Sometimes I wonder why I’m going for this exchange.
Yes it is true that it’s been my dream to study in UK.
And I’m really happy to be able to fufill this dream.
But what started it all…
Why did I even take the first step to apply?
It’s all because of you.
You know how you hurt me so much?
Yeah.
At that time, being in the same university with you caused me more trauma and torture than you could ever imagine.
I had to be always on my lookout, in case I’d bump into you.
I had to change scrape my dietary plans, just so I won’t see you in the canteens.
And oh, if that were to fail I’d spend my entire meal fretting away trying not to twitch from anger? sadness? whatever that was.
I remembered thursdays oh so clearly.
Evidently we had lunch break at the same time, and were having classes at south, so off to canteen B we’d head and I’d see you there acting as though nothing happened, as though I’m just a stranger, as though you’d forgotten this girl who was crazy about you, and it drove me nuts for 2 consecutive weeks til I decided that I’d have my meals at the quad from then on. You hardly went to the quad. And I was a peaceful happy girl having my lunches (which was my only meal then) at the cafe by the quad for a few weeks til you showed up with your bunch of friends one day.
The worst thing which happened was when I was waiting for a lift in a secluded place and *ding* the lift door opened and tadahhhhhh there you were!!! Inside that lift!!!!! Making out with a hot girl!!!!! Oh what coincidence!!! Of all the places in that insitute of higher learning, you had to be there at that exact same time as I was!!! (Okay you weren’t making out with anyone in the lift, my imagination always runs wild). You know I had heart palpitations after you left me because I just couldn’t take it? Well that incident made me have a minor heart attack and I was practically screaming curses in my mind. I’m bad I know. Why?? Why did you had to torture me so? You left me, so don’t let me see you … don’t torture me like that! That was all I could think about that time, the torture of ever having to see you.
I always told myself, there are soooooo many people i’d like to bump into, ahem like that cute angmoh, but it just has to be you.
Or maybe it’s just because I notice you.
I’d spot you a mile away, standing outside the audi. I’d be walking halfway and instinctively turn and see you, thank God you hardly saw me, or maybe you were just pretending.
And the time you walked past me without any acknowledgement for the first time…it was raining and you hid behind your umbrella and pretended that you didn’t see me or you didn’t even care. That incident crushed me more than I could bear…and after that I knew there was no chance of us ever becoming friends again, like how we promised each other before.
I’ve digressed too much, all I wanted to say was that, the main reason I applied for exchange was to get away from that university, to escape this torture. At that time I couldn’t care less whether they sent me to some remote place or whatever, I just wanted to get away…so I won’t have to worry about ever seeing you…or even seeing your friends, who are now my ex-friends too…
But then, you also went for exchange.. I don’t even know where you are right now. So then. My primary reason for going exchange is..gone. That is why I feel so demotivated. Everything I do about this exchange reminds me of why I did it in the first place, reminds me that you left me, reminds me of everything I don’t even wanna be reminded of.
I have to constantly remind myself that no, I’m not doing this for you, I’m doing this for me. It’s not about you anymore. I’ve gotta get you outta my system and live my life. We’d probably never ever ever ever talk ever ever ever again :’(((
By any chance, if you are reading this, yes you, you know who you are, I just wanna say, all the best and..I miss you.
You were my reason.