Days

This is most annoying.. I spent 1 whole holiday sitting on my ass.. waiting for my attachment to commence.. and guess what.. cell culture failure.. everything's pushed back.. I'm just sitting and waiting for action.. but action'll only come for 1-2 days.. doin the stuff that WE USUALLY DO IN THE LAB.. Immunohistochemistry.. HOW ANNOYING! Its been really frustrating.. just sitting and waiting for my Lecturer to tell me when to start.. seriously frus! I've cancelled my plans to go skiing tis hols just for my attachment and now its been all in vain.. it has been said before- you rush to wait and you wait to rush.. but guess what.. I've been waiting and waiting and nothing has been happening! I've hoped that I could learn and experience real first hand cancer research.. but alas.. all has been in vain..

I guess I should just be thankful that I've had a good holiday.. and lots of time to spend with friends.. especially sticking with the OCFers better- the countless nights we played mariokart together, the countless meals we had together, the countless laughs we had together.. I guess it was worth it.. sigh.. school's starting again.. its the last lap of my undergraduate years.. I feel kinda jittery about it.. what will it be like? how will I do? Just today I went to uni and it was orientation week... so many bright, fresh and eager faces in the surreal cloudless winter sunshine.. a wry grin found my lips.. I was just thinking how I was once like them.. happy, eager, excited and full of energy.. 3 years later.. what has changed? prolly size wise, perhaps a slight tinge of academic weariness, more mellow and experienced in the ways of beating the lunchtime queue at saigon noodles.. silently I wished each one of the smiling excited faces well.. that their days may evermore be filled with an abundance of laughter, excitement and energy.. because they'll need it..

As for me.. the dusk of my undergraduate days approaches.. the impending sunset for yet another chapter of my life.. as I walk the way to the finish line.. I want to take with me, more than a degree- but memories of the times good and bad, laughter and tears.. days where I ate my lunch with friends on lush green lawns.. days where I mugged in the bowels of the Law library.. beside the same brave few.. the H1s and the Ps.. All these memories..have tilled my path from 1st yr to 3rd.. and I am grateful to partake of such times.

The last lap and the end is in sight.. God give me strength to finish this race well.. and also to endear myself to the friends that've always stood by my side.. and to cherish these memories to eternity..