The Sunny Little Island

Singapore has been great. It really feels as though as I didn’t left. Everything is more or less the same. Other than a few more shopping centers that are being build here and there. All my friends are having exams now which sucks because I literally have nothing to do because none of them want to go out with me now. But things are about to change now that everyone’s exams are finishing. Hope you guys did well.

Going out with my army friends tommorrow and my council friends the day after. Yeah! Lots of exciting activities planned for me ahead.

I’m kind of lost at what to write because there is nothing much to write. I have been going to my dad’s office, helping him with some computer repair. Other than that I’m at home watching tv. Life is good……………..

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Back Home.

Yes. No need to hide anymore. I’m back home after approximately 8 months. The surprise failed pretty miserably because my friends posted up pictures of me in the plane on facebook. I didn’t expect them to be so efficient. Anyway Singapore is more of less the same and it feels like I didn’t leave at all. Everything around me stayed the same except for some shops which changed but that’s ok. It’s comforting to still recognise everything around me, a welcoming change from adelaide. A place where I wish things didn’t change so much.

Met with Willy the next day. Ok. I sort of surprised him at his house though I think his mum got a bigger shock than willy. Haha. It’s nice to see him again. Talk to him about anything and everything though I didn’t want to stay too long because he is having exams. Quite irritating. I’m stuck at home because everyone else is having exams and stuck at home too.

I have quite a lot of activities planned for next month and I’m pretty psyched about it. Lots to do and I do want to meet up with all my friends before I leave for australia next year again.

I’m glad that the holidays came at the right time.

x days to Freedom

I kind of ran out of stuff to study although that is quite an excuse, because in Med, there is nothing called there’s nothing to study because there is no limit to the amount you need to know. So yes, I’m lazy. Made another study session today but as usual, it turned out to be pretty crappy, not that I was expected results since the last one was equally crappy.

I should write some reflections about my first year here. I would say it was good at first. I was glad to know that there were so many Singaporean students. Living by myself is not easy, I do appreciate my mum more, for everything she does at home. Seriously, all these chores take up quite an amount of time and being a neat freak, I find myself spending a sizeable amount of time doing these chores. Motivation was no problem I guess, I have always been studying by myself and I pride myself in knowing stuff. I do enjoying learning about all these stuff knowing that they somehow will be useful one day. I skype with my family almost everyday so I do feel somewhat connected though homesickness can strike you anytime and anywhere.

Friends wise, I got to know a lot of people not just Singaporeans but Australians too and most of them are really nice. I would like to take this oppotunity to thank tommie and dave. (my room mates) Without them I don’t think the transition would have been so smooth. Hopefully, I will get to live with you guys next year if we get the house again. The year1 singaporean med students have been great too, I guess the sad thing is that I have yet to find any close friends. Sure, all of them are great, but I can’t seem to find someone that I can share my problems with. Maybe because there are too little guys? Haha. We only have 5 including juan this year. I kind of felt that everyone moved on except me and now I feel somewhat alone. It can be a bit depressing at times. I don’t need a lot of friends, I just want someone I can share my problems with. O well, till then I shall continue hiding in my dungeon.

I sit here wondering if everyone has a close friend whom they can share their problems with. Or is it time for me the grow up? Well, I have 3 months to think about that because there’s willy back in Singapore for me to complain to. Haha.

 

Home Soon…..

In x amount of days, I will be home and the closer you get to it, the more homesick you get. (I always use x because I don’t want willy to know when I’m coming back, I’m supposed to give him a spot check to make sure he is studying and not partying in ntu.) MEQ is over and it was alright, questions were expected nothing out of the ordinary which is good. Next comes resource which is tomorrow. I’m looking through past year papers now so hopefully, everything will be fine. I can’t wait till Bio is over, although there will still be MCQ/SAQ but we have 4 days to prepare for that. So I can take a mini breather once that is over.

So many things to remember…. AHH!!!

Strangely I don’t feel as anxious as the Sem 1 exams. I guess my adrenal glands have given up/ exhausted, which is good/bad. Haha. I don’t know. I just can’t wait till Singapore. Whee…

Chips Or Chocolate

I was doing my spendings for last month and I realised that for the month for Oct I have only spent around $230 bucks, not counting rent. Shows how anti-social I have been last month. My average is around $400? Yup.

A random question. I realised people have stopped commenting. So asking a random question in a desperate attempt at trying to get people to comment. Hahaha. I’m so bored from studying. It’s the exam time and I know people survive on a lot of junk during these periods. Instant noodles, cookies, chocolate, chips. Me included, especially when I’m too lazy to whip up  decent meal.

