dear First year of Uni,

You certainly went by faster than expected. I still remember arriving in the heat of summer feb 09, not knowing a thing about the transport system, missing bak chor mee already and meeting my housemates for the very first time. 

You've been an awesome experience. Though not all your lectures were great, the one where we watched Battleship Potemkin is three hours of my life i'll never get back, most of them were worth it. Cliched as it sounds, you've helped me grow as an adult and as a writer. 

Thank you for all the good times, the times when i got an assignment back and i got a good mark, the times when CLV gave us free pancakes, the times when all us girls played four kings, the time when i got my birthday surprise and for whenever a class went so well that i stopped and thought 'man, i love being here'. 

Thanks for the 'bad' times too (cause we learnt from them or at least we get to laugh about them now), when there were maggots in our bin, when the neighbours were playing their bad music so loud that the walls vibrated, when we ran out of toilet paper or clean underwear and when i'd left an assignment so late that i had to run all the way to assignment minder to get it in with seconds to spare. 

So, for all the memories, for the friends that became family, for the stories and the late nights, 

cheers, 

Love, Mel