THE CRESCENTIAN THING WRITEN BY A CRESCENTIAN FOR A CRESCENTIAN
Teachers
Known a teacher who didn’t shave her armpits [ ]
Remembered a teacher for having a very strong “scent” [X]
Tricked a teacher on April Fools [X]
Knew a teacher who liked a student of the same sex [ ]
Knew a teacher who needed to eat more seaweed [ ]
Contacted a teacher via SMS before [ ]
UniformWore the tie on the first day of school [ ]
Buttoned up your shirt all the way to the top on the first day of school [ ]
Wore the socks that said C.G.S [ ]
Wore ankle socks because the C.G.S was simply disgusting [wore ankle socks cause i refuse to pay for crescent propaganda socks]
Had velcro taped to your blouse/skirt [ ]
Placed stuff in your breast pocket [never!]
Tore your breast pocket [if only someone would tear theirs for me]
Wore uniforms at least two sizes bigger [ ]
Purposely wore shorts other than the school’s PE shorts for mass runs [ ]
Detested your house tee so much it is chucked in one corner of your closet or is used as a rag [pankhurst? only wore it on sports day]
Bought sports shoes from Queensway [X]
Wore normal bras [never!]
Unhooked people’s normal bra [ ]
Wore bright coloured sportsbras that wasn’t allowed [i had to book pple who did tt]
Wrote stuff on your sports shoes such as _______rocks [ ]
Thought Crescentian was pronounced as Crescent -tian [stupid glenn ong did tt]
RulesGot caught for having waxing your hair [ ]
Got scolded for having your hair too short [ ]
Hid your handphone in the OHP [how do u do tt even]
Hid your handphone in ziplock bags and placed them in your waterbottles [woah..tt's extreme]
Used lollipop sticks as your earrings [will never put holes in my body]
Wore really fanciful earrings despite knowing you should not be doing so [ ]
Wore your nametag in a way that it hung low into your breast pocket [X]
Made a nametag that didn’t bear your name [ ]
Tore Newsweeks to share with friends who didn’t bring anything during Silent Reading [X]
Got caught tearing your newsweeks/reading textbooks and was made to stand [ ]
Was used as an example for bad behaviour [it was miss goody goody! haha]
Was remembered by the security guard for breaking the rules [ ]
Passed notes in class on a frequent basis [ ]
Had a teacher read out the note you passed in class [ ]
HistoryRemember the ballerina story like the back of your hand [X, i always thought tt the ballerina was hauntingly beautiful]
Thought the guy who appeared in school at night was a ghost [ ]
Sat at the top level of the library worrying Pontianak would appear [ ]
Heard one or more ghost stories about the school [X]
CanteenBought mixed/”can” sandwich from the last stall [ ]
Wanted to protest against the school for banning the sale of hashbrowns [ ]
Ordered chicken porridge without chicken/ grass jelly without grass [ ]
Loved the dessert from the first stall [X, omg i miss alien juice aka honeydew with milk!]
Attempted to order a random juice from the first stall and actually got it [ ]
On the first day of school, you ate from the stall with the longest queue [ ]
Spread/Knew the rumour that the last stall recycles their straws [ ]
Would rather eat Mobil’s food anytime [ ]
Slept on the canteen table [X]
Celebrated your friend’s birthday by singing Happy Birthday crescent style [X, and i still did in JC, resulting in wierd looks from other pple]
Laughed so hard you fell off the canteen chair [ ]
Kicked the vending machine because you heard that it gives more change than it should [ ]
Outside schoolHave bought something from the petrol kiosk before [X]
Loved buying instant noodles and balance it all the way back to school [X]
Loved Polar Puffs and Cakes [ ]
Regarded town as your second home [X]
Ever SMS-ed people to warn them that teachers were in town [ ]
Knew the ice-cream uncle at Redhill [ ]
Walked to redhill market to eat carrot cake or drink sugar cane [ ]
Headed to Tanglin Macs for breakfast before/after remedial [ ]
Curriculum and HobbiesKnow one or more quotes from the King of the Castle [i did animal farm]
Know one or more quotes from the R&J [X]
Read your textbooks more than 4 times [some parts of the bio text]
Loved breaking those 4/6 digit number locks [X, YES YES YES!!]
