my very own academy speech

nineteen now, officially and it feels a little strange. i can't hide from my age anymore and still say eighteen when people ask so i sound younger. it was a little weird though, going to a bar for dessert last night with my parents and then asking for a cosmopolitan and getting ID-ed and then the realization that i cannot drink legally anymore now that i'm in america and i was refused the alcohol by the waiter even though my parents were around.

i want to thank everyone for coming down to see me off on saturday because it really meant a lot to me. thank you for all your individual presents! i cannot say how happy i was that everyone came. thank you chew (i don't know if you still read this) for your postcard, classmate. thank you dawn and angela for chunky rice (which i LOVE) and the spray (which got confiscated at customs lah. no liquids and aerosols remember?). thank you to the gang for all your love AND chunky rice and the individual cards which i have brought with me. thank you ed for the SEC TWO NEOPRINT (it is great!) and the jingmao. thank you mandy for the cupcake briefcase ( : ) ) and the japanese sweets! very clever of you to get me those. thank you cel for the gumball machine. thanks to dav, van, shiwei, yif and samuel for coming down. thank you dav for the necklace. thank you carol for Youth and apple pie, thank you carol's brother (Sam) for the chocolates. thank you kai for the card and present all the way from melbourne. and thanks to SO MANY OTHERS for their wellwishes. thank you aly, for everything, and i don't think i even need to write it down here.

BUT BEATRICE LIM FORGOT MY BIRTHDAY, (OF ALL PEOPLE!!!!) AND THEREFORE SHE BETTER REPLY MY EMAIL/SMS SOON.

+ posted by M @ 6:44 PM