♥ $herRi3 ♥: January 2012

2011 has been a very eventful and interesting year for me.

Early this year, I graduated with my bachelors from U of A with several leadership awards which I was pretty proud of. I didn't know all my work was recognize till today, that the UA is still sending me emails to host events. I also applied to grad schools and LOTS of jobs nervously, got accepted into all the universities I applied to (Thank God! ^_^) , went back to KL for summer, got to spend time with my family, and moved to an entire new city. Packing up and move to an entire new city, starting a new chapter in my life was definitely not an easy one. Having to make new friends and adjusting to an entire new environment, transition was definitely a challenging one. Having an awful and discriminating professor made it even harder. A bad roommate choice was the cherry on top of my bad start in the city.

Well, there were definitely some happiness in my new chapter. I got 2 new pets for my birthday. 2 beautiful and playful leopard tortoise: Rain and Skye. Both of them had kept me company each day, close by my side. They were adorable! hehe..I made new friends, exploring my new home, ate lots of donuts! and also lots of asian food..haha..

Christmas was simple and fun. I made dinner for two: roast chicken, potatoes, campbell soup and sweet corn. Oh, and sparkling grape juice too! It was delicious. We also had ice cream for dessert. Yummy~~~ We were so full after all the food. Skye and Rain had their choice of salad and got to walk around the apartment all night.

However, things turned for worse again. Rain started getting very very sick due to a stupid stupid roommate. You see, there was a rat in the apartment that happened to came into my room. So, she decided to spray pesticide on ALL my belongings, including my 2 poor tortoises. When I told her to stop, she said "this pesticide is for roaches, it won't kill anything else but roaches .. " How stupid can she be? Another thing is, if it really only kills roaches, then why would she try spray it on a rat??? Urgh...anyways, my tortoises started getting sick and lost their appetite. Skye started recovering in a week but Rain was having lots of difficulties. He was alright in the beginning, but since Christmas, his health started taking a very bad turn, losing all appetite and all ability to retain heat. Unfortunately, all clinics were close for the holidays and with the cold weather, it was killing him. So, I had to hold him all the time, lay him on my stomach and legs to keep him warm ..but I guess it wasn't enough. On 27th morning, Rain died. I woke up only to find him lifeless. I was heartbroken because I was going to take him to a vet later that day. Skye was depressed (still is).

So, I went to get a box to put him in. I took him to a nearby vet to confirm that it's dead before we headed out to bury him. Since there wasn't any where to bury on campus or near my apartment, we took a 2 hour drive to Chatham Beach to bury him by the lighthouse and the beautiful beach. After finding the perfect spot, wrapping his lifeless body and digging up the hole, we said our goodbyes and buried him. I was definitely sad to lose my best friend who had always been by my side for the last 2 1/2 months. Right now, Skye is depressed, constantly looking for his brother around the apartment, waiting for Rain to show up for meals together..it was sad to see his eyes and the way he was acting. So, I'm spending time looking after him, making sure he will be alright.

That was a wrap of my 2011. Filled with many excitement, happiness and sadness. Although it ended sad, it was definitely an eventful one. I hope the new year would be a good start and no more bad stuff.

Here are some pics from the last few months: