am actually really rather sad that i missed nj's halloween thing last night. i heard it was great. instead went for mandy's party and got back way after it ended. well, even if i could hit replay i would have still celebrated mandy's day for her. she's really been there for me this year.

everyone keeps talking about how time flies.. and they're right. we're going to be j2s together!

when i was rushing my college application essay the other night; it occurred to me that - i like njc. yes, i actually like it. despite all my whining and complaints and being depressed ... things have worked out quite nicely. so maybe academically i'm still in a rut and no different from the start of the year [can't fulfil my dream of being humans scholar, can't take s paper] but i suppose in life there are far more important things than s papers and scholarships. i can actually say now that i have made new friends. not just people you hang out with in school, but going out together, celebrating each other's birthday's together, having dinners and parties, talking and seeing each other outside of school. new girlfriends too! davina, cheryl, yifang, van, amanda choo. girls whom i can actually relate to in terms of books, shopping, and some more important things. maybe not everything, but most things. and then there's terence and his weirdness and henry just being henry. and the rv gang. and samuel mo. and vin. it's great. we may not have many things in common, but that's okay. i realize that in nj i've met people so different from myself and what i've been used to for the past ten years, and if i'd gone to like, say, AC, i'd never have had that opportunity.

and sure, nj hates its arts fac to death and doesn't give us anything - but who cares, i suppose. we're the arts fac. we're the real deal. we're your only hope for vitality and life. and one day if the nj arts fac disappears, they're going to be missing it. most of the people that got the halloween thingamajig running [apart from council] are from the arts fac. sam sold the scary baked goods, the a03 boys did the tours, drama [meaning with my permission. heh.] provided costumes. heck, the a03 boys did the dance. i think ever since teacher's day they've become mini celebrities, and i feel some strange sense of pride, actually. just last night when bea told us that they brought the house down i was telling mandy, 'those are my friends you know. my classmates. from the ARTS FAC.'

NJARTS FAC! ALL THE WAY!

+ posted by M @ 6:21 PM