2015

It was definitely a good year.
ORD-ed on the 8 March and then finally feeling civilian life all over again.
It just feels weird not to book in again.
So right after ORD, I came back to climbing again.
And this time it became vigorous.
3/4 times a week?
As compared to army, 3/4 weeks a time?
Hahahaha.
Hobo around for a month.
Started working at Suntec.
Made some friends there.
Really quite a fun place to work.
Promoted to Interman during Pumpfest 2015!!!
Together with Joshua Ko.
Been waiting for that day for so long hahaha.
So yeah.
Went to Phuket and Bali with two different group of friends.
Remembered that I came back from Phuket feeling down.
Because of how our world is.
Of how technology had changed the way we lived.
It took me quite a while before I got out from the post-overseas feel.
Was literally wasting my life away before uni starts.
Drinking at least 2-3 times a week.
Drowning all my problems in alcohol.
End of the day, realised I didn't have any problems.
I'm just scared that uni was starting and I just couldn't face the reality of this world.
And so school started, I've literally drank so much less.
Only here and there drinking sessions with Chin Yue.
And yeah, school started and I was pretty not used to learning things again.
I guess taking physics was really not a bad choice because it was really quite interesting.
Was really quite a loner in school lol.
I only had a few friends studying physics together.
Yan Zhao and Shiuan Jun.
So yeah, practically just the two of them.
Met this guy called Adib at Zouk.
Science Bash.
Was there to support Sean Hui together with Chin Yue, and his 204 friends.
Went to the smoking corner and BAM!
This guy looked too familiar, I think he's from physics.
And yeah, we kind of became smoking buddy in school.
Always having a puff before lecture starts and before papers etc.
So yeah, school was really hard to get used to.
Dayna told me to go and sign up for NUS climb team during the life fest. (issit called life fest?)
It was like the first few weeks of school.
Went for the trials and I swear I did so badly.
Partly cause I was injured.
And partly cause I don't do high wall.
So they top rope belay me to do a 6b or smth.
And I felt so freaking pump.
I can't HIGH WALL.
So the pump followed me to the boulder route where I will be scored.
The whole trial was just so bad.
I really didn't know whether I could get in the team.
And when the email came.
I was like OMGGGGGGGGGGG.
I'm in the school climbing team.
Really so glad.
Then came a message from Dayna.
And she told me how hard she fought for me to get into the team.
I was really glad to hear that.
Someone that I wasn't really that close to then helped me so much.
THANKS DAYNA YOU GAVE ME LIFE IN NUS.
IF YOU ARE READING THIS.
SO YUP!
Cause I didn't go for any camps, I had 0 friend.
Lol.
I mean it didn't really matter to me since friends come and go.
But I do feel alone sometimes.
And I'm really glad I have my own group of friends.
My CLIMBING peng yous.
So yeah, ever since I joined climbing in NUS.
Life in school has became a little better.
Lunch weren't that lonely.
Studying?
I could do that in school with those YIH people.
So yeah, with that I really start getting used to life in Uni.
Balancing between studies, climbing and catching up with my good friends who were mostly in NTU.
So yeah, I guess I'm a frequent visitor to Hall 14/15/16.
Lol.
I swear NUS and NTU are just two different schools.
Culture is just so different.
NTU rabak.
NUS boring.
Hahahha.

So yeah, results for this semester?
B- B- C B B+
So I S/U-ed everything except for the B+.
And I'm left with 4.0.
If not it was a 3.1.
I know it's bad.
Lol.
But it's the first semester.
Time table wasn't build properly and climbing wasn't really balanced into the curriculum.
And I attend tutorials without attempting it.
Stupid.
LOL.
Yeah, so I guess I'm learning from all this mistake and hopefully next semester would be a better one.

AND YUP!
Finally, I went for a year-end trip with my climbing team to Qing Dao.
Really wonderful place.
Never been to such a cold country before.
But yeah, I broke my tibia and fibula there.
Probably the highlight of this year.
Lol.
Scarred.
But so far, 16 days after the incident.
I guess I learnt some things.
Life is really fragile.
Anything can happen to you at the most unexpected places and time.
And how you react to that is the most important of all.
I remembered crying on some of the 16 days.
Not because it was physically pain.
But it's the whole thing.
This whole incident.
It was really that scary.
And I really was surprised at how optimistic I was.
(Cheh, hao lian)
But seriously, I'm shocked by how my mental pushed me through this 16 days so far.
It's not really a good situation to be in.
As much as it's nice to see all your friends showing concern for you, you are the only one who can pull yourself up and start walking again.
That's what I tell myself.
On the 28th december.
Doctor told me I could and I should put weight on my injured leg.
29th december,
therapist taught me some exercise.
30th december,
tried to take away one crutch and walked with one crutch the whole day.
Today, 31st december,
I tried walking without the crutch.
And I did it.
I literally JUST did it.
Like 2 hours before lolol.
So yeah, I'm just afraid that I'm pushing myself too hard.
But there's no pain or anything so I guess I'm fine,
Need to walk properly before school starts.
If not it's really troublesome.

Back to topic,
2015 was really quite an interesting year.
It's the year where there was a phase change in life.
Army - Uni
And to be honest, it's hell of a hard transition for me.
To start socialising all over again.
To learn things about this civilian life.
And till the next year's post,
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
Thanks to each and everyone of you for being part of my life.
Especially those who I've been talking about in my 31st December posts since 2010?
Hahahaa.
Have a great night partying everyone!!