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| image creator Pink Pueblo (istockimage) |
School is the place where we actually really enjoy our life, and by school i mean, elementary school, junior high school, senior high school. Of course we also burdened with home works and quizzes, the finals and other tiring activities, but if we think about it again, those experiences are the best experiences we had that will never happen again once we graduated and become adult.
Here i want to reminisce of all the schools i went to in the past, and if i could go back again to that time, i wouldn't mind.
elementary school (1994 - 2000)
I went to two different school in this period of time, first one was a year in Bogor, West Java, and the second one is in North Sulawesi where i graduated at.
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| Budi Mulia bogor - screenshot from google streetview |
The school itself located behind that main building. I decided to use the google maps version because it still looks exactly the same with the time when i went to this school. My brother and I went to this school for a year when our dad was working in the city, after that we all moved to Manado and continue our education there.
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| St. Antonius airmadidi - screenshot from google streetview |
I couldn't find the old picture of this school, it was totally different than this google maps version. Back then, it was still the typical little town school with soiled yard, wooden building, no security post, there was even a huge tub to keep rain water. It was a traditional old building but full of memories. I remember the church in the middle was on a higher ground, not they made the ground leveled with the old church building and build a brand new building for the church. Too many changes. I feel like this wasn't the place where i spent 5 years of my childhood.
junior high school (2000 - 2003)
I was determined to go to a boarding school once i graduated elementary, it was a prestigious school.
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| smp stella maris tomohon - screenshot from google |
Here is the exact mapping for the school and its dormitories.
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| school, dorm, monastery - google satellite view |
I lived in St. Walterus Dorm for half a year, but i couldn't stay there longer. Too strict, i can't adapt with all the rules, especially because i can't even listen to music except on weekend with the maid radio at the lobby shared with all the other girls, i can't even bring any books other than school's printed one, i grew up reading various books while listening to music. My records at school was too low because of the stress, i can't concentrate while studying, i almost leave the school and move to another, but then my mom decided to get me a different dorm nearby which much more free and i can bring my 'music and books' and extra pillows.
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| tania's dorm - screenshot from google streetview |
It is a lot different now, back when i stayed there, the main building was the one on the right. The upper level was the girls dorm, the lower one was the owner's place, and the boys dorm located at the back side of the building. It was fun living there, especially when you became the smartest student in the house, yes, that's me.
high school (2003 - 2006)
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| Don bosco lembean - image taken from school's twitter |
Best time of our life is high school, well, not to everyone, but to most of us. This is the place where we learn complicated subjects, learn friendship, learn love, and take everything into our memories for life. Sometimes i wish i could go back to that time where I can hang out with my best friends, complaining about having to go to school when it's raining, or having to stay at school for extra activities, but it was all fun, i want to experience again even only in dreams.
But yeah, life is not a fantasy drama, time doesn't roll back into the past and suddenly you can change the whole thing by re-living your life again. For all of you that miss school too, i'm with you. For all of you that is still in school, enjoy it to your heart extent.