When the year draws to an end, the weather drops around here. cold and silent, like the winters in some countries away from the equator. The heat dissipates, and disappears like there is no more drive to continue striving as we all did throughout the year. Coincidentally, our break falls in the month of December, as the silence draws long before we have another new year of meeting datelines, meeting goals, meeting new friends.

This year, i realised the importance of this break, this timeout. After all the vibrancy of 2007, of loss, of hope, of grief, i realised i have more or less lost the meaning of living truly despite the flamboyant nature, despite the many trials and events i had to face. of course, we still stick to the bare minimum of identity, of socialising. Yet we aren't exactly living but anticipating for the next major events where we can get back to who we truly are. Though we all shouldnt be complaining as we are striving for excellence in academics, but it is often essential to understand how we are exactly living our lives. True, academics takes priority, yet its not our lives but part of our lives.

And that's why holidays bring us back to where we left off for our academic quest, it brings us back to reality with a tint of magic. because reality is not when we are pursuing education, reality is when we can choose to live like how we want to live.

Yet we must know, that as long as we can manage time well, that the whole year can be holidays for us, when we are able to reflect and remember who we truly are. and that's what i set out to do next year. i wish that i would not be absorbed into the cycle of schoollife that i will ultimately forget myself once more, that every second that we are living are entitled to our very own choices, and our very own paths to choose from.

but still then, how has the holidays been for you?



"This list, these people, their future is written on their DNA just as the past, it seems, is written in stone. Was the die cast from the very beginning, or is it in our own hands to alter the course of destiny? Of all our abilities, it is free will that truly makes us unique. With it we have a tiny but potent chance to deny fate and only with it can we find our way back to being human."