Monday, June 28, 2004 @6:01 AM
Just came home from art outing @ Chua Chu Kang MRT station... feeling quite tired now. I better blog now... or else I think, I wouldn't have the time to do so in the evening.
Time passes really fast right? In a twinkle of an eye, 4 weeks of our June holidays is gone. Yes, gone with the wind. Just like that. Is that why we don't stop, even just for a minute, to catch hold of our wandering thoughts and straighten them out? On my way back on the train... been thinking a lot. I thought about OBS, Marshalls and my instructor Yew Tong. Suddenly I realised that I missed them a lot! yar... the times we spent together, the expedition, cooking a dinner, lying on our ponchos and looking up in night sky in search for stars, laughter, tears and song that we shared etc. Everything just came washing over me like a tidal wave...
One EXTREMELY good thing about OBS is that it gives you a lot of space/time just for reflections, thinking and pondering. It's something we can't spare our time very much on here. For that one whole week, we were cut out from the whole world, total isolation, with no worries at all. All we have to do is just to eat, play, sleep and reflect. A memorable time for me, I would say. Just like what Mario and Yew Tong said, we are now on a fantasy island. Once we step out into the real world, we got to grow up and fend for ourselves. On fantasy island, we are allowed to make mistakes over and over again, without any price to pay, without any scolding. BUT, in the real world, there will be no chance given to you. Not even once. This is how cruel reality can be.
I like the song "High" by Lighthouse Family. It was played to Marshalls on the last day of our OBS camp as a farewell gift. Yew Tong wanted us to hear this song and listen carefully to the lyrics being sung, but I was too busy crying to do so. geez...
Anyway, I want to dedicate this song to all my friends out there... A meaningful one so hope you enjoy it! =D
When you're close to tears remember
Someday it'll all be over
One day we're gonna get so high
Though it's darker than December
What's ahead is a different colour
One day we're gonna get so high
And at the end of the day remember the days
When we were close to the end
And wonder how we made it through the night
At the end of the day
Remember the way
We stayed so close to the end
We'll remember it was me and you
Chorus :
Cause we are gonna be forever, you and me
You will always keep it flying high in the sky of love
Don't you think it's time you started
Doing what we always wanted
One day we're gonna get so high
Cause even the impossible
Is easy when we got each other
One day we're gonna get so high
*Can't get the song onto my blog yet, so just read the lyrics!
2 more quotes from OBS before i end my entry.
1. "To serve, to strive and not to yield". (OBS motto)
2. "You cannot discover new oceans unless you have to courage to lose sight of the shores!"
Tomorrow's the day! Sleep early hor... and get up fresh for a new school term! Jiayou to all, esp. my da jie who is having her common test once the June holidays are over! (by the way, she's in NJC.)*It's GP paper le... best wishes!
*Counting down: 1 more day to RV