Goodbye, Oh-Eight.

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Looking back throughout the year, i can't help but get a tad bit emotional. Not oh-i-wanna-cut-myself emotional, but the positive one.

I just really can't express how absolutely GRATEFUL i am... from the beginning of this year thinking i'd do my 'O' levels, to the unexpected drop-out soon after and just the whole sudden turn of events mid-year... it was a bittersweet memory. i took the time to appreciate everyone and everything - a couple of months is good enough - so i wouldn't leave too hard-hearted... shifting from small town to big city life.. wow... i looked into the bright side so i would get excited as well... then applying for college... i so remember cramming in for the entrance exam... lol... but all went perfectly smooth and i got in, i guess, my "dream" college here in Philly (i've considered Asia Pacific College... but nothin' beats DLS-CSB now that i'm there! XD) i've met great people, with whom i am continually amazed by because every single thing or detail or experience that happens let me realize that it was NO COINCIDENCE at all... the classes that i got in, and everything that came with it... it's just no frickin' accident!!! and i am soo blown away by that fact!! i thank God because He continually opens my eyes to those little things, that it's His way of telling me, my moving and starting college was no mistake, and it's all in His plan for my life... certain people i've met confirmed that, and i am just soo excited for whatever's ahead!

Sure, nothing superly humongous has happened in the past term... yet ;) i definitely had heartaches during times i was very low, and cried more times than i can count... but i have HOPE to hold on to... i'm safe in my Father's arms, no matter how many times i've fallen, no matter how many times i've let Him down... or neglected Him. God's always there, even though i can't feel Him, but i always know He listens.

and i believe everything happens for a reason.

That said, i'm ready for two thousand nine, baby.

Oh-Nine, you're mine!!!

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