Credits

dimanche, mai 28, 2006

random reminiscenes

however you spell that word, im not sure anymore.

extremely disappointed with my grades. i felt i really did study hard. unfortunately the grades did not improve. particularly for stars.

thought back about everything that happened in the last academic year, from day 0 of semester 1 to today (the day after production, and receipt of CAP scores).

started uni with high hopes and expectations of making new friends in a totally foreign environment cos no one else from TJ was in NUS, and i didn't know any in USP. started with meeting christinewse who became my constant source of breakfast, groceries and running partner in the semester through hans. then i attended usp talks and bbqs and things like that. and got to know Brother and all the other ISE and usp pple. thanks to yileng, and joseph who asked me to go for the talks and bbq and night cycling and all that though i was lazy. grobal politics gave me my pals, jae lyn and pal... and edmund!! and in turn, jae and lyn gave me all the other friends in usp.

sem 1 in uni, of living alone and having usp block near me made sem 1 perfect. not having to open my mouth to speak after i enter my room, not having to asnwer to anybody, sleep and wake and shower ande at at anytime i like, anything i want. met my finnish neighbour tiina who's still on msn during the wee hours of singapore time.

sem 1 was also when i stopped a rship which i felt was having a detrimental effect on me. thanks to alll the ise/me frens and scholars who helped me along the way, who brought me to carl jr 2 days after my bday to celebrate my bday though most went along who didnt know it had been my bday. who went dim sum buffet wif me, and drinking session wif me, pal and jae. and jae for always driving me around when he had the car, even after i got my own license. *sorry for this sem jae and lynn!! i was trying really hard to pull my cap, but i guess it didnt work* and joseph for always listening to me and cousnelling me and trying to help me settle all the things i couldnt settle myself. i guess i've really always led a sheltered life although my parents left me very much on my own. i always have people like you guys around.

sem 1 results were terrible. i was surprised but not shocked. i had expected it. but the results were equivalent to the amount of time and effort i had put into it all. thanks to yileng, lynn, jae, chun hui and pal for forcing me to study. if u guys had not come over i'd prob not have studied all night. and thanks to pal for always giving me a place to lean on and adding warmth to my house.

december hols. passed all too quickly. went out extremely often. wonder where i got all the money then. always at some outing or movie or excursion or whatever with pal. or jae and lynn sometimes. vowed to make a good sem 2.

sem 2. tried really hard but borrwing brandy's words, bungeed. terribly. no As. well, too bad.

but this was also the sem where it reinforced my belief that you dont have to always be there to be really good freinds. sorry i was MIA for most of the activities the pals and the usp block had. sorry i missed victoria's bday party and left early for junwen's. i still owe jae 15 bucks for junwen's present i think. lynne and jae are still my pals though i refuse to be nice to jae for a while cos im still steaming over stars. *sorry jae*.

it's also the sem where joseph is happy again with marianne. and the sem i moved back home and are on better terms with my family. also the sem where i worked hard. i really did, even if most of you don't think so. also the sem where most activities occurred and fincom realy had to do work.

most imptly, its also the sem where someone really important to me came into my life. in these 5 months, he's not raised his voice at me, entered into any arguments with me, or put me down. he's not criticised my family or avoided them, in fact hes on super terms wif my atheletic-dreamer brother. hes always tried to be there for me when im done, which rarely happens now, and solve all my problems for me, those that i know of and those that i didnt know of. we had a slight disagreement over aun (yr fault ed!) but no raised voices, no tears, no argument. it was just a discussion over what he thought was best for me and what i thought was best for myself. and im glad i went for aun after all, and that he decided to let me choose how to best live my life so long as i took care of myself and did't overtire. he's driven over late at night to take me out when i didnt have a license when i was upset cos storms were brewing in my house, driven over at night after aun so i could see him, listened to me complain and whine about everything that bugged me at anytime point in time, offered advice he told me i didnt have to take, and settled problems for me i didnt have the courage to. he also bought and delivered during reading week a gigantic half as big as me piglet soft toy cos he couldnt always keep me company and so i could have a bolster cos apparently u cant sleep properly without one, and helped my mum repair the light, run errands, send my dad's sis home, gummed my dad's porcelain table together, chose spikes for my bro, taught him a bit of piano, taught my sis linear inequalities, and finished my grandma's specially cooked dinner. all the while not forgetting i was there and missed him sometimes. and never failing to let me know i always make him smile and that my presence, support and assistance is very importance to him.

its been a good academic year and i've finished year 1. currently on a money making scheme wif lynn, dunno how her side is turning out, doign translations and earning more money and planning how to spend all that money before it gets eaten up into my off-limits saving account. oh yes and for the first time in my life, i've got savings, thanks to pal.

and all through the year, i had jiahui and Best Friend. thank you everybody and the powers that are... :)