Memories...
Saturday, December 01, 2007
ON MELANCHOLY
2 thoughts went thru my head todae.
The 1st was that its min min's birthdae todae! Haha..like i told her, even though we only saw each other once this semester, but i still love her =p And my, how she has changed since 25th mc haha.
I think being in arts club mc generally makes one become a better person. In terms of confidence, organizational abilities, public speaking, emotional toughness, mental toughness (read- ability to take n tahan all sorts of nonsense), but most importantly, the friendships forged n gained.
Which brings me to my 2nd thought of the dae. This idiot in the picture aka Soozie called me just now after his final exam paper. I was expecting him to be whooping with joy but shock of shock, he was in tears when speaking over the phone.
Sooze said that it was a highly emotional dae for him, becoz it was his last paper EVER in NUS, and last ever dae in NUS. Even halfway thru his paper, he said he couldnt concentrate properly, coz his mind was cast in the fact of the Day of Days.
Sooze cried coz he said when he looked back at his past 3 n a half years in NUS, filled with precious memories n friendships, the flashbacks just overwhelmed him. It was then when i realized that he was prob feeling the same way me and Chonghan felt on e final dae of Arts Camp this year. When we were on stage n we realized that we would never ever be going for another Arts Camp again.
For Sooze, it wasnt just his fop n mc memories in 25th or 26th. There were also his dance competitions, his relationships, his friendships etc. He said that it seems that the more memories u have of Nus, the harder it ll be for u to let go.
I then told him that Ridhwan once told me, that even if u gave him a perfect cap score of 5.0 in exchange for all his arts club memories n frienships, he would never have taken it. We both agree as well. Life in nus isnt just about mugging n grades.
Thankfully, we ll be going commencement together next year. N we were saying how wonderful n emotional it ll be throwing our mortar hats with friends from year1 like Chonghan, Bobsie, Joy, Yuimin, Alas ter, Jia jia, leonie, swi swi, Gina aka xiao xian xian, Bian Bian, Jianwu, Alvin, Gerri n many many others. All of us changed, in 1 way or another. 4 years is a long time. But yet it is short.
I havent really given much thought on how I ll react after my last exam paper next sem. But seeing Sooze's reaction, I prob have a better idea now. When I was jogging last night, I also had the idea that I ll prob send some well-wishes card to many of the professors, dean's office staff, n osa personnel who have also given me many memories of these 4 years.
So, if u re currently year1-3, do treasure yr remaining time in nus k. n_n Life is too short for regrets. You never noe when u ll be gone 1 day, just like those left during the recent dragonboat tragedy. Seize the dae, and go n do whatever that u really want to do in nus. That, has been 1 of the recurring themes in this little blog of mine.
I have cleared 4 papers oredi. So far so good. Last paper next fri. Ll be going drinking with the other presidents later. =)
