Tribute

Hi.

My name is Lip Yi. If it's too hard to remember my name, because it's a Chinese name and I know people often have trouble remembering Chinese names simply because there are just too many different forms of them, just look at my lips.

The trick always works.

I am 18, a baby to most and a grandma to some.

And I have no idea how 2010 just whizzed by.

My biggest dream is to be able to eat all I want without getting fat. I gained 5 kilos within the last 12 months so I am quite worried. I fear I may hit 70 kg soon and be obese.

My biggest hope is to be able to give more than I expect in return. I've always admired those who can give so much and yet expect so little in return. I am unfortunately not one of them.

This year, I have been to two colleges, having two new beginnings, and about to go through two different paths leading to two different destinations, learning different things.

I have yet to terminate my term with the old college but my days there have more or less come to an end.

In a way, I think I will hold the place tightly in my memory. KY has in fact taught me a lot of things. I am in KL town now, instead of the jungles of Lembah Beringin. Things are not done as easily as they were back in the jungle.

I don't have easy transportation to church.

I can't go back to my room to rest during my free time.

I have to worry about my meals.

I have to leech wifi instead of accessing IT labs at night.

I can't go to the MPH and play without having to take a sweaty ride back home.

Although there is a small pool down in Level 1, I haven't got my swimming teachers.

My DOE is a story of the past.

And yet, for some reason, things feel alright. But I thought I ought to write a tribute to the college I'm about to wave goodbye to.

I am lazy to update consistently, so this is going to be a bit long. Without pictures. Close the page if you'd like. It's meant for my reading when my hair is all white (or maybe bald with the amount of MSG I'm consuming), my teeth all fake, my skin all wrinkled and I need something to remember than I was once.... young. *shivers*

In KY, the college in the middle of nowhere, I have:

Learnt how to dance a Kung Fu Fan Dance. And PERFORM on stage!

And of course, battling with the curtain. But that's alright. I'm still proud of myself. I have never imagined myself dancing on a stage. Ever!

Ran in a marathon.

So okay, it's only 2 km. But it's something! And it was my first time too. I took 14 minutes, but at least I didn't faint or fall into a ditch!!

Learnt to swim.

And successfully completed laps. I consider this an achievement. :) It was all thanks to Esther and Shu Yi who taught me one Sunday night when the pool was nearly empty. June swam by me on my first swim across the pool! :) I took part in the swimming gala later for the games. Omg. Not cut out to swim for competition yet kay~!

Learnt to play ping pong.

Hehe. Form 3 never happened. :P This is thanks to Chuen Yen and Sam. Guess I'll always remember the last few days of the semester when the three of us, together with Sing Yih, played ping pong til really late (about 8.30, from about 5.00) in the MPH. =) Good times.... we crapped so much about "skills" too. Haha. And I didn't lose to Sam 11-0 the second time! I lost 11-2. -.-!!

Played squash for the first time in my life. =)

Sam taught me. Squash is tiring okaayy... more so than badminton. Oh, I improved on my badminton skills too, thanks to Sam and Dominic. :)

Got a ginormous movie collection. xD

This is mostly from Daniel, my grandfather. =) Chuen Yen and I watched the first episode of Dexter in the dark and nearly gave ourselves a heart attack... Lol. It wasn't even that scary.

Lead worship.

Chuen Yen liked giving me heart attacks.... but those moments are worth remembering. CF is awesome. =) Whacking game and all.

Joined MyConstitution.

This was fun. I had fun listening to absurd ideas, like having a hot mama and the lesbian nurse might fall in love with the hot mama. Or the baker and the ovens theory. That was.... genius?

Went to Langkawi.

Played cross gun with Yi Sheng while jumping around. Late night charades in the beach. Arvind's singing - definitely worth remembering! :P Spent my birthday there too. :)

Watched movie in the middle of nowhere (Saad Square).

We had nothing to do, Kee Hung, Zi Hao, Emily and I. Haha.

Watched movie under the stars in the volleyball court.

This all started from Shasha who one night, decided to lie down in the middle of the court. Evin and I thought she was dead. -.-!! Then from then on, we purposely go there to look at stars. Shu Yi, Kee Hung, Jane and I even watched A Walk To Remember there. Lol.

Bashed people on their birthdays.

I was there for Jelina's, Jane's, Wei San's, Shu Yi's and Cindy's. Hehe. The cake they have afterwards were always nice though. We had cake fight with Shu Yi's one. :P

Talked to soft toys. =.="

Jungle very boring kaayyy!! Everyone was talking so I joined in la... Lol. I like Yaya and Pin. =) I once threw Shu Yi's Dumdum across the partition of the room to Wei San and it hit the fan. O_O! Luckily she wasn't there.... Lol! Otherwise I die. If it were Esther's, I will die again after I died.

Went to Ipoh. :)

Twice! And ate ALOT. xD The second time, I went alone with Cindy to her house. Played bowling for the first time in my life with Cindy, Jocelyn and Sing Yih. I struck everything down at last try! YAY! Got a score of only 44... not bad la..... -.-''

Got myself a family.

Sam said it's twisted. Haha. Things like my father's a girl and my grandma is my grandaunt's grandma and stuff like that. But he's my brother so it means he's absorbed in this twisted family too. =P

Watched World Cup Finals with Cindy and her dad.

Watched my headmaster sing and play guitar during Acoustic Night.

Saw seniors graduating.

Frankly, it's a wonder how I managed to even learn so many things in just 6 months. I hope I can learn just as much here in the heart of town as I did in the jungle. I doubt it a little, but I have faith.

I didn't think I was going to enjoy my time in the jungle at first too. But I did because God is gracious. And I am sure He will do the same for me here. Already my housemates were singing at the top of the lungs just awhile ago to some strange karaoke programme in the laptop.

And did I mention that barely a week after we stayed together, we have appointed the parents? We're apparently a family now too....

Oh. And I found a friend to take me to church. Menix is right! :)

God really does make a way, doesn't He?