The moment I got news that the class lists were out at the very beginning of the year (or the very end of last year, can't actually place it). I was like "Please let me have friends that I already know, please please please." Then I saw the list, someone posted it on Facebook. Going through the list, I smirked, seeing Weng Hei, Li Wen, Tien Sern and some others that I've already known for awhile, the first being since we were mere kindergarteners. (♥) But seeing all these unfamiliar names, made me sceptical about whether this is going to be a good year. I remember XY responding to my friendly hello-nice-to-meet-you comment on the class list, the first person to talk to me since I became officially a 4S3ian (or Ehstrian as we like to call it) the name just sticks, doesn't it? Now, 10 (closing in on 11) months into the year, wow things have certainly changed. It's natural that groups will form, people with similar interests, characters and what no will flock together, forming inseparably bonds of friendship and anyone would be hard-pressed to break. It's not on purpose (okay maybe a little) but it happens. And thus the birth of EPC and the unnamed back-of-the-class gang which we refer to as the DaiLouBong, but by the end of the day, We're all still Ehstrians. Like Malaysians without the racial differences, equal.
The Epic Poetry Club, or more commonly referred to as the acronym EPC, came into light when the group was created under the name Ehstrians Porn Club (which now I see is just wrong), on the 3rd of July 2011. Because the formation of the group was based on a bunch of horny bastards :P Obviously now, less of the perversion, we've matured :P The group was ACTUALLY created because I felt like we're annoying the other people in the Ehstrians Facebook group chat, so to avoid any unnecessary banter, why not move? Damn, I had more to write last night but I got chased off the computer, instant memory loss. To date, EPC has 17 members, but the core group is always myself, Tek, XY, Jay, Kyan, Hong, Alvin, Jean and Xiang and our latest addition, a non-Ehstrian -- Meshell, my dear sista. Sure, we may seem like people of randomness and talk like whores (maybe that's just me :X) but like I said, the inseparable bond is well, inseparable (WOW, I never would have known, thank you Einstein, geez) WHAT'S MORE, some of those bonds grew stronger. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. (To those who don't either you're epically blunt, or just blind). That (and Tek's blogpost) reminded me of the games of Truth or Dare and Spin the Bottle (Correction fluid bottle), oh the sweet memories. But why dwell on the past? We've grown up, facing life in one-way-or-another, together or on our own, that's up to us individually, nobody should dictate the way another lives, but in the end, the answer is usually together.
"Win together, lose together, TEAMMATES!"
-Troy Bolton; High School Musical
Bonded over the times we had during the class trip back in September, my first trip sans parents. And it was I think, the most fucking awesome trip I've ever had. No boundaries, no rules (other than self-imposed ones, or that'd sound slutty) just food (okay maybe not so much of that) and friends, fun and sun, sea and wind. Which reminds me, I haven't told the story of that trip yet. I'll just include it here then. Key points are mainly, how awesome I think the ocean is (IT'S A FUCKING AWESOME PLACE), so, I was like "Sod it, my clothes will get dirty anyway, and went to feel the cool waters on the first day, when we were SUPPOSED to visit a temple thingy. (Don't get me wrong, nothing religious -_- I just needed the water :D) So, sandy feet in a shoe full of sand, trod past the front facade of the hotel and to our apartment room to clean-up. AND I TELL YOU. THE WHOLE FLOOR WAS SAND AFTER THAT, ugh. Anyway, while the rest of the crew went swimming and played ball, at that time I didn't know what or how it is. Weng Hei....due to personal matters, couldn't join them in the water. So me and her went for a walk on the beach, and got caught by Mr. Lim on the way out of the hotel. (LOL) And we stayed up late talking, playing truth or dare, until 1am then some were like "I'm gonna pass out soon" (tacitly of course) so in the end, we stopped there. BUT! But, I couldn't sleep, because the room was friggin' cold and SOMEONE was pulling MY blanket away from ME. The nerve (joking, chill bro :P). And so I tried many attempts to keep my feet within the confines of the blanket, which didn't work much in the end I just sat there, and suddenly Jay woke up (odd) and sat on the floor (even more odd) and then I apparently fell asleep, for what? Half an hour? IN WHICH THE TIME, HE SAID I SNORED LIKE A COW (okay maybe not in those words, and actually I don't mind :P Overly dramatic me :X) Supposed to wake up at, uhh THREE-THIRTY, to watch the sunrise. (Gosh, the sun doesn't rise at 3.30am, nothing does -.-) in the end postpone to 5.30, and still had to wait until about 6.40 before the sun came up. So we sat on the beach, me talking to my half-awake friends. And some of the others went to the other side of the beach, for what, I don't know.
