It still feels surreal though, walking up to get my certificate and taking all the pictures with the wonderful friends I've got to make in the short 11 months here in Trinity. Can't help but feel so blessed and amazed by what we've all accomplished.
It wasn't easy moving myself over to somewhere I've never been in my entire life, to settle down here within one week before school started and to make friends with people from different countries and backgrounds. It wasn't easy but I can finally say I did it.
The Feb 2012 Palmerston kids played a great role in helping me settle into Melbourne, being the first few faces of familiarity in Trinity and always being such a wonderful group of people to live with. It's incredible at the fact that despite being 3000+ miles away from Singapore, I'm still able to find such wonderful friends like Tim, Jeanette, Isabelle and Sherwynn etc etc.
From the crazy nights we spent jamming to being weekend warriors studying 20% of the time and the other 80% consisted of Timmy and I belting out diva songs and nette screaming at us to shut up. It was so sad to see all these funny people leave one by one in December. :-(
But Feb 2013 came around and I got lucky. So so so lucky to have met all the people I've met in Palmerston.
Feb wasn't the best month- the shittiest one, actually. But I really couldn't have gotten through it without my palmerston friends. When something bad happens, they always say you either run away from it or you stay and face it head on, right? It's so easy to say "I'll face it, I'm strong."
But I'm not. So I ran.
When I ran, I distracted myself with a lot of things. I stopped eating for a week, gym like crazy, found myself sick in the stomach half the time, spent a weekend in my bed and the toilet trying to get rid of the nausea. It was terrifying. I was scared at what I was capable of doing to myself.
But there were good distractions that came along to help me with my distraction plan: These palmerston friends. By Palmerston Friends, I really mean everyone that's in the Feb 2013 intake. From the boys upstairs in house 1, to the crazy girls in house 5 that I love so dearly, the boys in house 6&7 to my wonderful houseboys.
Special thanks and love to my bitches Shona, Philip, Braden and Giselle- for being one of the main reasons why I didn't lose my mind in Feb and the following shit months that came due to Term 3 & 4 stress.
(insert: What the shit Giselle why do we not have any photos of each other??!?!?!??!!? I demand some when we hang in singapore, okay.)
The Rachel Tan Construction & Moving Company will stand forever. :')
My houseboys:
I must be crazy lucky to have such wonderful housemates such as them. From voluntarily showering in the house 1 toilet upstairs because they thought it would be weird for us to share one toilet (thus allowing me to have the whole toilet to myself kekeke), to being my alarm clocks, along with a whole lot of other people standing in line to wake me up for my classes.
Thank you thank you thank you for making me feel so loved and always making me laugh.
It's all revolving around the same thing-
Gratitude.
It's never easy to say goodbye. But anticipating and handling change- maybe I can do better than before.
If this was the Rachel back in 2012, I'd be crying whilst I pack up my room, crying while I type this post, and maybe sobbing when I leave for the airport later. (My Singapore friends would know this, huh hahha)
Lastly,
My fellow July Palmies. It's been a crazy long journey but it's a good one. Because having people that's going through the exact same thing as you makes the crappy things seem... less crappy right? :-)
Can't believe it's been year since everything and when I take a look back on the year, I get so wonderfully shocked at all the new friends I've come to make here in Melbourne. Be it the ones from the feb 2012 intake, school, mutual friends, july 2013, feb 2013.... I'm glad.
Tonight, Giselle Braden Philip and Shona bought me my favourite cheesecake from Brunettis. They stood in a circle and told me their somewhat heartfelt feelings on me leaving and it's been a long time since I've felt that much honesty and sincerity from people.
No doubt I'll miss them as well. In the short few months of knowing one another, we've created a whole truckload of memories to last us for quite a while. :-)
And of course, I'll definitely miss the whole Palmie vibe. Meal times will never be the same when I cook for myself in College Square. Birthday celebrations have always been one of the highlights during my stay here in Palmertson. And being able to open my door and know for the fact that there is someone there for you when you need them always comforts me.
((THERE'S JUST TOO MANY MEMORIES I HAVE OKAY I CAN'T SEEM TO LIST THEM ALL OUT BUT GUYS, REALLY. I'LL MISS EVERYTHING. SUPPERS, ASPHALT7, CLASHING, EATING, ROSSIS, PIZZA, COMPLAINING ABOUT DINNER, BITCHING, NONSENSE TALKING, JAMMING, SINGING, STUDYING TOGETHER, I DONT KNOW OMG . T_T))
So many times these wonderful people have saved me from myself and barely do I ever acknowledge that. I am lacking in so many ways, covered with too many flaws but these people somehow saw good in me and I am so glad. So, so grateful.
I haven't even gotten started with the friends I've came to know in Trinity yet, but I'll save that as another post or something.
Sorry for the constant rambling in this post. It's long and boring and sappy. Moving on is always terrible. It hurts to say goodbye, even if it's just for a while.
But to all the people from Palmerston reading this, be it from the Feb 2012, July 2013, Feb 2013 intake:
Thank you. You always never know the impact you can make on someone by just the things you do or say. Thank you for being a part of this crazy, hectic and insane journey with me.
We've made some fun memories together, and they'll always be in my heart. But here's to the many more to come. xx
Singapore, I'm coming home!
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