i've changed blogs. yea. in an effort to be vague & to don a low profile. it's scarey to have people who know you (but you dont know them) read your blog and be a part of an audience you're addressing. it is. really.

one academic yr closes, another begins. what have i achieved as a person?

• i am stronger than i was when i first started uni. pull me in 50 different directions, and i'm still intact at the end of the day. and i'm not as emotional a person i once was. now my friends complain i'm a little too detached.
• being on the dean's list for both semester 1 and semester 2. i plan to keep that place right up till the final year. and being the only kid from french yr 1 who made the dean's list.
• french club presidency. which means more speeches, networking with more french connections in asia .. the embassy and lycees. it's a job i love. and i am honoured that i'm the youngest president to be chosen in the whole history of the varsity french club.
• toastmasters and even more speeches. lol. mais je l'aime beaucoup.
• being on the varsity regatta. this has been by far the MOST fun. sukma, here i come.
• i've learned to eat like a gourmet, thanks to you know who. fondues, cheese, a lot of rice and breads, chocolates every 3 days. indian food spots, i know the best around bangsar/kelana jaya. i'm a huge eataholic.
• i've learned to do things that i want, not things that i think i should be doing. i go run with den and the gang every so often. if i feel like it, i go play tennis. or do yoga. i read more crap (baudelaire, neruda, zola) thn i do my suggested references.
• i no longer bother wht people think of me. good or bad. i used to do this a little before, but now, i'm a full-blown "ms whtever" , quoting geraldine.
• winning the varsity debate. the best speaker award for college debate.
• finding perfectly true genuine friends who will go the long way with me
• i've composed a whole collection on the guitar and piano. it's worth nothing as long as i keep it in. but to the people i wrote it for ... they treat me to bah kut teh for it. :p
• the letter collection.
• dressing properly, thanks to my sister and cousins : helen & grace
• doing things i really care about : tree hugging, PETA, distributing food to the poor, soup kitchens at a buddhist home.
• learning internal peace. being at peace with my whole being.
• exploring more ways i am capable of writing in, just going through and experimenting creatively

it's been a full year. i'm stepping into the next with borrowed confidence, looking forward to the fun -- more latin, portuguese & there'll be italian too. 21 credit hours, 4 days a week. let's hope to squeeze in plays(KLPAC & if we have the $$, actors' studio) and matinees (MPO). more lake time. more time to kayak and run and yoga and tennis. lots of 5 am breakfasts with the man cos tht's like the only time the engineer boy and linguistic girl have time to spare. more time with the family. more discoveries in the creative process. more love. more success. more breaks. here's to the yr 08/09. let's just hope for the best. stage time, debbie. break a leg.