Finals are final-ly over (I tried)!
I felt like I could finally breathe when the head invigilator's voice announcing the end of the exam was drowned out by the dragging of chairs and rising murmurs of students as they streamed out the doors of the examination hall. It was a torturous semester, and I'm just glad to be done and over with it.
I met up with Dawn after my paper yesterday to show her the way to the laptop repair store I recommended her and also just catch up a little over lunch at Soup Spoon. I'm reminded over and over again about how grateful I am to have Dawn as a really important and precious friend - even "best friend" doesn't seem to properly embody the regard I have for her. She's been experiencing some sort of "series of unfortunate events" in her life recently, so she was really vexed and frustrated - I believe :') is the best emoticon to describe her overall emotion now haha.
She'll be travelling to Japan for a family trip, and thereafter to Canada for four months on exchange. Even though we don't meet very frequently or talk regularly, I feel like I'm going to miss her tremendously when she goes to Canada and freeze to death in the climate there (LOL). We're probably gonna hang out some time next week I guess, before she goes.
I met up with another old friend yesterday too after seeing Dawn off at the station. Since Boston is currently staying at a camp in Yew Tee, we decided to meet up for dinner in the area! Which is great, because how often do you have friends who happen to be in an area as secluded as Yew Tee where I live (not very often, I can tell you that). I've been bumping into Bos coincidentally outside many times now but we've never actually had time to catch up with each other till yesterday.
From my interaction with Bos I must say I really respect him a lot more than I already do now. His responsibilities and duties are really heavy not just physically but emotionally as well. As he recounted some of the really interesting experiences he had in his work over dinner, I was just awestruck and almost reeling from some of the more graphic descriptions because I just couldn't imagine the things he's seen.
Overall I had a blast catching up with Bos, talking about old friends in VJGE, relatable experiences in stalking the social media of people (HAH) and other things. It'll be awesome to be able to kick back and reminisce the past with other people whom I've known before like this too :)
I'm a little unsure how this one month mid-year break is gonna turn out, but I do have some things I need to do and matters to clear up and sort out properly. I'm dreading the inevitable confrontations to come, but I've got to keep steady and move ahead firmly.
