America and the Power of Hugs.
My tweet just an hour ago. having friends around makes it feel like finals is already over, but its the complete opposite cos i’ll be alone when it actually ends :(
Long nights with my good old friends, aggressively typing out study guides and isolation sessions in the library, checking my bank account to see if I still have enough funds and keeping score of my next date of skype.
In conclusion to my past semester in college so far; its gonna be hard when the holidays come.
I’ve made some of the strongest bonds with my close group of international friends and its such a joy finding greatness in diversity. Basically not having anyone from Singapore in my circle friends made me feel more at ease. Having friends with strange last names, coming from places where studies are not the first priority (although I’ll be crying if I were any of them rushing through a super long assignment the night before the submission), I’ve learnt a lot about life. How to take the step back and just relax from curfews, prejudice and the tolerance of swearing.
Then again, the laziness is kinda rubbing off me now.
The hardest part is saying goodbye, makes it even harder when I know what I’ll be missing without them when they all go home and I leave to “retire” in my upgraded master bedroom.
Watching one the pact leave today just made my heart sink, I’ve gotta prepare for many more of these farewells to come. Nothing could be harder than the hardest final as compared to watching your friends go home one by one while you’re left thinking up a list of “ten thousands things you could do alone”.
