Dear World,

Thank you for having me and embracing my existence for the past 19 years. Today will be my last day in Singapore for the year of 2012 and boy am I glad (or at least trying to be) that you have not come to an end - just yet. The past few days have zoomed past and although I wasn't exactly feeling too excited for this upcoming trip now I'm actually starting to sense the pre-trip anticipation that I always get when I travel. I simply love the feeling of travelling to the airport (honestly the best, loving and most friendly airport I've been to), lugging my baggage around, entering the departure hall, roaming about aimlessly but finally arriving at the exact gate, being greeted by air stewardess/stewards, entering the plane, enjoying every bit of the take-off, being served in-flight airplane food, peeing in air, going through slight turbulence, feeling nervous when it's time to land, leaving the plane sadly, and feeling just so damn wonderful to be in a completely new environment. My heart just flutters thinking about this experience that I sure hope to have once again in just a couple of hours more. I especially love travelling at odd times like the middle of the night or extremely early mornings. The silence and dark and cooling nights just makes it so much more mysterious, and makes me anticipate more exciting and unique experiences awaiting me at my destination.

But I guess that isn't the main focus of this trip. My sis would be going for an overseas student exchange programme so Mom and I would be tagging along to settle her in. As much as I hope I'll enjoy this trip, I know I'll definitely feel a slight tinge of sadness that she'll be away from the family for the next couple of months. I guess I'm kind of used to living alone and being more independent of my sister than most siblings, and one semester is not THAT long a period, but having someone to complain about school life and stress to would certainly be more comforting than not. :/ In any case, hopefully Sem 2 would go past as quickly or rather, more quickly, than Sem 1 did so the torture of school life would be less painful and sis would be back soon. For now, I'm just thinking of spending more time with her and creating more lovely memories with her and the Mom while we still can, for the next few months there would be few. And I shall try to control and contain my horrible short temper and eccentric mood swings as much as I can, lest I etch a "terrible sis" image in the sister's mind instead of the "sweet and caring sis" person I actually am (Oh wow good job, me).

Right now I'm starting to count down the hours left being in Singapore.. Before I leave, I'd just love to wish all of you out there a wonderful, Merry merry Christmas! And while we celebrate or shudder at the thought of the continuation of the world and life in general, let's usher in the new year with low expectations and less hope so hopefully everything would turn out for the better! Should there be any devastating events or issues (or any upcoming ones, esp the one on Boxing Day), may we drink till we get crazy and bang our heads somewhere so that somehow that specific memory gets erased till we finally feel consoled by the unfair reality.

Wishing everyone a Happy 2013 and see you guys back in SG!

With lots and lots of Love,
Valencia ;)