When I Was Free...

Dear jammers,

I was flipping through an old school magazine -- Penang Free School Magazine 2002 Volume 10 No. 6 -- when I chanced upon this photo in the School Log:


This was me and my good friend Esmond, circa 2002! (Now he's my coursemate in Physics, and still good friend.) How was this photo taken? We were in the middle of class photoshoots, I think, and this photographer guy, Siva, came up to us and said:

Siva: Guys, look here! Smile!
Esmond: *turns into Dracula* RoahhH!!
Me: -_-
Siva: *click*

One week later...
School Log guy: Man, these two guys look so dumb! I must think of an equally dumb line to accompany it...
School Log guy's light bulb, er... lights up.
School Log guy: I know! *types* Dumb and Dumber *pats self on back*

(part-fiction)

And my mind soared to recall the year 2002. How could I forget! That year I was the proofreader, with eagle eyes too sharp for my own good: I was a nightmare to all my colleagues; for the simple reason that I could spot everything from a mile away -- from a simple double__spacing, to paragraphs that needed major overhauls:

Me: *points* That's a double spacing there.
Trainee: No it's not! *checks* Oh, it is...
Me: *high fives all around* MUAHAHAHAH!! HOO'S YO DADDY??!

Ok, I made that last line up.

Ah, proofreading. It did get quite tedious at times. But I did that job with vigour, in fact I loved it! *audience gasps* I would be correcting essays and reports in class, during photoshoots, at home on my bed -- *member of audience shouts: You're insane!*

*Karljam the jamming Gemini, stabs Member of Audience with a pen (cut to commercial break)*

-- I apologize for the... um, commercial. As my then-Ed Board colleague Jaryl, writes in my Friendster testimonial, for posterity: (Incidentally, he's now my coursemate in Physics too!)

"he was the most brutal Editorial board proofreader of the decade (u can see people begging, myself included, 2 hv someone else more forgiving check their spelling and grammar)"
[emphasis added]

Never mind the fact that this sentence is a gross overstatement. Never mind that I think his use of the word "brutal" is out of context, and hugely inappropriate for a peace-loving guy like me.

And never mind his use of contractions, n lack. of punctuation...