感激的话不能等

所以我破戒，在100天还未满前上了Facebook登了这则文章。

这个星期下来，收到了告别礼物和信封，因为毕业将至。

我室友J是天生乐天派，连简讯程序上的代号都写happy_boi。住在一起两年了，只有到了最后这个学期感情才开始熟络起来。他的课业比我繁重，正修读七门课，但每天早上还是拨出时间和我吃早餐。偶尔逢周末甚至周日的时候，我也会收到他的简讯问候，彼此都会传简讯聊起来且互相免励。他超爱发简讯的。经过他房间时，时常看到他聚精会神按着手机屏幕。我常笑他在发爱昧简讯给女生。如今正直考试季节，他知道来临一周将忙得不可开交恐怕没时间陪我们，所以安排在拜五午饭时间交给我信封。如此有心思的朋友在令我感动之余也让我就他对友谊的重视油然起敬。

友情难能可贵就在于在各自过着自己生活时，会花心思互相祝福，互相抽空陪陪对方。

到了大四我没有停下脚步，仍然活跃于学院的校内社区活动。我有幸和满怀热情的S合作设计一项义工管理课程。合作过程我们相互分享的知识，互相碰撞的新点子和闲聊的话题都令我相当回味。课程完毕后，总算做出点成绩，彼此高兴不已。有时过于专注终点成绩的意图容易让自己流失过程学习的机会，而尝试注意学习过程的项目有时却不敢想象是否能闯出一点成绩给大家看。我们合作做出的课程刚好两者都兼顾到，因此特别欣慰。S是我们小组的组长，在上星期结业聚会的时候，出乎预料准备了一些小礼物送我。她说打听了我爱旅游，也比较偏好使用物（摆美物品我也挺会欣赏的），所以送上了旅人记事簿(Traveller's Notebook)纪念五周年的邮票帖纸、纸质相框、和泰迪熊一只。我好久从来没收到别人送我的泰迪熊了。小时候有羡慕朋友收到的泰迪熊，因为放在房间的泰迪熊就好比能够分享你快乐伤心事的小、小朋友；长大后交了泰迪熊为友也不迟！也当然不忘组长和队友亲笔写下的信封，读了过后自然自然信心大增（哈哈）更爱自己了！

友情难能可贵的价值在于让努力奋斗变得无价。

感激词写到这，我想起了几个星期前落幕的戏剧演出。我从2012年就结交了一群朋友，当时是为即将兴建起的学院殿下校风基础而凑在一起的。我们一起设立的学生委员会在新一批同学入学后务必得通过民主投票重新选委。我落选了，但接下来的两年我们都时常抽空出来吃饭、夜宵、到马国乐高主题公园玩耍、新年期间也一起捞鱼生。大家的感情都蛮tight的。

我演出的那几天不巧大家都没空出席。第一晚演出结束后，正当我正准备休息，这群同学们却意外出现在我房间外，我几乎欣喜若狂。大家那么忙，虽然没空支持我演出，却还很花心思的给予精神上的支持。当中的包还在下班后匆匆赶过来，让我感动得给每个人一个热情的拥抱。有没有到场支持已经不重要了，重要是我只到这群朋友深刻了解到戏剧是我很重视的热忱，我的梦想，所以送上“明日之星”的巧克力。他们太有心思了。。。=]

当然，图片里的菊花，是爪吗童鞋们为即将毕业的“老人”而准备的。谢谢爪吗，让我在毕业之前收到毕生以来第一束花（而且还是菊花~）。

友情难能可贵的在于它能为你的个人梦想插上翅膀，在追梦的道路上洒花、放烟火。梦想的众乐乐是继续追梦的强大推动力。

我的大学四年里能记得多少课堂上教的知识，我还真不清楚。我最清楚的是，我会好好珍惜在校园里结交的好朋友。没有了他们，我无法骄傲的回头欣赏着我在国大里发光发热的日子。感激所有珍惜我的朋友，毕业后请保持维系，我会像你们一样，多多花心思，保持友情树常青地茁壮成长。

好了，就此再度退出Facebook。祝大家学业有成、考试顺利！

- 翱翔 2014

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I can't wait to say thanks to some of my friends in NUS. So I decided it's worth the break in my self-ban from Facebook.















I got to know Joshua for two years and it is only until this semester that we got a lot closer. He often jio-ed me out for breakfast and CAPT and I really appreciate that despite his crazy schedule of 7 modules. Sometimes he will send me random messages during the week or weekends just to ask how's my catastrophic FYP is. And we'll spur each other on with simple encouragement words! He loves texting, I often wonder how many girls he is texting when he is alone in the room =P

Just last week, he knew that he's gonna be busy this week so he arrange a lunch meetup with me to pass me a personal letter, saying how he appreciate the time we spent together over past 2 years in CAPT. So thoughtful right =P Ah...I always love handwritten letter. So really thanks Joshua =]

But yea! I know all of us have a busy lucy life to lead, so I really appreciate friends who make a conscious effort to spend quality time with another =D



We had a ACE Internal Committee retreat last week and we shared some personal reflections on our takeaways from the committee and what we wished to see. Yea, simple and sincere personal sharings among each other - very Stella-style. haha. One of my most memorable days in this final semester is really the period when I did the Volunteer Management Workshop with Stella. We learnt a lot from each other and our ideas are always bouncing off each other with such excitements! Sometimes, in university, we focus too much on the end-product and we neglect the learning process; other times we are concerned about learning from the process but we're not confident of the results we can deliver. This project of Volunteer Management Workshop saw us both achieving both effective learning results from the process and the product. Attendance was awesome and we learnt a lot of insights from the NVPC staff.

Just before I left the retreat to join my parents for dinner in CAPT, Stella gave me a few presents. I was pleasantly surprised! There were stamps-stickers from the Traveller's Notebook series, paper photoframes, a nice polaroid taken of the whole committee and a teddy bear. I can't remember the last time i received so many presents characteristics of my hobbies and past times so I was truly touched to the heart. And of course, a nice handwritten letter from Stella my Boss =] thanks Boss!



As I write this note of thanks-giving, I was reminded of the friends I made from Angsana days - the iCSC gang. haha. It's been two years of friendships in university and we're still going strong. I just wanna say I appreciate the dinner gatherings, out-of-the-blue supper, Legoland outing, must-do group shot during all formal dinners in CAPT and lou-hei during CNY. We've got so many commitments and yet we still managed to come together and celebrate some of the most important moments...thanks guys for dropping by my room after my drama performance. It doesn't matter whether you guys could attend the performance or not, I'm very touched that there's a group of friends who truly understood how much I value Chinese Drama, how much I value this passion and dream of mine. Thoughtful thanks from the bottom of my <3 =D

To all my good friends in NUS - Keep in touch man! Friends come and go, we can't stop time, but there's some friendships that I really value and I hope to grow together with you guys beyond graduation. I will continue to make a conscious effort to meet up every now and then, just like you guys have!

And all the best to everyone for the coming exams period!!!

=D

-KA