I've gotten closer to people I never thought I would be close… I also lost friendships. Well not exactly lost but because of certain things that have happened throughout the year, I've lost the closeness I have with them. You might think like, hmmmm how is it that our friendship is that fragile huh? I guess everyone's just different. Sometimes things just change. & we gotta adapt to that change regardless of what. It's really sad, especially when you think back over the memories that we all once had together, it's just quite a pity. However, if things are not meant to be, then it wouldn't be. This goes for everything in life, really.
Because of that, it has really made me treasure the relationship I have with my family and friends a lot more. Especially my family? I barely get to talk to them even though I see them everyday. Everyone of us are busy with our schoolwork/work. We all have our own problems to deal with. That's why I look forward to getting out of Singapore. Always. Forever. You might ask me why wouldn't I miss my friends in Singapore? I do. Just not as much sometimes because I really hate getting deep into relationships (this means friendships k). It hurts me. A lot. If i ever know they don't feel the same way as me. I know it's just a way of life. I know that's how life is supposed to be. We're supposed to get hurt and shit like that. I've been through shit like that to know how much I should put effort into a relationship. I have been through it again this year. When I treat you as a good friend I really do. But if you don't, or if you only treat me like some wall that you can lean on and nothing else, goodbye to you because I really hate being a wall. Of course I have my clique with me. Those are the people that I'll never let go. It's hard to find people who are on the same page as you. & I've had them near me all the time. I just didn't know how to express my love for them.
As for school, we all know I haven't been progressing as much as I wished I would. Maybe sem 2 of year 1 I've bucked up a lot… & then here comes my downhill. Sem 1 of year 2 was a disaster. I lost total motivation for Contemp. Not that I had much motivation to begin with. But I really feel like the teachers affect me a lot. It's not that I don't want to ask questions or anything like that. It's just….. hard for me to express my thoughts out to people. I suck at hiding my emotions. That's for sure. But I don't know what to say when people ask me about it. I know the expressions on my face quite burden la. Like people know I'm upset but I just refuse to say why or what they can do to make me feel better. I just can't. It's just me. Sharing problems with someone else really isn't an easy thing for me. I don't seek advice from my parents. Because we just think differently.
I was also super sad when Mycs left Singapore… It is so sad how every time I just get close to a certain person, that person leaves… "If I could change the world overnight, there'd be no such things as goodbyes.." She made me love hip hop a lot… Not that I didn't love hip hop before that. It's just that she got me exposed to the hip hop world. It was really pretty sad she had to go back to her country… Just when all of us were getting comfortable with her around… She was one of the biggest reasons why my Sem 2 of year 1 was so smooth and exciting.. That's why I felt so empty during Sem 1 of year 2. I had no time for classes outside at all. I felt like I just danced because I have to dance. Nothing is fun anymore. Everyday is a just "you better get this right or else you just go and die" kinda feeling. I guess I put myself through this… The only thing that I tell myself everyday is that… Every one of my classmates are going through the same thing as me. If they can pull through, why can't I? I wasn't going through this myself. I think the only problem I have that others don't, is that i over-stress for nothing!!!! BUT…. I feel so useless when I don't stress. I feel like the teachers think I slacking if I don't stress. & I hate it. Because when I try, NO ONE SEES IT. When I don't, they start picking on me. That contemporary teacher in particular. Up till now I'm still super irritated with her and my attendance. I really wish she's not my teacher next semester. I really rather kill myself in albert's class and reach somewhere, than to be in her class and feel like shit.
Another highlight of 2013, I fractured my feet for the first time ever during halloween. One of the most horrible feelings ever. I can't believe I thought it was just a minor sprain when I just injured it. I still remember attempting to continue practicing for the jazz assessment piece despite my injury. It was so bloody painful. T_T I hated how I was such a big fat burden to my parents and my friends. I was so thankful that Cher Melissa and Amelia was there to help me out. I really was. I'd be lost without them because I felt so dependent on them…. I took that period to know them better. Even though we've been classmates for like almost 2 years already but yeah~~~
Of course I wouldn't be able to get through school without Andrea and Jingwen, the 2 who have been there. Almost everyday. Last year we were 5 people. Remember Afiq and Shafiq? Yeah. So things right now's just…. yup. I really do miss Afiq a lot. Like ALOT. He might not miss me because I probably didn't really impact his life but I miss his company a lot and his noisiness. No one can ever be noisier than him I swear. However I've gotten a lot closer to Becky and Rif. These 2 people made me look forward to the end of a school day everyday because we always hung out after that. It was fun to slack around and just talk about things. I loved the random heart to heart talks I have with Jingwen… I always feel comfortable talking to her about anything. It just makes me tear.. Maybe because I've been keeping it in for far too long and when I finally tell somebody, it just feels good? I'm also happy that Andrea tells me her problems first. It feels good to know that I come to her mind first when she needs to tell somebody something. There are many times I feel like we drifted away because she has her other friends but…. I guess as long as she still has me in her heart, it's enough for me. I can't be greedy can I?
