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Friday, 28 March 2008, 9:10 pm

Cat High Tradition
It's that time of the year again-The annual Catholic High Sports Night-when the whole school comes together; when they slog their hearts out and strive to bring honour and glamour to their individual houses; when the battle for the Plaque begins.

It was certainly the most looked forward to event of the year.Well,afterall it's not everyday that we get a half-day off.

The students were there,the teachers were there,parents were there,even the almighty Greek God,Zeus couldn't resist witnessing the Olympic inspired event.He has became a regular spectator,earning a spot in the skies,over the years.

It has since became a tradition in the Catholic High history that there will be a thunderstorm on Sports Night.

And whoever said dark gloomy clouds always accompanies the rain.Today,the sky was a clear sheet of azure blue,stained by maybe a few blots of pure white clouds.However,rain still managed to find its way to Catholic High from that grey cloud on the other side.

Oh,must I add,that it is also a tradition that our Sports Night isn't a one night affair.Due to the bad weather,it has to be postponed.

I guess they'd have to rename it Sport Nights.

Hairy Affair
Two days ago,on Wednesday,was the most dreaded Hair Check Day,another chapter to add to Catholic High's Big Book of Traditions and Culture.

Although I did had my hair cut,1 week+ ago,I had a gut feeling that I'd fail due to my long 'tail'.Long enough to fail,that is.

And my instinct was right,I did fail.We all thought Mr Teo was checking us.I thought I still had my chances with him.However,before he could reach the end of the columns of Sec4 Classes,Ms Tan started from the other end.My class.

And in her hands was a box of murder tools,a pair of scissors,a shaver and god knows what else;they weren't fo sho,yo.

She cut a few people's hair,but not mine and a few others.She said cutting 'kiu mo' was much complicated,so yeah.

However,I'd rather have my hair cut than to incur the wrath of GKY the next morning,at assembly.I should have seen that comin'...

Training ended late the day before and I had to go out to eat with my family since Mom didn't cook,on top of that,I was heavily burdened with homework.And there was morning training the next day,which meant skipping re-check at morning assembly.So I didn't cut.

That same morning,at Geography class,Ms Tan our Geo teacher called the failures up to check again.So I earned myself another lecture...

Sigh,it's not very frequent that I fail.Out of the many hair checks conducted,the consequence faced this one had to be that great.