Finally! 2 weeks holiday break. What am I gonna do tho? Not too sure yet, but the prospect of no school is always an appealing one. Still, i've got some work to catch up with, and i dont think i'll start studying just yet, but will definitely have to get my materials ready for the final NCEA exam.
Last day of school today, we went to the zoo for a bio field trip. Honestly ler, nothing special la. It's got all the standard zoo animals-lions, tigers, elephants etc. But surprisingly, the main attractions were orangutans. It's pretty unreal that the ppl here kinda appreciate that the orangutans are rare, and possibly endangered, whereas back home in malaysia, we hear of illegal orangutan poaching, and mostly we think, oh, there's plenty more in the jungle la..
Course, this really wasnt the first time i've seen an orangutan. I've even held a baby one once, i cant remember where i was on holiday la-one of the places in malaysia, so to me it was nothing special, but teachers, zookeepers etc, keep talking about the orangutan, like it was really all that important to the evolutionary chain and stuff. Well, what i'm trying to say is, maybe we do have a bigger part to play in the history of the world, and the history of man than we know it, just that, we're not really being responsible enough to conserve that uniqueness. The animals in the zoo are also pretty close to u, we actually nearly touched some Emus(we all chickened out la..), had larikeets flying over our heads and barely miss us, and even fed the baboon 2 apples(shh..don't tell la..). I've been to KL Zoo once, i dunno how many thousand years ago, and imho, the biggest difference is that the Auckland Zoo is C-L-E-A-N. It gives the kind of secure, nice feel to the place, whereas back home, the zoo feels really dirty and cooped up. The last time i was there anyways, so hopefully it's better now.
Time really flies. It feels like just yesterday i was back for the mid year holidays, having a great time with all yous. It's surreal how we get caught up in our lives, and never realise it, and suddenly, so much time has passed. It definitely doesnt feel like a school year that i've been here for. At times, i feel like i've lived here for more than a year and it's like..whoa..has it only been ONE year? At other times, i feel like..whoa, the school year's just flown by..shit..what have i learnt? haha. Yes, i probably regret all the friends i could have made, all the times i should have said something, all the things i should have done, here and back home, but yeah, i guess, that's the way with life-you either do, or you dont, and if you dont, there's no point looking back.
Even as i sit here reminiscing, seconds and even minutes of life dribble by and i wonder, what did i not do that i would look back to and say.."Damn, i wish i did that.." or something to that effect.
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