So the first friend to enter this hall of fame, so to speak, is my dear friend…

Pamelina Chang

Pamelina Chang. I met Pam in the Fall of 2007. We both enrolled in the Journalism program at Grant MacEwan and she was the only other Asian girl in the class. Yes, that is what first caught my eye about Pam ;) Pamelina is one of my favourite people in the world. We became fast friends because we were both overachievers (though I proved to be way more over-achieving than her but she’s told me many times how my over-achieving annoying-ness motivated her to work harder as well). Our friendship grew from phone calls about homework to phone calls about life in general to us spending 15-20 minutes inside my car as I drove her to her downtown bus stop after class every day. She’s almost died in my car a number of times because of my excellent driving skills and was still brave (or stupid) enough to get back in the car the next day. We spent much of our time eating sushi and she didn’t think I was crazy during my Jonas Brothers obsessive phase (I am no longer in that phase). She also taught me things about religion, morals and she even spent 12:34:56 7/8/9 with me, cooking me an omelette! :) Pam moved to Victoria, B.C. over the summer to attend Royal Roads University for a communications degree and I miss her so much. She’s since been back to visit and we had sushi together and have also Skyped! Pam was a great classmate, an even better friend, and will be amazing at whatever she ends up doing, be it journalism, public relations/communications.