December 2013 Hols

I didn't have the most eventful Dceember Holidays ever, but I still found myself having a blast. My expectations of myself during the December holidays were to just stay at home burying myself in homework or playing video games every day, but that wasn't the case.

During the December Holidays, I went to Hong Kong with my CCA mates (and a teacher) (and some other additional people from Science Centre) as a reward trip for winning at NJRC 2013. This trip was special as it was the first time I went travelling without my family, but instead with my friends. Apart from being that, it was also the second time I was travelling overseas, my first being about six or seven years ago.

I don't feel like writing a day-after-day diary that documents my entire trip minute detail by minute detail, but I had a greater time than I thought I would. Though I wasn't going to every shopping mall buying everything I could and end up going back to Singapore with an almost-empty wallet, I did enjoy the bonding time I could experience when going out with my friends. We talked about stuff like our childhood, our school lives, and our future love life (um...) while walking, over meals, in the tour bus, et cetera. I really enjoyed visiting all the tourist attractions and making memories of the time I had there. Too bad my phone's battery always died before I could get to any part I wanted to take a photo of.

My first time riding a roller-coaster was also during that trip. I rode on an indoors roller-coaster where the scenery inside was lights out with a few glowing decorations, effects, and things of the like. Turns out despite it being an indoor roller-coaster and all, it felt horrifying. I couldn't do anything, not even scream. All I could do was cling on to the ride, my glasses, my bag, and dear life. I'm never riding in a roller-coaster. Ever.

In a nutshell, this was the entire highlight of my December Holidays in my opinion. Got to travel overseas for the first time in a (very) long time, bond a bit with friends from my CCA, bought some souvenirs from Disneyland home (and a mortifying roller-coaster experience), and overall really enjoyed myself. Maybe that sense of dread of realizing school was starting that came in 20 seconds after countdown on New Years' killed my holiday mood, but not my memories.



-Ian (2G)