Day 27
25 July 2008
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Hostel room
Today is the last official day of the course. We should be getting our certificates in class later. Then I guess it’s the usual picture-taking and impulsive-hugging and naive-wishing of going to the course next year. This is just a summer course, a study holiday – you don’t, if hardly ever, find lifelong friends in such places. We are too different and too far apart.
Yesterday, I picked up my tickets before Pintura class. And before that we had our exam, which is really a mock fashion show. I thought of creating a uniform for this summer course. It was very fun and silly, not like an exam at all. After that, the written test were just questions asking us about the fashion show – that’s it!
So, yes, my tickets. I’m nervous about going to Hong Kong on my own but it’s too late to turn back. I just have to go along crossing my fingers the entire trip.
Also, instead of my plan to get groceries one last time and my Internet fix, I went to the airport to see Dana the Thai off with other friends. Actually, I wanted to see what to do when I have to check in by myself on Monday. Turns out I find out that Keyo is having a flight just after mine, so we decided to go to the airport together. He talks too much, as all old people seem to do, but he is wise and nice and kind and he reminds me of Father in some ways. I think they would’ve enjoyed talking to each other if they ever met.
Then we took a cab back to the library, so I did get my Internet fix. After that, Ricky the Indonesian and Chennie (a Chinese girl I recently got close to in Pintura class) were by the side of the library, just talking about life and I joined in. It was really nice, something I sorely wanted with many people in this course. I don’t believe it’s all about sightseeing and shopping and making new friends when you join such a course.
This is my last art made in Pintura class.
The Portuguese phrase written below means A book is the path to knowledge.
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Flaws; flaws; you and your flaws! Well, it is kind of unfortunate to be pressured to be social if you’re not. But there are all kinds of people. The closing ceremony sounds nice, anyway!, or at least the dinner after
oh, the food was! i had three helpings. could’ve had had more but my stomach shrank a bit while i was there so couldn’t eat any more.
as for the ceremony itself, it was a bit embarrassing because we had to get up to the stage to take our certificate and a class photo, bleh. but the performances by my friends were great to watch!