Tuesday, January 27, 2009
home sweet home
hongkong was a blast. i toured, i travelled, i explored. i made friends, i let my hair loose, i was myself. i did everything except study. just the thought of the alternative - of not going on exchange - makes me smile. i'd have been staring at a stack of notes wondering when i should start reading it. no such worries when all modules are s/u now :D
i tot i'd be lonely there. in fact the first few days i was. cold and lonely. but i switched myself to not-so-gregarious mode and it was ok. lots of administrative stuff to take care of anyway. even getting a student card made me feel a sense of accomplishment. Xp
later i ventured out and mingled with other exchange students and before long i had to switch back to gregarious mode to have FUN. it's the best word to describe my experience so far. FUN. i met and made friends with people from all around the world. america, europe, japan, korea, australia. even tajikistan. most of them were also on their on personal quests to have a ball of a time, and so i joined them and we made sure hk felt our presence.. hahah
i didn't know that i hated sg weather so much until i stayed at 19 degrees for a prolonged period of time. 19 degrees is my optimum temperature. 30 degrees makes me feel hot and bothered. and sweaty. i didn't break a sweat the entire time i was over in hk. now i understand why ldm placed so much emphasis on the weather. it made a helluva difference to my mood.
but sg is home. where family is. it's clean and safe, though the climate, apart from being hot and humid, is stressful as well. and home is where i need to spend the new year. with mum, dad and sis.
but now i've this sense of adventure burning inside of me. i want to explore the world, go to places i've never been to, see things i've never seen. hk would be a start. macau next, definitely. i'd probably also revisit taiwan soon. and then maybe korea and japan for my grad trip. and then the 'western' places in australia and europe. i still think of doing a masters sometime and it'll probably be in the states. i'm 24 this year. time is still on my side. there's plenty to do, lots to see.
hongkong was a blast. i toured, i travelled, i explored. i made friends, i let my hair loose, i was myself. i did everything except study. just the thought of the alternative - of not going on exchange - makes me smile. i'd have been staring at a stack of notes wondering when i should start reading it. no such worries when all modules are s/u now :D
i tot i'd be lonely there. in fact the first few days i was. cold and lonely. but i switched myself to not-so-gregarious mode and it was ok. lots of administrative stuff to take care of anyway. even getting a student card made me feel a sense of accomplishment. Xp
later i ventured out and mingled with other exchange students and before long i had to switch back to gregarious mode to have FUN. it's the best word to describe my experience so far. FUN. i met and made friends with people from all around the world. america, europe, japan, korea, australia. even tajikistan. most of them were also on their on personal quests to have a ball of a time, and so i joined them and we made sure hk felt our presence.. hahah
i didn't know that i hated sg weather so much until i stayed at 19 degrees for a prolonged period of time. 19 degrees is my optimum temperature. 30 degrees makes me feel hot and bothered. and sweaty. i didn't break a sweat the entire time i was over in hk. now i understand why ldm placed so much emphasis on the weather. it made a helluva difference to my mood.
but sg is home. where family is. it's clean and safe, though the climate, apart from being hot and humid, is stressful as well. and home is where i need to spend the new year. with mum, dad and sis.
but now i've this sense of adventure burning inside of me. i want to explore the world, go to places i've never been to, see things i've never seen. hk would be a start. macau next, definitely. i'd probably also revisit taiwan soon. and then maybe korea and japan for my grad trip. and then the 'western' places in australia and europe. i still think of doing a masters sometime and it'll probably be in the states. i'm 24 this year. time is still on my side. there's plenty to do, lots to see.