As i sit in the freezing cold library, staring at the bland orange desk, the words
"quiet area" burned into my mind instead of all the spidery mindmaps, i wonder:

how much of life is passing us by?

spent almost 2 hours updating a dear girlfriend of mine on the lives of the rest
i'm in contact with, because since the exam period most of the friends who arent
in NUS suddenly have suddenly been forced outta sight. i could literally hear her
voice saying the things that were instead being typed out on msn. suddenly a
little snippet of my old life shone through. a life where all that mattered was
what was goin on in my loved ones' lives... and i realised how much i miss my
friends.

Instructions for exam period:
get to the lib early, try to cram whatever's on the paper on the blasted orange
desk, go home.
repeat.

i guess the only consolation is that i've got my friends with me... like i told one
of them, she's just a ball of sunshine when everyone's feeling low. i guess in
some weird way or other, we try to back each other up, be chirpy when someone
else looks like he/she's gonna lose it. basically, its just a consolation to finally
lift your head from all the studying and see people who you love and who love
you.

miss you all overseas, and those i don't get to see often anymore.

i can't wait for these freakin exams to be over so that we can all get our lives
back... especially when my dear banu is FINALLY coming back home! its been
too long, too many moments when i've said "damnit, wish Banu was here". Oh
well, least its testament that true friendship transcends all boundaries [literally
boundaries].

he said: "i hope you're feeling better after meeting me" -- of course, dear. all the
time.