I dread talking about my solemn 2012 days. It isn't anything
like watching Running Man or Sword Art Online in its nostalgic fashion, but
rather like failing to do the Gangnam Style after numerous attempts or
realizing that your close friends are now treating you as a stranger. If it’s
any consolation, I sure hope this list will take away any similar misfortunes
for the coming years. The worst has got to be over, right?
House got broken into (for the first time)
While we were having the best spring time in Japan, little did we know that others were breaking into my Puchong home, taking away numerous belongings. What those bastards (forgive me on the lack of delicacy) took away weren't simply just displays, cash, and electronics; they also robbed us of our security. I remembered receiving that one chilling text message (from CindyF) and it nearly ruined the trip; but I consoled my mother by telling her that we shouldn't let a bad situation become worse by grieving about it. So, enjoyed the trip we did, before coming home to face the inevitable; a broken window and disheveled rooms. I slept with my parents that night; the anger all gone and I was left thanking the stars that we were safe.
Deaths of a kin and friend's family members
I don't ever like making someone's death a statistical data. The passing of people that year was probably the most in awhile. I can't say for sure it's the highest total in my life, but it felt so for me. There was a phone call from a close friend whose father was in ICU at that point in time, and aside from his heavy voice, I heard his mother's cries in the background. My palm was soaked with sweat in a minute, my throat parched from the shock. He was giving it his best to be strong for his mother; whilst I wept for him when his father passed away shortly after midnight. Needless to say, I slept with my parents that night again.
Leaving my parents and friends behind (for the second time)
It sucks studying abroad for this sole reason. I hate going through the process of stepping into that departure gates of KLIA, while having to smile and wave goodbye. Sometimes I felt like I've done my parents wrong by spending precious time away from them. They aren't getting any younger and a child's responsibility is to help them out. You get what I mean. Besides, I better stop for now before I start crying like a baby.
Sinking friendships across time and space
Ika posted a good quote on Facebook and it speaks rather accurately of this phenomenon; " My mother had told me once when I was little and had a friendship fall apart that some relationships just end. Like a star, they burn bright and brilliant, and then nothing in particular goes wrong, they just reach their end. They burn out." I am losing them to things like soul mates, jobs, and higher education. Of course, the out of sight, out of mind rule applies too. That's why long distance relationships are particularly challenging. But one has to sing a sad song about Titanic, mourn for the loss and move on with life.
I am too round (still)
Time to get in shape, perhaps next year. Nuff said.
The game of life is like any other game; you win some, you lose some. But it takes a real player to take life by its horns and hang on to it, even if it means having to get on it again after falling off. Don't you disappoint me, 2013!
Side note: One thousand likes and more for my Soul x Maka drawing! This calls for a celebration time, com'on!
End it,
Vonnie S.
House got broken into (for the first time)
While we were having the best spring time in Japan, little did we know that others were breaking into my Puchong home, taking away numerous belongings. What those bastards (forgive me on the lack of delicacy) took away weren't simply just displays, cash, and electronics; they also robbed us of our security. I remembered receiving that one chilling text message (from CindyF) and it nearly ruined the trip; but I consoled my mother by telling her that we shouldn't let a bad situation become worse by grieving about it. So, enjoyed the trip we did, before coming home to face the inevitable; a broken window and disheveled rooms. I slept with my parents that night; the anger all gone and I was left thanking the stars that we were safe.
Deaths of a kin and friend's family members
I don't ever like making someone's death a statistical data. The passing of people that year was probably the most in awhile. I can't say for sure it's the highest total in my life, but it felt so for me. There was a phone call from a close friend whose father was in ICU at that point in time, and aside from his heavy voice, I heard his mother's cries in the background. My palm was soaked with sweat in a minute, my throat parched from the shock. He was giving it his best to be strong for his mother; whilst I wept for him when his father passed away shortly after midnight. Needless to say, I slept with my parents that night again.
Leaving my parents and friends behind (for the second time)
It sucks studying abroad for this sole reason. I hate going through the process of stepping into that departure gates of KLIA, while having to smile and wave goodbye. Sometimes I felt like I've done my parents wrong by spending precious time away from them. They aren't getting any younger and a child's responsibility is to help them out. You get what I mean. Besides, I better stop for now before I start crying like a baby.
Sinking friendships across time and space
Ika posted a good quote on Facebook and it speaks rather accurately of this phenomenon; " My mother had told me once when I was little and had a friendship fall apart that some relationships just end. Like a star, they burn bright and brilliant, and then nothing in particular goes wrong, they just reach their end. They burn out." I am losing them to things like soul mates, jobs, and higher education. Of course, the out of sight, out of mind rule applies too. That's why long distance relationships are particularly challenging. But one has to sing a sad song about Titanic, mourn for the loss and move on with life.
I am too round (still)
Time to get in shape, perhaps next year. Nuff said.
The game of life is like any other game; you win some, you lose some. But it takes a real player to take life by its horns and hang on to it, even if it means having to get on it again after falling off. Don't you disappoint me, 2013!
Side note: One thousand likes and more for my Soul x Maka drawing! This calls for a celebration time, com'on!
End it,
Vonnie S.
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