My brother and I had been procrastinating on going to the secondary school we finished at so as to get the original copy of our final result. Two days ago, we finally quit talking about it and just went there instead. It's been years since I went there, and it's the same for my brother. The school is quite far from our house, and there were different routes that we could take to get there. I told my brother that we should take the route that we used to take back then because it would be so nostalgic.
I was not wrong at all because we just kept bringing memories back on our way to school; it was so fun. We passed by this popular market filled with bookstores—that was where we used to buy our books back then. As we proceeded to our destination, I just kept looking left and right for the changes and growth, and honestly, they were not so much but still slightly different from before.
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As we got close to the gate of the school, I quickly took out my phone to take some pictures. It just felt so nostalgic that I had butterflies in my belly. It also felt like it was exactly the way it was then, and it still managed to feel so different at the same time. We went straight to the admin building in order to look for the principal and let him know why we were there.
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In the process of waiting, we saw some of our teachers from back then, and it was so good to see them. They welcomed us really well, and I was just smiling from ear to ear because I was so excited. Although a lot had changed and a lot of familiar faces we knew were not working there anymore, it was good to see a few familiar ones.
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When my SS1 basic technology teacher saw me, he just opened his mouth wide in surprise. I really liked his subject back then, and I was one of his best students. He showed me a text book of mine that I gave him; I didn't even remember that I did that. Immediately after he opened the textbook, I remembered this very familiar drawing, and I shouted out of excitement, 'Uncle, I remember this drawing!'. I could remember it because, while we were doing it back then, most of my classmates didn't get it right, and mine was just perfect. We laughed over it, and he asked about some people he still remembers.
The principal had also been changed to my brother's agricultural science teacher from back then, and it was very good to see him too. He helped us look for our results, and we signed the necessary documents after. My brother finished from the school 9 years ago, while I finished 7 years ago, so there was no way we could say hi to any familiar student. All the juniors we knew had already graduated and facing other phases of their lives.
Overall, the visit was really great and totally worth it.
Thank you for reading❤️