| Oooooohhh...first week of school is over! Sigh...but since i didn't update in a long time i guess i'm "forced" to say bye Paul. See you around..haha! Maybe next time it won't be in a duel to the death or something. Go here to find out the truth! Haha yeah..good times. Anyway yes yes school seems a lot more difficult this year..too bad..but that just means i have to work harder..boo! Hmmm..i signed up for swimming again ONLY because the swim coach was staring at me..then asked me what sport i was going to do...he guilt-ed me into doing it...grr! Haha yeah..this time i have to go to the meets which means i have to wear the required...outfit..which means me dying from embarrassment...sigh..i may just be sick one of those days..heh..>_>! Yeah...good thing this year..i'm in ap french!! Yay...i'm happy about that haha! Aside from that and the fact that i've got soooo much homework, i may as well post up my letter to my english teacher. Read it if you want..it's quite long so you might want to skip it
Dear Mrs. Rundall,
It’s funny how fast time goes by while one is on a holiday and when that break is over, it is back to the daily grind of school life. Unfortunately, the fact that many people were away deprived me of an excellent summer and I ended up watching a plethora of movies with the same people throughout the course of the entire break. By the time several of my friends arrived back in Vancouver, the start of school was looming ahead of us and this limited the amount of time that we could have spent “hanging out”, which in other terms means doing nothing of significance or anything productive although this was still achieved, but not to the extent of the usual summer. Worst of all, one of my best friends, Paul Hsiao, left for Boston never to return to Vancouver. Well that may be exaggerating as he is going to visit during Christmas and then also coming back next summer, but I do not believe that is any consolation as he will not be attending any of the same classes as I and now I will have no one to spend hours on the phone to. It was only just today that he left and there was a going away dinner held for him last night which, coincidentally, was the last day of the summer vacation. This truly marked the fact that he was going away and was somewhat depressing. Although this isn’t the first good friend that I have known who has left for another country, it is still distressing.
Actually, I am quite used to people leaving as well as leaving friends myself for at the age of five I was moved from Vancouver to England; Cambridge to be exact. While I left many friends in Canada, some of whom I am friends with at St. George’s, I also met many other friends that made me forget about the ones still living in Canada. Not completely forgotten though as it would be impossible for me to do so. I do know that this sounds cruel, but I would completely understand if they forgot about me. Eventually, after living a brief two years in England, I then left Cambridge for Hong Kong. I went through the exact same things of losing the friends I had in Cambridge to meeting new people in Hong Kong. While I was staying in Hong Kong, the reverse of what had happened to me in Canada and England occurred. This time, I was the one being left behind while my friends were the ones going away. At last I knew what it was like being left behind when a friend leaves and I feel the same way as I did then, now. Obviously I soon came back to Vancouver and attended St. George’s for a number of years and although Paul and I attended the same school for several years, I only fostered a friendship with him during the final months of grade 8 year. Although this cannot be considered a lot of time, it was enough to make us great friends. It is a shame that the flow of time moves rapidly, but there is nothing one can do about it so there is no real point in complaining. Even though there are still three long years ahead of me till graduation, I know that the time will go by exceedingly fast and as of now I have no idea of what I want to study when I move onto university. Even worse, unlike several of my friends, I have no clue as to what I am going to do for a career since there are many things that appeal to me. These are some of the many things that cause me stress yet these things are what make up life and I know that I’m not the only person to have to deal with them. Aside from that, my life is seemingly dull as the start of school has already started and the load of homework has significantly risen compared with the previous years. I will conclude my endless rant by saying that even though my life, to me, is stressful in many ways, it is also as rewarding as it can get.
Yours Sincerely,
James Chung |
