The Bright Side of Life

We humans are so blind, most of the time. It takes a disaster to make us realise the power of nature. It takes a loss to make us realise what it meant to have. It takes a death to make us realise what it is that matters most in life.

Things happen without warning. Without premonition. Without any sense of omnious foreboding. Things happen before we have the chance to apologise, to embrace, to speak our heart out, to finish writing letters of farewell and gratitude to all our friends and family.

People, you've known me for almost 5 years and counting. You know me enough to recognise this as another piece of my unreasonably exaggerated melodramatic crap. You've already seen me at my worst, my weakest, my most irrationally emotional many times over. I know it's annoying. Forgive me for ranting once again (you: not again!).

S5, I take it for granted that you already know this, but - I can't be any blunter than this - I just wanted to say it out loud that you have been an important part of my life, and I appreciate the opportunity to have known you all more than I can put in words. Thank you for being there, for being amazing, for being you. For caring, for sharing, for bringing so much cheer by cracking super-lame jokes you'll never hear anywhere else/ singing the birthday song or the national anthem/ insulting each other in friendly banter all the time/ endless things to laugh about even though we haven't met in a long while.

Who would've thought that a bunch of people who started off as strangers would eventually become the same friends who organised various "last gatherings" after graduation, then finally dropped the "last" knowing it will never be? It's a known fact that acquaintances inevitably drift apart with time and distance but you proved otherwise. And I salute you.

I don't expect many to see this, really, or even any at all. Not that it matters. Like my boss said about blogs, "Never mind if anyone reads it. If you write it down, at least it's documented." Thought I'd just want to put down on record that I cherish every class gathering we had in the past, and every one that we are bound to have in future.

On another note, Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life! :D

(Lovely song! Go search for it on youtube. Works for me all the time.)