Read to Rascal Flatts - I'll Be Home For Christmas
Dear friends, that wonderful time of the year is here. Reindeer and snowmen; fireplaces and turkey; secret santa and Christmas movies. What a joyous time.
Alas, such Christmas spirit is a bit of an alien concept here. Mind you, I plan on having a blast on Christmas Eve and Day with friends and family, but being in freaking-cold Beijing with dust and smog in lieu of snow really reminds me that I'm not at Home. In my 38m2 apartment I'm home. But not Home.
So friends, while you're out celebrating (aka boozing it up) in Vancouver, please know that I'm thinking of each and everyone of you. While I'm boozing it up of course. :)
Christmas Eve will find me
where the love light gleams
I'll be Home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
Merry Christmas everyone.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
The end isn't near; it's here...
Read to Think of Me - Phantom of the Opera
This is it. It's not big deal in the big scheme of things, I know, but right here, right now, leaving indefinitely seems like the end of an era.
In many ways, I guess it IS the end an era. Although Vancity is the home that never changes, I've changed so much I can barely remember the old me. That shy and unassertive boy who ate lunches alone in the library. In those days I wondered what it'd be like to be...accepted. Popular of course, but also well-liked and loved by friends and comrades.
Although I've been lucky enough to experience that ever since I've met each and every one of YOU (you know who you guys are), these last few weeks have been a display of love of epic proportions. Thank you all for making my last days in Vancouver so memorable, filled with laugher, and loving.
To quote G. Randolf: Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. i will never forget the good times, the jokes, the laughs, the tears (well, not my tears), the hugs, or those moments where you feel all is good in the world.
So dear friends, I end not with 'goodbye' but with 'see you next time'. I hope I'll be able to keep up the blog and I'd love getting emails from you guys! Think of me every now and then! I'll definitely be thinking of you guys...
With all the love in my heart,
Lloyd
This is it. It's not big deal in the big scheme of things, I know, but right here, right now, leaving indefinitely seems like the end of an era.
In many ways, I guess it IS the end an era. Although Vancity is the home that never changes, I've changed so much I can barely remember the old me. That shy and unassertive boy who ate lunches alone in the library. In those days I wondered what it'd be like to be...accepted. Popular of course, but also well-liked and loved by friends and comrades.
Although I've been lucky enough to experience that ever since I've met each and every one of YOU (you know who you guys are), these last few weeks have been a display of love of epic proportions. Thank you all for making my last days in Vancouver so memorable, filled with laugher, and loving.
To quote G. Randolf: Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. i will never forget the good times, the jokes, the laughs, the tears (well, not my tears), the hugs, or those moments where you feel all is good in the world.
So dear friends, I end not with 'goodbye' but with 'see you next time'. I hope I'll be able to keep up the blog and I'd love getting emails from you guys! Think of me every now and then! I'll definitely be thinking of you guys...
With all the love in my heart,
Lloyd
Thursday, December 2, 2010
For Queen and Division
Read to Green Day - Time of Your Life
Wow. All I can say is thank you to everyone who showed up at the award ceremony on Tuesday night. Simply seeing you guys reminds me how much I have SJA to thank for. New friends and old, intra- and inter-divisional, old and young, you guys have made SJA the great and fun organization it is.
12 years and a shiny medal. Countless training nights and duties. Fantasic NCOLDP days both as a candidate and an instructor. Competitions. Watching drill team on Sunday mornings. MFR with Boss and fellow 59ers (ladies' night it's celebration?). Honolulu dinners and rants. RITO! Boot shining parties. SJA Olympics (wink!).
Thanks to each and everyone of you who has made SJA what it is.
I'd like to say a special thank you to Mike Hewitt. You can annoy the hell out of me like no one else, but you've always inspired me. Plus I'm jealous that you're white. XD Seriously though, thanks for everything Hewitt.
Wow. All I can say is thank you to everyone who showed up at the award ceremony on Tuesday night. Simply seeing you guys reminds me how much I have SJA to thank for. New friends and old, intra- and inter-divisional, old and young, you guys have made SJA the great and fun organization it is.
12 years and a shiny medal. Countless training nights and duties. Fantasic NCOLDP days both as a candidate and an instructor. Competitions. Watching drill team on Sunday mornings. MFR with Boss and fellow 59ers (ladies' night it's celebration?). Honolulu dinners and rants. RITO! Boot shining parties. SJA Olympics (wink!).
Thanks to each and everyone of you who has made SJA what it is.
I'd like to say a special thank you to Mike Hewitt. You can annoy the hell out of me like no one else, but you've always inspired me. Plus I'm jealous that you're white. XD Seriously though, thanks for everything Hewitt.
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