Feeling Thankful

I just wanna thank some frens of mine for their always being there for me and supporting me behind the scenes these few months, and for some, these few years. First, a BIG thanks to my sister's fren Linnet, who is also now my fren and cell group leader, for her unending patience and understanding towards me..I've been skipping cell group regularly to study but she never once did confront me or judge me for it...When she sees me its usually "When are your exams?" or "How's it gg?" or "let me pray for you" and that really encourages me.

Another person is Crustacean, who always makes me laugh thru the smses she sends me but through which i can also sense a genuine concern. Thanks for all your encouraging and assuring smses, i really appreciate them...

Then there are people like Stella and my primary school fren Qian Ling, who sent out smses before the exams to tell everyone to "jia you!". I think if there's something to be learnt from all these pple is that frenships need not only time to develop but effort as well. And it doesn't have to be effortful in a big, time-consuming kind of way...Just a small sms here and an email there can go a really long way...And this is something i think i really need to inculcate and learn. So thanks peeps! Also a shout-out to Zhiqian, my long-time secondary school fren, who always makes effort to catch-up with me...I admit that i've neglected our frenship and i really want to apologize...I resolve to make more effort and to not let our frenship fade...

Finally, the dragon boat tragedy in Cambodia has made me so much more aware and conscious of my own mortality, given that those guys were around my age. Life is so fragile and it is an illusion to think that just because we are young, we are invincible. In other words, try to live life to the fullest and try not to take things for granted...Easier said then done sometimes but it is at least good to recognize that being alive is in itself in many ways a blessing. If you think about it, there's really a lot to be thankful for...Waking up to a brand new day, having your loved ones around you, having good health and being able-bodied, being able to taste and enjoy good FOOD! etc...

Thanks for exams too! No? NOOOOOOOO!!!! That's one thing you never need to be thankful for...Good riddance on the comin 7th hahaha...