Why does it not snow...

Why why why?
Just when I left Newcastle,
its gonna snow there this week!!!
*pulls out hair in utmost annoyance*

Stupid, stupid, stupid...
I should have stayed there for one more week...
Just one more week...

So near yet so far!!
Stupid me. =(
Now I'll never taste snowflakes with my tongue :(
I know its gonna burn...
but still...
*argh*

Home is where the heart and soul belong...

...and also where the humid sticky weather gets to me.

I am finally home - I have been home for a week already,
and slowly getting used to being home.
Looks like Singapore can change quite a lot in just half a year,
it sure takes some getting used to.

Vivo City, Sentosa, Arts canteen down, quirky food tents set up -
its like a whirlwind change for me.
And I even forgot to tap my Ez-link card when I alighted from the bus.
Now, I feel like a tourist. =)

I got a little jet lag problems, coupled with insomnia and lethargy.
Now recovering,
but sometimes it really feels like I've never left home before.
Is it good or bad?
I dont know.
Feels like I just went missing for a couple of months
and now that I am back
I am mis-placed AND dis-placed.
Feels weird.
Feels like I didnt even experience those fun months in Newcastle.

And the weather here is grrrrr.. atrocious!
Sticky and hot.
Yeap, and I was still complaining I'd rather have it hot when I was freezing my nose off in Europe.
Seems like I forgot about the humid part.
=)
But I am still getting accustomed to it :)

Coming back has made me appreciate my mummy and family more.
Nothing better than home-cooked food or looking at my dearest mummy sleep.
Looking at her hair, and her sleepy face,
thanking her quietly for everything,
including having me.
=)

I have learned somehow to be much more polite (not that I was not.. :P )
when I am served (like in a taxi, coffeeshop, etc)
and I do miss the cold nice weather.
Now donning six layers of clothes is NOT that intimidating and irritating,

except that it can be troublesome when i am out shopping for clothes,
and depressing when the sun sets early.

But I guess the independence and freedom I got overseas
is unparalleled in Europe.
Here I am afterall in comfort zone,
my family is within an arm's length,
i dont get to travel out of UK every other weekend,
Paris is not accessible to me jus like that.

That is the beauty of Europe,
to me =)

Will update more when I try to settle down.
Am taking Japanese and French lessons now -
I got inspired to learn many languages in Europe because
I saw the importance and the flexibility that comes with the knowledge of different languages while in Europe,
it gets you anywhere and everywhere.
Of course, I will further my studies on them,
including German and Spanish =)

This SEP trip has made me positive =)
with lots of energy to look towards the future!

Good things dont last...

... why don't they?

Its now 6am here in Newcastle and I just finished packing.
I have been packing since 1am and its killing me.
My bags are humongous-ly big, fat and ugly;
but i really can't be bothered.
I havent had a single wink and something tells me that
for the next 24 hours i will be having a very hard time lugging all 3 luggages
around in London and on the 13 hour flights
and without a proper place to rest.


because....



I am going home now!!!
=)


Yes, I decided to change my air ticket weeks ago and I'm on my way home now.
Back to Singapore.
Didnt tell a single soul yet until recently - was too excited and let the cat outta the bag!
Miss everyone so much.
It is one of the craziest things I have done;
but then again,
in this SEP trip,
I have done many crazy stuff.
I would never imagine my impromptu trips to London, Amsterdam, Glasgow and Paris for the whole of my life.
Anyway, before I digress..
My original date was 27th January;
but I have too much to catch up in NUS
and I really miss home terribly.
and I have no exams in newcastle because sociology modules are assessed by essays.
Loads of them - I finished 2 of them, 4000 words each a day ago.
=(

I cant wait to go home cos I cant imagine being all alone and lugging all the heavy souvenirs home.

The best and craziest thing now
is that
I havent told anyone at home that I am on my way home
and they are not expecting me at midnight on Saturday!
AND i have no keys.
Call me crazy but I hope this will make my mum and family smile...
especially my mum cos i missed her birthday last year.

I am going home!

I really cant believe it,
especially when I am deliriously tired after packing and having no sleep...

But still,
I am leaving! and on a very hurried note too :(

Goodbye land of cottage chicken, cheap thrills like Primark, Wilkinson, Food Co, Tyne Bridge, Leazes Park, days which are short and darken far too easily,
and hello to the home of yummy food like minced meat noodles, seafood, hokkien mee, mos burger and my mum's cooking...

Honestly, I will miss this place so much.
The Sing Soc guys were very nice to attend my impromptu farewell dinner at Big Mussels and were very sweet too. Very thankful to know them cos they often rendered us help and of course squabbled with me and called me 'Tiger Beer' girl because they think I look sleazy and can work as those servers in kopi tiam selling Tiger Beers to uncles.

Seriously. -_-
Haha.

But I really really love all the times we all hung out and life was so peaceful and just for the moment.

I am going home...
I still can't believe it.

I have to write some goodbye cards now,
will update once I reach Singapore...
home.
=)

Wish me luck that I am not locked out on Sat nite ;)
and I am going to eat prata!!!

Goodness, that is one big deprivation I have here in Europe =(