G.Y.J. Chang: Rarely appears in class, though is somehow still able to remain in 6A. A real mellow kinda guy.

J.W.(W.)F. Chen: A devoted South Park, Wrestling, Metallica, and Satan worshipper; in short, the root of all evil.

D.S.W.'"Smiley Face' Cheng: Has more colds than the days he spends studying in a year. Fell asleep while acting as Mission Control at Space Camp.

D.C.F. 'I don't have a nasal voice' Chik: Class pigmy for the past several years until dramatically tripling in size to now measure 4 feet. Master of spite, Spice, and Sailor Moon.

J.M. 'Jim Morrison' Coe: One of 6A's prominent sideburn "superpowers", who competed throughout the year with Dixit, but was disqualified and humiliated for using Regaine.

J.B. 'Johnny Rotten' Coleman: An accomplished punk from way back. Didn't play at the Rockquest because it wasn't "up to my level, man".

A.V. Dennison: Will go on to star in his own soft-drink commercial, wearing his own basketball shoe brand, surrounded by gorgeous women.

R. 'Elvis' Dixit: Attributes his cherished position as 1998 Form Rep. to the Indian Mafia: "It's great, I still have 9 fingers left". Also known to shampoo his face.

T.R. 'Dirk Diggler' Elliot: Got a porn star shirt from somewhere, and it' s all been downhill from there.

D.F. 'Ironman' Garrett: Went on a month-long all-encompassing trip to the greatest cities in Europe, and didn't take a single photo. Still has difficulty in putting his shirt on the right way out.

Ken (& Barbie) Ginn (& Tonic): Devout Spice Girls disciple. Planning to move to Kazakstan and spend his life educating the ignorant masses in the doctrine of "Girl Power" .

N.J. 'Goldfish' Gormack: Will go on to produce his own brand of freakish 'Moron' pencil cases and stationary.

K.C. 'Casanova' Ho: 6A's answer to Barry White. No female staff member is safe from this unstoppable love machine.

M.M. 'XXY' Howden: Crusader for a 7th Form uniform next year for the sole reason to stop being made to go in the 3rd From tuckshop line.

M.A. Johnston: I guess once you've bought an oboe you can't really stop playing it. Was lucky enough to have it stolen but, alas, he got another one.

J.P. 'Captain Keen' Keir: A real Grammar bloke. Too many achievements to list here. (Did I mention the tights he wore in 'The Crucible'?). Finds true happiness when his car makes it up a hill.

J.J.H. 'Bugga' Kim: Adapted to the night-life by becoming 6A's only nocturnal student. Has been said to sleepwalk from class to class.

D.S. 'Ewok' Kwok: Owns every conceivable piece of Starwars merchandise made to date. Looks like Morocco Mole.

G.J.C. 'Bruce' Lee: The kung-fu fighter of the class. Used some 'interesting' terminology in his seminar on 'Prostate Cancer' (use your imagination).

C.W. Lim: New addition to 6A, who thankfully raised the class average in Calculus and Physics by 30%.

D.J. Minhinnick: Pretty much normal. Slowly but surely being converted to the ways of 'Pro. Wrestling'. Person most likely to get the 'smack laid down' on him.

P.W. 'CyberSpice' Muir: Enjoys 'quality' chatting on the Internet. Demonstrated his superior astronaut skills at Space Camp by being 'accidentally killed' 6 times in 10 minutes during his first mission.

M. 'Merchant of Epsom' Patel: Held an orange juice stall on Sports Day to raise capital for Young Enterprise. The result: bankruptcy.

S.U. 'Hockey-head' Patel: Two words: Rankin Cup. Also see comment below.

B.N. 'Where's my shadow?' Rajapakse: Frequently mistaken and used as a toothpick by the 1st XV, due to the fact that his brain has more mass than his entire body.

A.J. 'Godfather' Rimoldi: 6A's Sicilian connection. When not committing acts of petty theft, usually found committing acts of petty thuggery.

A.J. 'Prop-Meister G' Robinson: Top scholar inspired by a 'higher power' - namely nine inch high spacemen living on the dark side of the moon. Subscribes to Nexus Magazine. What more is there to say? (Except 'slurp, slurp').

A. 'Kluivert' Sharma: Single-handedly led his soccer team to Senior C 'glory' - and, boy, did he let everyone know about it.

C.O. (The Silent One) Tan: Always calm and mild-mannered, even in the face of Ho danger.

A. 'Yeah! Yeah! Muafo' Taneja: Known to always be at least ten steps ahead of the teacher in Calculus.

D.F. 'Kumeu Kid' Wilson: Surprisingly 6A's only Chicken Farmer from Kumeu. Has experienced the most expensive first week of car ownership.

J.Q. 'Mr Debate' Wilson: Has the name and build for League, but when playing, prefers talking it through with the opposition rather than tackling.

Honourable Mentions

'Statuette of Liberty' Award: Mr Goodridge. For all those 'strict rules' he imposed on us, 'nutritional field-trips' he made during the Biology period, and 'scientific' terms he used in his teachings …

Joint winners of the 'Ginger Spice Memorial' Award for pre-assembly singing: D.S. Kwok & P.W. Muir, who have proved beyond reasonable doubt that, yes, they are in fact worse than Hanson.

'Iron Globe Award' for fascism: J.M. Coe. Decided to set up his own Political Party and take over the world. First member: J.W.F. Chen.

'Golden Wings' Award for overseas exchanges: A.R. Walls. Thanks Adam, for going to Japan for a year and gifting us with twelve months we'll never forget. (He's back next year though, so don't get too comfortable).

Rubber Keyboard Award for proficiency in communications: C.B.D. Lane. For keeping in touch with so many people at the A.I.T., even without trying. <Actually, I can't remember how it went, but it was something along these lines>

G.Y. Tarm: (6B) His soccer ball brings immeasurable pleasure to a vast number of 6A boys every interval and lunchtime….

Other

G. 'Westie' Wong: (6B) Well-known for his $2 shop handwriting and matching humour. 6A's official verbal punching bag.

By Ken Ginn, Jonathan Coleman and James Coe

Author: Ken Ginn, 7A 1999

Email: kenginn@hotmail.com