Monday, January 30, 2006
12:47 PM

to 29th...

after a few mths of rather pessimistic entries i viewed of 29th peeps, i decided to dedicate this entry to u pple, hopefully to inject some optimism to ur life... :)

All these entries just prove that we are not alone; due to the rather drastic transition period, we seem to be sharing similar thoughts. Perhaps, 29th are not the only ones too. Perhaps, uni life is just like that - you get to know them but they may just exit your life the next semester.

In the past, when we were busy for OAC, we didn't feel so smothered, because we had one another for support, we were all doing the same thing, struggling and fighting towards the same end. We knew what we were doing, and we liked it no matter how busy or stressful it got. Now, some of us don't get so involved in CCA or if we do, we start to question what do we want, whether we've made the right choices.

Heard my friend once said this, "Do you have anything to feel unhappy about? If not, why are you feeling unhappy?" Perhaps, our emotions is something we may not have control over, but I believe we can make ourselves feel better by simply ironing out our thoughts.

One can only feel happy when there's unhappiness as a comparison. If you had one wish, and you wished for happiness ur whole life, it's unlikely to happen, because without unhappiness, where's the happiness?

Y did we have to come together and then part, to suffer this? It's part and parcel of life, part and parcel of growing up. The reason we dun feel as happy as before is because we loved the past, and what we experience in the present is far from that in the past. The main difference then and now is that we are more self-reliant now.

For some of us, 29th will prob be our closest friends we've made all our lives, though we may not see each other that often. But I'm sure when u need a listening ear or someone to play mahjong/ go shopping with, we're just a phone call away.

Well, friendship takes both time and willingness to build, so I treasure and appreciate old friends like vanessa and mel who still regard me as their old friend, present classmates whom I can crap and play foosball with, trekking friends whom I can gossip and discuss topics from politics to philosophy, 29th pple who always organise outings like tze, yings, zm, and many other friends who msg me once in a while to let me know I'm still in your heart. All these let me feel that I can make myself feel like I'm always happy.