hiatus.
Exams! Impending doom!
I will be back on the 21st of June :)
Gravity - Sara Bareilles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3mKQT08_rk
I have many current favourites but I’ve got to say Sara Bareilles’ Gravity is one of my all time favourite songs.
I first discovered this song while aimlessly wandering through the streets of Youtube and fell instantly in love with it. There’s nothing wrong with this song at all: everything, from its simple piano accompaniment, to the lyrics, to Sara Bareilles’ lovely pure voice, to the bridge, is so amazingly beautiful.
This song has such a calming and destressing effect on me. It can also make me teary, as it did one time when I was on the train home at night, and so I sat there like a loser with tears in my eyes as I waited for the train to depart.
My best friend is Me. Me is amazing.
I met my best friend at year 7 camp. She was this cute tiny quiet girl who was sharing a bunk in my room with a very loud chatty Hong Kong girl. Somehow we struck up conversation but I remember thinking that I didn’t think she could be my friend. She asked me who my favourite author is, and I said my favourite childhood author was Enid Blyton. And she said, “Oh yeah! He’s a really good writer!” And I replied, “Err, it’s a she.” And I really didn’t think we could get along.
Eight years later, she still says stupid things but now she’s my best friend. It took a while for us to become best friends I think. She’s probably my oldest friend, and she had always been a close friend. I remember that we would talk on the phone so much in year 7 that we knew each other’s numbers off by heart. But it wasn’t until year 11 and 12 that we truly connected and became best friends.
I used to tease and make fun of her a lot, and she would allow herself to be the punching bag for the group. She was the butt of so many jokes and yet she wouldn’t or couldn’t defend herself. But over six years of high school, she’s learnt how to stand up for herself and I remember thinking how proud I was of her when she started teasing me back.
I used to think that my best friend was perfect, and I got quite annoyed about it. She was good at EVERYTHING. She got good marks, she was good at sports, she’s a really good singer. She made friends very quickly and got along with everyone. I guess that’s why we weren’t best friends straight away - she was just everybody’s friend.
My best friend is a noob. She’s very naive and clueless about everything, but it just makes me feel like I should protect her. She’s good-humoured, and she’s not afraid to be the butt of a joke. She’s stubborn. She can crack up randomly and her laugh is so infectious. We call each other soul sisters because we always think of the same thing at the same time, or crack up about things that no one else gets (especially when we’re in a group situation). She can give you a hug and make you feel better about yourself. With uni and work, we could not see each other for a few weeks but then meet up and chat non-stop. We can have comfortable silences. We write letters to each other. We’ve never fought or argued with each other.
But most of all, she’s my best friend because she knows how to make me feel better about everything. We can talk about anything and everything. She makes me feel like I’m not alone, and she can make me stop worrying. She makes me laugh, and she makes me happy.
I can go on and on about my best friend. But ultimately, with everything that has changed since year 7 and since graduation, she’s been the one constant in my life. She’s the one person that I could imagine sitting on a porch with and sipping tea when we are old and our teeth has fallen out.
Day 1: Write about your best friend
Day 2: Post your favorite song and write why you like it
Day 3: Your top 10 pet peeves
Day 4: What was the last movie you watched, write about it
Day 5: Someone you would switch lives with for a day and why
Day 6: A picture that makes you happy
Day 7:…
Didn’t do this last night cos I was in a grumpy mood and so the 5 things that i would have said would probably have consisted of nothing but swear words.
Also, guess what! I finished a challenge! I always start these but forget about them later.
So…5 things I need to say:
If I had done this a few years ago, the five things would probably be Wentworth Miller.
Luckily I have matured. Ha. (But Wentworth Miller, you’ll always have a special place in my heart.)(I have moved on to one British-American by the name of Andrew Garfield. Hello.)
