Friday, August 31, 2007

Campus and Apartment

24th August 2007 - Orientation Day

People from all over the world...

Different languages...
Different accents...
Different cultures...
Roomates from Sweden, Germany and Australia...
Too many people
Too many faces
Too many names

&...the campus is HUGE
There'll be NO doubt that I'll get lost in my first few days...or even weeks...


MY CAMPUS

Taken before 8 in the morning when it's less hot and sunny
And no people around...

The blue blue sky...




And finally...STARBUCKS on campus!!

When BEYONCE came to hold a concert at our stadium...


People were all so dressed up to watch the concert
Especially those from fraternities and sororities...

Villa Alvarado....
the place where I live...

My apartment...
The Kitchen...


And my room!

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

My weakest link

Until last night
I came to realize that
I have a tendency to push away people who really love and care for me.

I'm not an affectionate person
& it is really not easy for me
when it comes to saying tender, heart-warming stuff
I feel uneasy
& I just totally back away.

Well, I just expect that
we know that we care for each other
but we don't have to say it out loud...I guess...

Maybe it's just me.
But I really don't know how to.

I got an email from my Dad
He says it's my weakest link.
I guess that it's true.

I'm truly SORRY.

Beginnings and Endings

不經不覺
原來,我已經離開香港一個多星期

由細到大,我身邊總需要環繞著一班朋友
我喜歡 - 熱熱鬧鬧一堆人
一起上課、逛街、看電影、吃飯、玩樂、聊天......
朋友,對我來說真的很重要。
沒有朋友,我相信我的人生會少了很多歡樂和色彩

知道要來San Diego的時候,
我真的很高興
真的很感恩
以前,我羨慕別人有機會去外國讀書
現在,studying abroad的夢想終於有機會實現

感謝神 為我安排我想要的
感謝他,賜下這個難得的機會給我。

但其實,
當我知道要離開的時間是一年的時候,
我曾經想過放棄機會。

一年的時間,
離開家人,離開朋友,離開中大,離開香港
離開一個熟悉的地方
然後,在一個陌生的環境,重新適應
這不是一件簡單的事情
再怎麼說,
也是一項大挑戰。

一年之內可以改變的,可以發生的事情,實在太多太多

時間不同,地點不同
我並沒有把握我還可以和香港的朋友保持以往的聯繫
人,都是out of sight out of mind的...
關係疏遠,
是極有可能的事情

以前在中大,weekends有空就會回家
即使長大了
家,永遠是個避難所
在那裡,永遠有人會無條件地愛著妳

在香港,有甚麼不開心
找個人傾訴
一通電話
約出來聚一聚
方便得很

但現在離開了,
家,不能每個weekends回一回去
朋友,不能隨時call到

別人問我,會想念香港嗎?
會掛住家人,掛住朋友嗎?

表面上,我覺得我挺灑脫的
不過是一年嘛
很快就過去了

而且,人生不就本來是這樣的嗎?
You give some...and you take some...
You just can't get everything.

但是,當我是真的要離開的時候,
真的登上前往美國的飛機的時候,
Deep down...

其實...
我真的很想念,真係好掛住

Because this time,
it's not just a trip.
I will REALLY be on my own...for a whole year
& there would be many uncertainties and things that I have to learn to adapt to.

我很怕很怕 別人會忘記我
很怕我回來後,
關係已淡忘,友誼已不再。

有人說,
失去了才懂得珍惜
要離開的時候,這句話真的很貼切

臨走前,做的最後一件莊務 - Ocamp VP
我相信,to end with Ocamp is the best
縱使籌備出國的時間變的不夠,
但Ocamp給我的,真的很多很多。

其實,不止Ocamp...
上莊...
英文系...
朋友給我的,實在很多很多

它們讓我學懂了,
當你擁有的時候,
你更要去珍惜。

記得在飛機上,我回想了很多很多片段
由入中大開始...上莊...認識英文系的朋友...上堂...莊務...開會...莊聚...
每個片段也是一段珍貴的回憶
它們陪伴著我開始一段新的旅程

我的朋友,和你們一起的每一個時光
是我最珍惜的時間
有了你們,
世界真的變得很不一樣