Wow. I'm officially 16. I can now legally have sex, I can now legally see breasts bared in movies ( NC-16), I am no longer affected by the schoolchildren night curfew, and I am allowed into LAN shops during school hours.

This is such a cool way to start a Sunday I suppose, but as they say, it's sweet sixteen for me. However, looking at 16, I'm more sad than happy. Yes, I might be a year older, I'm going to be more physically and emotionally mature, I'm going to be closer to adulthood than I ever was.

But, it means a huge thing as well. I'm leaving RI. It's sad. Four whole years of memories all locked up in this school. This school with its sprawling grounds, with its plentiful of bright minds, with its awesome teachers, with its lovely way of making us sit on a wet astroturf, with the idiots on parade during the prefects elections, with the constant nagging to hand up work, all in this school.

And with it, I'm leaving my classmates, the fab 4R that I have come to love. 4R is a wonderful class, and truthfully, honestly, I must say that we are the homeliest and most creative class amongst the GEP classes. Most rowdy too ^^.

Another thing I'd be leaving is my CCA. 01 Raffles Scouts Group. It's not the parting from the group thatis that hard to handle, for there is always a chance of coming back as a GC member next year, but rather, my closest friends, the Venture Batch of 2006, would be broken. Yes, we might all be going to RJ, but what with all the new classes, different timetables, and all that, when are we ever going to find a chance to meet again? When will we, find time to take out that bright human spark of friendship out of us?

As we move onto RJ, I sense the formation of BGRs, and the gradual phasing down of our friendships. What we once treasured, will be stored away under lock and key, never to be seen again. That isn't what I want.

I wish, I wish.

And since I'm going to make some birthday wishes anyway, here's the only one I'm going to make public. I wish I could be forgiven for my flaws, and accepted for who I am.

As a footnote, I've completed my Showcase Portfolio, something that I can finally take my mind off.