I know everything will be fine with me, myself and time.
May the coming Spring bring us a new lease of life. I guess everyone's much happier with life than they were in Winter. Picnic lunches and football games have morphed the grass patch outside my hostel to a much livlier scene. Tuesday was unusual. It was 14 degrees. Everyone ran out to get their share of warmth. But the days that followed were upsettingly cold again. People (including working professionals) were caught lazing on the benches and on the ground in the city centre. Some were desperate to get a tan from the rare sunshine. Some had ice cream although the temperature's still low.
February was truly amazing. Elvand Chongwee visited Lund and we made a trip up to Helsingborg as well! Later, I visited Elvan and Chongwee in Copenhagen. We had a ton of fun together. Visitng Christiania, walking around the city, having awesome meals, visitng the marble church, watching the changing of the guard, meeting their Polish friends, crashing their lecture, and eating their home-cooked food!
Next stop: Poland. I toured the whole of Poland from North to South. Gdansk to Warsaw to Krakow to Zakopane. Poland has some interesting history and marvellous architecture! Then, we took a 16 hour night train from Zakopane to Gdansk. Sleeping in a couchette is real fun! Warsaw before the war is Warsee! Hahaha. (inside joke)
March came so quickly and it was time to head for London with Elvan and Chongwee! This was the highlight for March. So many things happened and it would be difficult to explain it all here. We went to Chelsea football stadium, Picadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, Oxford St (numerous times), Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, Harrods, Queen's Theatre to catch Les Miserables.. it goes on. I truly enjoyed the company! We had a few shocking incidents but always managed to solve them in time. Man, we are geniuses!
By the time I came back from London, it was time to start preparing for the exams. I had a week to finish our Starbucks case, prepare for B2B exam on Toyota and study for Biz Policy exam. I would gladly say I came out of the fight feeling victorious and feeling that I actually learnt some solid theories for real this time. The exam hall was totally different from the usual strict and dull NUS exam environment. There are 4 toilet cubicles in the hall and people actually queue up to use them. There is no hurry to do the exam cus it is 4 hours long. Some stroll in 1 hour later and are unfazed by the fact that everyone had an hour's headstart from them. People bring snacks, chocolate, including their breakfast cereal to eat before doing the paper and during the paper. The invigilator does not tell u that u can start writing. I sat there like an idiot for 5 minutes before starting on it. Many handed in blank papers because they would rather retake the exam in the next term. Some kept walking up and down as though it was a fashion parade. A phone rings and everyone turns to observe the noise and the perpetrator as though there wasn't an exam to complete. After every question, I had time to massage my hand, drink some water and look around for eyecandy. So many present. It was awesome.
Last Friday marked the end of my first term and the beginning of an exciting spring term. I went on a hiking trip to Molle, a peninsular near Helsingborg, with my church mates and we got some cracking views of the Oresund and Skaggerat seas. It was beyond scenic or breathtaking. It was heavenly. I felt like I was on top of the world and didn't want to leave. The sea breeze caressed my cheeks and made it feel like baby skin. The clouds seemed so much like cotton candy and I stretched my hand out for it. I felt so far away from home because of the difference in climate, in scenery, and in lifestyle. Things move at a slower pace in Sweden. No one is rushing off to anywhere or shoving u in a corner.
I've got a change in perspective about life. We don't have to act busy when we are not, just to feel comfortable in Singapore and just because everyone is doing so. It isn't a losing battle. It just a psychological barrier that we gotta break. This mountain we climb is never ending. Even when u think u have reached the top, u haven't. I have this urge to just stay in Sweden forever because I love the life here. But to tell the truth, I miss my family so much. They are the kind of foundation that nothing can ever provide. I miss my bestie. I wish she were here with me to experience all the same things. But I guess this is a journey I have to chart on my own, to grow up and to learn more about life.
I go where life takes me, but somedays it makes me want to change my direction Sometimes it gets lonley, but I know that it's only a matter of my perception I just enetered this brand new world And I'm so open hearted I know I've got a long way to go but I I'm just getting started
