Reminiscing

This Tuesday, some of us Juniors were invited to see the rehearsal for the performances of the European Night. It is a huge event where all of the language groups from the European major, French, Spanish, and German, join together and come up with a spectacular show. Watching them practicing and putting all their effort on stage really makes me nostalgic. For the first two years of my university life, I have been devoting my time and energy holding events and organizing activities, and now, it's time for me to hand these responsibilities to the younger ones.

Right now, the Farewell Party for the graduates of the European major, which I am in charge of organizing, and the European Summer Camp are the only things left for the Juniors to handle. With all of the Seniors graduating, I realized that time passes by too quickly. Time stops for no one, it moves on unaware. It's easy not to remember how much you once enjoyed the things you did, it's easy not to care how much you'd miss the little things until you're too old for it, and it's easy not to notice that you're no longer going to be having all of these things back.

And so I started thinking about high school, thinking about prom, thinking about the senior trip, thinking about the cupcakes that our classmates baked for all of the graduates, and how I used to have so much fun with my high school classmates. If I could go back to any point of my life, I want to start high school all over again. Similar to the events that we have in our university, we used to also have Thai and Chinese Traditional Festivals, Spirit Week, Sports Day, Culture Day, and Rose & Chocolate Day. We would have food sales during lunchtime to raise money for prom. We would meet outside of school and study in Starbucks for our AP exams. We would put on our best outfit for the School Dance. We would practice after school for hours for our Talent Show performance. We would dress up however we like during No-Uniform Day. We would have sleepover parties and house parties. Oh, I could keep on going endlessly! Probably because it's graduation season, that's why I am being a little emotional and sentimental.

A few months later from now, I'll be in France, living and experiencing a whole new different life. I just wish I could hold on to every single memory, good or bad, and cherish every passing moment. No matter where I am, who I met, what I've been through, I know that a part of me will always remain the person that I used to be. I will still be the "Chung Wei" from TCIS, Class of 2010, and the "Patrice" from Bangkok, Thailand.