Called Mr Chan up to break your lock because you lost/forgot to bring the key [X]
Headed to the toilet each time the bell rang [ ]
Ate in the toilet before because you felt it was clean enough [ ]
Walked in to the toilet and saw something you shouldn’t see [i saw something tt i shldnt in a dark classroom]
Heard people gossiping about you/people you know because they didn’t realise you were in the toilet [tt happened in JC though]
Looked at yourself in the full-length mirror in the canteen [X]
Loitered in school even though lessons were over [ ]
Mass Run
Ran so fast you were given a piece of paper to commend you [siao..i wasnt from the track team]Hid in class so you wouldn’t have to run [nah, i almost wanted to join AVA to escape mass run]
Purposely came late for school so you could miss mass run [ ]
Were one of those few who pushed against the school gate when they were closing it all because you took too long to run [X]
Tried to run a route different from yours so it would be shorter [ ]
Prayed that it would rain so mass run would be cancelled [X]
Rotanda, Mini ForumSpread flour all over the floor so you could slide through [but i did throw flour-filled bombs at juniors during camp]
Threw something down the rotunda [X]
Held a wedding ceremony at the rotunda [ ]
Tripped at the mini-forum stairs [X]
Raced someone up the stairs [ ]
Science Lab
Tried to burn the tables in the lab [ ]
Cooked something in the lab and ate it [ ]
Stole testubes, boiling tubes etc [ ]
Broke something in the lab before [X, a measuring cylinder in physics lab, tan sze yong gave me tt 'ur hopeless' look]
Burned your hand and didn’t want to tell the teacher for fear that your SPA marks would be deducted [i think i had permaganate splattered over my lab book, no SPA during my days]
Could smell the examination materials before O-levels [ ]
OtherWas paranoid about the Flasher at Redhill [ ]
Saw the Flasher at Redhill [ ]
Got lost on the 111 or 132 bus every time [i went on a 132 tt turned towards commonwealth once..i swear i didnt see the bus no wrongly, cause kailing saw tt it was 132 too]
Brought grilled chicken into your aircon class even though you knew everyone would smell it [ ]
Would have exchanged your left leg for the Malay stall chicken nuggets [ ]
Tried to break into the container classrooms through that metal gate [ ]
Thought you were a badass sitting with your legs open eating noodles outside the petrol station [ ]
Tried to explain the beauty of sitting outside the Mobil eating insant noodles to friends from other schools/siblings/parents [ ]
Planned on sitting with your legs open the rest of your life [X, did tt in JC and shocked the principal]
Thought about hiding your phone in your underwear[ ]
Hid your discman in the ceiling [ ]
Accidentally let out a secret in the toilet when you thought only you and your confidant were there [ ]
Thought Far East Plaza was the Shit [X, i still think tt anywhere with 77th street is shit]
Thought Jurong Point was the coolest place in the world...all the way at the end of the East-West Line [hate going there..so far..bloody countryside lah]
Felt like Kingshaw in sec 4 [ ]
Lusted after Hooper[who? i sense a generation gap.]
Was told to keep quiet by your teacher for burping too loudly [ ]
Knew exactly what Romeo was going through [i thought tt he was a infatuated bag of lust!]
Swore never to be a lady (maybe a leader) [my uni friends laughed soooo much at this vision of the sch, cause crescent clearly failed in transforming me into a lady]
Untucked your shirt after boarding the 132 bus so you would look cool in town [only 0.5cm of the shirt was tucked in]
Felt guilty for untucking your shirt [ ]
Never wore ankle socks so felt like a nerd most of your 4 years [ ]
Had a crush on someone from Crescent [ ]
Was intimidated by your seniors [X, omg bitch suhana]
Ran away from Chia in the Rotunda [X, i always do a U-turn when i spot her]
Was lectured by Mr Samat [ ]
Hid under a desk to pon class [ ]
How I Met Your Mother