I will also never forget the surprise party Yvonne and Liqian planned for me for my birthday. This year's birthday was just horrible (excluding the surprise). I spent it in school doing classes I had no motivation for. & Then I had rehearsals for a performance I had no confidence in. I just didn't even know what I was doing in school. I was kinda sad no one really made me felt special that day? I even remembered crying on the streets while I was walking over to Pomo for Kayte's class. Her class made me soooooo much better. If you don't know, Kayte and I has the same birthday!!! Her class made me gained back the confidence to continue rehearsing. My initial plan was to go home after her class but I went back to school again. I felt so horrible and irresponsible for leaving. I went back and realised Andrea and Shafiq were actually supposed to surprise me but they were too late? Oh wells…. Still sad but yeah. I went home with a heavy heart. I remembered my mom was so generous that day she offered to take me home. So yeah I was just quiet the entire trip home because of how bad my day was. & there I saw 2 of my best friends carrying a cake and singing me the birthday song in my room…. My fugly teary reaction was all caught on tape. So embarrassing…. But it made my night really. The fact that they took an effort to plan all this. I don't really care if it's last minute or what. All i care is that I am actually important enough for them to plan such a thing for me. My 18th is now such a memorable day.
Kayte felt like an elder sister from another mother… I felt like I could click with her the moment I saw her? I don't know. I felt like she had high hopes on me the first time I ever went to her class. Even though I wasn't that good she just kept pushing me on! It was as if she already knew me even though I didn't really knew her yet. That feeling was really actually quite amazing. She was a teacher, a friend and a sister to me during the holidays… It was so nice to learn so much from her and hang out with her. She really just felt different from all the other teachers I've had in my entire life. Such a pity when school started, I just did not have anymore time to spare… I really need to go back to her classes..
Also 2013 has been a year that made me felt something I haven't felt in ages. I doubted myself for 2 months straight. I didn't know if what I was feeling was right. I didn't know if I just liked the feeling of being around this person or if I really liked this person. I didn't dare to tell anyone either because what if what I was feeling was just a temporary thing. 1 Month after 1 month I told myself this thing that I'm feeling would disappear. Even after I acknowledged the fact that it was indeed feelings that I had for this person, I still thought that maybe during the holidays this feeling will just disappear into thin air.
Little did I know, things just got…. so different to what I had saw in mind? I didn't want to make my feelings obvious? Initially I just wanted to be a good friend. Someone maybe he would trust enough to tell me things that's going on in his life? I don't think I did though?! But apparently people have been telling me they just knew that I had some feelings towards a certain somebody… Which was just weird because when it comes to things like this I really…. cannot show my feelings well. I really can't. & I'm envious of people who are able to. Really.
Okay back to how things are so different right now. Well things were all going so well. Like everything I wanted was actually happening to me when I was in Europe. Before Europe I told myself I'd use this trip to get over the infatuated feelings I had within me. Obviously that didn't happen. Because, things changed when I was there…. & we actually got closer?? For like 2-3 days I couldn't understand and I couldn't accept that it was reality. It felt like a dream. Like why all of a sudden things changed so much?! I got scared as each day passed by because I was afraid that if I came back to Singapore, things will go back to the way it was. & I didn't want that. But when I came back to Singapore, nothing really changed?!?!?! Oh my god my heart cannot stop jumping. Like seriously it's just…. so amazing yet scary because we all know we're in deep shit if we start crushing on somebody.
Sadly, now that school is almost starting soon… I guess we have no time for each other? We've been talking less… because he has work. His work makes me wait 12-24 hours just to talk to him for a short while. I miss him a lot, really. But I don't know how to say. Even if I did say anything it probably wouldn't have impacted as much as if he said it to me? The fact that I liked him first already made me on the losing end? No matter what I do, I'll still be the one losing out. I wanted to see him even if it's just a short one hour. I haven't talk to him face to face in so long it's really nerve wrecking. The last time I saw him…… the whole atmosphere was just horrible and shit. Now because he's so stressed for school, I don't know what I should do about it. He makes me so confused. He still gives me mixed signals. I feel like I should pull back too because of that. I don't wanna do too much either because after all we are just friends. The last thing I would wanna be is a burden to him. I'm actually quite meh about new years because we're talking less right now… Will things change? Are things already changing? I don't want to be so excited to see him when maybe he doesn't even really bother…? Ok that's how i'm feeling right now. The feeling he's giving me.
