for the record...

firstly, something i wrote in my notebook:

And it's days like yesterday that really make me so glad that i have friends, so glad that i have people who love me and have common interests with me. The joy of getting a strike in bowling is never the same without having friends to yell and scream your victory with you, and the disappointment of getting a gutter is just covered up and forgotten in the fray. Cause it doesn't matter. It's just the fact that you are here, with people you know and people who cheer for you no matter what, that's what matters.

And another thing is the acknowledgment of another year gone by. Recalling how things were the last time we celebrated darryl's birthday and comparing it with things now is kind of... interesting. Plus the fact that you realise it has all gone by so quickly, how 15 turns into 16 in the blink of an eye, the tiniest stroke in life, in time.

And in a way i think i have frown from last year. I talk to more people now and i know that we should never be tied down by disappointments. I know that to take risks is the only way sometimes to go forward, and to appreciate things every moment is the only way to live on in joy and contentment. I have listened to so many more songs now i know my life is so much more filled with music, and i have found the joy in singing with other people, and i am so glad of it. I have written more things and known the joy of creation. I have known what it is like to be someone's comforter in times of need. I have been comforted in times of need. I know how to laugh at my own mistakes and how to handle them and the mistakes of others. And all these have helped me in one way or another to better take care of myself. And most of all i have known love. The love of friends. The love of family. The love of God. And i am so glad.

And i am so thankful. To God of course. And yeah. I'm so thankful.

~

And i find that i like starting my sentences with and.

anyway, i am currently obsessed over two things. mostly. first, as you can see, the song "time to say goodbye" (lyrics in last post). it's such a beautiful song. and it's in italian! yay XDD though sometimes yeah it feels too melodramatic but whee it's still really nice. by the way i started learning french in school. i've have one lesson so far XD thing is i can only go for half an hour on thursdays but hopefully tuesday classes plus help from other ppl will be enough. i dunno if i can do it though XD whee.....

and second obsession: mafia!!

it's a game it's a really good game i won't explain the rules here but it's sort of like a logic game. there are two sides, one's the mafia and one's the townies and each side wins when the other side all dies and everyone votes in the day to kill one person and during the night the mafia kills one person and so on. so it's like logic and investigation and guessing and stuff and it's so cool cause i realise that my obsession over detective stuff and sherlock holmes and crime investigation and all that finally has some use. cause by reading into people's motives and stuff you can sorta deduce who is who and it's really cool cause you never know when you'll die and there are so many variations to the game it never gets boring and once you play with different people it changes and it can be a gigantic game or a small game of 5 people (5 people is really cool) and oo you never know and it's just incredibly fun.

yay abi for introducing us to it

for rules, see here.

and oooo we played it in drama and after drama and during darryl's party and it was so fun. and i like being townie cause then you have to guess who's the mafia and i'm better at that. cause it's hard acting innocent and i'm bad at lying so once i'm mafia i mess up. unless dom's the cop. cause people suspect dom and they'll think he's the mafia instead. but i lost both times i was mafia. and interestingly i didn't become mafia til like more than my first 10 games. but oo it's such a fun game!

and you can play it online but i think i prefer it in real life. cause you can see people's expressions and people don't get the chance to seriously consider what they say and it's all reactions and stuff. it's easier haha.

and haha kingmaker is fun. cause if you're careful you can guess who's kingmaker.

it's so fun!

i'm rambling!

i don't care!

stop reading if you want to.

and anyway yeah life is great XD

school's all crazy again tests and quizzes every day or every other day and mm it's good i suppose working all hard again. and it's interesting to see dom working hard he's really resolved to do well this sem and haha he files everything and has a journal for homework and all it was kind of amusing at first but go him he's kept it up so far.

and wheeeeee

did you know that i've never stayed at a school for more than 3 years?

ok fine 3 years 3 months.

but yeah

i think by the end of this sem it'll be the longest stay at a school i've ever had.
not counting the bit of year 2 wheni left.
and i'm glad. that for once i'm staying somewhere

and i realised today that even though i move around quite a lot it still feels alright. cause one thing most important to me has never changed. i still have Jesus. and i know that it'll never change no matter what. so i'm glad. and very much comforted.

and oh man i have to study now farewell!!

i wrote a book for darryl.

happy birthday kaihui! and mozart XD

yep see ya