Wednesday, August 27, 2008
ok get ready for the most massive verbal regurgitation in a long while. cause i haven't blogged in over two months, and just now just browsing through some old entries, i realised how important keeping a journal used to mean to me. because from reading consecutive entries, i actually felt nostalgic, melancholic and happy respectively.
we'll start with how i have FINALLY graduated from university, one semester later than expected. my final two units for this semester,
criminology and
contemporary journalism, were completed decently with one distinction and one credit. it's such a relief to have finally completed my undergraduate degree. at least that's my safety net done and out of the way.
my break between uni and national service has flown by, what with losing track of time from midnight hours gallavanting, and a short stint of work as clinic manager at gleneagles. work was truly a good experience in my opinion; realising that working conditions may not always be ideal and that it is essential to bite your tongue sometimes, lest resulting in potentially volatile conflict.
managed to take a VERY short trip back to melbourne just the week before dan came back for good. it was good just to surprise everyone (once again), plus i even managed to fit sydney in on the itinerary (albeit for only 24 hours) to see eric and didi. dan's farewell party at sarah's function room was pretty fun. it kinda reminded me of cloverfield and it was a rainy night too! plus i'm the younger brother and we all know that he gets killed in the movie haha.
when eric went back to sydney this time round, i realised that not going back to melbourne for the first time in four and a half years had some undesirable repercussions. with most of my old friends unavailable for various reasons (studying overseas, starting uni, schooling, army, too busy being a topless model), eric and i came to the conclusion that i was going to have to make new friends.
so i brainstormed and came to a conclusion. i wasnt gonna need super tight friends because i essentially already had those, which i could still maintain with internet conversations in between our twice-yearly reunions. i just needed a bunch of new friends to hang out with, do something fun and chill, without necessarily having to get close to. and i've sorta found them. it was unnerving at first, and at times i felt it was absolutely unnecessary; putting myself out of my comfort zone. however, i feel accomplished that now when i wanna go out for a few drinks or shisha, i have some people that can be readily contacted. it helps that they club religiously, meaning that when i do go, i have company haha.
oh on a totally seperate note i must mention i've found someone new haha. as luck would have it, things arent working out very smoothly BUT hope springs eternal. haha nah it's nothing serious cept that i've recently met this special-est person and she's kinda nice. but as usual the same story: million guys are after her, we don't even talk, bad timing, etc etc. haha. the good thing is i'm not even remotely chuffed by the situation. just a sigh and a wry smile. we'll see how things go, in the meantime i'll just write songs about her haha.
i was listening to
my reply by
The Ataris awhile ago and omg it reminded me of my first few months studying in deakin when i was staying in burwood. it was pretty cool cause the song was on the playlist that i mentioned a few posts ago and like the memories were the same. which means one song can possibly evoke the same feelings and episodes every single time?? haha interesting. but yeah, i recall:
-waking up to birds chirping outside my window
-squeezing the internet cable under the toilet door gap so i could surf in the loo
-cooking random stuff
-RED ROOSTER
-wintry mornings where the lure of the blanket defeated 9am classes
-walking with two baskets full of dirty clothes to the laundry room
-feeling emo cause of doc haha
gosh that was quite a long post. and i have to wake up at 830 for soccer with tat. and it's 4 now. haha something tells me i'm gonna be real tired tomorrow. it's mama's birthday, we probably gonna go for a great dinner. i promise to be back soon.
until then, gabriel out.
lights off, pyjamas on
3:46 AM
