Things change....don't they?!

Lotsa things have changed, i feel....and it's only been barely a day since I returned to Singapore...some ranting here....

1) Dad's car broke down...so it's a rented one for now....feels more comfy though...haha

2) My home desktop is dying on me....with super low virtual memory...(omg how did my bro and dad abuse my comp?!?)

3) My TV......still as chui as ever.....although I must say I missed watching TV when I was in the UK.....first show I randomly tuned in to was this 9pm channel 8 drama with beach, sand, beach volleyball and girls in bikini....wow!

4) Room and house layout changed quite a bit...lotsa moving about and packing as I was away as it seems....

5) My toy collection's messed up....their limbs and poses are all over the place...severely abused by my mum's cleaning and my neglect...hahaha....damn I have to get my glass cabinet!!

But it's real good to step back into my room, my very place where I seek inner peace, have a bit of privacy and get away from the hustles and bustles of the outside world...although I must say that moving back in after taking temporary shelters in so many hostels makes me feel a bit.....grounded and alien. I mean......wow....is this really my room?!?

Oh and kinda miss my roomie's kaobeing and his music blasting (wide range though constantly replayed) in the background...(omg can't believe i am actually saying this)....so while there was a loss of privacy during the past 5 months...I must say I was constantly entertained by his antics...

Ok now to the more serious stuff I guess....first day in S'pore was to head down to town to settle some matters and to take the drug test for the upcoming internship. I dunno y....but as I walked through the very heart of the financial district...it was kinda odd to see so many Asian faces again....and even more oddly to be exposed to Singlish speaking once more...I even had super huge difficulty in understanding what the bank officer was trying to tell me in her Singlish or wat the kopi-tiam uncle at Lau Pa Sat was trying to tell me....have i lost touch or wat? And to make matters worse...felt kinda claustrophobic as I walked arnd....I think I must have gotten used to the wide open spaces that Loughborough has to offer, well, in fact wat Europe has to offer in general...it's like everything's so majestic and breath-taking there.....and back in Singapore here....everything feels packed up and cosmopolitan in our busy little city. Lifestyles are also different...it's laid-back and relaxed whereas it's "rush-rush rush" here...

I actually stared long and hard thinking which line I had to take to go from Raffles Place to City Hall....(bloody hell it's one stop for shit's sake....wtf was i thinking?!?)...all the train taking in Europe has made me a bit washed out....the Singapore Flyer is already up and running....the bridge over to Suntec was demolished and there's this new underpass now....raffles city shopping centre now has a new platform rest area at the top....funan centre also has a bit of a slight revamp......milk is more ex now in stores....the new mrt stations in some MRT line has been named (saw this from the news).....so many changes in this span of 5 months....

The highlight today was meeting up with Kinwee, Victor, Simon and Tony. It's been a long time since I last saw them and it was really gr8 to meet up. Kinwee looks really happy and radiant....but he's got this huge scar on the cheek from some motor accident (makes him look more rugged though..haha)....tony's real happy that he's getting more life in his internship, after previous ranting abt his boring life in NUS last sem (and life = more girls in his dept)...victor is as usual talking about modules and FYP and supplying a whole load of info for the next semester (the way he does this and gathers info still amazes me to this day)....simon is still very serious yet a great person to talk to (always enjoy the bus ride home talking to him)....everybody's trading gossips and latest news abt chem eng ppl here and there which I found entertaining.....but....BUT.....somehow as I sat through the whole conversation...felt kinda drained.....maybe it's the jet lag or maybe it's becos I have lost touch with everyone and I am seriously not up to date with wat has been going on...and yes.....lots have been going on I can tell u....the world ain't gonna stop for u just becos u are away....life goes on....and esp. so here in sunny ol' busy Singapore...

Yes....I am seriously lost in our busy little city here......things change...or have they?!? Maybe I am the one who has changed.....Welcome back to reality...