Saturday, August 20, 2005
WARNING: This is an ultimately ------LONG------ post.
some ppl say the unexpectancies of life is most enticing. i guess i cant agree with this at all. e events tat took place for the past few days and those to come, leaves me hanging in e air n i really feel crap over it.
i've learnt when i'm most upset, i dont talk abt it at all. cos talking abt it makes me tear uncontrollably. n i guess i dont take failures well. after putting in 101% effort into my work, i guess the last thing anyone wants to get is a fail. after working for weeks, countless nights of staying ups and doing photoshoots, a 5 minutes late caused me to fail. i suppose its e first time in my life i've put in so much effort n thoughts into this project and 1 mistake dashed everything. this also made me see the cruelty of reality and the real faces of those around me. getting to school, watching the door got locked, tat definitely hurt me bad. i was told, "i dont wanna hear ur sob stories". i guess this is a statement i'll never forget and labelled the most painful statement ever. i stood there blankly for the next few moments until everyone ard me left, rehearsing the statement again n again in my head. all i needed was a few hours to go home fix my damaged file and send it to print.
i couldn't stop crying the whole afternoon. i guess all the stressed tat was built up over time, all the suppressed emotions got released at tat very instance. my weeks of hardwork went down the drain. it was a blow i didn't know how to handle cos i nv see it coming. i was pretty confident of my work and satisfied with myself.
meeting up with elaine tat very night helped alot. before going out, i got myself together. meeting up with ur soulmate, jus walking ard, eating n talking things out helped. i didn't feel i was alone. i was thankful someone listened. wednesday nite, i got my files sorted out, made sure everything was in order. i sorted out my thoughts. the next big step was to decide to go to sch e next day or not. i know most others would haf gotten their things done, go to sch n beg the lecturers to accept the work. no one will want to fail or repeat the yr cos of 1 project, 1 failure. i battled with myself. i jus couldn't come to term with myself, letting down my pride, stood tat low to beg my lecturers. didn't think they deserve me to let down my pride.
it doesn't mean i dont realise my mistake. i reassessed the whole situation and reassessed my mistakes and the failure. i wrote out the wrong stuffs i did and i told myself never to repeat the same mistake again. i'm gonna do something abt my bad time management and organization skills. but i guess i proudly say i didn't let myself down. i knew i worked hard and i knew where i stand. i may not be the best. but i'm definitely not the worse.
i'm still thinking wat i should do next. failing term 1 is as good as failing the whole semester. should i be asked to leave or repeat, i guess i'll start working and building my portfolio. i dont believe my life comes to a stop without my diploma. i guess it doesn't make sense cos i'm already into the final lap. but it doesn't means i'm giving up cos of 1 mistake. i jus cant bring myself to be in an environment i totally despised. a place there's little humanity. they might all be professionals. lecturers and practicing artist n designers. but i'm not impressed at all cos the way they handle things are jus too cold.
in march, when mum fell sick all of a sudden. i spoke to 1 of my lecturer regarding this matter. the answer i got, straight in my face, "there's nothing we can do for you". i really wanted to ask them, "if u have a mother, struck down by brain cancer, u could lose her at any point of time. tat is really something u really will hate to hear." i guess from tat moment in time i was already prepared to give up this diploma i was pursuing.
perhaps i'm jus too stubborn and too proud to lose. perhaps i jus refused to admit my mistakes and be sorry abt it. i'm not too sure myself. but at least i know i dont owe myself an answer. i've put in effort n done my best. things didn't get assessed the way it should have been. yet no regrets abt this whole issue.
thursday - met raymond and elaine. i'm glad my buddies were there to listen and share my thoughts. guys i really appreciate ur presence and having u guys are the best things tat happened to me.
we pigged out on alot of food. i probably ate more than the amt i ate the whole wk tat day.. had egg tart at peace centre, indonesian food at paradiz centre.. chicken rice at upp serangoon.. i had enough calories to put back e weight i've lost over e stressful week. it was so much fun thou. we haven had so much fun in a long time. we decided to go sentosa on friday, have fish steamboat at night and come my house to drink after tat.
friday - haven had so much fun in a very long time. met june n raymond in the morning for BK breakfast.. i woke up late thou. hehe.. caught up with e rest at harbourfront.. elaine, june, rudy and austin... jus lazing in the sand.. busking in the sun.. stress-free day. n i guess e company means alot too.. my bestest buddies.. jus sitting doing nothing will be the best time ever. rudy left to go home for dinner n austin to meet his frens.. the rest of us met up with more ppl for dinner.
was suppose to head home with the rest to haf drinks at my place. i got home first cos ace drove me n my heavy mixers home. discovered my aircon was down cos e repairman kinda damaged it. contradicting huh.. repairman did e exact opposite thing. my aircon was perfectly fine.. i didn't know how they made it stopped. i'm so sorry to disappoint u guys.. i hope we can arrange for another drinking session again soon. in e end only austin came over.. we gobbled abt half a bottle of mongolian vodka with redbull.. i must say its lethal stuff. austin was red from head to toe after like 4 drinks? knocked out in e wierdest position. for me, i was afraid to fall asleep too deeply, in case i cant wake tat KO guy up. hahaa.. i'm actually kinda sad.. this buddy's leaving for brunei coming monday for abt 2 months.. defintely gonna miss him.. my drinking kaki.. slacking buddy.. my aunty agony.. n e list goes on n on.. i'll look forward to ur return dear!
junie's gonna leave on e 19th sept for Uk.. well.. i guess as we all grow older, the distance jus grows longer and time jus gets shorter.. for the next 2 yrs, this best friend i've had for 10 strong years.. is gonna leave us to pursue her studies. i guess we can only treasure whatever time we haf to be together and wish her all the best for everything..