"People think of heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless. This is the greatest gift God can give you: To understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for." -Mitch Albom

the irony of it all amazes me. How some of us can say 'I can't live without him/her' one minute, and the next 'Let's break up'. Promises of 'friends forever' are shattered when you have so little faith in our friendship. Wow. People change. The fragility of friendships that were supossedly unbreakable is just another hard slap of reality. The only constant is this world is change. (Some) good things wun last, just like how 50% sales at Mango wun last. =)

but perhaps its the treasured memories of the past and hopeful anticipation for the future which keeps us going on this seemingly neverending road of life..

sometime last week i chatted on the phone wif becca til ard 4am. Last nite i chatted wif shafi and only got off the phone at 4+. Its nice to talk about everything under the sun, or rather, moon, wif a fren while killing time on sleepless nights. Sharing our thoughts on the happenings this yr kinda gently closes the chapter of 2004 in our lives. From the Orientation whereby we were still strangers to now, friends goin on our separate ways. I will never forget the quirky ways of my classmates.

Me and sha fighting in class with jag's sleeping bag. The two of us playing floorball in the Music Room aftr econs tut. Crapping wif Mdm Lee in econs tut. Roche's trademark 'fuck'. kl showing his true colours in class. Sha's 'Im da man!' *pukes* Zarieo's catchphrase 'I dun gif a cowdung'. RT's cleopatra pose. Jag as spiderman and rt as catwoman. KE's karma fried chicken. Andy's mystical eyesight. Playing freeze in the school field. The nicknames we christened one another. Joreen spraying tau-hway all over xj while luffing. The freaky ghost stories sessions. Falling aslp together in mr loke's hist lects.

Luffing together. The birthday cakes and celebrations. Roche as our pet hamster. The boyfriend old man. The PW trashing out sessions. MH's sweet supply of sweets. Luffing lyk nobody's business at Seoul Garden. Watching 'The Prince & Me' and 'Cellular' together. Stoning in econs lect and GP. Ms lim's 'focus yah..'. The inter-crushes amongst us. The crazy OBS days. All of us eating from the same pot of maggi mee(10 packets) and finishing the entire pot in a few minutes. Lying in the tent and madly kayaking *hand gestures*, then luffing lyk witches. Girls cooking and guys pitching tents. The sensation of reaching the top of the rock wall and inverse tower. Flying fox. Zude's johnson's baby milk bath and 'I scared. I dowan to come down'.

From the pre-expedition sessions to post-sabah expedition. Different groups of friends bonded as a team, SABASKET. The fear of bloodthirsty leeches before we set off. The carwash waterfight. Packing our stuff. 'Whos the principal?'. Life journeys. Stealing Royal Brunei's pillows. Brotherhood. *Everybody loves kungfu fighting!* Lame jokes! 'Gals go she-she, guys go he-he' 'Internet; cyber sex'. 1st day incident-being late *geez*. 'Head count! Head count!' The Sepilok youths' hospitality. The 3km walks to RIC. 'Hurry hurry! Go back eat curry! Got car! Keep left!' (Jie: traffic marshal). 'Catch up! (ketchup) Chili! Mayo! BBQ sauce!'. The relay race while cleaning the hall japanese style. Our friendly neighbours-mosquitoes, centipedes, praying mantis, ants.

Mission Statement: "Lamers,let us rise and walk again!". Bathing together with icy cold water. Murderer *winkz*. Gelling eyebrows of sleeping people and Eeyore's mane. Foster home! Playing soccer under the big blue sky. Lying on the grass and luffing out loud. Denly playing the guitar *Im sorry..cant be perfect..* The mass dance. *I love you baby..*. World Environment Day. Monkey's pants dropping. Bridge.

Natural aircon and melodious snoring symphony at night. Praying mantis dance. The Man Family. 'This is digusting..'. Staying up the entire night to do 'Fun With English'. Squeezing onto the stage and sleeping together. Sentry duty. The bamboo dance. Yummy Teh tarik *slurps*. 'Hey-O-Hey! Dom Bali Hey!'. 'Cave'-walk. The damn chio star-pricked nightsky. *this is home..truly..* The BBQ & Jam+Hop. *Should all acquaintance be forgotten and never brought to mind..* 'Dun cry..dun cry..See you again..'. The last night at Changi Airport. 'This is not the end of our friendship..' 'Wah go back will sleep in sleeping bags..' ' Go back will catch mosquitoes and put in my room..'

I love you
You love me
We are happy family
Dun forget our sweet memories
Thanks and sorry for everything

I love you
You love me
We are happy family
With a great big hug from me to you
Won't you say u love me too?

Endless memories, so dear to me. Itching to go back to Sabah. Ahh, I will miss 2004. Goodbye.


*It's not about the destination, but the journey..*