Have you heard of the band Vertical Horizon ? Have you listened to Everything You Want before ?
Boyce Avenue Everything You Want Cover
This song was released in year 1999 . That was 12 years ago . I was in Standard 5 . The blur-est , most quiet kid in the class .
After 12 years , I believe , I still am that kid .
I remember that year vividly .
I was the top of my class when i was in Standard 1 . But , that only continued till the end of that year when i was in standard 1 . Some kid from KL replaced me . >,< Since then , I was ,most of the time, in the 20th to 30th position in my class of 40 plus . And it was that year , when i was in Standard 5 , that i decided to complete my homework everyday and study whatever my teacher taught me in class when i came back from school . When my end of the year exam results were out , my teacher was surprised . Heck , even my parents were surprised ( actually, it was more of a shock ) that i improved from my 23rd position to 7th in class . I remember my teacher praised me for the shocking improvements i achieved in my studies . The turtle has finally came out from her shell to face the world .
From then on , i was encouraged and motivated to learn . =D
I can’t remember much of my primary school years . All i knew was that I was very quiet . My teachers would say that i didn’t want to talk because i had gold in my mouth . I bet they wondered if i should have been placed in a Special Needs school =) One of my neighbour , who was also my secondary school mate , use to tell everyone how quiet and shy i was in primary school . He always told the others that whenever he came over to play Sega with my brothers , I would miraculously disappear . Actually , that’s really what happened . When guests came to the house , i would run upstairs .
I guess i was really shy and insecure back then .
Despite being that quiet , i still had a few friends . Tan Jia Yi . She was my best friend . I remember Jia Yi and I played basket ball during the PJ class one day . We were in the same team . I was near the hoop , so she passed the ball to me . I don’t know how but I accidentally sprained my index finger when i received the ball . And i could not throw the ball properly into the hoop due to the pain . I remember my PJ teacher giving me an expression indicating something like “how could you have missed that ” … 
My index finger was swollen for 2 days after that . And that was the last time i played basketball . Hence , i never grew any taller after that . >,<
After 12 year , i still am who i was . Maybe with slight changes here and there . But i still feel that i am that quiet , insecure , low self-esteemed kid when i was in primary school . I try very hard to change . But i guess it will always be part of me .
Its not that being quiet and insecure is wrong . But , you know , i think its only right to speak our minds and build relationships with the people around us .
This song is very special to me . 12 years . In these 12 years , i had listened to it more than any other songs . Not throughout the whole year . But many times in a year .
This year’s annual affair with the song came in December , the most wonderful time of the year =) I love this song ! Makes my December the more special .
Going caroling now ! =)
Merry Christmas !
SocialVibe