I have wanted to post something here numerous times, but I get caught up in something else and the thoughts just fly away.

So I type now, not because I really have much to type in mind, but to let you guys know that I am alive.

It has been a busy semester thus far. Courses seem to be getting increasingly tricky and harder to do well in. The forging of new friendships and the reunion with many familiar faces from back home have become part of life's routine.

But in the midst of all of this, I have become more absent minded, less focused and losing track of the tasks at hand. And while everything good and bad have been happening, I have changed. No more am I the girl that always puts everyone and everything before myself. I, have learnt to decide when enough is enough.

Don't get me wrong. I have not changed entirely. Just that now, well, I am more, selective when it comes to putting others before myself. And I'm starting to take less notice about what people think about me, especially when I know that I should not bother myself with some people and their nonsense and behaviour. No more niceties to the world because I think that I should notbe confronting and what not. I will only be nice if I really need to and/or feel that the situation/person deserves it.

The mid-semester break has come upon us. Strangely, it is here when we are 7 weeks to the end of it all, including the exams and study week to be precise. But it is a needed break. While there will be work to complete and readings to touch, a week away from college and settling into the wonderful serenity of Gold Coast is what the doctor ordered.

Too many happenings, too many thoughts, too much emotions felt, too much to write.

Sometimes I think that I am working my brain and heart way too much.

Well here is to enjoying the rest of the days left here in Gold Coast, and to a smooth end to this academic and college year!