I guess I can divide people into 2 main groups. What do you like to munch on while studying? Chips or Chocolate? I am chips person, nothing beats the crunchy sound when you bite onto it. The potato goodness just hits the spot. How about you?

Exam Time!!!

Exams are coming soon!!! AH!!! But it’s good in a way because that means I’m going home for 3 good months! Wohoo! Although I don’t have much idea what I’m going to do in the 3 long months. (I only have so much friends to go out with) Maybe I should get a temp job? Though I think it will be hard to find considering I can only work for 2 months. Anyone want to hire me? Going to Bangkok with willy and zx, looking forward to it. Too bad kenneth can’t go. Other  than some planning for SA,  I should be relatively free. Wonder what the others will be doing…….

Nothing much happened last few weeks. I have been pretty antisocial, going home straight after school. Haha. Slowly retreating back into my shell. It’s been a good year and I had fun…

Nothing will be happening these few weeks cause everyone will be busy studying including me. I will try to post but it will probably be me whining. Haha. O well, back to the infinite muscles in the upper limb..

Somebody to Love….

Can anybody find me somebody to love?

Haha. Sorry. That was really random. Happened that I know this song and glee happened to sing it too. Now it’s stuck in my head. Haven’t been really productive today. Don’t know why. But I really need to start studying for exams soon. I’m making myself draw up the exam timetable so I can scare myself into studying. Haha. Can’t believe it. In a month, I will be done with 1 year of school while my friends in uk and us would have just started. Haha.

There is a handover dinner tomorrow, which means my night time tomorrow is burnt too. Tomorrow shall mark a new SA. By the way, I don’t think I said it in my blog, but I am the Treasurer for Singapore Association Committee’10. Kind of glad I got this post. I would love to get involved in some planning and stuff, something which I haven’t done since the end of JC (i don’t really count planning routes in army planning). It’s gonna be a pot luck so looking forward to good good food. Hopefully, I will be able to take some photos. Haha.

One (school) year has just passed like that. It’s really fast. Looks like 6 years ain’t that long after all. I felt I have really grown a lot, venturing out of my comfort zone and I’m glad I have made it. It wasn’t easy and I believe there is always more room for improvement. The one thing I guess I learnt the most is opening up to people. I think I’m still really shy in front of strangers, but I feel a lot more comfortable in initiating conversations with strangers. Haha.

I miss my family. I miss my parents and my sisters. I miss going to my dad’s office to help him to fix computers and listening to radio stories that repeat 3 times a day. I miss my sisters mimicking the voices of my soft toys. I miss going to my sister’s lab to help her with her experiments although they always seem to fail when I’m there. I miss going to the movies to watch chick flicks with my sisters.

I miss my friends too. I miss you a lot Willy. How you are always late and I will always have to wait for you outside your condo. I miss our prata outings when we were in JC. I miss our completely random and abrupt 17/05 outings. I miss my council friends, how we use the celebration of birthdays as an excuse to have an outing. I miss my SJAB friends particularly my team, Jonathan, Wei Lun, Xuan Cheng. I miss you too Kenneth. I miss whining to you about my problems and how you keep calling me fat.

Guess I found the reason why I’m so distracted today. Acute Homesickness. Hopefully it will pass in a few days. 1 more month. Hang in there….

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That tonight’s gonna be good night.

I spent the whole of yesterday not doing any work!!!! O.o

Anyway like almost everyday in the holidays I woke up late. Haha. Paying back all the sleep debt that I owe. I am starting to get worried about the exams now that the exam timetable is out. I’m finishing on the 16 Nov at 1130. That will signal the end of my year 1. That is if I pass the exams. Haha. So fast.

Anyway, the 3 of us (me, tommie and dave) cooked hokkien mee yesterday! It was really fun. Took a few photos too. We aslo made kueh lapis and that took quite a bit of time. The whole morning was spent on getting all the ingredients. Running around various stalls looking for ingredients and through this I realise that there are really many stalls in chinatown that I never knew. I really wanted to get a wok!! But decided against it. Haha. I’m such a cheapo. But $19 bucks for a good sized wok isn’t too bad. I shall ask my mum on how to get good woks. Hahaha.

So the afternoon was spent on all the cooking. Prepared the prawn broth which was really potent and painstakingly made all the 9 layers one by one in our kueh lapis. The kueh is really pretty though. So pretty it looks fake. The hokkien mee was really good! So was the kueh lapis. I whipped up another batch of fruit salad from the remaining fruits from kat’s party. After cleaning up, some of the year2 came over to have some drinks before going clubbing. I guess it was fun to watch them get high. Haha. I didn’t drink anything though, other than fruit juice.  Played some drinking games with them but I only drank juice. Lol.

Yesterday was a lot of fun. The most fun I have had since the start of the holidays.