Essence of Survival

"Every morning in Africa a deer wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest deer or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter if you are a lion or a deer. When the sun comes up you better be running."

-As seen on a bookmark.

School's been good so far, despite not having a classroom and having a wierd timetable. There are lots of things going on though, which makes things very confusing. I'm missing many people already, but my new class makes up for that. We are, i'd like to say, very interesting people. So's our senior class.

Do you sometimes get the feeling that you want to say something but don't know what it is, or how to say it? I call these feelings thoughtlets because i think they arise when a thought passes through my head too quick to be remembered, but long enough to make an impression. Sometimes I transfer these thoughtlets into poetic form because this form revolves around an idea, but doesn't exactly reveal the idea, which is exactly how it feels to have a thoughtlet.

On a side-note, i like my shoes very much. They're white and blue aasics shoes, and i like them because they've been with me up Mount Fuji, into the mangrove swamp, and are very comfortable indeed. AND they're really durable, considering this is the third year of my using them, and that i wear my shoes out very fast.

I've got PE tomorrow, and I hope we do more than just run. Not that I mind running. Hey, i've just come back to the same topic i started out with. Guess i'd better start jogging then. I'll have to jog before i can run.

I may be a grave man yet.

So it's 2007 already. I can't imagine a CT starting with 07_ _ _. I still don't feel like the people in orientation are our age. I keep forgetting i'm not younger than them. But otherwise, orientation is good. Maybe it's some kinda barrier between me and others, maybe it's just some kinda starting problem; this orientation doesn't have the feel Orientation '05 had. Things got better today though, after we managed to dunk three of our four OGLs. I still haven't gotten outta the IP mentality. Today when i heard that tomorrow we would meet our Ct groups, i was thinking that we would have free time 'cos we already have CT groups. I was jolted again when people in my OG were asking me what I wanted to do University. They seem so focused, but i haven't given it much thought.

So, tomorrow we'll know our new classes. My OG mates are nice, and I hope my class is too. Today [2nd day of orientation] was fun, partly because I was involved in the CCA walkabout and also because we did mass dances =] I left the hall at 11.30 or so, before Friendship Dance. I don't regret missing that, it's Neutron I wish i could have stayed on for.

VJ seems to be full of people I know this year. Everywhere i turn, there's a familiar face and i'm glad my primary school friends remember me and i them. When I was P3, i had a Canadian classmate named Allison. She migrated after that, but we saw each other today. It's good we still remember each other after 8 years. She used to call me "Cheryl", because she couldn't pronounce my name, and today she asked if i was Cheryl Gopi. =D I said "Shreya Gopi", but she seemed a bit unsure after that, so i left her with the impression that my name is Cheryl, because she's more comfortable with it.

I've got more to say, but things always sound funny and formal when i put them down in words. This is why i hardly ever blog about what i did or what i think about an event. Even as i reread what i've typed, i feel like deleting everything. It's a good thing my fingers don't act on such sudden impulses.

Oh, and Happy Birthday to Subra! Have a great year ahead =]

Nowadays i don't feel like studying anymore. Not that i've ever studied to death before, but suddenly I feel rundown. I hope it's a passing flattener.

I shall stop here before I'm embarrassed the next time i read this. Cheers to a great IP3 and IP4 or JC1 and Jc2 or whatever else we're known as now.

Vertigo

Halfway across the tightrope, and i had to look down.

I'm back. Just returned yesterday.
reply tags:

ganesh: thanks for your friendship! ah shucks you should have been at prom. but nevermind, there's always SDD =]

simran: haha you know now.

amelia: hey there! yep t'was great and i'll reply later on your blog!

subra: yes i did, thanks!

chunhan: haha ok =] yea thank goodness for photographs!

simran: hahaha yea that's sweet, thanks!

dhevy: thanks dearie! the attempt wasnt lame and yes i'll miss not having lessons with you too! maybe i'll quit french and join tamil lit if the distance from bishan tires me too much.

simran: i'm back!

dw: you're welcome!

I'm scared. I dunno what to expect next year. And i haven't heard from my ogl, which means i dunno what og i'm in and what's happening at all. Shoot.

hey guys! it's been some time since i blogged huh. i'm still overseas now [in india, as you would've probably guessed] and i'm having fun learning to drive a motorcycle and playing nfs carbon. oops looks like i can't reply to the tags now [i tagged before blogging] 'cos everyone else wants the com. i'm at a net centre now by the way. thanks to everyone who tagged, and i promise i'll reply as soon as i can! have a happy holiday [or what's left of it] and cya next year!

P.S. happy belated birthday to prema [though you probably won't come here]! and advance birthday wishes to diane!

P.P.S. sorry to those whose birthdays i missed out!

Gold ink on black paper

The VIP means a lot to me. The people who made these two years so enjoyable are people i'll never forget. Yesterday, when i looked inside the bag we got at prom, i was devastated to realise i forgot to ask for autographs. I want the autographs, but not because i'm afraid i'll forget you. Like i said, forgetting is impossible. Nor do i want them because i want to know what people think of me. The reason for my wanting autographs is so that someday, when things have changed, if i find i am surrounded by difficulties, if i feel like giving up, i can look into that little black notebook of autographs. I'll look into that book, and i'll remind myself that there are people who have touched my life in ways i can't explain, and this one part of my life is enough to see me through everything else. I'll look into that book, and i'll realise that i can fall back on something other than memories. Memories are addled by a desperate mind, and i want my memories to be kept pure. Autographs are more solid, i can depend on them and keep my memories untainted.

But i forgot to get my autographs. Selfish though the reasons may be, i wish i hadn't forgotten.

Don't be surprised then, if someday i lose my morale and will.

I don't want to be the only viper in class next year. I doubt i can live up to the expectations.

A velvet ribbon for the finishing touch

I postponed my departure day to friday, cos today [wednesday] would've been too rushed, and i haven't finished packing.

Velvet was a blast! I mean, seriously. Our juniors deserve more thanks than they're getting.
I didn't get to take a picture of our prom King and Queen together! In fact, i didn't take a picture of Nazri at all. Subra, if you're reading this, remember what you've to do! haha.
We didn't take a class photo! shucks.
Pearlyn and i decided we would be potatosack-not partners.

P.S., pls send me the prom pics i took with you guys to jaunt.of.january@gmail.com thanks!
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Mia and Sneha, your poems are on the way! i'll email them to you from overseas if i can't finish them in Singapore. Unless you don't mind if i post them. =]

you'll never know what hit you

[don't say we have come now to the end.]

looks like i won't have time to post properly. i'm going overseas the day after Velvet and i won't be back till the end of the year. so have a happy holiday, y'all. i'll try to post from there but i doubt i'll be able to.

till next year then.

should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? should auld acquaintaince be forget and auld lang syne?

does anyone realise the disadvantages of living close to school? i'll post about it sometime.

i've got mcfly's 'star girl' stuck in my head.