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Was supposed to go to school today but I fell so ill I couldn't get out of bed... This is the first time I've felt this sick : FLU + COUGH + FEVER + GASTRIC + MIGRAINE ain't a good combination ... (==) You have no idea how wretched I feel... In fact, I've only just woken up 4 hours ago...
However, being stuck in bed has given me lots to think about...
I haven't left the room, or my bed for that matter, and it's not like I have much entertainment, plus it was raining too, so I cuddled in my bed and then my mind floated off somewhere...
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This might sound obsessive or whatever, but I actually thought about Shun again... (><) At times when I'm down and helpless like this, I actually took his letter and just stared at it... The words didn't register into my mind at all, it was as though I was just looking at it and observing the strokes of his words... My lack of consciousness made my mind wander away with just the help of the drips and drops of the lovely July shower, and soon before I knew it... My soul time-traveled back to 2 months ago...
I remembered that Wednesday when he first set foot on the school grounds, how the whole school started screaming and how the girls of my class became so excited... I remembered seeing Pn.Ong's expression when my classmates started screaming, I remembered how I couldn't see him because I was short-sighted :P But most of all, I remembered how cool I was NOT CARING.
I could still hear my own voice at Eng Choon Block that recess, at the balcony right opposite the Form 1 classes... I could still remember Yeo-san introducing us to each other, with Shun standing so close, just in front of me... I could remember his face and outlines so clearly, I could remember the first words "Yoroshiku" that came out of my mouth. I saw his startled face for the first time when I did a 90 degee bow. He bowed back and muttered the same words to me, and I was so delightfully happy he actually understood me... That little bit of confidence I gained from that day still lives inside me up till now...
And then, my mind reached it's next destination —— the memories of the first Japanese class I attended with him. I still remembered that it was a Tuesday, because we had so much fun watching the younger kids do a role play... Yeo-san considered me a "senpai" ("sunbae" in Korean, “学长” in Chinese, "senior" in English) because of my...longer experience with the language than any other person in my class and threw me to Shun's side (Oh My God, I was abandoned! >< ), thus forcing me to sit with him and converse with him. I remembered telling myself :
"Oh Lord, kill me now... (==)"
I remembered bestie Lee Michelle blaming me for leaving her... But I guess I did stay with him a little too long... (><)
However that Tuesday didn't go as bad as I thought it would. It was really awkward at first, but then there was that dried leaf that floated into the classroom and onto the centre of our tables, which we curiously stared at for several seconds, which actually, lightened up our moods with a bit of laughter (^^) Thank you, Happa-san (葉-san XD) !
I remembered how absent-minded and innocently 'me' I was. I was that girl that he remembered for laughing and smiling a lot, that girl who ripped leaves when she was nervous, that girl who was forever curious and talking to herself a lot... (><) All in all, he remembered me because I was... an awkward idjit (idiot)... But if that's how I became memorable, shouldn't I be lucky I AM this way? That was what I've been thinking about this whole afternoon, when I was stuck in bed...
Come to think about it... Didn't Nii-sama also became friends with me because of how STUPID I was last year? Didn't everyone become friends with me because of how true I was to myself? Wasn't life so much easier and meaningful because they accepted me for me?
According to astrology and horoscopes, Leos are... yes, bossy, prideful, leader-ish, but we're also sincere when it comes to feelings, and just like how the manes on the lions are so big and obvious, like the sun, we also have a flair in being bright and vivid and making people smile...
If I really have this ability, why on Earth do I feel that I have to envy other people's lives and wish I could be like them?
Because I was still like when I was Std 1, I still had friends like Yee Wen and Yin Geok.
Because I was straightforward and honest, and sometimes easy to fool (hence Khin Yew fooled me into revealing my crush during std 4), I had friends like Khin Yew.
Because we shared a heart and a brain; we were same yet different, I had friends like Jessie.
Because I was so much like the girl that leads shoujo mangas and naturally had a flair of making people smile, I had friends like Nii-sama, Lee Michelle, Chern Hou, XinYi, Rima and Rui Yuan...
Because I so easily opened up and approached all that are trustworthy, I had friends like Ann-ie and Jia Yih~ (^^)
and...
because I spoke his language and tried my best for him, Shun remembers me up till the last day he stayed here.
So what am I still unsatisfied about?
If I were anyone else, maybe I wouldn't have had such good friends.
If I were anyone else, maybe I would have grown up to be a total bitch.
If I were anyone else, maybe I wouldn't have known Japanese, neither their language or culture.
If I were anyone else, maybe I'd never have watched Bleach and I'd never have my Nii-sama.
If I were anyone else, maybe I would have went to a different school and I'd never have the friends I have now.
If I were anyone else, maybe I wouldn't have had any memories with Shun at all...
You see, life is what you make it. Everything that has been going on with your life is all the consequences from your own actions and decisions, and how you make the best out of your life. It's true that life's sometimes bitter and you might have regrets, hey, even I do, but just think... If you were anyone else, you could have been much worse.
Maybe if you were someone else, you would have been less loved?
Maybe if you were someone else, you'd never have people you could trust?
Life may be bitter, but I'm sure all of us have made decisions that have brought us happiness, right?
Well, I dunno if I managed to convey anything, but one thing's for sure...
I'm sure there's many things, you'd like to change about yourself, but when it comes to me, I wouldn't wanna be anybody else...
Someday, all of you, should be able to sing this...
