Bittersweet.

This 1.5 year was neither a bed of roses nor a barrel of laughs, it was, after all, filled with bittersweet memories. The days when all of us are laden with stress, staring blankly at our computers for assignments, stressing out for SATs, battling with sickness and hunger are finally over. Am I glad? Well, partly I guess? The end of pre-u merely signifies the upcoming uni life which sounds more terrifying but I do know and believe that better days are coming. Of course, this doesn't mean college life was bad, ok maybe the assignments part lol. 

Nevertheless, the people I met in this 1.5 years had been my life changers. Every single one of them played such indispensable roles in making sure this petite girl survive and thrive in this competitive world. If you haven't known, all of my classmates are scholars (including myself lol) with only one private student which is apparently younger and smarter than us ( yes we know life is hard and unfair). Coping with studies is already hard, needless to say having to balance social life and making commitments to different stuff. I am certainly not complaining about all the commitments I had to and did make, they taught me how to manage my time well while shaping my soft and interpersonal skills. Friends, yes, the most important people I would like to appreciate in this post. Without them, I might be suffering gastric all year long or depressing over my grades, like literally. This family away from home, I cherish the most. They inspired and taught this kampung girl so much in studies as well as life, to be kind to give, selfless in love and sacrificial even at the darkest time by being each other's pillar of strength. If it wasn't for their support and encouragement, I would've given up trying. 

Since young, I do not have any problem of living alone or travelling on my own without my family's companion. It's either me being too independent or just me as a cold-blooded person. Thus, homesickness hardly hit me. I didn't know how to appreciate the presence of family. It was all before this 1.5 years of college life. Things that happen around me had taught me to appreciate the time spent with family more, to even put them first after God. After all, home is where the heart is. 

To the people whom I've met in this 1.5 years ( even those who are not in the pic), thank you so much for bearing with me through thick and thin, praying for me at all times, moulding and shaping me into a better person that lives more unapologetically with love. 

  Love，

nicole