A tinny-little breather so it's update time. Realised that one of the most-asked qs around school now is : "Are you going back this Winter?" And if the answer's negative, the follow-up would be :" Then where are you travelling to?" Well, the hols' travel plans have been laid some time ago, and I'm looking fwd to Brussels with my flatmates in a while! This will be the very 1st time we're all gonna travel together, so I'm looking fwd to it q a bit..hee..and hwa chong night in London in Feb.... The advertising poster for that was sooo funny! The title was bascially 'HWACHOO'....and with the notorious cold UK weather here (esp during the winter), it's just so appropriate! Plus...this is kind of like an internal joke...so usually only the hc ppl will understand the extent of its lameness...heh.
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I've been so used to the kind of student life we lead here now that it was only yesterday, in the midst of all those stress over the impending presentation that it suddenly hit me how 'unconventional' a life we actually lead. (well, comparatively so) Back home, the usual 'timetable' of each holiday used to evolve around going to town with the khakis, moping ard at home or vegetating in front of the comp, watching TV and DVDs, etc.
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Just caught up with a couple of friends via msn earlier on. Realised how cut off I'm from some ppl ever since I got here. It's really amazing at times when I think about how varied my circle of friends and acquaintances is, especially after immersing in the international community at Notts. But I do find myself wishing too that I was able to keep in closer contact with those I've not spoken to for what seems like eons now. For those that I still do keep in contact with, I'm thankful for them...
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Right now it feels as if I've been here for ages already, and it's like a 2nd home to me. (My home will always be in Singapore ;) And to think of how apprehended I was initially... we've all come a long way now....and've still got a long way more to go... I suppose living together with friends that one can clique/ click with well enough helps to make the independent and sometimes lonely life abroad somewhat better. I found that I did not pine for last year's hall life too much, only missing some of the friends there at times, so I guess I'm quite comfortable where I am now, despite the hassle of cooking for oneself when one is really really tired and pressed for time, and yet famished too. Haha..but the joy of conjuring something that's more than edible is enough to compensate for that. Oh, and the freedom to choose what you want to eat, and when..something that is not possible in the halls...
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Pretty trivial stuff that's currently on my mind now. But just sharing anyway. There were stuff these couple of days that made me really irritated, for which I'd have gladly 'bitched' about here, but well, other nice stuff compensated for the vile experiences so I shan't do that..phew eh.. Haha...and anyway, you guys dunno those people anyway. So..yups.