Thank you and Goodbye

They say, all good things have to come to an end, and this includes my CF days in university. For 3 years I’ve been attending, and the thought of me leaving one day didn’t struck me before, until today. I still remember the old time poem, that I used to write in my friends autograph book back during my primary school days, “Seasons come, and seasons go; friendship comes, but never will go”. This thought cheered me up a little, as I walked into the room for the last time. Chairs had been arranged, people started coming in, and there were people from outside MMJ joining us as well. We had 2 special groups of people in CF, one being the CDPC people, and the other being missionaries from Dulos, the world’s largest floating bookstore. Now only I know the history of Dulos, besides it being a floating bookstore.

There was a short sharing session by one of the pioneers of CF, in fact she was the first batch of graduates who started the CF. I know more about the CF after that, from a humble beginning to a community in a span of 9 years J The juniors gave us a wonderful time, and wonderful memories to keep. The poem recitation was awesome, given that it includes all of our names and descriptions. It was a nicely written, and heart warming poem. You can read about it here. Yuin Y’s performance was great, given that she performed a song that night, solo. Scores of Encore were heard after the performance. Thank you Yuin Y, it was a beautiful and wonderful song, your voice is lovely too J then there was the song performed called Thank You by Ray Boltz. It was a touching song, and most of us were seen rubbing our eyes. Thank you.

Then came the seniors chance to perform. There were some minor technical problem with the computer, but the experts got it fixed in no time. The opening act by Wee Liem and Joshua was nice. We started our presentation by leading the juniors down memory lane. It is an about short snippets of our lives here at university, what we had done, and what we would like to leave with them. There were the camps, the missions/visitation that we have done, about CyberChristmas/EE, fun events including BSAD, CG, and finally the important and substantial stuffs which is bible study, prayer, etc... There were acting, choral speaking, sharing, and it leaves a sense of nostalgia feeling within me, as I look back the past 3 years what have I done in CF. Then came the flash presentation. It speaks on the transition that we faced as we came into university, not knowing what lies before us, the courses, the financial, the support… and then came the flash presentation of the graduating students, with pictures and description of each graduates to be. The finale of the night was a song presentation by the graduating students, titled “Forever friends” by Sandi Patti. It was an emotional moment, as the lyric goes “Heart to heart, and hand in heart, we’ll stand until the end, loves forever when, your forever friends….”

Soon after the last performance, there was a prayer session for the graduating people as well as for the students who will be leaving for internship next semester. Photo session came after, with us having a group shot as one big happy family of Christ, By the time everything was done, it’s already 10.45 almost 11PM. The corridors lights were off, and the only light source is from the room, and the main concourse far far away :P All of us left with a mixed feeling, and we went supper after that.

Many things were left behind, and as people say, Endings are usually the start for a new beginning. Soon I’ll be graduating, and to step foot into the working world. Things may not be as predictable as when I was studying, and I don’t know what the future has installed for me. Throughout my 4 years of tertiary education. I asked myself this question, when I grow up, when I graduate, what will I be? (Similar to the nursery rhyme “Queh serra serra” eh?) And now graduation is like in another few days time, it’s like everything just happen in a twinkle of an eye. I still remember when I was talking to a friend about graduation a few years back, and he said, “very fast wan lah, few more years and then you’re out of school”, and I find that chat relevant till now, and now I say ”few more days only ma, then I’m out from school” I’ve learnt a lot during my days in uni, and it’s not something one can get from books. The feeling that I’m having now is a mix feeling. Feeling of happy-to-be-free, and feeling of sad-to-leave. Thank you to all of you CF-ers, for making my stay wonderful.

Things around are temporary, only Christ is eternal

Thank You people!!!