Investiture is 30th August 2008...
On that random day in 2005, we gathered at the dining hall...we were strangers then, all 17 of us...one came in later that year, 4 came in in 2007...but no matter, cuz we are batchmates...we would have more if many had not quit, if many had bothered to come for practices...batchmates are different from "people in a batch"...batchmates are something more...something more prestigious, more unique than that...batchmates are more than just friends...batchmates are brothers...we are a band of brothers...if one falls, we will not go for the gold alone...we would wait and help him up...if it means missing out on that prize, we would not have bothered, because after all, losing one prize is nothing compared to losing a batchmate...we started out as strangers, as people with no idea who the hell is that guy in front of me during drills...but yet, we persevered as a batch and we managed to make it through our first year...we may not know who is in front of us, but if we see him struggling with the heat, we would give him a "cool wind" treatment, even if it means a 20-push up punishment...we would do things together, run as a batch, never leaving anyone behind...we would play soccer as a batch, going up against seniors bigger and better than us, but never failing to applaude someone if he has done well or encouraging someone who just made an error...we would play music together...play music as a batch...play our batch piece with joy and pride...becuz we knew then that these are the people whom we are going to have to be with for the next few years...and these are the people that we can always rely on for encouragement in the bandroom when we just finished a difficult maths paper...(to be continued)
Will all this end so quickly? after all, 4 years seemed like 4 seconds...in a flick (or flicks), we have turned into seniors...and very soon, we will turn into alumni...will we change?will our beliefs change?will our ideals change?will our friendship change?nothing is for sure in this world, but i have an exception...no matter what happens to us in RJC with all these girls around us, we will never forget the fun moments we have together as batchmates...simply because batchmates mean much more than friends...we are brothers...brothers determined to bring RIMB back to the fore...
