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I'm staring out into the night,
And trying to hide the pain.
I'm going to the place where love
and feeling good don't ever cost a thing,
And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.
I'm going home to the place where I belong,
where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm running from you know I think you got me all wrong,
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.

-Chris Daughtry

6:05 PM
I'm going to the place where love and feeling good don't ever cost a thing.

Okay I'm quite sick of 2007, 2008 please come quickly. HAHA.
To be honest, this hasn't been the best of years but at least it's almost over. :D

I remember making so many plans for college - it was going to be my one big chance to get my life into order and make something out of myself. But by the end of the first semester, I was all ready to quit school and/or kill myself. I guess I just never expected everyone to be so competitive, almost to the point of obsession.

Thank goodness for people like sam, michelle, huimin and gen for patiently answering my endless questions during all hours of the exam period, without whom I would have never survived my first semester, much less with fairly respectable grades, as well as everyone who made college life that much crazier and fun - like all my soccer teammates, <3.

I suppose 2007 was my rite of passage.

Being a camp instructor, and dealing with the family taught me how to place others above myself, how to treasure the people and all the things I have around me. Yes, having to grow up in a hurry was definitely a challenge, but it was made that little bit easier with all the help and opportunies that were afforded to me by experienced instructors and CICs like mojo, constance, eunice, azri, phillay, veron, jody, jeremy, andrew, ridhwan, kok choy, kent, peiyun, tim tang, tim loh, nicholas, jeremy lee, huimin, shu xuan, yan hao, yanna, not forgetting the people at seal sports of course, like ziwan, glenn, huihua, shai, hendrick, farmy, tiger wan, melvin, eddie, niven and countless others who were always looking after me, teaching me the little tricks of the trade, cheering me up, believing in me and giving me chances to shine.

(I never really intended for this to become a thankyou post, but I guess sometimes my writings take a life of their own.)

And you know, in spite of all the lousy pay, hard work and demanding campers, going for camps were never a chore with people like jaslyn, pui, sam, alvin, small andrew, arvin, zhou xiu, vaneh, cyrena, kaixiang, marc, keynes, udrena, moon, shalon, andre, andy, bradon, cher li, francis, greg, ruilong, yijia, tan xinyi, lee xinyi, libing, sylvia, reina, small veron, sophia, soon hock, wei jin, yangyan and elizabeth around me. We all came into camp ha around the same time, a bunch of fresh faced first timers. Initially, we were tentative, but we soon rallied around each other. We supported each other when we made mistakes, we learnt and we grew together. And through it all, we had a hell of a time. Though some have left, those months together will always be amongst the best times of my life.

Also to the bestest friends a girl could ever have - limin, jeff, su, dasen, oli, james, jeanette, pui fen, fly, karin, lynn, liting, ah boy, tiff, gerry, langer, jocelyn, rachel, jasmine and joyce. Though we rarely meet up now, but the knowledge that you guys will always be there for me is enough to drag me through my darkest times. I know that I'll never be lack of anything if I could just have you guys around me all the time.

Then there are some like eunice, seth, euan, baoyun, and laura. Though we rarely talk, but you guys are definitely not forgotten. And of course, regrets we have a few - those like michelle and siew, people with whom I wish that things could be better between us.

Anyway, I guess that's that.