Once a Cedarian, Always a Cedarian (Chapter 3)
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Once a Cedarian, Always a Cedarian (Chapter 2)
Behind the trees on the right used to be my class building. On the left hand side after the tree (on the left) used to be the Grandstand. Now, Cedar Primary's building is there. I remember taking photos with my classmates and primary school mates under one of these trees when I was in Sec 2. 
See the trees at the background? It's actually the dense growth engulfing the two tiers. There used to be a cauldron in between the tiers but I didn't see it yesterday. Maybe it was covered by the growth or demolished, God knows. I took a class photo at the cauldron whe I was in Sec 4. And I used to practise Dikir Barat at these tiers, shouting as loudly as I could.
This tier is next to the demolished school building. When I was in Sec 1, we took photo here for Racial Harmony Day where all of us wore our traditional costumes. Now it is so rundown and full of growth that I could not even walk towards it.
This is the tier next to the demolished canteen and changing room. It used to be clear of the growth and I remember sitting here with my Sec 1/Sec 2 classmates for Sports' Day and National Day celebration.
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Once a Cedarian, Always a Cedarian (Chapter One)
One of the things that I'm proud of (besides me being small, petite and EXTREMELY cute) is being a CEDARIAN. I think all Cedarians will agree with me; Cedar made us what we are today. Our unique character, our spirit of perseverance and our zeal to excel.
I went to Cedar's 50th Anniversary yesterday. And boy, it brought back a lot of memories. I and P.H.Y.S.I.C.S couldn't relate to the new building; we belong to the old Cedar building but PurringFeline and Ms Beautiful Legs could identify many things with the new building because they studied there. Letting them lag behind, I hasten to the old track. Still mystically beautiful despite it looking so rundown and overgrown with weeds. This was the place where I learnt my first Cedar cheer (first day of school, we had our orientation and the prefects led all the newbies there), I practised Dikir Barat for Cedar Nite (and admiring my oh-so-capable seniors), ran for Sports Day (when we were in Sec 1), had our Hari Raya concert and of course, the morning jogs cum Singapore Workout. How can anyone forget such memories? I grew up here. I had my first crushes here. I'm still hanging out with friends I made in Sec 1. I had a lot of my first in Cedar. That's what made Cedar very endearing to me.
When I reached home, I looked through the old Cedar photos. Compared to the ones I took earlier on. Gone was the building where I and my friends used to have our classes; the creepy Art Room, the latch where we used to sit and admire the track or watched the Band practising, the super danky toilets as well as the Staff Room. I remember sitting in class and smell the rain coming. I recall the girls were complete expert in changing from the uniform to the PE shirts and vice versa.
No more Grandstand where we would hang out after recess. No more canteen where we used to sabotage one another during birthdays. And the changing room, where I tried to avoid going as much as possible for the rancid smell that it always emitted.
Those are memories that will always live in me. And my friends. To all the Cedarians..
I went to Cedar's 50th Anniversary yesterday. And boy, it brought back a lot of memories. I and P.H.Y.S.I.C.S couldn't relate to the new building; we belong to the old Cedar building but PurringFeline and Ms Beautiful Legs could identify many things with the new building because they studied there. Letting them lag behind, I hasten to the old track. Still mystically beautiful despite it looking so rundown and overgrown with weeds. This was the place where I learnt my first Cedar cheer (first day of school, we had our orientation and the prefects led all the newbies there), I practised Dikir Barat for Cedar Nite (and admiring my oh-so-capable seniors), ran for Sports Day (when we were in Sec 1), had our Hari Raya concert and of course, the morning jogs cum Singapore Workout. How can anyone forget such memories? I grew up here. I had my first crushes here. I'm still hanging out with friends I made in Sec 1. I had a lot of my first in Cedar. That's what made Cedar very endearing to me.
When I reached home, I looked through the old Cedar photos. Compared to the ones I took earlier on. Gone was the building where I and my friends used to have our classes; the creepy Art Room, the latch where we used to sit and admire the track or watched the Band practising, the super danky toilets as well as the Staff Room. I remember sitting in class and smell the rain coming. I recall the girls were complete expert in changing from the uniform to the PE shirts and vice versa.
No more Grandstand where we would hang out after recess. No more canteen where we used to sabotage one another during birthdays. And the changing room, where I tried to avoid going as much as possible for the rancid smell that it always emitted.
Those are memories that will always live in me. And my friends. To all the Cedarians..
Unite, Cedarians unite
We'll persevere all the way
Make sure our torch is burning bright
Courteous, honest everyday
Forever loyal ever true
For Cedar our best we'll do
To Cedar Girls' School we belong
With pride and love
Let's sing this song
Let us unite and together vow
To dedicate our loyalty now
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