it's been 7 years since i last step foot into what was known as HJC/HCJC...

(and now known as HCI)

everything outside looks the same...

the same right and left wings...

A block..B block...new block...

the bridge...the classrooms...etc etc etc...

yet the differences stood out so vividly...

at least in my eyes, they did...

the logo has changed...

the name has changed...

and they even put the school vision on display - live with passion, lead with compassion

walking around the school...

it was a bittersweet experience...

alot of memories came flooding back...

of air-con classrooms in A block....

of finding a seat not under the air-con vents in LTs...

of countless chats and bonding at S76 CT bench (which i couldn't locate yesterday)

of fun and laughter...tears and stress...

i didn't recognise many faces yesterday...

and perhaps because of that,

i don't feel the MAF atmosphere as much as i did 7 years ago...

the fireball was there..the fountain was there...

the performances...the usual MAF package...

yet, i felt like a stranger in a familiar land...

the rain drove me away from the usual ending of mass dance and songs...

yet many HC songs continue to sing in my head...

我要唱一首华初的歌，一首动人的歌。

唱出我们的希望，唱出我们的奔放。

只为那爱，我愿与你同行万里路。

只为那爱，我愿与你携手向前迈步。

黄城两载，多短促。

既然爱上了又为何不付出。

日复一日，一次又一次的迷惘。

总有你在身旁，伴我走过这一段。

用一颗真挚的心，为黄城而努力，

不管途中遇到多少风雨。

扬起心灵的风帆，朝着梦想启航。

旭日暖意陪伴我，歌颂黄城的动人。

转瞬间心灵的交错，闪眸映真心你我。

哪怕路多长，浪多高，我们不曾动摇。

哪怕路多长，浪多高，我们不曾动摇~~。

so many songs...so much that i remembered..

all these are etched into a part of me that i'll never forget..

and i'll never want to forget...

and everytime i take a bus that will take me past HCI...

it will always look like the way i remembered...

with the old logo...

and it will always be Hwa Chong Junior College