July 3, 2007

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  dgs open day for old girls
  30 June 07

  As I’ve mentioned b4, dgs will be bulldozed and taken down in July 2008, therefore the old girls’ association has organized a get-together open day for alumni to share their memories, take some photos and simply have some fun around the campus, for the very last time for some.

  There were many stalls and counters around the school hall, sort of like mini bazaar, and I was on stage, in charged of drawing portraits upon request by alumni for $80 during the event, but first I had to draw for the 2 headmistresses (Junior and senior school)

  Our BELOVED headmistress, Mrs S Lau, couldn’t recognize me until someone introduced her ‘artist’
  She sure looked shocked, so did I:

  “Oh… Lucci…. this is Lucci??? Oh my dear…. Lucci you remember what you did when you were in F.5???????”

  I sure did.

  so here’s the story:
  I was practising my rollerblading around the school carpark for the school musical, when someone suddenly pushed or tripped me so I lunged forward. I felt a crack somewhere near my blades. hmm, the blades were fine, not even a scratch, so I looked down.
  
  “jesus christ, I’m in deep shit”
  
  In front of me was half a car licence plate on the concrete ground, with the rest of it still attached to the bumper of the car.
  
  I placed the detached half back onto the bumper, hoping it would fall off somewhere in the street on her way home so that nobody could be blamed. I then took off my blades and left. What the hell was I thinking? the headmistress must hv been just around the corner, since I was pulled back to the car right away.
  
  “So what are you going to do now?” the headmistress demanded.
  
  “stick it.” I answered

  It was only then when i realized there were crowds and crowds of girls standing on each floor of the symon’s block (The building next to her parking space) staring down at this culprit.
  
  Woh hooo! I’m famous!

  ***
  
  “Oh Lucci…. do you know where my licence plate is now??”

  “Uh… where?”

  “It’s still on my car!”

  OMG…. I must have done a great job sticking it!!!

  “Oh dear… you’ve changed so much, Lucci I could hardly recognize you! You know how much you have changed??? You look so much more mature already! And your voice has changed!! What are you doing now? Oh!! Medicine at CUHK?!! Undergrad at Imperial College? Oh dear…. there’s always a story behind every dgs girl… you know how much I’m always so proud of you girls? Oh Lucci… I have to take a picture with you… You’ve grown up…so much…”

  me: -___-”

  my friends added (after the headmistress left):
  “Yes Lucci has grown up and now she can smash your whole CAR into metal dust”
  

  
  A view we took for granted: it will be all gone this time next year

  
  F.5Z classroom, where I had the time of my life
  F.5Z was right beside F.4Z
   it is now F.3Z. What for??

  
  The art ‘woom’… doesnt it look like an apartment in a housing estate?
  “You ah so loisy! stand heah foh fee meeleets, ha! I can heah you fom da gwound flooah!”
  “Don’t smile! I am seeweeous!!”
  “Da first wow go to da second wow, the second wow go to the ferd wow, and the last wow come back to the first wow!!”
  “Listen! This is Vincent Van Gohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!”
  hahaha…  so much fun, I should have taken art fot my HKCEE. I did enjoy art lessons although I never had a grade higher than a D… =p

  
  The school hall, quiet and empty, the perfect venue for acute nostalgia.

   
  The hall piano’s still working! and somebody’s listening!

  
  Some sample portraits.
  Imagine yourself at the most bizarre places around campus.
  Are you gonna pay $80 for that?

  
  Here, one of my models

  
  The backstage – one of my favorite getaways in dgs

  
  Didn’t I say we can do just about everything in the backstage?

  
  The vending machine by the tuckshop
  STILL doesn’t accept octopus card
  STILL doesn’t even accept $10 coins.

  
  DGS mosaic done by alumni and present girls on the day.

  Once a dgs girl, always a dgs girl.

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