" I greeted the juniors when I reached the stall. "Hey, you're here!" the juniors were happy to see me as their senior was back to help them out, also giving back to the school at the same time. "So what can I do to help?" I asked. Sheng Ren, the president of the Buddhist Society, said: "Each game station costs RM 3.00. If a customer plays at least three types of games is considered a set. They will redeem a prize."
There were four game stations. First was the balloon darts followed by knocking out the cans, words forming and so on. I didn't buy any of the coupons, I just played the game on a test run. The carnival just started not long, rain showers began to pour. Lucky for us, we had tents to keep us dry.
The first batch of seniors I saw was the 94 batch. "It's been six years since I last saw you! How are you? University life treating you well?" asked Adrian, who was the school captain (head prefect) from 2010-2011. I told them that I'm doing well, currently pursuing my major in Corporate Communication in university. "Oh wow! Time flies! The last time we saw you, you were in Form 2!" Yin Sze said.
Not long after, I finally met the kids in my batch. "Hi Kar Marn!" Ben walking over and gave me hug. "Hi Ben! How are you?" I asked. All the kids in my batch were talking about university life and what we were up to these days. The good old days were back when you gathered with your friends at the most anticipated carnival.
While there was no one at the stall, I decided to take a stroll around the school. I was resting at one of the table at the canteen, I bumped into my seniors Megan, Sherwin and Victor! "Katelyn, long time no see! How are you?" Megan greeted me with a hug. "I'm good and how about you guys?" I asked. They are good as well, some of them are graduating from university this year. Tung, another senior of mine, introduced her university mates to me and the other seniors. "Oh yeah, this is my junior, Katelyn!"
We strolled along the school field and met even more juniors and seniors! Even we met up with the Principal, Mr. Chay. As it was starting to heat up, the seniors brought me back to the game station as they were afraid that I would get a sun burn. They promised me they would be back after they were done with food hunting. As the time was nearly, 2.30pm, the number of customers started to subside and most of them already went home to have a good rest. I did have a good chat with my juniors from the 99 batch (the last 90's babies).
In high school, I was just your average high school girl. I'm super happy that I have the chance to come back and support the school. I'm looking forward to the next carnival.
Enter to learn, depart to serve. I'm proud to be in St. David High School! I'm proud to be a St. Davidian!
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