Childhood(: - Mingting.

I was born on 28th April 1992 in Thomson Medical Centre. I was the first child born into the family thus I was showered with much love and care by my parents and relatives (They used to call me 'Tingting' -.-"). But soon, 2 other sisters joined the family, making the house more lively and vibrant and they are Ming Ya and Ming Yi (Well, all my cousins' names start with 'Tay Ming' and apparently I have roughly 20 of them. Don't Laugh.) I was supposed to immigrate to Australia when I was young as my mum's family was there. However, my dad opposed the idea because his family is in Singapore and he believes that life will be more stable in a familiarized environment. So here I am, in this small red dot slogging my life out in school. :X

(Baby Mingting in Australia!)

But what I missed most about my childhood would be the days I had in my primary school, Punggol Primary! I was the head prefect of that school and I do suppose that is the only achievement I got till now. But there is one special element that I will always remember about my childhood and that would be the FRIENDSHIPS that I found!

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice."
-- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) British lexicographer.

Friendships come and go at every single point of your life and those that last are usually the ones that have endured all weathers.

Just like everyone else, I have a best friend, a childhood buddy called Jolene. I knew her when I was in kindergarten and I reckon that it is really destiny that brought us together as friends. I never knew her really well even though we ended up in the same primary school after graduating from our kindergarten. I remember myself always keeping a distance from her as she had a really big group of clique both in kindergarten and primary school, which was really intimating, so I never made an effort to know her. Both of us knew of each other's presence but never have we acknowledged it.

But the turning point was when we ended up in the same class in primary 5 and 6. We did not know anyone else in the class except for each other, so we ended up hanging out together. As time goes by, we became the best of friends. Soon, we made two other new friends and formed a clique, which we named UGC, United Girls Club (I know it's dumb, stop laughing) In every clique, there's bound to be a pair closer to each other and that applied for my clique too. I was much closer to Jolene than anyone else in my clique, so I was pretty dependent on her. But thank God, she was always there even though I seldom had time for her, as I was busy with the things I had to do in the prefectorial board.

"Stop singing both of you, for goodness sake!"
We blushed and apologized, "Oops, sorry."

Vivid memories of our friendship stay on till today. Both of us loved singing and we always ended up singing in class, annoying our teacher in the process. We often go to each other's house to do our work or even have a good talk with each other. Hence, our families were quite close too. I could still remember those delightful times where I go to her house every Tuesday straight after class and have dinner with her family before going for my tuition, which was really near Jolene's house.

Quarrels and cold wars were inevitable (we were immature then) but we always manage to resolve it and end up being closer to each other. I really miss all the times I had in primary school. They were my golden moments then. But, I guess that is a part of growing up in the real world. We can’t be sheltered from the reality for long; we got to face up to it someday.

Till now, we are still best of friends(:

Her current secondary school, Hougang Secondary is just near by so I always pop down to her school to meet her. I know most of her friends and always have loads of fun each time I go out with her.

(Jolene & Me!)