31 July - Jia Yin turns 20
10 August - CK turns 20
When you go through life, it is expected for one to come across a few people who will leave deep impacts on our lives. Some impacts left scars that will never heal, and yet some impacts generate footprints that symbolise happiness, joy, and good times shared.
We came to New Zealand in a group, and spent our first few weeks in Wellington together. Jia Yin, CK, Amanda, Li Hui and I. However, when university started, I rarely see Amanda and Li Hui on campus. However, I do try to hang out with them whenever I can. And I sometimes overreact when I see them on campus. "AAAMMAAANNNDAA!!! LIIIII HUUIIII!!!!!!!" sometimes. I think that occurs less now *ahem..sorry* But I see Jia Yin and CK almost everyday. We sit together in lectures. For some subjects, we are in the same tutorial class. We study together, laugh at each other and carry each other's burdens. I can tell them what's on my mind without really hiding much. And CK is no longer afraid or 'paiseh' to say things like "You eat too much" straight to my face. It is cruelty of the highest order. But then, I guess that's what good friends do. When you see each other almost every single day, you kinda get immuned to the so-called harsh-but-I'm-only-joking insults they throw at you.
Jia Yin turned 20 today, and CK will turn 20 in August. Last Sunday, a whole bunch of us celebrated their birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUYS!! So who got drunk? I heard the sake was all gone :p
Anyways, I hope you guys will have a wonderful year ahead and more great years to come! May God bless and take care of you always, as both of you have been a great blessing to me. You are the best mates anyone could ever ask for. Although there are times when I've been driven to the brink of insanity but I've always been brought back to the world of the sane through laughter, joy and simply by throwing nonsensical insults with you guys. It's amazing how strong friendships can be built within a short timeframe, seeing that I've known you guys for less than a year. Just wanna say thanks for everything.
We have 3 and a half more years to go.
"Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support, and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship" - Cicero
"Friendship from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter" - James Fenimore Cooper
