advent of winter.

it's unbelievable what difference a day makes.

yesterday, london had experienced dusk at a little under 6pm. today, as i was walking home from school at half 4, it was turning dark.

it is the advent of winter and as steady as it looks, it's on its way.

this is the time of year where every part of this world i live in is having shorter days and longer nights. it is also the time of year where the unforgiving icy winds sweep through the country and all in its way.

nostalgia winds me up as i ponder back to the time where i was right where i am but never expecting to be doing what 2010 has brought me to do. 1 year ago i arrived in heathrow airport for the first time in my life and getting around the ever so 'efficient' tube system of london was an absolute nightmare. it was also this time 1 year ago where i met friends whom i never thought would be one of the most important people in my life.

i also thought about how the past year had been my journey through strange twists of fate. if it weren't for all these people and how our walks of life met, i wouldn't have met Gordon, whom is someone i share my emotions with, someone i love, my best friend and everything more.

walking through the high streets of holborn today, i began to appreciate the idea of winter; it is a time where everything goes into hibernation, life hides away in the warmth of comfort, away from the hostile and brutal weather. it is also a time where things come to an end and awaits a new start, how we start the concluding pages to the end of our yearbooks. i've never seen winter in such a meaningful way (not to mention for the last 20 years of my life i've been living in a tropical island) because of how depressing winter always seems.

where there is a start, there's always an end.

as much as i wish for spring to make its debut in the new year, i'd like to revel in the chills of winter -- as unpleasant as it might sound.