Archive for January 1st, 2009
goodbye 2008, hello 2009.
okay, so today is the start of the new year.
well, i don’t feel any different from how i did yesterday, really. i still feel just as useless and clueless as ever. but anyway i decided to write this entry because i got tired of trying to decipher all the french instructions on the various websites.
well 2008 has been a rather eventful year i guess. but just like any other year, life’s always full of ups and downs.
January 2008
Amazing things happened, much to my delight! It was a sweet sweet surprise for me, contrary to the year before because of some incidents. But it was good in a way I guess, it made me realise what a selfish bitch i was (well i’m still quite a bitch at times, i know), and so.. it was good to have the new ME in the new YEAR.
And before school started, I’ve learnt to let my hair down & relax. Okay, maybe not BEFORE school started, but rather, during the first 2 weeks or so, where it was mostly orientation & introduction. I’ve gone to kayak at Chinese Gardens (I never knew that you could kayak prior to that!), caught French films at the Central Library (and the staff refused to believe that we took French and ALMOST didn’t allow us to watch the R21 film, which we received weird stares from the guy behind when the sex scenes were played. but come on, it’s a FRENCH film. does it say anything?)
Oh, and then there was inter-hall games, which made me lose a friend. All because of a stupid relay that I didn’t put her in, and I swam instead. I really regret that decision, and it made me feel so much like a failed captain. If she had told me how much she wanted to swim because she’s graduating at the end of the semester, I would gladly have let her take ALL of my places (okay, maybe except ONE event, otherwise it’s quite silly being the captain and not swimming in any event at all). But, from that very day onwards, I received dagger-like stares from her.. and it’s soooooo awkward, because I’m rather close to her best friends, and I have to manage talking to them without talking to her (well, mainly because she refuses to talk to me anymore, even though I said hi)
For the next few months, however, I don’t think there was anything very exciting happening. I was just trying to cherish every moment that I have with my dear, since he was graduating at the end of the semester. But I’ve learnt the meaning of trust & respecting privacy. I’m not perfect, but I do try my best.
I remembered that eventful Valentine’s day though, whereby we totally walked by the place without realising that.. and spent so much time walking around Botanic gardens.. only to realise that place is closed for the day. However, we did manage to have a good meal at Cluny Court, somewhere called Karma Kettle & Rhapsody.
Then came May 2008, when he had finished his course at NUS. Boy, were the days different after that! It sure felt weird not being able to see each other every day and every night, or walk to the dining hall together to get our meals, or studying at the same table in his or my room, or slipping neon orange post it notes under the door, or him waking me up by coming into my room and giving me a big hug while i was still lying on the bed…
But other than HW, i still missed the company of people like Ann as well, where we could have countless chats together.. and we had EXACTLY the same modules so we practically went everywhere together (except sometimes we’re in different groups for a module), and she was like my bestest companion in hall (after dear of course!)
Of course, there were other people that I missed.. but I didn’t spend as much time with them, and I didn’t have as much telepathy with them (like both HW & Ann can TOTALLY read my mind).. and well there’s no need to have a huge quantity of friends. It’s just the quality that matters.
And so, the new term started. I began shutting from home to school, which took about an hour and a half (well you have to factor in jams, delays due to rain, etcetc).. and discovered how to walk from buona vista to nus (and saved on transport and time, since 95 is IMPOSSIBLE to get on during peak hours and i don’t want to wait THREE buses before i can board the bus).
I took like FIVE FREAKING CORE MODULES, which was so damn damn heavy, and probably made my CAP suffer. I only took those modules because a lot of them were pre-requisites for my modules at INSA…
which we got rejected by INSA.
and thought that we were NOT going to insa.. and we settled with that decision…
only to receive countless emails, and a big hiatus later.. we got accepted by UPMC.. and i was really happy until….
….
And then joo came, and the Movie Clique met up, post-christmas. and it made me feel like i want to go back to JC all over again…
WOW.
it’s been quite a year, indeed.
And I thank God for the good friends that I’ve had around, who’ve accompanied through my ups and downs. Nx, Joo, Hl, Ann, YL, HW.. i thank you all!
Happy new year!
