So many animes I wanna watch now

I mean besides the usual long and still-continuing animes, like Fairy Tail, which I'm gonna spam after A levels. I've found quite a few short and completed animes, that are pretty good. Ao no Exorcist, Shakugan no Shana, and Soul eater. Plenty more actually. But I think I'll start with Ao no Exorcist after mid year exams, it shouldn't take longer than a weekend if I marathon-watch it :D
 
 

Decisions always somehow turn out to be the right ones.

Similar to when I was applying for IP, I had no idea what was in store for me when I applied for Interact Club. Only after being in it I realise that I made the right decision. Being in Interact really exposes you to the other side of life that we don't commonly experience, be it kids from disadvantaged families, or simply lonely elderly people.

Started the day today with the last homegroup session of the term. I'll admit, the kids were pretty rowdy and hard to control, but it was fun watching them play I guess. Though most of the games were kinda fail with the children haha. And it was pretty nice that the people from the centre held a mini party for us, with food and even a small cake for us, in appreciation of us tutoring the kids every week. I guess I would miss the kids in some way over the holidays :/

Went for Makan Love after that. I thought that I wouldn't be able to communicate with the elderly much due to the language barrier. While that was mostly true, I was lucky enough to have an English educated couple at my table. I talked to them a lot, it was a really interesting experience. Both of them were 80 and 83 years old, and they had very interesting life experiences, like studying in Cambridge and failing, but still being able to succeed in life, and also travelling all around the world, to many many countries. What I found really cool was that they too volunteered a lot, even when they were in their 60s and 70s, and only stopped recently. Was quite funny when we talked about how things have changed since the past, like how music was supposedly better than the "noise" we have now haha. Somehow after talking about their grandchildren we ended up on the topic of my want to study medicine in future. I honestly felt really encouraged, and somewhat touched by the things they told me, like how I really shouldn't worry about things too much now, and that I should enjoy my youth.

They were really eager to talk to me too, probably because they don't live with their children, so they don't really have many people to talk to. But I think a really felt a true "warm fuzzy feeling" after talking to them, knowing that I at least managed to make a connection with them, even if only for that short period of time. That's what being in Interact is all about I guess. It's not just in being a volunteer in various events, to help with manual work and all. It's about the personal experiences gained from these events. Something like how my hospital attachment earlier this year was much more enriching and enlightening than any other hospital attachment I would have found on my own.

Another thing I found very interesting and impactful was the spirit of volunteerism. It was really there, with volunteers who were complete strangers to other volunteers helping each other out, and all of us staying back to clean the place even though we didn't really have to, till like 9+. I know those sound kinda trivial, but I can't really describe what I felt that really made an impact on me. Once again, seems like the decision to join Interact was a good one, as I'm now amongst people who have similar mindsets towards helping others.

Yes, I know I'm very busy now and haven't been blogging much, but I felt this was something important that I'd really like to capture, something that I'd really like to look back at and remember, in time to come.

"Don't be so uncertain of yourself, the future will only turn out the way you want it to be, if you're certain of yourself."

There are many small bit of our past that we tend to forget, aren't there?

In the midst of this hectic-ness, I've been thinking about what life used to be like before. Not just last year, but way before that.

I miss the times when I was much younger, when I didn't have any reason to use the computer, and when every day just revolved around drawing comics and reading fantasy novels.

I miss the times when I could wake up every morning, actually looking forward to the day.

I miss the times in primary school, when we used to play ridiculous pranks on others(including the security guard), and when life seemed somewhat of a crazy adventure.

I miss the times when it was normal to talk to my primary school friends for hours over our house phones.

I miss the times when I was in VS, when we'd use every project as an excuse to go over to Keith's house and slack.

I miss the stuff we used to do in IP, the projects, OI, and everything else.

I miss having a class that I could say I truly felt part of, and having a classroom that we could call our home.

I'm not saying that life's gonna completely suck from here on, I'm just saying, it'd be nice if I could go back in time and relive all those memories again. Just once more.

Memories are precious, make sure you constantly remind yourself of them. To forget them, even the smallest pieces of them, would be to lose part of yourself.

I really need to take time off to draw.

Sadly time is already scarce enough as it is. Damn, JC life really sucks. Just saw some works on deviantart that really got me inspired. But not like I'm going to be drawing anything anytime soon. Sigh. A mad, mindless, soulless rush to the finish line, before I get to relax eh?

HBL kinda sucks.

Much more work to do than a normal week. Only good thing is that I get 9 hours of sleep a day. One thing I realised from HBL is that, tutorials and lectures are kind of a waste of time when done in school. I can get them done at a much faster pace on my own, fastforwarding through all the duh parts and all. Which of course leaves me with more time for other things that I actually want to do. Sigh, guess I'll have no choice but to waste such time for the next one and a half years.

I really want to catch up on OP anime, but instead of doing it in bits and pieces,, I've decided to spam it over the Dec hols. By then I'd have an estimated of 45 episodes to catch up with. Which is equivalent to about 4 days of watching :D

There's something about One Piece that makes it awesome in manga, and undescribably awesome in the anime. (Well I couldn't find a better word to describe it)



The courage to follow your dreams. Perhaps that's what makes One Piece so great.

Into the midst of hectic-ness

Haven't had much time to blog recently. Well, I went for my first homegroup session on Saturday, it was an interesting new experience I guess. Was teaching a Sec 1 normal acad girl, who wasn't quite motivated to study. Hmm, shall try teaching other levels in the following weeks, and see which one I'm best suited for.

It does seem to be getting quite busy, with PI, the fundraising this Saturday and the preparations for it, the proposal for the workshop for kids, and of course schoolwork. I have got to find some free time to draw. Feels like ages since I've done so.

Back from Interact camp :D

The past 3 days have been pretty awesome :D Not only were the games fun and all, but I also got to know some new people, people I'll be working with in future. I have to say, the group I'm in is pretty awesome. The camp also was pretty useful, there was stuff like the design thinking workshop which was really quite insightful.

Well, it's finally time for me to be responsible and be active in a CCA. I'm gonna give this my best. Going for this camp was also good in the sense that it gave me a well needed break from work. It's kinda ugghh to have to come back to reality though.

Oh and I can finally sleep on my comfy bed again yay :D