"Can you write in my auto?"

Autographs. Autograph books. Biodata books.

Whatever you call 'em, they are the standard "end of the year" phenomenon. I think over the years I've had countless... And all containing the details of the same people! Haha. It didn't seem so pathetic at the time though :)

Now that it's the last year of life as we know it, autograph books suddenly become crucial. People start panicking, we're so afraid of losing touch. Everyone is scrambling to get everyone else's contact numbers.. Yours truly included.

But when I actually take a second to think about it... Is it really going to make much difference how many people's details you take down? How many of them are you going to keep in touch with? How many are really going to matter in our "lives after school"?

I suppose you never know when you might need whom, but I still think the chances of me calling up someone I've talked to.. twice?.. the whole year through are pretty slim.

And another thing. Autograph books are an ego boost. No one writes anything bad about you in your autograph book. You've always been a "great friend" and although they didn't talk to you, you've been a "wonderful person". Sigh. Hell, maybe I've given everyone a good impression. Haha.. Fuuh *kembang*

Oooh! And these are standard autograph book openers (when the person doesn't know you too well, of course!) :

"Thank you for giving me this (optional: golden) oppurtunity to pen down something in your (optional: physical description) autograph book/autograph/auto"

"Welcome to my Biodata/Details/Site/Website (huh??)"

And the classic closers like the F.R.A.N.C.E one..

F riendship
R emains (usually without the "s" lol)
A nd
N ever
C an
E nd

and another hilarious one :

Birds fly high,
Hard to catch
Friends like you,
Hard to get!

Haha. Da-amn. Although we aren't as corny in secondary school, a lot of peeps come dangerously close. Somehow things like "Friends Forever!" seem really hollow now. Maybe because we're more aware of the harsh realities of life... That there's no guarantee that even something so good and special won't change.

But that said.. an autograph book provides a physical memory of the people who were a part of our lives for so many years. And maybe one day in the future, even if they are so far out of mind that our vision of them is blurred.. We will still have something to hold on to. Something that will always ensure that somehow...

No one will be forgotten.