Remember my previous post where I mentioned a shotgun wedding on this cousin of mine? It seems that something HAS to happen at least once every year. My parents are off to Kuala Lumpur from today morning until tomorrow evening for his undesired wedding. I am once again home alone. Well, not so alone. There are still my gadget-freak brothers at home probably shutting themselves away from the outside world during this period. What can I do? I have all the time to myself for now. Of course, there is still my pet dog, an intangible member of the household. There is also my grandmother, the "King of Toilets". This be so, because of the way he transform the entire household toilet from a clean, hygienic one into Davy Jones locker.
Everyone in my class are my friends. Even the tutors. However, that does not mean I have forgotten my previous friends. Especially my primary school friends and my Primary Three teacher, Mrs Chris. Secondary school friends... Well, I just miss those times we used to compete in basketball together, and friends would encourage and support me in the sport even though I sucked. Then after a really impressive match(Eg. Me scoring 3 3-point shots consecutively), we would buy drinks like Sprite or lemon juice, sharer and drink it, and even the rare occasions where we start splashing the drinks on one another. It was all fun until we had to part ways this year.
Whereas there is another group of cheese-faced nerds(I am not holding back) whom I wish I could just forget all about them. Leaving me out in my moments of weakness, refusing my helping hand, and refusing to lend me their helping hands claiming I never helped them in the first place. Perhaps THEY were the big influence on why I started to keep my own troubles to myself and such. I wish I could just forget them like sweeping broken glass out of the front door. We never really did anything fun together as colleagues. Maybe we were never meant to be colleagues in the first place. For now I have wiped out most of my bad memories about them. There is only one out of seven of them left whom I seldom meet up with, on the way back to school. The only qualm I have about him is that he refuses to open himself up even to his best friends. Perhaps he is a cautious guy, or too cautious like assassins who kill assassins?
Once in a while, I am reminded of those times, a year and two ago, when I used to hang out with my longest cronies. We used to play Left 4 Dead 2 together, and basically fool around. Back then it was fun. Now not so. One of them, BX as we address him, was no longer into gaming back then. And The Depressed Guy always kept himself occupied, presumably towards himself only, simply to avoid us from chewing on his money. Although I was not fully entertained by the stuff we did, thinking about them just makes me feel nostalgic... The air-conditioned environment of Vivo City. The indignant tone of my mother when she nagged on me for returning home late. The 15-minute KFC meal which lasted for more than half an hour. The once-enjoyable trip in the MRT back home. I still can't forget those moments spent with my cronies...
The house is so quiet right now, except the occasions when my dog disturbs the peace by disturbing random neighbors by barking. I have never felt the opportunity to "meditate" for a long time already. I mean... Life has been so busy in Polytechnic. I have a CCA, and that is N.Y.A.A, which stands for "National Youth Achievement Award". I must admit the wave of community work haven't hit me yet. Still, there are a lot of group projects, and preparations for the mid-year examinations. A classmate of mine mentioned it being "like the O Levels if you want to score 4.0 for your GPA". I don't think he is lying. I do feel the urgency right now, since people of the business school complained that Year One is the only year when one is able to score 4.0. Unless I switch to designs or engineering or whatever in University, I gotta work really hard for what I want. After all, another thing I am confident in saying is that "I will work all the way until I get what I want".
For now, I have to decide on my time schedule; a balance between studies and social life. A balance between workout and entertainment. I do not intend to get Diablo 3, and I don't really think I will get it... Unless my friends and I share the cost for it. I mean... Look at those Korean gamer people... Finished the main story in hours? That's crazy! Also, imagine fighting them in the game. I don't think it is worth my money playing obsessive games and getting thrashed by game freaks. Well... Too bad games like this, Halo, Fallout and DotA ain't my fashion... Maybe this is in itself a charm in me by not being into gaming, or it is a reason why I am "different" from the larger population. That I don't know...
Today has been a cold day...
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