BACK TO MEMORY LANE - PART 4

We've reached the end of the first year, and it's time to make some difficult decisions. Selected students were given 2 options to consider.
1. Fast track into degree programs and accept one of the majors on offer
2. Graduate from diploma and freedom to enroll into our preferred major in degree

Most of the people we knew selected Option 1 because it's safe. Even M, our dear M. But C, S and me decided to take the risk and selected Option 2. We'd rather stay behind and complete the diploma together. Only after that, will we enroll ourselves into our preferred majors.

Came first day of the new semester, it felt rather lonely because most of the faces we knew were gone. But 3 of us sticked together and it made us strong.

However, in a later class, a familiar face popped up. Guess who??? It's B! Hehehee... Well even though it's B, it's still comforting to have one more familiar face to keep. ;P Anyway, it turned out that his posse selected Option 1 and he's the only one left.

So call it being nice or showing empathy, we decided to invite him to sit together in class - since he was all alone, and he was friends with C and S anyway, even though I don't really know him. ;P

Time passed and he eventually became one of us. Can you believe it?? B one of us! Well it's all because he turned out to be okay and most importantly, harmless - though he can be a little bit weird sometimes. But despite that, he turned out to be a gentleman too, surprisingly, which is not very common these days.

Anyway, having B in the group added as an advantage. Don't forget I mentioned that he's a brainy. Hehehee... And you know, being a brainy, he's always on top of things and so that left us with less things to worry about. ;P

B came especially handy in one of the dreadful afternoon classes, where the professor would just talked and talked non-stop just like a runaway train, and we had to keep up with him, trying to take down notes. Everything he said were somehow important as it was not easy to get reference books on the subjects discussed. To make things worse, each lecture lasted 2 hours and the subjects were so boring and not to forget, it's also nap time. Most people would usually last for an hour or so, and after that, they'll just give up. The 4 of us being good students, will try to stay awake for as long as we can. But when the time comes where we really couldn't keep up anymore, no worries, because there's always B 'hanging on to his life' to get everything down. Hehehee...

With B around also, there's no worries in trying to get the best seats in class, because he's always early. I mean 'early', not as in punctual - but 'early'. Hehehee... So by the time we're there, he's already got all the nice seats saved for us.

In between classes, we have a new place to hang out as well - B's place. Before B, we used to stay in the library or hang out at cafes which can be a bore sometimes. At B's, it's far more flexible. We can speak as loud as we want, play the music, everything! To add to it, it's very convenient as it's just around the corner where we'd have lunch everyday - making it the best spot. To return to our own dorms was a little bit troublesome as it's rather far away. By the time we're starting to get comfortable, it's almost time to get going again. So most of the times, we'd rather stay out.

Anyway, life went on this way for 2 whole semesters. But of course, there are other things happening in between...