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;Friday, April 16, 2010
“I know that we can all do it!”
The phrase was still ringing in my ears when the show ended. That night, I could still remember, I was watching a show titled ‘The Longest Yard’. Somehow while watching the show, it dug out one of my saddest memories that I had struggled to bury deep in my heart all this years.
The show was about convicts working together, encouraging each other in a ‘quest’ to defeat the guards in an American football game.
Well, in watching this, I suddenly had a flash back. I could still remember the words spoken by him...
“Are you alright? Do you need help? I’m very good in math and mother tongue and... a lot more...”
That was the very first time I met Ryan. He became my first friend that year due to the fact that all those years, I was unable to communicate well and make friends so, people stayed away from me but not Ryan. Throughout my kindergarten years, he helped me improve and become better in my studies. He encouraged me to keep going and not to diminish my confidence in myself just because others say that I can’t do it. Just like the inmates in the show, they encouraged each other and looked out for each other, in an indirect way.
And so, I became good friends with Ryan. It just so happened that he stayed at the same block with me at Woodlands Ave 5. We took the same school bus home, played together, did homework together and occasionally, he would come over for dinner. He was an only child and his parents were usually at work the whole day. It was partly his fault that I act like a boy. But I was happy to have a friend. My mother was especially happy to know that I was a changed person, able to do things confidently.
Ryan went to the same primary school with me and we went to the same class together. We always grouped together to do projects and we always scored high in our studies. Unfortunately, I was slow in capturing what the teacher was saying. But with Ryan’s help, I was able to do my work. He helped me to become independent, in a way. Just like what the coach did to the convicts he helped them understand where they went wrong during training.
Then during primary four, we both went neck to neck and got first in the whole class and level. We celebrated. One December night, Ryan called me and said,
“I’m sorry for telling you last minute but I really wanted to say good bye before going.”
That week, Ryan was going to migrate to Canada because his mother was sick and the condition in Singapore was unsuitable for her. I cried really hard that night and I couldn’t sleep for a week. I lost all contact with him but despite all these, I knew that life had to go on and we should not drawl on something too much just like the inmates in ‘The Longest Yard’.
-Fatin
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