Back In Singapore~

Wow!

Finally back in Singapore after a month in China! It’s so much warmer and humid than in China! T.T I think the thing I will miss the most is China’s weather now. My body can’t get used to the change in temperature! I feel like I’m sweating the whole time! This will probably be the last time I’ll be posting in this blog, and I find it a little weird not to be posting about my day here. The times where the eight of us in the dorm is trying to post each of our blogs at the same time, the times where the pictures didn’t want to be uploaded, the times where we are able to post our blog with no problem then laughing at those who can’t… I will remember these memories. Who knew blogging could have given some fun times? Who knew blogging could bring all of us together? This is a pleasant discovery, and I’m sure my dormmates will agree.

Finally! Chicken rice! Laksa! Mee Sua! Bak Kut Teh! Ahhhhh. The familiar foods, the aroma we missed for five weeks. It’s all coming back now.

Going to china, made me realized lots of things.

Singapore probably has the best roads in the world. There rarely are any major bumps, the road is so smooth, even the buses can drive along without too much vertical movements. In China, even the roads in the city are pretty bumpy, potholes filled, and dusty. Coming back to Singapore, sitting in the car yesterday made me really appreciate the roads in Singapore so much more. Especially since I have to travel for at least two hours every time I go to school.

The streets. The well-lit streets, the well paved concrete paths, the clean walkways. The street lights in Wu Han was quite far spaced from one another, so sometimes the roads are very dark. The walk back from the hospital to the dorm has only a few street lights that I can count on two hands, and the last stretch leading up to the dorm doesn’t even have any street lights! I can walk on the pavements in Singapore and don’t have to worry about weird things sticking up from the ground like loose bricks, stones, and nails(I don’t even know how this came to be).

The people. It might be weird for me to say this, but I missed seeing the Muslim females wearing the Hijab, the shorts wearing population, and the different styles and dressing of the people here. Fashion and dressing in China is pretty important, because it is the way they present themselves to the world, but even though there are many different kind of clothes worn, the styles are somewhat similar. In Singapore, the styles can range from very casual (shorts and tee and flip flops) to smart (business suits anyone?) for both male and female. There are quite a few goths around, so black leather and metallic accessories can be seen pretty often.

Food. Of course the food. I mean, why NOT food when you have roti prata, mee siam, laksa, chicken rice, hokkien mee, etc etc to eat? As much as I’ve enjoyed Wu Han food, I still like Singapore food the best. J

Tap water. I missed Singapore’s tap water so much! So clean that I can just drink it from the tap alone. I can say that in Wu Han, I have never swallowed a mouthful of tap water. Not even one. As much as I know that the water isn’t as clean as Singapore’s, when the water came out of the tap was yellow, I freaked. But after that day when our water supply got cut off because the pipe got broken, I was really grateful we at least still had water to bathe, and even a heater so we don’t have to go through our cleansing routine while shivering uncontrollably.

The TV shows. Well not really, since I don’t think very highly of Singaporean dramas, but at least i understand what they are saying even without the subtitles.

The Singlish. I know this is weird too, but when I heard someone other than our Ngee Ann people speak Singlish before we boarded the plane back, I became so excited! I can see people with the Singaporean passport(lol it’s so bright its kinda tough to miss it), speaking with the Singaporean English, and the Singaporean slangs used when they speak. Man, that felt so nice.

The internet. I know we have wifi in the apartment, and in the classroom, but I really miss being able to go onto Google without using Freegate or VPN. And twitter. And facebook. You get the gist… but yeah, even though the service now is a little haywire (SingTel anyone?) I can still use the connection(probably). LOL erm…

I WILL REALLY REALLY REALLY MISS THESE PEOPLE. THE AWESOME ONES THAT MADE MY STAY THERE IN CHINA SO FUN AND ENJOYABLE. I WILL NOT FORGET THE PARTY MOVES WE DEMO-ED, THE WEIRD JOKES WE MADE, THE FUNNY THINGS AND ACTIONS WE DID, THE GOOD LAUGHS WE HAD, AND THE GOOD PEOPLE WE LIVED WITH. HOLA PEOPLE! LOVE YA~ A BIG THANKS TO ALL OUR LECTURERS AND STAFF, MS TAN, MS MIKIA, MS CHUAH, DR. SUJIT, MR LEE, 刘老师AND MR VINCENT! AND MS TAN, I STILL REMEMBER YOUR 红毛茶! 

this is Squitch and Ichigo! i separated them so they wouldn't fight. :D looking for another addition to my bag family soon :D 

family photo! taken on the last day. i'll miss you guys so much! 

AND OMG I UPLOAD PICTURES SO FAST TODAY!!!! 

a big thank you to Mr Liu as well! :D

erm, she was bullying me so... (lol not really)

COUPLE JACKET COUPLE JACKET COUPLE JACKET! 

AND MOST OF ALL, THANKS TO MY ROOMIE FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME! <3

this pic cos in the other one my eyes too small... 

So this is goodbye, Wu Han. I hope I have the fortune of visiting you again. who knows, maybe one day, i'll come back here. ^ ^ i hope i really do, and then if i'm really lucky, i'll see some familiar faces again! (and one furry one-Mei Zi i miss you...) 

Good OIP trip, and peace out~ ^ ^