Remember back in school, on the last day of the term, after the exams are over, and everyone whips out their autograph books for their friends to sign. It doesn’t matter if you probably stay next door to your classmate and see him / her every other day, you still want their autograph.
The thing about autograph books – they always a pink or blue or yellow, filled with pictures of fairies, pixies, flowers, seascape, meadow scenery, and all that projectile vomit inducing stuff.
And the sick part is I can still remember all those saccharine sweet poems my friends loved to write.
Drink hot coffee, drink hot tea,
Burn your lips, but remember me.
Does it even make sense? If I burn my lips on coffee, I’ll mutter a lot of stuff, but not remember friends from 12 years ago.
Far in the ocean, there lies a rock,
On it written, “Forget Me Notâ€.
Who wrote on this rock? How far on the ocean? And who actually saw it? Is it a mystery, like those Easter Island carvings?
This one is a play on the music symbols:
Don’t be sharp (#),
Don’t be flat (b),
Just be natural.
You’re supposed to write the ‘natural’ symbol there, I can’t reproduce the symbol here. I kind of like this one, its pretty creative.
This one is quite popular, it’s taken from a 60’s hit by Bobby McVee.
Roses are red, violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet, but not as sweet as you…
But I like this one better…
Carnations are pink, violets are blue,
Although you stink, I still like you…
Or this one…
I wish I had a picture of you, that would be very nice,
I’d hang it in the cellar, and scare away the mice…
As you can tell, I wasn’t very popular in school.
21 Comments
Ken
Yeah I could remember them… I used to write in my friends’ books and when I browsed through them, I could see the similarities on every.single.one.of.them. hahaaha.. didn’t have one though… 😛
lilian
OMG, I even cried like siao on the last day of Standard Six. Now I can’t even remember their names except for one or two handsome Malay boys.
rascher
Haha! I remember those.. and ‘Biodata Books’, where everyone’s favorite actor’s Tom Cruise and actress, Nicole Kidman. Favorite food for everyone = pizza.
And also..
I have a pen, my pen is blue,
I have a friend, my friend is you!
Sigh..
Inevitable
I was in national primary school then and there is one that i’ll always remember
boys walk in the morning,
girls walk in the evening,
don’t think about loving ,
but think about studying
it was written by a girl i really like then … =)
Ken
Inevitable – ouch
Shan
The lamest but simplest comment; “Stay Cool”.
simon
ken – i had one too. but i never used it…
lilian – some more maybe those malay boys are filthy rich penang businessmen now hor?
rascher – that one is quite cute! “my pen is blue”? i think i heard it b4.
inevitable – wow, double ouch!! got hidden meaning one!
shan – adults say that now, too… especially in those inane e-mails!
hippo
And those ‘real-word acronyms’ like FRANCE: Friendship Remains And Never Can End. There were a few others, only this comes to mind!
ponytales
I thot only girls school do this autograph books! I have 2 with lots of photos of my school friends 🙂
lilian
Actually hor, this practice is already extinct. Now they have been replaced by blogs!
Din
damn man, you’re making me look bad. 😉
simon
hippo – ooh! ooh! i know another one! ITALY = “I Trust And Love You!”
ponytales – guys also have, but they write a lot rubbish in them!
lilian – and very soon, video blogs!
din – ah? why ah??
lucia
hmm… i made a comment yesterday but how come it is not here? maybe i forgot to click submit or after i click, line went down. no matter… what i say was…
during my school days i too write for and received from school friends these kind of poems. what about this simple short one?
remember m
remember e
join them together
and remember me
what about those acronymns that we wrote beside the poems? anyone remember them? for example:
FLOWER – friednship like ours were ever remain
FRANCE – friendsihp remain and never can end
MALAYA – may angel look after you always
ITALY – i trust and love you
simon
lucia – must been a glitch in the matrix, my spam filter didn’t detect anything… my wife remembers another one:
HACKS – Hanya Aku Cinta Kau Seorang…
it’s kinda spooky in a stalker kind of way, that one…
mudslinger
eh.. what about this one…
a ring is round
is has no end
and that’s how long
i’ll be your friend.
or my favourite at that time…
tarzan, tarzan in the air
tarzan lost his underwear
tarzan said, “i don’t care
*simon* will sew me another pair…”
of course you just changed the name of the person lah…
eh simon sorrylah, now your comments page becomes an autograph page of sorts..
simon
eh, the tarzan one is quite good leh!
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