yest we went to send off liuhui who is going to ucl. we took quite a bit of photos... mostly because there wasn't much to do there. i mean we can't hog liuhui for the whole time right.
and i feel almost awkward when everyone was getting emotional near the end. i wasn't really feeling sad because she will be coming back during her summer breaks. and thanks to the advance technology, we can still skype with her over the vast ocean between the continents(?). though no one has given me any convincing reason why ppl overseas always switch to skype instead of sticking to msn.
instead i really felt happy and excited for her and her new journey that she will be embarking on soon.that's her dream and wish to go overseas to study. it's a privilege that not everyone can afford. i mean i know that i wil die if it was me, given my antisocial personality. but i'm quite confident that she will manage well by herself. despite our bickering and my constant insults (they are just jests, alright?), i'm really proud of her and all my dear friends who have come this far to achieve what they have now.
my only slightest worry is her possible short period of inadaptablility at the start when she's there, feeling homesick no doubt. but i guess she will soon congregate with the asians (er... s'poreans? but i doubt she will want to associate with them much. haha.) there and cook up feasts of asian dishes in the memory of their hometowns. (i heard this is what they do. correct me if i'm wrong.)
and liuhui if you happen to read this blog entry(i seriously doubt you do, it will be a MIRACLE then), please keep the cat earrings safe... knowing your messiness, i am almost quite sure that they will be flung to some corner in your room. haha.
i only felt a tad emotional when i saw liuhui's mum tearing. i can almost understand and feel her heartache as her only child goes off somewhere far off almost at the other end of the world to venture, with 13 hrs of flight in between them. her worry as her only daughter leaves the safety of her palm with unseen obstacles that she has to face for herself.
as liuhui checked in, we watched her figure becoming smaller and blurrer as she walked further and further to board her plane. she turned back twice to wave back to us and finally walking straight ahead without turning back.
that will be another 9 months before we see each other again.
anyway last but not least, i just want to say that i'm really really proud of all my dear beloved friends who are going to venture their own way, especially those who are going overseas, leaving the safety and familiarity of their hometowns.
we must all jiayou!
