*First written in Secondary four for S1, moved from diaryland* “People come and go in life but they never stay put for long.” I concluded evenly. This was not the first time I felt this way. I was in college for two years. It had been hectic, but I managed the work, all alone… Being alone is nice, college homework does not give me the time for friendships. I do not fit into the college circle like what everyone does. I just stand outside the circle, enough for me to know what to do or how to complete my work. When this happens, they leave me alone. Sometimes I wonder what I have done to make people so afraid of me? Is it my looks? The way I walk and talk? Or the way I isolated myself from the others? I never get to know. I was once so friendly. I talked, I laughed, I played, and I did everything a student should do. I was so dependent on friends. I want to laugh now. Look at me. Just look at me! I live alone in the hostel room I rented. I walk alone to school. I sit alone in th