"Translocation"

After the whole night of hard labour, finally we have moved to our new "house". By the time we have almost finished everything, it was already early morning. This is my third time to move, and my current room will be my last location in this boarding school. RB 05-08.

The location of the room is relatively desirable comparing with my previous ones. After facing the school gate for more than one year, this time we get the chance to change the view. Ahead of us now is an expansive peace of land leading to NUS High school canteen. High altitudes bring us fresher air and a more impressive view of night sky bedecked by twinkling stars. Fewer insects will pester us now since those crawling ones are unable to reach that high, leaving out only those with wings like mosquitoes, flying bees and occasionally dragonflies. Sometimes I think this hostel is a wonderful place for entomologists to carry out observations.

More importantly, it is the peace and serenity that bewitchs me the most. At night, there will be no shouting from nearby Block A and no light will penetrate our window from Television room. Situated in the deeper part of the hostel, my current room allows us a higher level of privacy, which is being more and more highly regarded in this modern world where imfringement prevails.

It is good to be better located, but it takes tolls, too. What we had to pay was late-night transfering between Level 3 and Level 5, with all our household goods: piles of books, bags of clothes, drawers, electronic gadgets as well as other adjuncts like calenders, pen refills, articrafts and even a mask. Scurrying up and down like mouses, we toiled unstop until our hair was all wet dripping perspiration. Upbolstered by a tremendous sense of achievement, we witnessed how our room in Level 5 was filled with goods form Level 3 and eventually, Voila! Our new nest was settled. Thanks to the trolleys which were highly imburdened by our goods, we were spared of the gruesome and the most back-breaking task of transfering our books, with a height challenging Himalayas.

We are not the only ones to move, though. Tonight, Alex, Runy and Jason have moved from Level 5 to Level 7, enjoying an even better view of the skyline lit up by neon lights.

This would be my last room here, and I really cherish it. This is my nest that I will spend my whole Sec 4 year and I believe it will bring me good luck.

Sorrowly taking off our name tag from RB03-02 and placing it on our new door, I still find it hard to think that the next time we take off our name tag, it would take forever to place it on any door of this building again.

We are migrating birds...We will continue to fly, far and high.