The Excavation Project: Hello...!!!

Howdy, folks! How are y'all doin' ta-day...???

Just wanted to give a quick update on how things are post-exam/end of semester. As you might have figured out already, coping with Final Year of uni was not like what I had imagined it to be.

Though there are times where I really wished I had dealt with things better, or had been a bit stronger through the tough times, I know there's nothing I can do about it right now, but learn from it.

And as I'm going into my final SEMESTER of this degree, I am going to try my very, very best to handle whatever situations I'm giving a little bit better, and not lose sight of my identity and what's important through it all. I also really hope to look past whatever hardships I think I will face and still show compassion to those around me. That is the hope, at least.

So ever since I FINALLY ended the semester, I have been partyin' and having the most AMAZING time every single day, from morning to night, literally. I seriously took my new found freedom to a whole new level. "We so excited... Yeah, we so excited..."

And halfway during the dinner on the day I finished my exams, I actually had an epiphany. I was looking round the table to see the faces of all my beloved coursemates, and I couldn't help but think, "I really AM in the BEST place in my Life right now".

I say this because as I was looking across the room, I couldn't help but notice the presence of the most amazing bunch of people who helped me through uni each and every day. On top of that, we just had an amazing day celebrating the end of exams and then we were all dressed up, at a fancy restaurant celebrating the 21st of one amazing person in our group. There's just too many things to celebrate. Now you tell me, can Life get any better than that...?

It was a simple, realisation. Or actually, a reminder that I am truly blessed with so many things in this Life. But what really matters is the Friends that I have. And my Family to be thankful for. Why couldn't I have remembered all of this instead of being such a whiny, over-complaining brat throughout semester. Sigh... Moving on.

Another thing that made Life VERY different for me this semester was that I had been living with 2 housemates the past 6 months... But not just with any 2 random strangers, but 2 people I've really gotten to know the past few years I was in Melbourne, which is awesome.

Though to be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect of it because I was SO used to living on my own last year, so having two people share my home would definitely have required a readjustment on both me and the two brothers's parts. But after a whole semester of living together, I can surely say now that "It was GOOOD..."

I think the 3 of us really saw eye to eye in a lot of things, "household-living-condition-wise", so that was easy. So beyond that, it was really just the amount of time spent together in the house, which I appreciated.

Cause to be very frank, I did not REALLY know the elder brother, Kel, as personally as I do now, believe it or not. Before this, I did hang out a lot with him cause we both shared the same circle of friends in Church. But honestly, have not had any honest, open, or personal conversation with him. Because of that, I was always closer to every one else in the group but not very much to him, until this year. Living together really opened that space for us to share lives as friends in a way that hadn't been done before, which was awesome.

I still remember having this long and honest conversation with him right after we got back from Easter Camp. A lot was said that night but at the end of it, I can honestly tell you that our friendship did grow. And now, Kel has actually become a really close friend of mine. He knows he can always count on me and vice versa, which is amazeballs...

Unlike his elder brother, I am very proud to say that Juls has really become one of my closest friends in Melbourne the past two years. So staying with him as well was quite good, really. The only difference between living together and not was that before, if we had something to tell each other or just wanted to talk about something, we had to wait until we've set a time to meet up later on.

So you can say that living together made it more "convenient" to be there for one another as friends, literally. And before this, I thought I knew this guy really well already. But it wasn't until after spending all that time with him, that I realised that he really, really, is becoming more and more into a Man of God each day. He's really grown SO much and I know that even though it's not my place (because it's not like I'm much older or wiser or whatever), but I can't help but still feel so proud of him. He's not a human "doing", but a human "BEING".

So anyway, I really had a great first semester, despite what it may seem at times. And I really have these two guys to thank for. It's been fun, and I'm glad that our lives did cross for this short period of time. Looking forward to what's ahead for the next chapter of each of our lives!