after reading francis's last entry about walking down memory lane and all that personal-seemingly unfamiliar terms, i couldn't help but post this entry immediately. well almost immediately; that was after i had to confirm that msn works again and to find out who in the world are online cause that's what this entire entry is going to be all about- my roots, my family and my friends back home.

somehow i have this odd feeling
that this is going to be
my most personal post
since being based here
about a month ago.

a month ago! seems long but really time here seemed so short, and even if the geography of this country did matter i can safely assure you that it didn't. making new friends and knowing new people was all part of this based-in-taiwan-package but yet the most painful part, and probably the most forgetable part, is that we leave our loved ones behind. after all this time here, i have come to realise that the former seems so much more important simply because of the fact that since you're going to be here for a year, building up on these relationships are definitely going to matter for the longest time. well please forgive me if i upset you but not without you hearing this next part. even though i may feel this way, it doesn't mean that i have forgetten the people i have left back home.

was reminded of the people i've left back home after reading francis's blog, thus this entry and cannot stop but reminiscence. student days of yesteryear comes falling back into the empty pockets of memory and really twelve years of being in school really makes the filling up fast. though i can't remember much about my lower primary school days i do have some fond memories of them as well. school, homework ( upgrade that to tutorials in jc ), ccas, coffee joints-hangout and not forgetting those really random eats we had in between lessons or right after choir practice or maybe just going out to burger king to grab a bite cause we wanted to meet up?

all that and more i have not forgetten.

besides this, the fact that we're sending people off to whatever country they're studying in reminds me of the inescapable fact that we've all grown up. as much as i miss those days, our lives still carry on and we will all move on from our present state. some have gone ocs, others have gone sispec while some remain as the men. anyway, ever wondered why we were called men? go think about it. the ladies will move on, if not have already done so, to their new university life whilst the eight-eight gentlemen are still carrying on. kennick's going to aussie this year whilst wenhao's already there pursuing medicine. edwin and jon gan are both doing medicine local whilst cousin debra's going kings to do law. from francis's blog, fawn's off to switz while kin to cornell. david's going cambridge to do engineering and really the list can just go on and on. i only mentioned the people in my batch and have not included even the people who are planning to go overseas. we definitely have all grown, time waits for no man, that i'm reminded.

where will everybody go from here;

where will we end up;

how will we end up eventually?

- get a degree

get married

have kids

career prospers

have grandkids

the possibilities are endless.

my friends back home:

one thing's for sure,

i'm just really glad our lives

crossed paths once

and i do pray that it will not just cross

but run parallel till no end.