reflections

finished the last episode of survivor s23. i thought coach played a brilliant game, a pity a few members of the jury didn't think so. and it made me looked back and realized that in more ways than one, we are not very much different. if i were a contestant on the island, i guessed the closest player i would have taken after would have been him, strategically speaking.

it also made me realized that, try as we may to please everybody, unfortunately, things will never be what we would like or want things to end up the way they are. had been looking for this group of friends i could hang around with, the closest to the alliance of 5 in survivor lingo, and sometime along the way i gave out. after a couple of sems, i knew that i had any chance of getting that accomplished, because of time, priorities, and thinking. so things just become natural, i still have a couple of people i'm in contact with and i'm grateful of their presence, and their influence in my life. be it supper, or mahjong sessions, this period of time will be one that i would really enjoy looking back, because it would be the one before i start moving on to a proper work life. it's highly unlikely that we would all be able to travel overseas together in a big group as we did in year 1 or 2, because of different schedules that we all have or will have in the near future, and i think those trips are really take aways that are truly memorable.

2011.

artist for this year, adele.

bringing us the album, 21.

song for this year, someone like you.

from 21, adele.

a close second will be jars of heart, kept me company for the start of the year, but they were songs from previous years, along with i will follow you into the dark (death cab for cutie), body parts (plain white T's)

movie, 那些年，我們一起追的女孩.

a taiwanese film adapted from the book, which i actually possess in 2009 from my trip to KL. still unwrapped though. planning to start on it. didn't want to read any of the reviews and watch any of the trailers. caught it expecting it to be a romantic comedy. didn't know about the nc16 rating at all. or was it 18. hm. it was good.

this year,

we had 2 elections.

greece and euro.

granddad was ill, very ill, during exam time in the second sem of year 3.

attended gss, troyes.

granddad past away soon after, during my time there.

grew to know my course mates better.

most from hall graduated.

i entered a relationship.

haven't watch the reunion of survivors, wondering how coach must be feeling. people walk in and out of our lives. losing people in our lives may not be hard, but losing friends is a bitter pill to swallow.