Saturday, January 30, 2010
Today I'm going to talk about someone I've met recently. In a positive way, if you need to know. They have made school pleasant for me after a very long time of unpleasantness.
The first person would be Joshua. I met him this year and have known him for only two or three weeks but he made me feel quite at home. I'll explain.
Ever since I became a Star Wars fan, I've never known anyone in my country who likes Star Wars as much as I do. I guess sooner or later I began to think that no Star Wars fans exist in my country. Joshua made me think again. I know now that he actually likes Star Wars as much as I do because during Design and Technology class, he drew some thing that resembled an AT-AT on his worksheet. I asked him whether it was an AT-AT and expected him to reply "No". But he looked at me amazed and said confirm that it was indeed an AT-AT! \
Then, I drew a TIE Fighter on my worksheet and showed it to him.. and he added a Death Star Behind the TIE Fighter! I added X-Wing Fighters next to the TIE Fighter and he said, "X-Wings"! I have found a STAR WARS FAN!! At last! Finally! After so long I finally found another person like me! As most new people I meet always don't end up becoming my friend, I did not believe that this new friendship with Joshua would continue after Design and Technology class was over. Looks like I was so wrong.
Over the next few weeks, Joshua and I talked about Star Wars and even a little bit of Star Trek whenever we get the chance. During on of my previous PE lessons, Joshua (ever so luckily) got put in the same group as me. I drew a lightsaber next to my name on the worksheet just for fun and he added an AT-AT next to his name and during Servive Learning lesson, Joshua picked the seat next to mine and we discussed about snowspeeders, Luke Skywalker and harpoons! The following Design and Technology classes, we drew a lot of other Star Wars vehicles. Even Jordan's been influenced by us and drew X-Wings. Those were the best times ever!
I realise that I feel at ease when I talk to Joshua. Probably because we both love Star Wars, creating weapons and aircraft. Joshua thought me something else too. He made me like the feeling of 'adventure'. Towards the end of one of the few Sevice Learning lesson, my other friend Yi Er and classmate Cassandra had to talk to the Service Learning Teacher after the lesson ended. Jordan, a good friend of mine, thought that it would take only a minute or two and waited for Yi Er. Joshua and I waited for Jordan and Songtian, Cassandra's good friend, waited for Cassandra and Jordan. The teacher spoke to them for a whole ten minutes and we were still waiting and terribly late for our next class. I usually attend classes on time because I fear being late as I've never been late but by waiting for Yi Er, I had the feeling of risk, the risk of getting detention and things like that. And guess what, I actually liked that feeling! It's like anything could happen and stuff like that! It felt awesome.
Finally the six of us went to class 15minutes late! ^^ Weni (remember her? The one that always talks about studies?) asked me why I was late. Curious perhaps. My response was, "Joshua and I were waiting for Jordan who was waiting for Yi Er who was with Cassandra who Songtian was waiting for." Then she replied something like, "..but class has started..." So I told her honestly that it was my first time being late for class and I liked the mixture of fear and excitement I felt and that it was a wonderful 'adventure' for me. I guess she must be thinking something like, "How can you treat your studies like that?!" or something.
But I don't care.
Happiness and friendship are what matters most to me.
Joshua also thought me how to make a bow and arrow with only a rubber band and two satay sticks but that's another story I'll share with all of you in another post soon!
To thank Joshua for making me believe that I'm not the only Star Wars fan in my country, giving me the joy of 'adventure' and being an excellent friend, I'm going to create a character in my comic that shares his personality. Thank you Joshua for sharing STAR WARS with me!
Corran out.
Thanks to all the blogs i referred to (countless) for html code help :) (esp. cyn' and sixseven)
Jasc's Paint Shop for supernatural abilities
Thankiee for an awesome year of fun and laughter!