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| Tek's manning the camera (xiang's iP3Gs) |
Sunrise wasn't spectacular, what did we do after that again? Went biking I think, then island hopping, the usual things. And captain ball in the evening, that was the game they played the day before. DAMN FUN YOU KNOW? I remember blocking Kyan from view. Don't know why, but I was the only EPCian, not with the others. :/ But still, awesomeness. Wait, this post is supposed to be on EPC :/ I shall put this part in quotation then. Anyway, during the truth or dare. SECRETS WERE REVEALED (kind of the point of the game actually) and some were totally expected, others just mindfucked me for a moment, then I realized "I knew it!" -.- Okay not going to go too far in detail, all in all, it was the time of my life (at that moment). I'd go back to September all the time (haha, no I wouldn't some, unpleasant, things happened in that month also, but still, awesome.) EPCians are my best friends, no, better, friends I can count on, that will be there, real friends. Can talk about anything for hours with no end, unless someone has to go that is. Tolerate each other's flaws and appreciate the awesomeness.
I've gotten SO VERY attached at one point, that I even refused to go out to dinner, just because I'd miss out on something, but oh well. Can't starve myself for too long (Starving now actually -.-) Now, it isn't THAT BAD any more, thanks to some...incidents a while back :X
Point is, I'll be here to lend a hand (or an ear, if needed) whenever you need. Sure, I'm an insulting bitch in group chats :P But, I'm not an insensitive one (okay maybe sometimes, that's not the point). So, consult me at any time, for any thing, always open-minded me :P
Through them, I've discovered myself, the side I've always doubted, the loud-mouthed sassy bitch. Used to be a quiet, collected introvert. Things have changed in 10 months. And I look forward to more change in the coming days, for the better or for the worse, change will come anyway, just have to adapt to it. Like how I've adapted to some things that the person involved will understand this sentence :P Unlike Tek, I won't say "Friends Forever", because that sounds lame HAHAHAHA (no offense). But, you all will always be in my heart, for as long as I live, memory failure will not erase what we have going on here and in the coming days (I used 'coming days' twice already, damn...now I sound lame). What more can I say? My life is almost completely orientated around you people, that I'd thought in the way beginning we'd never get along. That's a good thing, the completely orientated part, it means I can't live without you guys, never can I picture my life without you. This is beginning to sound sappy. So I should stop here and continue some other time.
I love you. Aku cinta akan kamu. Wo ai ni. Aishiteru. Saranghaeyo. ♥
I am enraged! Enraged by the sexism present in the world, the racism, the homophobia, the religiousness. When will it stop? In each case there is no better or worse, we're all the same. Humans are humans, love is love. What is so difficult for the world to understand about that? Going through the posts in Tumblr, tagged #love or #equality or #rights, and I see so many stories. Saddening ones, indeed. But there are many supporters of equality too, that warms my heart. At least there are many others that strive for equality. Life is short, but it's the longest thing you'll ever do. Why spend the days loathing someone unlike you in lifestyle or in appearance, when we go 6-feet under we're going to look the same. The world is an ugly place, that's why fantasy exists, so that everyone can be happy, not just the ones who think they're "RIGHT".
Sure, a man having sex with another man is wrong to many, but a man who has sex with all the girls in the world (and gender-wise vice-versa) isn't right either. Every country says they want peace among citizens and other nations, but you don't accept their views, how do you think any of that will be possible? Racism too, you're a Malay, I'm a Chinese, we're Malaysians. That's what people keep saying, but I don't see any truth in the way they talk, of course, there are always the people that believe in the same cause as I do, and that's good. Full-out liberty might stir up chaos in the streets, but being too conservative leaves a worse impact. I realize I have been agnostic of late, and when I see people saying "It's against the Law of the Bible, or God's word to be gay or what not", I feel ashamed to be called a Christian. Every one is entitled to their own opinion, to voice it out, and not have it slammed down to the dirt. But then, the most important thing is mutual respect. So I shall respect your views, in hopes you respect mine, as in not slandering what I believe. The NO H8 campaign is a step in the right direction, to abolish discrimination and promote equal love, no hate! But all these are just my opinions, with no ill-intentions. x)
The moment I got news that the class lists were out at the very beginning of the year (or the very end of last year, can't actually place it). I was like "Please let me have friends that I already know, please please please." Then I saw the list, someone posted it on Facebook. Going through the list, I smirked, seeing Weng Hei, Li Wen, Tien Sern and some others that I've already known for awhile, the first being since we were mere kindergarteners. (♥) But seeing all these unfamiliar names, made me sceptical about whether this is going to be a good year. I remember XY responding to my friendly hello-nice-to-meet-you comment on the class list, the first person to talk to me since I became officially a 4S3ian (or Ehstrian as we like to call it) the name just sticks, doesn't it? Now, 10 (closing in on 11) months into the year, wow things have certainly changed. It's natural that groups will form, people with similar interests, characters and what no will flock together, forming inseparably bonds of friendship and anyone would be hard-pressed to break. It's not on purpose (okay maybe a little) but it happens. And thus the birth of EPC and the unnamed back-of-the-class gang which we refer to as the DaiLouBong, but by the end of the day, We're all still Ehstrians. Like Malaysians without the racial differences, equal.
