Hell it’s about time that I stopped studying. I’ve been studying for… well for as long as I can remember. Study cost hell a lot of money and during those period, sad to say, I made none, substantially

Now I shall pledge to make mum, dad and sis’s investment worthwhile, sooner rather than later, I hope. Having graduated at this time around hasn’t exactly been all rosy due to economic downturn.

Nevertheless, I’m delighted that I’m finally done with my degree. It was hard-earned to some extent and that piece of paper better be sweet-smelling when I get my hands around it and it had better serve its purpose in due time.

I hate and love the life as a student. Contrary to common belief, I hate studying. Hell yes I do, but I love to learn. Studying to me is pouring over notes and books and gathering information and doing endless assignments and projects and finally attested all the abovementioned in examinations. I hated those because studying in this kind of education system makes me all the more academic oriented and worst of all, I succumbed to it. It makes me feel like the unquenchable thirst of vampires for blood. You know it is evil, but you just can’t help it because it satisfies you at the end of the day, and more especially when you’re at the top of your game.

However, I learned a lot too. I’ve become more skilled at digging information, putting them through brain-boggling process, and producing quality results. I’ve become more diligent, paying attention to details and best of all, emphasis on originality. Probably I’ve become cleverer but not exactly smarter; otherwise I would have used my cleverness to make money, see.

One of the things that I liked most about life as a student is that you get to make a lot of friends and enjoy activities together. I love the people in my place, all of them – my batch friends, COP peeps, juniors and seniors, badminton gang, dearest roommate etc. etc. The events and people are those that shape a person’s character most.

To my batchmates, when we first started out – all aspiring engineers, and IT and Business specialists, we were quite close. We celebrated almost everyone’s birthday, and everybody would come and sing birthday song, eat cake, chat and take pictures.

We would watch movies together, sometimes in the common room and sometimes in each other’s room. I remembered we watched the lousy Alien-vs-Predator in the common room, but the crowd was great. We watched The Incredibles, Scary Movie, and Road Trip together too.

We would wait for friends to go to class together. That time, we would depart as early as 15 minutes before class started, but as we ages, we would wake up at the same time the lecture would start, or skip it altogether.

Through the years, large group broked into smaller clusters like what global warming did on ice sheets. The process is natural, but the again is the same everywhere.

Along the years, there were friends who became lovers…and then friends again, and there were those who stick it until today. What an efforrt! Bravo! On and off we had some meals together – our so called batch meals were great.

I enjoyed J04Unity too as it was something quite memorable and special. We even have our own t-shirt than I hope we can still fit into for many many more decades to come.

Although we were segregated, but I believe we all cherished what we’ve been through and cared for each other in their own ways. I salute you all for finishing this race together and thank you for your friendship.

I think I was a difficult roommate. I slept relatively early, and I get annoyed easily when I do not get enough sleep. I can get angry when I’m annoyed but I don’t usually scold or yell.

My silence can mutate into cold wars. I hated that. But my last roommate was a wonderful person.

He made a lot of positive impact in my life and I learned a lot from him. Not only that, he massaged for me countless of times too. There were people who talked about moral and there were people who practiced them. He’s the latter.

To COP peeps, you guys rock! You are all very fun-loving bunch of people. Whenever there’s function you’ll invite me and accept me for who I am.

The camp in Cameron was outstanding, so as many other activities. I love them all. Thank you for the farewell rock! Thank you for the friendship! Thank you for the fellowship!

To badminton gang, the moment we ended our last ‘power match’ I already missed it. I understand now there’ll be no more such fantastic gang to play with, or will there be another one? Probably not, very unlikely, or is it?.. hmmm. I miss it so much.

I don’t know how or when exactly we started playing regularly, but hell, I’m glad we played so many games together (never enough though), and shared so many personal stories at the sports complex.

Hope our pictures will still be there when we come back in August. Remember to go and check.

To seniors and juniors and respected friends, acquaintance, and even lecturers and pak and mak guards (for keeping us safe), you have all added colours into my life. I’ll remember the sports that we participated, the cook-and-eat-together time, supper-at-mamak-slash-McD-slash-tongsuikai times, the ‘ooos’ and ‘aaahs’ during movies in cinemas, the campings and holidays, the laughers, the sharing, the smiles, the hugs, and etc. etc. etc. And for that, I sincerely thank you all for the companionship and friendship. Thank you!

Hell it’s not about time that I start to miss you guys, because I already have, and am and will. Peace upon you, friends!

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