Touched

It's been the end of yet another very eventful week, with quite a load of stress piled up...

... had my second lab test on wed. Didn't fare as well, couldn't handle one of the special cases. But i'm still pretty glad, since i only spent, say, a couple hours practising.

Instead, i spent quite a few nights until 3am in the morning, doing up our hall nite games with my blk subcom mates! It seemed quite crazy if you accounted in all our own commitments and schoolwork. But i'm absolutely grateful and encouraged that i have such a group of wonderful ppl to back me up.

WED NIGHT, we had our hall night, CANDYLICIOUS! which i personally thought was the most fun and successful thing we'd ever did so far. It went very smoothly and felt interesting all the way, and everyone looked very well entertained, ha.

Thurs morning, AB114 presentation... i had my first proper rehearsal while waiting for my turn! Totally didn't have time to memorise or prepare anything at all. So i went in with a blank slate, shaky voice and all. Luckily it didn't turn out that bad, i kept the class laughing with some funny slides haha. I think speaking loudly and maintaining a cheerful spirit dispels the nervousness pretty well.

At night, i suddenly felt like watching 'I Am Sam', so i got a couple of favours and set up a movie screening. Just the close few of us, JH and i, as well as Weichong, Brandon, Chongyu and Alvin.

Ha...and i felt really touched. Not just by the movie, which never fails to moisten my eyes. But i was innately very much cheered up when my 54 mates came to support me, even coming to watch a sappy movie together.

Somewhere along my journey as part of the JCRC, i seem to have forgotten why i'd run for blk manager in the first place. Not to bond the residents, not to provide a service to the hall, but before all of this, i simply wanted to share the kind of experience i've had with these guys. Along the way, as things got busier and i grew shallower in my contact with friends, i had almost lost this very important thought. Hall life can and should be a once-in-a-lifetime experience filled with great friendships and indelible memories. Because from the day i stepped into hall till now, i've been countlessly inspired and lifted by the wonderful individuals living in blk 54. Because right from day 1, it was never about the culture. It's about the people.

Sometimes i forget: it's not how many friends you have, but who you have as your friends. I feel blessed that both in hall and at school, i have close friends who will really, well, be there for me.

Just like in the past... but this time, i've learned to appreciate my friends, to not take them for granted. Because good friends are so hard to come by.

Well, i just wanted to say...

Thanks.