maurice's farewell today brought back alot of memories for me.
despite the fact that the photos on the slideshow gloria made were cringe-worthy and very unglamorous.. it brought me back to the moments from two years ago. as i sat there listening to chris sing 24 by switchfoot, i glanced around the room, taking in the faces that i wouldn't see for very long. memorizing the voices, imprinting the scene in my mind. and as my gaze swept the room, all of a sudden i saw priscilla from two years ago, laughing with her big trademark flower in her hair, full of .. a very different sort of enthusiasm. there was like a light that lit up tonight whilst 24 was played, something she glowed with that i hadn't seen very often.. or maybe not in the past year or so. my eyes turned to gloria, and i saw in a flash, us in year 10, giggling over nothing. and maybe tonight, sharing the same sentiments as we collapsed into giggle after giggle over the littlest and bestest things. perhaps no one else shall read my mind quite so clearly as her, because i only have to catch her eye to share a smile over a thought nobody else will know. i saw michelle, a new face in my life this year that has brought me alot of joy and encouragement, as well as much-needed company in family gatherings;) i saw em, someone who..lately i haven't seen much, but i know i will never stray too far from, i saw tracy,jess,zhen,sarah, new friends i only really got to know this year who each have played a part in making this year the special memory it is.. and it's gone by in a flash. loads more faces that have become a blur in the happy pictures in my mind.

so much time has passed. the moments've slipped by without us reaching out to grasp it.
and now that leaves us at a crossroads, each taking different paths.
where does that leave us?