My best moments of 2013
This year has been unbelievably long and incredibly fulfilling I doubt I could describe it all in a post. I remember sitting in a dingy room in Hong Kong on New Year's Eve making resolutions, of which I'm super happy to say I've accomplished 11/14 this time!! Compared to 4/11 the previous year.
This year, I was determined to make the best out of my remaining school life, and resolved to play as hard as I could. It started almost immediately with me shifting back to hall and getting immersed in IHG and the craziness of my neighbours-- Mu, Eve, Joan, & RW. I was really super glad for the daily screamings and getting tormented by them, as it took my mind off finally having broken up and moving on to singlehood. School was honestly quite shitty, what with juggling a part-time internship at Fitness Buffet in the midst of the hell period. So glad that I had to hall to tide me through.
The holidays saw me taking on a hellish internship at Shiseido. It was quite a learning experience, getting drilled to achieve perfection or risk getting screamed at by the boss. I'm glad that I got through it and actually learnt quite a lot out of it. It was a crazy tiring holiday too, what with working from 8.30-6 and having Floorball and Vball trainings probably 5-6 times a week. I have no idea what possessed me to join Euffles and IVP. Took part in my first Vball open cup and Sunnig finally, in my penultimate year. But sadly, didn't have the strength to go on till IVP. Also, being in a team so different from what I'd experienced with the 6 of us in DHS, where we put our whole hearts and souls into the team and trainings.
Year 4 Sem 1 saw my sis being in the same faculty, hall and practically doing everything together. Glad for the boundless quality time we got to spend together, after having been 'apart coz of O's and A's. We were finally playing in the same teams after so many years of playing vball separately.
Turning 22 reminded me of the groups of friends who I hold so dear to me. Often mindless banter on Whatsapp and very late and infrequent meetups (TIES), I know these friends will stick for life.
Academic life was kind of blah. But I have to say that I have been extremely blessed with this driven group for CP. I remember fretting over not being able to find a group. And alas, I believe it was also fate that I took up the Fitness Buffet PT internship and managed to do it for CP and to attain the easy A+, much credits to the extreme generosity of Prof Delios of course.
Really glad for the E3 girls to add colour and excitement to the otherwise blah school life. The endless race to pull up my cap, which I finally did, hurray!! Scrambling for jobs, non stop discussions about jobs. I realised with E3 we NEVER talk about jobs thank goodness, we gossip like hell, we make shitloads of noise, drink too much, and we are probably too mean in the way we speak to each other. But I really cannot imagine what school life would be if i hadn't met them. All those in (biz) school dont know what they are neglecting man!
Sat night vball was my rock for 2013. The one constant amid everything, I might be moody or tired or even sick of vball but going there, just sitting there watching all these people having so much fun made everything better. There was no need for knowing someone's name or having talked to them before, but on court we could all still function as one team. I'm sure everyone there also had different things going on with their lives, but Sat nights were just so simple and carefree. Glad for the 6 of us having stayed so tightly knit too, espeically seeing how every other team having teammates strayed away or losing their passion for the sport.
And lastly, the icing on top of the cake, our grand trip to Australia!!! Had been feeling some kind of wanderlust and immediately agreed to going on a trip with ZX. With a magical twist of fate, Han managed to come along as well and everything was just perfect. Countless times of having our breaths taken away; zealously sucking everything in wherever we went; scrimping on transport to splurge on extravagant meals. I must say we were rather perfectly matched travel partners. All willing to wake up early and walk like crazy and do stupid shit together for the sake of good pictures and good times :) This vacation also included my first road trip, and I think it'll be a tough one to match up to.
For 2014, I hope that each and every one of us stays as crazy and reckless-- young, wild and free. What with all of us (girls) moving on to a new phase in life, I hope none of us gets sucked into the rat race. That we continue to embrace each and every day, to savor every sunset and sunrise and continue to marvel at their beauty. Lastly, that we make many many more good memories to last us till we are old and grey.