It’s been a long time since i blogged and im wondering why im doing it since no one reads. due to convenience and perhaps privacy to express and curse however much i want, i have resorted to a little burn book i now keep. i save e nicer things for here and the evil stuff for there.
well, i basically want to say how much this group of people (though not big) have been keeping me afloat all this while. it’s sad that we are not physically close as reality deprives us from the opportunity to be so. But to simply hang out with them or just have a short conversation; an sms; a testimonial; is comforting enough for me. Yesterday, i felt so down due to circumstances. And i desperately needed to talk to someone. so Mic popped into my mind.I have been terrorising her life quite a bit recently with all that impromptu visits of mine to her house. She gave me the company and encouragement i needed and stayed with me emotionally throughout the day. (the beauty of sms sometimes)
today, i brought up the idea of going camping with the rest and mass-msged the gang immediately. and they all replyed sooner then expected. like people calling in hotlines to win prizes. only thing, there was no prize at the other end of the line. simply to answer my overzealous sms. But i somehow felt comforted by the quick response. My life currently engages friends or rather acquaintances who take ages to reply… sometimes i even forget ive sent out the msg.. other times, it doesnt matter if i had sent it or not..time wanes the enthusiasm…qy was super psyched like i was but sadly jo couldnt make it.. and van even bothered to call me… so we talked and met later for a jog..
i have never jogged for so long in my life.. i usually do a 2.4 n call it a day.. but jogging with a companion really helps ive come to realise… it gives you rhythm as you pace your footsteps with your partner so that they coincide , determination not to stop and make the other person slow down or wait for you and mutual understanding. you give yourself a suitable pace so that neither you nor your partner lags behind… and like two weightless girls we ran. the welcoming breeze refreshing our bodies once in a while, our breathing audibly coherent yet steady as we went along. Once again, i felt i could go on forever. But it was not the adrenaline rush that pumped my muscles as it did sometimes when i went for a revitalising run after a long time. It was just a steady hum and the ground moving below me that kept me going. And van. We ran for about 25 min so it must have been 4.2km or sth… then van thought me some cool down exercises. It’s amazing for someone who has not ran in such a long time. To have the determination to keep up and the stamina to sustain. To still be able to impart knowledge in me despite the many years abstaining from running. It was just like the good old days when van 1st thought me the right way to run and helped me to realise i had the potential to do so.
We sat and talked for about an hour plus after that. And staring at my friend of 12 yrs now, i realised how much she has changed. maturity had definitely set in with the disadvantages that came along with it. The incessant worry if one is not the right weight and embarrassment that kills the pride of any adolescent. I smiled as i saw my friend open up more than she had ever done so in our 4 yrs together of sec school. The tables have turned as she talks and i listen. I somehow didt feel so confident of my voice. So i pricked up my ears and be the listener instead.
A sense of warm and familarity comes back to me like it always does. I dont feel awkward when it comes to these people. It’s smiles and 100% me. i don’t stop to think of ways to escape. I don’t entertain the voices in my head telling me how ostrasized i feel. They know me like how they should and make me feel included. and significant like i should feel. Ever since i left sec sch, the people i met just made me feel small. by leaving me out unintentionally but nonetheless. by not giving me the response that sets me at ease. by making me just feel uncomfortable. I realised that VJ is a gd school but along with it comes high achievers or the highly achierved. among my grp of friends there’s no commoner. Everyone is BIG in this and that. And thus my achievements to them are infinitesimal. I feel like a horribly untalented kid who can never stand out in the vast ocean. i came in with the impression i could outshine others and prob would if i hadnt quit hse comm… but i did… and im left with a cca im having prob with…my studies will never ne tops…why does it matter?…
my dream sch has brought upon lotsa disappointments.. nth good has happened since i stepped in.. and things just get worse.. so where does the emotionally beaten up me go to at the end of the day? to seek refuge from my 4 saviours… michelle(mother of saviours who takes as much shit from me as it comes), joanne( the source of true laughter and joy), qy( the angel i know who will be there for me and never leaves the room) and vanessa( my all time bud from all sides and aspects). We admit to each other the worst things, show each other our worst sides… i wish we could live in an orb together..haha..
ill be truly crushed if anything were to happen to the pentacle bond we share… particularly cos it means so much to me.. its my life now.. nth much i can hold on to otherwise…sad but true.. so i hope our camping trip will be fun.. hopefully itll bring some smiles to my life and help me remember what being sherene was like =)