Thursday, December 24, 2009
Went to JB with the CSA gang yesterday. Although it was a simple trip of just shopping and bonding with one another, i truly enjoyed it and felt a tinge of sadness when we parted ways.
It all began with me frantically telling myself that I definitely have to tell my mum about this one day shopping trip in the morning. Did not have the chance to tell her before that (maybe because I was lazy, hee). Called mum at 8+am while she was at work and expected her to nag at me not to go. (Was already forming reasons within my brain) To my surprise, she just said a simple, "Be careful." And continued about where to find Malaysian Ringgit in the house and be careful of robbers, etc.
Met Dean at my house coffeeshop. He's mad. He got a ride from his Dad at around 7+, overshot 4 bus stops, walked back and reached the coffeeshop just 5-10 minutes after I woke up! Crazy guy. We were supposed to meet at 9am on 170 itself. I woke up at 8.10am.
Met the rest of the people at the customs. Got through and out trip began. Shopped in Kota Raya shopping centre and City Square which was connected to the checkpoint. First time there since it opened. It's pretty much like a Singaporean shopping mall.
I was constantly reminded of how much I would be missed when I leave for the US next month. To tell you the truth, I would definitely miss them too. And not just them, so many others plus the things and the food! I was glad that I was able to spend at least 10 minutes on the trip speaking to each of them, some more than 10, others a little less. But it was only then that I realised that our friendships had grown so much within the last 1 year to the stage where we could talk one-on-one without feeling a sense of discomfort, able to immediately speak straight from our hearts into theirs. It did not matter whether we were walking and talking, shopping and talking, sitting after finishing our food and talking.
Thanks Josh, Sherm, Dean, Jon, Gareth and Ben. I hope that our friendships will continue to grow even though 2 of you are graduating next year. And may our faiths always stand strong!
Oh yah, and thanks to Josh for getting me this lovely Name stickers with Snoopy! =) Thanks to Dean who also wrote a touching Christmas card which came straight from his heart! =)
- JB trip!
by snoopy_lim @ 10:07 PM