The scene of dear old Biblio Baggins came into my mind when i decide to write on the topic of farewell tonight. Biblio wanted to be away from his boring life at Bag End and he wanted to go search for his adventure at the very same time. Such was the passion that was burning in his heart that he finally put on his ring and disappearerd right in front of a huge crowd who apparently adored him.
Then, at the end of this week, we would be saying farewell to our dear Justin of 4 Charles. The time that we had was very short; there were not many happy memories capsuled when we were around with him, studies were heavy laden on many of our backs and time was forever in short supply.
Could it be that he is parting for his west heaven as stated in Tokkien's last chapter? Could this be the last time that we might see him? That dear Justin will just return to Singapore and then begin a brilliant career and never be reunioned again as part of our class again?
Or that the class of Sec 4 Charles of the year of 2005 will all be going our separate ways very soon? Time was short and time will be shorter still. In a week or two, the prelims will be here and soon the big Os will come and it will be many new schools and many bright futures awaiting.
I will be assigned another new class and life will just carry on to do its new work... ...
Perhaps thats what farewells were meant to be. To remind all of us forgetful humans that certain things can be so important and so precious, that we ought to be cherishing every single moments of our lives and that we should do our very best each time we are blessed with good things or faced with tough challenges.
To Justin who is leaving for his brighter future: do your best and shine brightly as a star should be and leave your splendour for all to see; be someone useful and be of a person with a undying spirit of service to the community. Do us all proud and one day, if that day should come, maybe the class of Sec 4 Charles shall once forth come again and relive the happy moments that was once shared by one and all.
Bon Voyage.
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