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so today is the last day of 2007. this year has really passed by in a blink of an eye. in 2007,
i have done so many things.
i have achieved so much.
i have gone beyond my expectations.
i have made so many new friends.
THIS, is my life of 2007~
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in conclusion, i have explored a whole new world altogether. and it is only by the grace of God that i was able to do all of this. so thank you GOD for preparing the way for me and for blessing me with so much. i am not lucky, i am blessed. make that over flowingly blessed.
i remember today, a year ago. things were so different, where i only had one world; one i had known all my life and had been so comfortable in. maybe that was why i looked forward to going to melbourne. leaving home wasn't huge issue with me. maybe it was cuz i had known all along that one day, i would go overseas to study. maybe it was cuz the prospects of having a new life were really appealing. maybe i was just really curious. but whatever the reason was, there were no tears the day i left for melbourne.
i never really thought about what my life there would be like. i just knew that i was gonna have a new life and that I was determined to make it a good one. i only hit reality on my first day of school. since in the b/h was filled with Asians, my first day of school overwhelmed me. my whole year level consisted of less than 20 asians and I was the only new girl that year. Practically none of the locals bothered to talk to me assuming I couldn’t speak English and none of the boarders willingly spoke to me since I only spoke English. It was then that I realized that school life was going to be a challenge. My classes were a nightmare for the first 3-4weeks since every class I was in seemed to have only 1 or 2 asian students. And every class had different classmates making my social life almost next to nothing. Initially, I took English and struggled so much that I gave up and switched to ESL, took methods and eventually gave up on that too and switched to further maths and dropped biology cuz I had learnt everything in form 5 except in BM. So my whole timetable changed with my subjects and from then on, my nightmares disappeared. Coupled with the fact that I already had lotsa friends in the b/h, my life eased completely after receiving my new timetable. I had business with andy, further maths with Edison, andy, bruce, silas and shannon and esl with all the Asians in my year making that 3 out of 5 classes with buddies. I didn’t mind being alone in history since my fellow classmates were warm towards me and mrs morgan always made me forget my loneliness anyway. The one class I still hated was health where I resorted to wikipedia and unfinished homework during the whole period as to avoid appearing tragic. Initially, I paid full attention to my teacher but lost all due respect for him when he pointed to phillipines on the map and called it JAPAN and couldn’t really tell where in asia, china was. I had always loved going to school since form 3. but I exceptionally loved going to school at TPS. I love the environment, the familiarity, how everyone knows almost everyone and how teachers treat you as their friends and pay special attention to every single student.
School life aside, boarding life is simply awesome. It is incomparable. IMO, the 4 of us are damn 重名。We have been going over to the boy’s every single day after school since term 1;something no one has ever done before. And what the 5 of us have is just damn 正。We are closer than close friends can ever be; the reason being cuz we live together. We see each other 24/7, eat every single meal together, sleep together, laugh and cry together, hate and love the same people and go everywhere together. Boarding life is what makes school life so much more fun. It is what makes everyone look forward to recess and lunchtime where the library is our ‘lepak’ (待着) place and where we practically dominate.
When I look back at 2007, all I see is awesomeness. Everything in 2007 was just beautiful. I fell in love with life at TPS. In my 18 years of life, the 18th year was the best ever. Thank you God for blessing me with so much.
虽然我只有一年在tps,这个一年是最美丽的一年在我的生活。
kristy, crystal, ruby, danny, kevin, tony, andy, edison, sam, vincent, alex, thankx for making this year simply unforgettable and beautiful~
i love you all~
so with the new year, another new life begins;only this time, it is an even bigger challenge = uni
so with the new year, another new life begins;only this time, it is an even bigger challenge = uni
this year i have been part of the eldest, most mature, most looked up to and most respected in school. next year, i will be among the youngest, freshest, most innocent and naive at uni.
no matter what course i received and accept next monday, i vow to give it my very best.
no matter how much life may change next year, i vow to always have time for my friends still at TPS.
no matter how tough life may be, i vow to come out at the other side still standing strong no matter how many cuts or bruises i may acquire along the way.
no matter what other people may think of me, i vow to cherish my characteristics and be proud of them.
so as i leave behind the world of TPS in 2007 with its T block, my strategic locker, year 12, library, my T9 tutor room, senior school, tuckshop, ansett hall, ovals, new gym, deliveries room, boarding houses, games room, my room, badminton trainings, frankston, frankston beach, frankston trains, buses, trips to the city and back, homestay, never-changing weekday routines, weekends, friday and saturday nights, after schools, winter and summer uniforms and classes, my life continues as i venture into the unknown world of uni.
may 2008 be another unforgettable year~
