Which part of the rollercoaster ride are u in?

Sometimes i view this past year in the valley like a rollercoaster ride. Upswings, downturns, 360 deg revolutions and unexpected turns.. Feels like a blind-folded ride where you never know which point of the ride you are exactly in and when it might truly come to a stop. Will it ever end? Do you even want it to end?

As the year draw towards a close i have this overwhelming sense of lingering and sadness.. Is this what people coined as a sense of belonging? It is this place that showed me how life is really like, away from the shelter and out in the sunny california. A dream so real, a world so surreal..

The amount of turmoil one survives through here is amazing and the amount of sh*t you encounter too. It's tough to keep your head clear admist these confusion and as you look back at how much people around you and yourself grow from the day you touched down in California to the impending day of departure, it is truly a ride of a lifetime.

I'll miss California so dearly and i'm sure each and every pieces of learning from all the people and encounters i gather along my journey will guide me through my life.

It's the night before the elections. So much is running through my mind as i flashback to the elections a year ago. How would things have turned out otherwise?

There's always a portion of uncertainty that you have to live with, i guess. But I wish people will be a bit more daring to breakthrough their self-limiting thoughts and boundaries. To attempt the unthinkable, unimaginable and unbelievable. It is these people who will make a difference to the world.

I wished more people from the 9th batch would have stepped up and not be afraid to run for places that they wish to make a difference to. Give it a shot. There's nothing to lose and much to gain. Elections should give you a pretty good picture of the crude truth? Maybe. However it may turn out, whatever it may be, just don't live to regret that you never tried, never attempted such that you'll never know how it's really like.

I am really grateful to everyone i met along the way who have been part of my journey, helping me in one way or the other. I often wished i could be more astute and emerge a better person. I'm still learning, sometimes the hard way but nevertheless strong and determined to make it through. Just like how many times i have fell down badly on the slopes but picked myself up again. Just like how i managed to master the turns i didn't think that i could do on my snowboard.

No matter how hard and how many times i might fall along the way, i am sure that i can pick myself up every single time and continue to surge forward again. It is this strong resistance that drives me through. Nothing can and will be able to put you down. It is afterall, in your perception, your mind. Never allow yourself to let anyone or any encounters to put you down. Don't assume when you don't know, ask. Be strong, my dear and life will eventually unveil the hidden treasures awaiting for you at the end of the rainbow. =)