Life in high speed

All that was left in my locker was irelevent peices of paper piled on top of forgotten text books and a 1 litre bottle of unopened Solo, which had been awarded to me as a symbol of my solo efforts. I jammed the neglected textbooks in my bag, creasing the once perfect 90 degree corners now crinkled and folded..I really hated that. The bottle of Solo fit in my bag like Michael Jordon driving a Mini.. a massive boldge protruding I decided to donate my award to... I forget, but it was someone undesrving of such a presdigious award. I watched as the forgotten name guzzled down the sweet sweet taste of victory, even sweeter since it was free.. oh well I can buy another Solo down at Safeway or even better.. coconut juice!

I take my opportunity and photograph the surroundings with my memory. The mono tone melody of "peaches and cream" signaled that it was time...my phones ringing and what a crap phone it was, large and tough like a brick, you could build shelter with a dozen of these. My fellow class mates and I re-unite as we march towards the exit, past the canteen, through the court yard and into the car park. This time was the last time, I wont back.. unless I was employed as the janitor or the bus driver (actually I'll be bak for muck up day). Final farewells are exchanged as I enter the car which will whisk me away into the adult world. I take a final glance through the car window and watch my childhood slowly disappear as we drive off into the distance. What would be the happiest day of my life back when I was 10 years old now a somber moment.

The last day of school - Australian Spring/Summer as usual fails to disappoint, the morning displays a crisp sky with not a single cloud to shade the colour blue. I awaken much earlier than usual, I want to be on time for once and absorb the very last moments of a high school student. Breakfast over, I do the usual, brush teeth, make up etc.... no not really. Time to set off and catch the 845.. the early bus, ahh good ol' walking and bus days. I hop aboard noticing there were half the usual occupants... yep end of the year people tend to skip the final weeks like I did in the previous years, knowing I will be back. As predicted I am on time with 5 minutes to spare! think it might be a new record..

Today class was not conforming to the usual, class was about celebration and socializing. The teachers were more open and their threats of detention and calling our parents do not inflict fear in our hearts... paradise! Never thought I would say this in my early days but I was going to miss school. I guess 13 years of routine really embedded in me and I'd get the feeling of being lost when the routine is finally broken. Wake up go to school, sleep and repeat with the exception of weekends and school holidays. I long for the days were my primary group of friends are clustered together, now we take separate paths that lead to our individual future. In the end we are lucky to have someone that has been with you since primary school.

It was hot! and what a way to cool off by throwing water balloons at each other, someone even brought a super soaker! Now I'm sure most schools would of had people autographing each others uniforms, yep we had that too! I was reluctant for my shirt to be scribbled upon but someone asked me if they could mark their territory on it... with a pen of course! Under current circumstances (I had a fallout with most of my friends) I was like what the heck yeh why not... it would be good to have a dozen or so on there as a momento of my final day and people I might not see again. I didnt want to have a few signatures tattoed on my shirt, it was either all over or nothing, but in the end I pretty much was covered and had no more room which the next batch were forced onto my bag!

Finally I knew that keeping in contact with everyone is just not possible, people who were only acquaintances that you would only catch up at school. It was a dismal moment to farewell those.. I was even going to miss some of the teachers, half life scientist and Jabba will remain the most memorable. My school life can only be described as an epic movie, you feel happy that its been a wild ride but a feeling of sadness because its come to a conclusion. I would rate this movie 5 spuds out of 5! But life goes on and this is only the first chapter, I'll let this be a reminder of how time flies. It took me a while to accept the idea of making the most of life and enjoy every moment.

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