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Alrighty. I'm back!!!

The adventure is over. Should I say "Finally!", or should I say "Oh my. I can't believe 3 years just flew right past me before my very eyes"?

It seems just yesterday that I was still a freshie having vinegar poured over me. It seems just yesterday I was freaking out in hall on the eve of BS101 exam. Those 8.30am Monday lectures in LT20 which were in fact napping sessions. Memorising TCM quotes. Staring at people's tongues. Watching "Goong" in the hall lounge on the night before a paper. Calling each other and complaining about not being able to finish studying. Cursed venues like SRC. Cui venues like Hall 10 function room. Cold venues like Nanyang Audi. Weird exam seatings like 1st of the entire row, last of the entire row, behind a pillar...Mugging sessions in school. Camping sessions in school. Bubble tea before biz law. Chionging for french lessons. Chionging over the hill and getting to school in record time every day. Never parking illegally. Parking to avoid the leaves. Taking the lift at south spine. Raiding the medical centre and becoming good friends with the nurses. Quad VIP card and coffee. CR7. CR6. And CR4 for this exam period. Fanny and the cui SBS printers. Free lunches, bazaars and weird xxx days where we end up winning prizes. Running in the dark. Being the only living soul. Movies in the library. Live bands outside quad. Stars on 16 roof. Borrowing shoes in the middle of the night. Hall hopping. And the list goes on......

Life in NTU is over. Not yet though, if you consider FYP. My ties with SBS haven't been severed and I'm sure I'll still get to try Cafe Express and Cafe Alfresco :)

I can't believe Patho yesterday was my last exam in NTU. When I saw Lai Siang Hui I couldn't help but grin to myself. But I won't be seeing him again. Not unless I die unnaturally and my organs are sent to him. Lol.

This last exam period has been a really different experience. All in a week, it was a battle of speed, skill, stamina, precision and of course, the big M word. And I'm still amazed at the lengths people go to to create conducive studying environments for themselves. Hahaha. On this particular day, it was around 11pm and I saw this guy in SBS lobby, sitting on the floor, on the phone, with his notes spread out in a circle around him. It was quite a sight. I was tempted to take a photo of him haha. Other days there were people squatting in the corridor with their notes. Then there were the tupperware people and that other group of guys who rearranged the tables in the exam hall to form their own cosy corner near the wall socket. Ultimate. People from all walks of life congregating in my little school. People from NUS (?!), people from other faculties, and all the people I've come to know by face, not by name. Not to mention my fellow mugger classmates. Haha. It has all come to an end. I'll never see those people again. (Other than my classmates, of course)

It made me realise that I cannot imagine myself doing research. I cannot imagine being a prof attached to a school, with my own lab, my own research and having to come back on weekends. I saw Preiser and his son (poor kid had to skate scoot around NTU while his dad went to his lab. Can you imagine having NTU as your playground on a WEEKEND?!), LCF, Valerie Lin and her daughter, Torres, Klaus Heese (expected), Mu Yuguang and his son, Kung bushwoman's husband, Droge and a few others I forgot. Do these people have a life outside Science?