Xiamen (March to April 2011)
I remembered that around this period last year, I was about to go off to Xiamen.
In Xiamen, got to know Michelle a little more, SY YT and Vandy as project mates.
It was a very trying period for my identity and I did things I regretted. Perhaps this period of time helped me understood my imperfections and my shortcomings a little better.
Got to know also Rebecca and Guanhui, and I was able to relate to them. It made me feel that at least there was people there for me at that period of time.
It was fun stomping laundry with Michelle and breaking the hotel pole because our laundry got to heavy, when SY tied scorpio plaits for me, when YT and SY kept singing big bang and being obsessed over it, when we could try China food (trust me it is hella GOOOOOD! other than the generousity of oil), eating jjangmyeon there, drinking piping hot milk tea in cold weather.
I'm really missing China and the hotel that we stayed in..! <3
Year 2 Sem 1 (April to September 2011)
Felt so glad to be home after 1 month in China.
I tried to reach really high. I wanted to boost more CCA points, and got too caught up in trying to be a better candidate for university, which was wrong.
Was quite lonely back then. It was one of the lowest points of my life.
Discovered and got hooked on movies @ lien ying chow library.
Also discovered eric khoo's local movies which I warmed up my heart which was hardened at this period.
Tried to join 2 ccas - Leo club and Aerobics club. Leo club started out well where I tried to get more involved and even wanted to thrive. But soon the passion died down.
Aerobics - I've never liked aerobics. I joined to keep fit.
I guess they werent exactly my passions from the start.
Not as much as shopping, selling stuff, cooking, diy-ing stuff and all.
Thus it didnt really last. :)
Vietnam (September 2011)
Decided to do something different.
Became roommates with Elaine and Marielyn (whom were both year 1 while I was year 2), not knowing what to expect as we didnt know each other prior to the trip at all. But soon we grew close, especially to Elaine.
Also grew close to Valerie, Vanessa, Alex Ng and his gf Xinyue.
Nice bunch of people.
I still remembered lepaking in the hotel rooms together, within 4 walls, sharing secrets and talking about our lives.
Laughed at random shit such as Pocongs(inside joke), watched horror films and chillin' at Hotel room 101 Huong Vuong Hotel ! <3
And not to mention, Vietnamese coffeee is very nice ! :D
Not to mention trying out Pho vietnamese noodles and daily breakfast @ the hotel !
Did construction work like cementing floors and plucking out weeds.
Did teaching which i was very nervous about but as I looked back I'm glad I managed to be the lead teacher at least once.
SweetConcoctions Blogshop
Learnt how to tolerate customers and blogshop owners. Got many lovely stuff in return. Errr that's just about it..
Year 2 Sem 2 (October 2011 to February 2012)
Managed to get into the same class as Wanning, Sinyee, Chris, GuoXiang - TA02. It felt like Year 1 Sem 2.
Got to know more teachers and classmates also.
Got flooded with projects and spent a bulk of the time in the library attempting to finish it and complaining about projects. At the very least, I think I do have responsible project mates who share the project burden tgt.
And thoroughly, I emphasize thoroughly, enjoyed hijacking and booking rooms which I do not have a solid reason why I love it. Hahaha.
Got to know Chris a bit more and basically talked a lot of nonsense in class. Got to know Sinyee a bit more too, as we conversate more, did projects more and ate dinner tgt.
Like the Xiamen trip, got to see another side of me which I didnt know existed. However, I found a side of me that was very much giggly, more outspoken, and perhaps some people would say, unabashedly outrageous. It was neither good nor bad, to me though.
Was more confident putting myself in front of the class. Comparing to Year 1 Sem 1, I've come a long way - in public speaking and controlling my nerves.
I also learnt that some things are just not within my control, no matter how hard I try. Thus the best way is to let go - which was hard.
And of course, there were some days were really draggy and very very long and there were several instances where I couldnt wait for the semester to be over, but more soon than ever, the semester ended.
March to April 2012 (and beyond)
My preloved blogshop, MDA job and maybe other temporary jobs, korean trip, 2nd year anniversary with Nerd, laptop bazaar, and finally the anticipation of yet another semester, this time harder though.
There's still so much to live for, so much to be discovered.
No one knows for sure what will happen next.
As life slowly unfolds. (: