June 8th, 2008

I’m diverting my attention during my study time to blog on my uber crappy internet connection. Tsk. See how much of a good friend I am, Khian? Nah, just kidding. I know I haven’t been the best of friends, and neither have I been good at keeping in touch. Not just you, but with everyone, as a matter of fact. I have no one (or nothing) to blame but myself. And not being within communicating radius with everyone’s rather sucky, as I usually feel so out of place and selfish. Reading high school buddies’ posts reminiscing about the good-old school days never fails to make me wish we somehow had this magical time-travelling device which could bring us all back to that period. Everything seemed so uncomplicated at that time. Unlike now. Except people like Lydia la…forever so happy and carefree! Hehe.

Anyhoo, this should in no way be an emo post. Hehehe. As Shereen mentioned earlier, I, together with a few others, were the newbies in MGS. 1 cempaka. How can we all forget that right? The “ostracized” newbies. Ahahaha. Thank goodness I met wonderful people like Shereen, AngKhian, Michelle Yew, Kelly Liew, HoiWan, etc. who were willing to take in the then-pimply (and still am), pre-braces me. How silly I must have sounded when I asked someone where the toilets were on the first day!! And of course then-goody-two-shoes me was totally traumatized shocked by the kind of jokes, which seemed oh-so-normal to my new MGS-mates. Culture shock la. I was from Marian Convent, where all we talked about was Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and N’sync. And all of a sudden, I was hurled into this world of dirty jokes, EPL, SMI guys I never knew, never-ending laughter, ticklings (what they used to called the “golden finger&rdquo till I turned tomato-red, 1^st day demerit points, multiple silly nicknames and Westlife. Most of it thanks to AngKhian.  Like what the hell. AHAHA.

Over the years, Khian has been not just a hi-bye classmate, but an awesome friend who always seems to know how to bring about just the right amount of fun and cheekiness into everything, no matter how serious, that we do. Be it classes, or Interact Club (I bet she doesn’t remember I was even a member!), planning lawatan-sambil-belajar (field trips), or movie outings, playing cho-dai-dee, or fighting for that stupid Heineken bottle opener. In fact, all my uni breaks are less dull only because of the rather-random outings I always have with Khian, EuQueen and Michelle Yew. Sadly, such outings are becoming rarer now. On my rather down, lonely days, I sometimes do wish I get those calls I used to get back home. “Eh, Michelle, are you free now? We’re outside your house now. Wanna go out?” Of course there are a thousand and one wonderful big things Khian has done (I don’t think we’ll ever see the end of that), but to me, it’s the small random things that never fails to put a smile on my face. Stay true to yourself, and keep on being the Khian I know of, yup? Speaking of meeting up, I'm meeting up with WaiZin and MichKoo around the 20th of June back in Ipoh. Hopefully a meet-up then? You haven't even met Shim!

Till then, cheerio! *HUG