This part of the post was initially supposed to be up before I left for Europe. But then I didn't have the guts to post it in case my feelings were too exposed. So yup I didn't. Then now that I've read it again, I thought it was too relatable for me to not post it. I saw this post a friend posted and I thought some of the things he said were very true. I love his page because he always posts things that are really relatable to me or teens/young adults of our ages.
"It’s a complicated game. Love. Or the could-be maybe love game. It’s tiring. It’s confusing. It’s uncertain. There are even times the mixed signals get perceived wrongly.
A girl might think that a guy is into her.. but he isn’t. Or not yet. A guy might think the girl is not into him.. but she already is. And it scares her.
And it’s exactly why we play the games that we do. Because we’re trying to figure one another out hopefully without getting ourselves hurt. Because the one who admits falling first will hurt the most.
In this game of falling, the moment has to be perfect. Two people who are attracted to each other have to both come to the point of mutual affection at the same time.. because here’s the sad truth, whoever confesses first (and when the other person isn’t ready).. loses.
You developing feelings and confessing too soon might scare him/her off. He/she might back off because maybe they feel you’re getting too serious too soon while they’re still at the “figuring out” stage.
Just because we love, loved or still love someone.. doesn't meant we can expect or demand the one we have feelings for to feel the same way for us.
Feelings take time to grow in or out of. That’s the most painful or potentially beautiful part. As 2013 comes to an end, i'll remember it as the year I fell for someone.. but I fell first. Too soon."
I quote him word for word. Everything he said hit me with so much impact.. Even up till now. I'm just a confused fuck. I don't even know what's too much and what's not. Whether I should just don't give my all or you know…. don't care? Where is this even going? Then I saw another post that I could relate too so well. Or maybe it is happening to me. & I'm just too dumb to realise.
Click it: "No one deserves Secondhand Love"
Maybe all this while I was just somebody convenient. Like this person doesn't miss me because he has feelings for me. More like I'm always there and if I wasn't, it'd just be weird. Then again I wasn't ALWAYS there for him. There were times I was just too confused over what kind of relationship it was between me and him that I just couldn't do anything. I refuse to do anything! So I take a step back. I'm not confused about how I feel for this person. I'm confused over how much I am willing to give to this person. I guess at the end of the day it still comes down to whether or not I'll get hurt and I'm probably doing nothing because I DON'T WANNA GET HURT? We all know that the more you care for somebody, the more you'll get hurt. I know that & i've been through that tons of times. I've blogged thousands of times about this over the 6 years of my blogging life.
I don't know man I don't wanna make him feel like he's not trying at all because I kinda know he is obviously trying. I mean if he didn't try trust me I think he won't even talk to me. (I guess… it's reaching that point soon all over again) Lol. I think we all know that by now based on what I've blogged in the past few weeks or months. So I don't wanna say anything. I don't wanna be unreasonable because he's obviously tired. But sigh from my point of view I feel like if i liked someone, I would take just a slight initiative to at least say goodnight so the other party knows that I'm home safe and sound? Argh what the. Maybe it's just me? You know? I just feel like a fool, really. I've never felt so loser-ish before. Like I can't even control how I should feel anymore. It's annoying. I'm getting annoyed with myself, for real. Should I feel this way? Should I care more? Should I not be dramatic and leave it be? What if he's waiting for my text? What if he doesn't even care? What if he just wants me to shut up and don't bother him? So many unanswered questions and it'll probably be left unanswered forever.
So this has what the year end of 2013 has done to me. It has made me fall. I still don't know if I've started falling yet but yeah I know I'm on my way and if no one's gonna catch me, I'm just gonna have lots of injuries. Not prepared yet.
In conclusion for 2013, I guess it was a rather….. emotional year? I had many depressing moments. Many. Countless. Though I feel like I've handled it well but it still is depressing when I think about it again. It's hard for me to not think about it. It's part and parcel of life. Definitely not my year.
I am definitely not prepared for what has to come in 2014. I sense many changes in my life. & that only depends if I have the courage to pursue what I want. If i have the guts to express myself better. We'll have to see I guess? I have decided to not set any resolutions this year. Resolutions doesn't work. At all. I only gave myself 2 simple resolutions last year. One of them did kinda worked out but… Nah we all know it doesn't work. Change happens anytime. It doesn't have to be the start of the year.
Happy New Year :)
May 2014 be a good year for me and more good things happen to me.
To everyone else too. My family and my close friends. ♡






