After much deep thinking (and i mean really deep) after a cup of rose tea and some chewing gum (still chewing on it) i've come to realise. Nothing and I mean nothing can bring our hearts away from home. My trip here totally supports the phrase "home sweet home" but yet again, this trip makes me realise that truly and whole heartedly that "all good things have to come to and end".

My 6 weeks of stay here has had its ups and downs no doubt. Rough nights with diarrhoea and vomitting due to cup noodles gone bad, the temptation to buy certain food but no I couldn't cos it's not halal and home sickness on days when I see my family on webcam, just to name a few. But after much thought, i realised that this whole trip is an experience I'll never get again. Like lots and i mean loads of awesome moments, friendships (even with the biscuit aunty at the underground market), road trips and most importantly the day by day experience with the other 22 EE students here on this trip has been a blessing, i would say in short.

I'll definitely miss the 22 EE friends im glad to call family, especially since we're all from different classes and we'll definitely hardly bump into each other in school. But yeah, i wouldn't have asked for better friends who would have gone through this trip with me. There were squabbles, so on and so forth but all's good. We break up, we make up. We had many laughters And news just in, Peter's going to arrange a study group before we take our final EM3A exam and after that we'll have a chalet. haha. It has awesomeness written all over it. Nothing can buy the 39 days I've spent with them. No this is not corny. This is being very appreciative of the good people around you.

So yeah i'll definitely (I'm shocked to admit this) miss the cold. haha! Its been hot for the last 3 days and yes I'll miss the freezing 3 to 15 degrees of cold and the chances of blowing smoke from my mouth. It's starting to annoy me that im starting to sweat when I walk out to buy food. Bummer. Have to get back to the swealtering hot weather again. RAH!

I'll miss the ban mian here. The awesome bread from the bakery shop, the dumplings (I don't get halal dumplings in Singapore you see), and the list of food that I'll miss goes on. The only food i won't miss wen i get back would be plain rice with dishes and cup noodles. Had bad experiences with that one.


I'll miss the people here like:






The international students here who are nice. Well, some of them.

The angry faced security guard who always isn't happy to see us.


I've learnt from this trip that everything's not golden and that we're really blessed to be living in Singapore cos we have everything and that our parents can afford the lifestyle that we have back home. And that living independantly in a foreign country is not easy at all (hint: will not go for overseas uni. haha). And we're REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY blessed to have good food from all kinds of races and cultures back in Singapore cos I'm really getting sick of eating ban mian or rice almost everyday. Thank goodness to multi-racialism.

But most importantly, what i've learnt is that us Singaporeans do not hold on to our history and culture as strongly as the Chinese do here. Which i find, very commendable and interesting cos every city or province has its own history and historical monuments that they're very proud of and even tourists from other provinces in China would go on a weekend holiday just to see visit and learn about the history of that place. Which, strangely, impresses me.

So I cannot wait to get back and do some catching up with my friends and netball girls, spend more time with my dad since he's going to be leaving for China in like a week's time for maybe half a year or so and of course get my modules done and over with. I think what I really can't wait for is, absurdly, FOR MY SECOND YEAR IN SCHOOLS TO START. haha. But yeah, I'll admit to it, I'll miss this place for sure.


Cheers to the 6 weeks of awesome company and experience!






like all good stories with simple endings, ill end off my very last post for this blog with,

ok so this was what happened today.

woke up at 12 to find kit ming and kang qi packing. packed later in the afternoon and

the rest went for steamboat with dr zhu while me and kang qi chose to go halal. had my last plate of gan ban mian and i must say i am shocked to say this but. I ATE IT VERY VERY SLOWLY. haha! embracing and enjoying every strand of the delicious concoction.

so im back in my dorm thinking. am i really that excited to leave this place?

ps. i spent quality time with amanda. haha! we laid out the notebooks in my luggage to fit in like jigsaw puzzle. haha :)

we received our certificates today.


and had a lunch reception for the lecturers that taught us and helped us throughout this 6 weeks of stay here. it's supposed to be Good Friday but they dont celebrate it here so no public holiday.
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after that we had free time so we went into town again. i wanted to buy a fedora hat but as promised kang qi refrained me by chanting 'money money money'. so i didn't buy any. bought my dad some nuts though.

i have one meal left at the halal stall before we leave here. ban mian will never be the same to me again. haha. packing day tmw. boo.