What is friendship, I pray thee tell

Last month, I introduced some girls who are very dear to me. We may have come from different backgrounds, but we all had one thing in common: We were, in some point in our lives, part of the Katong Convent Girl Guides family.

Recap:

I feel old looking at the above pictures because all the girls (except for Fern in the blue shoes) are all way younger than me. They didn't experience gruelling outdoor camps like we did or had crazy adventures during and after Guide meetings and got into trouble like we had.

Yesterday, I had the privilege to be reunited with the people I grew up with. These women were the crazy bunch of people whom I spent four years of school getting into all sorts of mischief with. They were the ones who used to yell at us when we sucked at marching, and they were the ones who taught us songs we would in turn teach the younger ones.

To the people in the photographs above, we were a bunch of crazies. We were the batch they talked about, but never witness for themselves how insane we could be. We were the batch that used to climb gates, have ghostly encounters and roughed out camps and hikes overseas. We could turn to each other and go.. 'Do you remember when...' and we'd laugh about it.

We were legen - wait for it - dary.

5 batches of KCGG in this picture: 08, 07, 06, 05 and 04.

It's amazing how all of us have gone our separate way since graduating school... but sit all of us across two canteen tables and the conversations, the camaraderie, the jokes and insults roll like nothing had changed. We could be like, 'Hey, so what are you doing now?' one minute and playfully make a jab at someone the next. It didn't matter that we haven't been in the same room for technically 6 years.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is what true friendship means.

Mike and Sully are BAAAACK!

Mike and Sully are BACK, BABY! This time, it's a prequel to the 2001 major hit, Monsters, Inc. called Monsters University! I've waited 12 long years for this.

I first watched Monsters, Inc as a child when my mum came home with the... wait for it, people.. VCD.  I loved Sully because he was blue (my favouritest colour in the world back then) and furry.. and BIIIG. I laughed hard at Mike and his narcissistic behaviours, and fell in love with his thoughtfulness. And Boo, well... she can be a pain in the butt sometimes but she's a baby! Babies can be pain in the butts sometimes. BUT WHO CARES, she's so adorable.

I wouldn't have gotten many of the messages the movie was trying to convey when I was, like... 10, but I rewatched it recently when I heard the prequel was coming out and understood why Rotten Tomatoes had 96% positive reviews. Did you guys teared when Sully had to say goodbye to Boo? I'm not ashamed to admit that I did.

Well, Sully got his happy ending in the end because of Mike's tremendous love he has for his best friend. Awwww~ So I can't wait to go back to UNIVERSITY and see how did loud mouth Mikey and Sully the furry carpet got to be friends. 

Monsters University will be airing at your local theatres from 20th June onwards! In the meantime, check out the trailer!

I really can't wait for the applications to Monsters University to open! I was thinking of majoring in English/Creative Roaring at the School of Liberal Arts & Monstrosities. How about you? Plus, I wanna get my hands on the varsity jacket. WHERE CAN I GET SOME OF THOSE?

Catch Disney•Pixar’s “Monsters University”in Singapore cinemas this 20th June 2013! For more updates, like the Official Walt Disney Studios Singapore Facebook Page, follow @disneystudiosSGand subscribe to the Official Disney Studios Singapore YouTube Channel!