I was clicking away my time on facebook (it’s so addictive!), and reflecting on my past 22 years of life. And i’m so grateful of where i am today. Not many people are as fortunate as me, to be surrounded by wonderful people ever since i was born, sheltered by the most loving parents ever, to have my brothers and beloved cousin hoey to play hide and seek with me when i was young, to have my 1st aunt and other cousins to pamper me with everything i want (be it food or toys), to have my cousin hoey who grew up with me from kindie to high school, to have met so so so many good friends that are so true and sincere, especially a few really really good friends who went through all the thick and thins with me, and shared countless sweet and bitter memories, and also to be able to pursue my dream as a dentist overseas. What more can i ask for?

Reflecting on my past birthdays, I was so spoiled by my family and 1st aunt since i was a baby, no wonder i was such a fat baby And the one big birthday i had when i was 6 years old,  my parents threw me a big birthday party and invited relatives and friends over. I and still remember vividly the M&M’s chocolate cake hoey’s mum baked for me. It was so yummy! And i LOVED the M&M’s decoration on the cake. That was probably the reason i started loving M&M’s.

 After that, i went to primary school and met this wonderful friend – Mei Jun. Besides Hoey, she was the next closest person to me that time. I was a super shy girl, who used to always cover my face with my hair, very quiet, and had very low self-esteem. Hence, i wasn’t popular in school, and people often made fun of me. But Mei Jun was the sweetest girl in primary school. i felt so comfortable around her. We hang out so often back in primary school days and i can only be talkative around her. During our birthdays, we would make small little art work for each other, such as making flowers out of ribbons and things like that. Those small little gifts meant so much to us, and i still kept them till today.

On first day of high school, again i was a shy little girl. I was even punished by a prefect on my very first day for no apparent reason. But my elder brother stood up for me the next day when he found out, and he made the prefect apologize to me. I felt so protected, and my high school life was less troubled by prefects ever since everyone knew i was my brother’s little sister.

In form 1, i was so fortunate to meet Man Yee in my class. We sat next to each other in class, and became best friends since. We also met other good friends along the way throughout form 1 and 2 – there were Pei Min, Qian Hui, Swan Hui… I was especially close to Pei Min in Form 2 when we ended up in the same class. And since, we formed a group of close friends among the few of us. We used to always hang out with each other outside school hours in shopping complexes and other places. We even had many misunderstandings along the way. One of the most unforgettable one was the time me and PeiMin decided to “ponteng” (skip) school on the last day of school (just for the sake of experience and excitement) to Sunway Lagoon, and got caught by our parents! we got into so much trouble that time, and we were grounded the whole holiday. Our parents even stopped us from seeing each other as they claim we were bad influence to each other.  But that obviously didn’t work, as our friendship grew stronger day by day, as we were still secretly seeing each other (:P). My birthdays that time was celebrated mostly with them, and we would always buy music CD’s for each other (we were so crazy about Nicholas Tse last time that we collect every single album of his). And so, my first few birthdays in high school was celebrated with music CD’s

I was so fortunate to have met so many good friends throughout high school. There is no doubt that my high school life was not even once dull or boring, it was filled with lots of fun and happiness, although there were difficult moments too. I met amazing friends like Yvonne who i got really close to in Form 3. We used to always talk for hours over the phone (we call it cook porridge) talking about everything under the roof. She used to stay over at my place quite often, study together, play piano together etc. Even till today, we feel so comfortable around each other whenever we meet again (though we’re miles apart). We visited each other in Melbourne and Adelaide, and i truly treasure the times spent together with her. 

In form 4, i met another amazing friend – xuan. She sat next to me in class throughout form 4, and together with khai jia and hui cin, we hang out so often together. We always sneaked in food from the canteen or from home into the classroom. We secretly ate them during lectures while the teacher is not aware. We spent many precious times inside and outside of school and their friendship i truly treasure till today. Especially Xuan, who migrated to New Zealand in form 5. But whenever we meet again during holidays in Malaysia, we shop, eat and play like crazy it’s like we have never been seperated as best friends. There were many other great friends in high school such as Joon Hun, Shir Li, Eu Jiun, Yi Jiin, Nancy, Ah Kam etc etc. Basically almost everyone in high school were super nice!!

But there were this group of ji mui i made along the way that made HUGE impact in my life. They been through all my ups and downs with me, and they never fail to make me laugh. We are truly like sisters, but who never ever fight even once. They are so sweet and kind and they really mean everything to me. I cant describe how much i appreciate them as i would nt be who i am today without them. They always believed in me and gave me all the love and support i need, in terms of studies and everything else. I just wanna say i love and miss u all so much – Fanlee, Juju and hueilei! I celebrated many memorable past birthdays with them – from high school to college. From karaoke, eating sessions, baking birthday cakes for each other, to even skipping classes just to celebrate our birthdays together ;)

As for hoey, no body understands me better than she does. She’s like my true sister who grew up with me ever since i was born. Together we watch each other grow up from kindie to college. We see each other almost every single day till she left for NZ to further her studies. Even though we see each other so often, we never ever ran out of topics to talk about! She knew basically every single detail about me. She used to know me so well, sometimes even more than myself. We used to work part-time together, travel with our families together, shopping, cut hair, watch movies, party, etc etc. She also helped me through the saddest moments of my life and i wouldnt been able to make it without her care and encouragement. SHe’s always there when i needed her, and i love her so much for who she is. I cant even remember how many birthdays we celebrated together coz we could have started celebrating each other’s birthday since we were babies. She never failed to give me thoughtful and precious gifts over my past birthdays.

As i left High School and headed to my foundation year in Taylor’s College, i was saddened to leaving all the incredible people in CHS behind. To be honest, i wasnt happy in Taylor’s. I was haunted by all the sweet memories left behind in high school. I find it difficult to get along with the people in Taylors. Though there were afew good classmates that i could get along with, but it was nothing like high school. Most other people didnt like me and thought i was snobish. Maybe coz i was being very anti-social and only stick to my jimuis like glu and paper. After one year of studies in Taylors, it was time to leave Malaysia, to leave all the loved ones… I couldnt describe how heavy hearted i felt in the airport. All my close family members and bestest friends sent me off. I was holding back my tears till the moment i was about to go, Hoey started tearing…then my tears started pouring. We both cried so hard my mum and other friends started crying too…

This blog will mark the beginning of my new journey from being a final year dental student onwards. 

And of course, the purpose of my blog remains the same – that is to keep my friends all over the world updated with my everyday emotions and life stories.

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