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I’m leaving Mauritius tomorrow evening and I haven’t even finished packing. It’s the first time that I’ll be away from home for a period of 4 years. I’m trying to pack wisely but there are certain things which I really can’t bear to leave behind, especially the gifts I received from my friends. I’m even taking my majorette twirling baton with me. I’ve been very busy this week with packing,shopping and meeting my friends. I feel bad about not being able to meet up with everyone . Sometimes I wish that I could be in two places at the same time. I’ve been out almost every night since most of my friends are free at night only. When I meet my friends, we always go have lunch or dinner. I can feel the extra pounds coming. ah well.. I can work these off after I leave Mauritius.
A few pics taken during my nights out:

At Caudan Waterfront
I took a few pics there while waiting for Diana to arrive.

At Spur, me and Stephanie.

I’ve had a pretty long day, meeting friends here and there; Chinatown,Gladiator,Rodeo,Pizza hut Caudan,McDonald….

Today, I finally met James. I ‘know’ him since February but it’s only today that we managed to meet. In fact, I was wondering if he was scared of me or something like that but today, I was pleasantly surprised.

I’ve just returned home. I had dinner at Marina with Eliette and Dar. I have to admit that I was feeling very tired and I had my packing on my mind. I always worry about everything. Still, I had a lovely time.
There’s one thing which will never change; I still think a lot. There’s so many things I’d like to do or say before leaving Mauritius but some of them are just too difficult for me to talk about. I’m gonna let time work its magic. Maybe.. maybe one day.

It seems like many people have caught the wedding bug. Far the past two months, I’ve been hearing about weddings in Ste Croix (where I live) every week. My mum told me about this girl who’s getting married. That girl is around my age,maybe 1 year older than me. When I first learned about it, I thought “But she’s still so young!” Someone then remarked that young people rush into marriage nowadays and that rushing into marriage will lead to divorce for many couples.
I can’t imagine tying the knot at 20. That’s far too young for me.

I was talking about marriage to a male friend the other day. He told me that the ideal age for him to get married is 27 to 30 years old. As for me, it’s after 26 or 27. I plan to get my B.A in Chinese language first. That will require 4 years. After that, maybe I’ll do my Masters and then find a job. I guess I just want stability in my life before even thinking about settling down. I have to admit that I can’t even imagine myself getting married one day. Marriage is a big step. Right now, I’m almost convinced that I’m incapable of falling in love but maybe time will prove me that I’m wrong.
I remember my mum telling me back when I was still in primary school that when it comes to marriage, parents choose partners for their children. Maybe it had been a common thing to do when my parents were still living in China more than 20 years ago but I was born in Mauritius and have been living here all my life. If I ever plan to get married, I want to choose my life partner myself.

An uncommon sight in Ste Croix:

I was upstairs and my sister told me that someone living near me was getting married that day. She kept looking out of the window and then she called out: “hey there’s a horse!!”
I thought she was kidding but still, I grabbed my camera and went to see.

For the couples out there, maybe it’s too early to think about marriage but wanna walk down the virtual wedding aisle and get hitched in cyberspace? Go there.

I’ve been pretty busy. Between the Prize Giving Day at Queen Elizabeth College(QEC), work and going out with friends, i barely had time to check my emails.

I’ve been to QEC for the annual Prize Giving day. It was my last Prize giving Ceremony. aww I will miss that school a lot. i will miss getting prizes every year too. hehe One year, I got a prize for Art and the other years, I got prizes for Mandarin (Chinese language).
Mandarin has always been my favorite subject. (primary->high school)

Me, going on the stage to get my prize. 1st in Modern Chinese at Advanced subsidiary level.
In my certificate, they wrote something like ‘1st in Modern Chinese Language at the Advanced Subsidiary Level among all girls at the national level’. Sounds good but the certificate is almost the same as the one I got for Modern chinese at O level so there’s nothing great about it anymore.

Like for every year, there’s a new theme for the Prize Giving. Check out the stage decoration. Some QEC girls spent hours many days painting the background.

I got my other CF card back. Here are the other photos taken last Friday:

In case you can’t figure out from the photo, we are in a vertical line. As for the arm movements, it’s right, left and so on.

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