Airconditioned Classrooms When air-conditioning was still a luxury in Singapore in the late 70s, an entire school of blue-attired convent girls had to use it as a necessity. It was a necessary evil to keep noise pollution down when we studied, as the school was located at the junction of busy crossroads in town. As we mutter under our breath and cursed the annual donation drives to raise money for the aircons, we secretly knew that we enjoyed the little white box which yield us oxygen, provided cool relief after a sweaty physical education class and helped us dry our wet hair and armpits. We were the only air conditioned school Singapore. In the literal and metaphorical sense - we were the coolest school! “Memories collected from the School Reunion Contest held from 15 July to 9 Aug 2012 in collaboration with SPH and sponsored by Singapore Flyer.”