SCHOOL, OH< SCHOOL!!

It's been almost two and a half months since I started going to my GBF classes!

Oh, school!!

Some days, I feel tired. Some days, I feel so bored. Some days I feel inspired but some days, just plain lazy also!! School is like school, school. Like old school. And it doesn't even compare to my high school days!! It's like studying my elementary years.. going all over elementary years over again!

Our lessons are like my Grade 3 Chinese lessons! But it's cool! It's actually working like that of a refresher course for me! Because all of a sudden, out of nowhere, I would suddenly remember sentences, characters, and whatever stuff!! Most days now, I feel bored in school.. I need inspiration!! And in times like these, I just think to myself: "3 more months.. 3 more months.. Shanghai, Shanghai.. and oh the wonderful, wonderful plans I have in my mind together with some, or maybe most of my classmates!"

And so I've decided that I will study hard now!! Study, study, study. I-CARE, I-CARE, I-CARE mode.. Pray, pray and still, pray that WE ALL GET TO GO TO SHANGHAI!! After all, it is quite obvious that each and every one of us gave up something for this! And is doing their best to learn Han yu. And though some of us did not necessarily apply to the program to learn the language, I do hope and pray that someday, they will see it's importance. And not take this opportunity as just "one big mistake" as some would say. Because I still believe that "in life, there are no mistakes. Only lessons to learn."

As for me, my joining GBF surely, definitely was not in any way a mistake. To say that it was one of the best things that happened to me in my 22 years is probably an understatement! At 22, GBF is PERFECT for me!! Perfect time for me to take a break.. think.. and perhaps, find myself once again. Time for me to discover a part of me that I've long been looking for! And true enough, 2 and a half months into the program, I am, truly, rediscovering myself and loving it!!

So school, oh school!! GBF, oh GBF!! I will forever be grateful!!

YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST GIFTS I'VE EVER GOT THIS YEAR!!

YOU MAKE MY LIFE MORE EXCITING!! MORE FUN!! MORE MEANINGFUL!!

EVERYDAY I GET INSPIRED TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING..

AND SEE WHAT MY GBF SCHOOL DAY HAS GOT FOR ME!!

IT MAY JUST BE ANOTHER BORING DAY AS I REMEMBER MY OLD CHINESE LESSONS,

BUT THE LESSONS I'M LEARNING ABOUT MYSELF AND OTHERS..

ARE TRULY WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY, CONTENTED, PROUD!!

AND TO ME, THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS MOST.

WHEN, AT THE END OF THE DAY,

I KNOW THAT I AM HAPPY. I TRULY AM.