Words to live by

Relient K, Be my escape "I know to live you have got to give your life away"

The spill canvas, The tide "Heaven is not a place that you go when you die, its that moment in life when you finally feel alive"

Morning Prayer "I will continue, oh my lord, to do all my actions for the love of you"

The used, Taste of ink "so here i am, alive at last. and ill savour every moment of this"

Eminem, Sing for the moment "Sing with me now, just for today Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away"

Day at the fair, Eastern homes and western Hearts "This is for dreamin. This is believin. This is to picking up the peices when I'm gone. This is for drinkin. This is to livin.This is to packin' up my shit and movin on"

Mae, Giving it away "Help me to dream these dreams, cause i dont have a clue"

Lazlo bane, Superman "I cant do this all on my own, i Know, Im no superman"

Sigh. Talking to josh last night has made me... dreamy. wishful. not that i wasnt already. Just more wishful than ever. of a life. after Os. Where there are no worries. even if it lasts only for a while. sigh. history is tomorrow. haha. so i stayed home today. my horoscope says if i dont focus my whole day will be wasted. ahha. or something tot hat effect, and how true too. sigh. sighs.

this is the beauty of being a teenager. the way we have each other. the way no matter what, no matter how, no matter where or when, we always have each other. The way that when we are in our worsts, there are people to talk to. the way that we we feel high we can go rant of to our friends, and they can tolerate our insanity. cause they too were insane before. they too were depressed ebfore. because no matter what we all got throuh the same shit and we can help each other. and we should. and we do. because we know that we too will need help too. its a strange cycle, how advise you give someone will be returned to you, yet in a more meanigful way. this is our learning stage. this is the way we absorb and learn about life. from each other. with each other. even in more mundane ways like how one day others can be sending me songs, and the next ill be sending someone else songs. its still a sweet cycle of give and take. and its a great life. there is no sweeter age in the world than teenage. filled and bursting with emotions, i would never trade this for anything else. nothing. and now after reading nadia's blog and neeta's blog and ying ling's blog and Kyle's and drawing inspiration at the way they affirm eevryone. haha. i too shall now jump onto the bandwagon. and go on a thank you spree.

haha. first to my teachers.
mrs leslie. vicnan anna. kartik anna. Kubo. Thanks for everything. and for teaching me about life. and about embracing it. and for being there. you have all left an impact. thanks

To my brothers.
jeremy. Definitely one of the greatest friends i have ever had. one heckuva good mate.
Dharvin. 12 years dude! 12! Always been there. Always will.
Zenn. Thanks for putting my life into perspective. Thanks for putting LIFE into perspective. nicholas GN. for giving hope for my studies. and a chance to debate over poltics. theodore. For being a firend. as simple as that may be.
To Marc. for those talks. for those jokes. for showing me that everyone is human.
To jasvir. For making eldds what is it today. for being who you are.
To kyle. Not just for the car rides and for saving my life, haha, but for the dreams. For beleiving and having faith. and for being an inspiration to us all.
To Josh. for the laughter. for the fun. for the fienships.
To benow, ben mao, dominic and alfred. haha. for the guitar lessons (Mao), and for giving our class that sense of fun. that sense of zest, which it otherwise would seriously lack in.
To selvam. for those morning talks. haha.
De Wei. haha. for showing me the extent of a friend's concern. for showing me that friendships can stretch beyond schools.
To arthur. For showing me what it means to have initiative. to show me what it means to be a prefect.
to mike and kawai. for that first year in sec1. for making life fun.
To Jonny (bao). for the music. for the speeches. for mastering the art of the over statement.
To chris. For helping when we needed help. for being there. and for laughing.
Bryan Cheang. For opening my mind. and showing me that dreams do come true.
Shane. haha. for just being who you are. haha.
Ivan reddy. for being half-malayalee and half telugu! and also half malaysian and half singaporean! yeah! rock on! haha.
and those i left out. yeah i still thinkof you. you know who you are. sighs. haha.

To my sisters
Dora. for being who you are. for being sincere. and human. and for teaching me about life, friendships, music and dreams. for being there.
nadia. hey yoo! haha. what can i say? rock on!
ying ling. for being there. for smiling. in all your maudlin affection, you have left an impact in my life.
to mei wen. for being psychic. for being cheerful. for the handshakes.
michelle. for being my sister. for beleiving so strongly in a cause. for showing me whats true loyalty.
to geetha. for being crazy. for being egoistic. for being hyper. for liking good music.
stacey, nicole, meera, faddillah, charlene, les, ting kun, danny and all the SLC peeps (guys included). For showing me spirit. for showing me the continuity of friendships. for showing me what it means to support each other.
cheyenne. for the music. for the pics. for the randomness of it all.
freda. for having dreams. and for sharing.
and all the rest (sha, saranea, sheryll, sylvia, priya so on so forth). for being there. haha. yeah yeah.

and one more time for the 'gang'. haha.
de wei. nadia. dora. marky marc. jas. selvam. mei wen. paveena. kyle. michelle. benow. ben mao. alfred. yings. shankar.
For showing me that frienships CAN last beyond schools. beyond age gaps. beyond everything. and not just the MSN/blog kinda friendships. but deeper ones. where peeps and friends are there for you. and when we meet. it feels so good. that sense of security. that sense of belonging. that we all, no matter how different are still such great friends.. and im sure we will remain this way, in a long time to come.

love. rishik.