funeral speech
i thought about things last night, more than i did collectively for the entire holiday.
i think i forgot something important in life.
i forgot to be thankful.
i am very thankful that in every phase of my life, i make friends whom i think can walk with me for a long long period of time. friends for life.
before entering university, i've always heard that uni is the hardest place for one to make friends, and believed in that, thinking that i'll just tolerate and pull through and hope that time flies past. but to my surprise, i made friends.
Hall friends from A clan are really a treasure, even though they might be the most expensive friends i had, and don't know why, they seem to like to meet at night-time, i call them the vampire group. And it consists of Ian, Aloy, Hazz, Suff, Vicki.
life as a floater in university was one of my most hated. but i also had a floaters gang, which were educated and gifted given that they had graduated from the few top JCs. but at the same time, they act like ah beng very often. thats mine high class ah beng gang with shaoming from rjc, daniel from vjc, jeremy from acjc and myself having graduated from victoria.
despite having friends as a floater, i still preferred to belong to a group. thanks to ian, i joined Natalie and Shu Juan in their tutorial group in my final year. and because of them, i think my final year was the best among the three years in NTU.
and Charles, though we only got closer through the mind over stress module, i find that we are friends who can click and keep in touch for a long time.
in junior college, things happened in my life and my priorities were shifted. studies hardly mattered. though i do spend time studying, i think my heart was never really there. I wasn't really close to my JC class. but i am thankful mostly to one person who accompanied me in the lessons, Sihua. though as we grew, things changed and our relationship seems to have taken a turn recently, sigh. and I am thankful for a big group of friends, eleven to be exact, forming a elegant eleven group, super lame, led by pikachu lover wen long.
my friends at air rifle were the ones that make me feel more belonged to victoria. and these are friends that i will keep for life. even though we don't always keep in contact. the usual gang. Ng zihui, Shunyuan, Eugene, Khai.
in the two years of college education, there was also two guys which made a difference in my life. we were called the poison gang cos we were all pretty poisoned. and i would not forget that after you two graduated from jc, you still went to the bus stop early in the morning on my birthday to give me my 19th year old birthday gift. I am thankful for friends like you, Zehong and Tatchung.
throughout my life, i took my numerous temporary jobs, short-term ones. and i am so glad to make a friend like you through one of them. Jerry yap. i am so thankful to have such a wonderful listening ear.
Secondary school gave me a group of girls, and many of my friends would know them. Jibin, Sherilyn, Huimei, Huijuan and Shukman. However, physical distance and busy schedules keep us apart. Some of us closer than the others, sometimes we switch close friends among the group. But these are friends that i will keep for life, and i am thankful for having them in my life.
in addition, i am so thankful for yongkian. because i feel that jb really loves him and is happy when they are together. i am thankful that someone is there for her. and i am thankful for dane. because sherilyn is so far away from home, thank you for giving her shelter and protection.
and i am thankful for my closest friends in st john, eliza and seehwee. because we went through all the tough times together. and i am thankful that i was given the chance to lead a team to gain national championship in FAC. the only regret with sj is that my relationship with the team soured after the competition. i am sorry for that.
i hardly keep in contact with my primary school friends, it is such a pity.
oh another two group of people.
wenxuan's army friends! chris, qihuat and ezekiel. i am so thankful that you guys accepted me into the group. even though chris was so very irritating at the beginning.
and of cos, wenxuan for going through thick and thin with me.
end of first day of work. i am so tired. i typed this out because i wish that when i die, at my funeral, this could be read out. and the names that appear here are the pple i wish to see at my funeral. thanks. and i am sure that i have missed out friends but i am so tired alr.......
posted by Jen @ 10:47 PM
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