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WARNING. Great big lump of words below. Do not read if you have the attention span of a penguin

2005 is dead and gone, and I can confidently say I've never changed more. Comparing myself now, to the same last year, I can scarcely recognise how I was. It's been a mixed year mostly, though I come out of it grateful for the fact that it happened, and for all the people that made it happen.

HIGHS:
SYF - Gold with honours, didn't expect to make it but since they give it hell we're taking it
NCO camp - for the first time, meeting people like myself with whom i really click. We're going to stick together, I feel it in my bones.
CHANGE - elaborated below

LOWS:
Love - or the falling out thereof. Disappointing, but it doesn't sting as much as I expected. I guess I haven't found what I'm looking for (i guess i'll be buying somebody lunch)
Appointments - or the lack thereof.

What I am truly grateful for is the band. For my batch, for my section, for everybody down to the bloody sec ones, for just being who they are - my refuge. If all else fails, I know the band will always be there, ready and welcoming. Particular gratitude paid to jeremy, brian, justin, best wishes for whatever they throw at us next.

And especial thanks, to habibah, for those evenings =D
To gk, for those calls and the support
To ja, metty, for all those lung-bursting moments
To the 2P people, especially geoff and zach, for making this school tolerable.

CHANGE:

I was really into my school the year before, the typical rafflesian mugger(shh cannot say that word). Meeting those people woke me up, taught me that well, I wasn't happy leading my academically-focused life. I realised I needed to get a life, and so I tried, not very hard admittedly. I've tried to open up to people, make more friends, and the results have been mostly happy.

And that, really, is what I want to do next year. Be good to my friends, make good ones, and keep those I already have. I want to pay less attention to myself, more to the people around me. Because what I fear most now is that I'll leave next year with stellar results but ultimately miserable for the lack of friendship.

What will I do? Become more extroverted, certainly - though not to royce's extent, with his mercurial temperament (feel that I can really become his friend). Develop my own style, because I don't want to trip from one form of enslavement to another. Smile more, laugh freely, speak easily, ultimately be happy.

So, here's to 2006. We take our bows and say, thank you. Get someone good into bed while you're at it too.