Thursday, August 11, 2005

i miss everyone

clar just told me tt there's a mini-gep gathering-cum-farewell at newton circus later. or rather, soon. probably right now. damn i wanna go. i miss everyone. hope the silly little girl remembers to help me say hi.

anw realised that many pple are leaving very soon.

Watching everyone starting their countdowns reminds me of my own. And just for this once, I’d like to go through the rituals of saying goodbye again. Of the dinners, lunches, brunches. Of days packed with 4 farewells. Of taking wawa to the park twice a day. Staring out of my window at night. Packing and packing and buying new stuff. And of saying goodbye again and over and over again and again. Including feeling this sense of ‘good riddance’ to some people that nonetheless I had to meet, be it out of courtesy, obligation, or intersecting social circles. But more often, secretly crying at having to leave many others.

It’s odd how now that the hardest part of leaving is over, I wanna go through it again. Coz really, now that I think about it, those last few days prior to leaving were so unforgettable. Did things that I always resolved to do. Made a fool of myself like never before. Said things that I never would have said if I had to face some people ever again in the near future.

Starting from the joyride, shopping with peiyi, farewell to ey, aftermath of awards ceremony, contortion stayover at lijia’s house, sentosa, karaoke, brunch, trinity pple, family dinners, steamboat at pp, drinking outside amara, walking wawa 3 times in a day, stoning at home, reading in the hours prior to leaving. And the final farewell at the airport.

Family: grandma, dad, sis, first, second and third aunts and third uncle, uncle lek, wenwen, aunt aileen; washington: char ser xh des jev ian yh cw rus roy; dsta dance ppl: jer ws andy yanjun martin liyong; others: jh, aaron, jq, Gibson, bingkun, bingwen, Christine, Fiona, daryl, xianglong; phone-in-farewell: huiwei, abin and background co wenkien, jonteh, sabrina; message-in-farewell: kiat, sy, clar, mich, shai, seeyah, chim, ting, serlee, oliv, az, aunt lina, uncle peter, aunt evon; ex-classmates: wk, dj, Claire; trinity: xq; half-of-clique: bee and steph; and not forgetting fave artiris gal chris and blur ey desk-ee joon!

Dates to remember:

15th Aug, 16th Aug, 17th Aug, 18th Aug, 23rd Aug, 18th Sept, 28rd Sept, 29th Sept, 30th Sept.

If I left your departure date out, u’re welcome to rant and rave and scream at me.

once again i realise that alot of people are leaving very soon.