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Saturday, February 02, 2008 The power of the human touch: a motherly hug, a gentle hand on the shoulder, jostling for the football shoulder to shoulder, hi-5s and pats on the back -- they give me the energy to have another go at this world, rather than just lie down and accept whatever comes. They give me the courage to be myself and pursue my dreams, because I know that, when I am battered and worn, I have somewhere, someone to turn to. Sometimes it doesn't matter even if you haven't seen the people for years. We are no longer children; memories and feelings do not fade so easily. But it reminds me that I have lots of catching-up to do with lots of people. Time permitting, of course, and that is in short supply nowadays. I know that I've been complaining left and right about the state of the block now, and it's really unfair because a) I've been back to hall for only 3 days, b) I've only spoken to 5 of the freshies, and less than 10 of the seniors since I've been back, c) it's now the busiest time of the year, with school and projects and inter-hall games and almost everything else on-going. Anyway I feel somewhat responsible, because it is my batch's fault. When we're year 2 and year 3, we are the ones who are responsible for passing down the block's cultures and traditions. But because my batch is so badly decimated, there was a break in the chain and some things were left undone. A lot of things that the block used to have are now gone. As one of the few 'survivors' of my batch I have to do something to correct this. Also, if this is possibly going to be my last semester in hall, I want to make something of it, rather than be a phantom.
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