Mugshot!!
James & Evelyn: primary school rivals (in Ai Tong). We were always jostling for the top position in class, and I always won, snigger. (Thank goodness I got into GEP soon after and stopped being anywhere near the top because I might still be the arrogant prick I was otherwise.)
In primary 3, bestfriendKerrie & I started investing in coloured pens and poured out our creative juices into the making of a whole series of silly magazines, from issues 1 to 11, which we gave to James. They were nifty, colourful little things, which included advertisements for brilliant inventions (like correction tape that would both cover up your mistake and enter the right answer in for you), lost and found pages, wanted posters, competition entry forms (some of which were cut out and submitted), and always ended with the week's weather report.
And the best part is, James kept every issue but one, in pristine condition, until today! Hehehe (:
This one's about endangered plant species.
This one's an entry form following an advert calling for aspiring cowboy movie stars who had to be gutsy enough to strip off their shirts and kiss girls. (And they needed fireproof undies.)
This one's a segment from the weather report. (Burning meat, omg hahaha.) I seemed to have an obsession back then with men wearing only shorts or men wearing silly underwear, because that featured a lot. (Well, some things don't change ... )
Silly magazines aside, I had an awesome time meeting Mr Ow Yong the (relief) teacher who came straight from school, munching on xiao long baos, screaming with laughter over our colourful childhood, and catching up with things that matter now a decade later. (:
(Oh hey look, we're purple!)