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My last night in totem was over in a flurry of packing and panic. I guess it was over too soon. At least I had a chance to say goodbye to my room. Over the last 4 months, this was home, and sure enough it felt like my little cove away from home very quickly. Leaving such a beautiful place like Vancouver is not easy... it shouldn't be. But, I've had my share of its beauty and charm. I didn't get the chance to go back to North Van but hey, i'm not complaining (YX will say - "Stop complaining!"). We went for one last K session, one last sushi lunch, took the 98B Line to Richmond one last time... the list goes on. Like I was saying, everything seems to have come full circle. The weather is pretty much like it when we first come, rainy but not cold, my floor's all empty again just like the start of the term, the school seems so much more peaceful just like the start of the term. It actually is comforting to realise little things like that cos it makes me feel that I have spent 4 amazing months here and this is indication that it's a good time to leave. Leaving the friends i've made here is a totally different story. These are people who walked into my life and somehow left footprints all around. Regardless of how significant an impact I have made in last 4 months, you all have always been important to me. To those I'll possibly never see again in a long long time, I'm glad I met you guys cos u all made my exchange this much more exciting and enriching and for that, i thank you guys alot. For the one that i'll see again, you wont be disappointed when you visit us in May cos we'll all still be as one. I'm pretty sure of that. And for those i'll see back home, =) thank goodness! So then... this is farewell I guess. "Goodbye Vancouver, Goodbye my friends, You have been the one, You have been the one for me."

@ 5:34 AM

Any logical person who reads my blog and any of the blogs linked will realise we are currently a really sad bunch of people. Like Yanxiang says, my floor will slowly return to the state it was in when i first came - no one. Everyone's leaving. I don't like that one bit. I'm (finally) trying to pack... but i'm tired and pissed and irritable. it's not been a good day. Everyone's left. Missing the 2 guys.

@ 10:40 PM

GOODNESS... this is WAY overdue too, but i so need to talk about this. I'm gonna be home in less than a month, but my lovely *muaks* family sends me THIS.... =)



I tell you, i was checking my mailbox thrice every day just to make sure I didnt miss it. And sure enough, it came! (A little late though). =) Mummy and daddy sent me all the nonsense goodies they got me from their HK trip (as if i'm not eating like mad already here!) =) SO SWEET! and I have a new scarf, socks and THREE PAIRS of EARRINGS =) I'm like a super happy girl... haha.



love love love daddy, mummy and carol!

@ 11:23 PM

7 days... that's how long i have here before i shift out of my little room which has served me so well the past 4 months. I think i'm gonna miss it alot. Sigh. The group is meeting everyday cos we know we have THIS much time left. Things will possibly change when we all get home. Joe wont be there for one, and we'll all probably have our own things to do. (sadly) So whatever it is... just know that I think I've been a really lucky gal, getting to know so many of you. (I'm probably the luckiest, cos I didnt know a single person when i came) And that you all have made my exchange life more meaningful in your own little way. =)

Nope, this is not a goodbye entry YET. I'm not ready to do that. I'm not even ready to start packing my room and taking down everything... the xmas lights i've put up, all the nonsense notices that i never read, coupons that I never remember to bring out with me, pretty posters of Snow White, Cinderalla etc etc. So yeah... that will be the day.

Yanxiang wrote us a little song which made the gals cry like mad a while ago. I used to hate people who change lyrics cos I've always thought they sounded really weird. But with this one, what more can I say? =)


Team B
(sing to liu ruo ying's "Wo deng ni")

从来没想到我们会相遇
一定是上帝安排遇见你
曾经陌生的我们走到这里
有很多欢和喜 有很多美好的记忆

转眼之间大家就要分离
不能时时刻刻都在一起
但只要常常保持 联系
不管多远距离 有一天我们能相聚

Chorus
不忘记 所有经历 永远把 它给埋在心里
离别绝不是我们故事的结局
要抓紧 要珍惜友谊 记得我们都是part of Team B
我们已经并不是普通朋友而已

转眼之间大家就要分离
不能时时刻刻都在一起
但只要常常保持 联系
不管多远距离 有一天我们能相聚

Repeat Chorus

不忘记 所有经历 永远把 它给埋在心里
不要说太难不要说你要放弃
要抓紧 要珍惜友谊 记得我们都是part of Team B
我们已经并不是普通朋友而已

但愿时光能停留 给我一个时光机 来回到过去


And just when I thought that was IT... DANIEL TAN confesses that he too wrote a little song for us... this one in English. Tell me how can i not love this group? =)


(sing to James Blunt's "Goodbye My Lover")

Am I gonna miss you, will I feel down?
Should I be feeling teary, should I wear a frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw us together; yes I knew we’d have fun.
So it started off, by fate that was right.
Our friendship grew, all day and night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
We’ll be there for each other, no matter where.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
What are friends for and that I knew when,
I climbed the Rockies with you.
I've sung with you and ate your bread.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.

Goodbye Vancouver.
Goodbye my friends.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I’ll miss Victoria, and Louise Lake,
It’s gonna break my spirit –It’ll keep me wide awake.
And as you move on, remember me,
I’ll remember us and all we used to be.
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you screaming for a while.
I'd seen you laughing like a child.
I've played badminton with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I’ll miss you, I swear that's true.
What’s life like without you?

Goodbye Vancouver.
Goodbye my friends.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

@ 9:28 PM

*this post was written right after we came back from whistler on MONDAY. I dont know why i'm posting it only now. =) But i think there're be more to come... with current turn of events. =) Just enjoy the pictures.

WHISTLER!!!

































Whistler - the trip was great, snowboarding rocks my socks off. We had so much fun we all didn't want to come home although we are bruised and in pain all over. I think all of us had problems even climbing out of bed properly this morning. I think i must have fallen ten thousand times in the last 3 days boarding, but it is still the coolest thing i've done. I'm so glad we made that last run although everyone was tired... we did so damn well. =) The pretty views, the coolest sport, the best company... I love Whistler!

This little trip also made me realise i actually have friends here. Seriously. You can have fair-weather friends, hi-bye friends and really good friends. Somehow or other, this little trip made me realise i actually really have a bunch of good friends always watching out for me, getting crazy with me (or making me crazy), never judging me and simply just being there with me. I dont really care if we're brought together by circumstances or fate or anything else because this bunch of people are seriously amazing. These crazy people (even the one that didnt come...haha) I'm talking about are currently in a league of their own. They rock. =)

I was so shocked when YX started giving out cards not cos i haven't gotten them before (trust you to have the audacity to think that way!), but cos i was really shocked that it was HIM giving it out. It's not about how many of those cards you get, but the meaning behind every single one and how much you treasure it. He made the effort to make trip more enjoyable for each and every one of us and that i really really appreciate. Luckily he's attached, if not I think there'll be a major cat-fight going on right now. =)

* I need to start posting CURRENT events soon. This is actually so outdated. haha =)

@ 2:14 PM

this is just to satisfy people who cant stand seeing "cant resist putting up pretty pictures...." one more time. =) dont think anything says it better than

THIS

THIS

THIS

and THIS =)

*dont know how this one got here, but anyway =)

Whistler - unforgettable.

@ 5:23 PM

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