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One year ago today

I flew to Singapore and began one of the greatest adventures in my life so far. And I want to believe it’s only the first of many. God is beyond awesome! His surprises never fail to amaze me! Thank you God for 2011! :)

After five months of living in another country, I still

• say “take away” at fastfood restos.
• stay on the left side of streets and escalators.
• think I can just go downstairs and have chicken rice and legit milk tea.
• keep Singaporean bills and coins in my wallet.
• think it’s safe to walk out in the street late at night.
• “live in Kent Ridge, Singapore” on Facebook.
• want to live, study and work in another country. Europe this time!

Slowly saying goodbye to Singapore

The semester is officially over for me. Today, I finished my last two final exams - consecutively. My brain has been fried to crispy strips of bacon. Right after, I did the laundry for the last time. Now, I’m starting to pack. *teaars* I’ve accumulated so much stuff over the past four months so I’m sending a box home ahead of me. Heehee. But my room is a mess and the closet is almost bare now. I won’t take down my polaroids and lanterns. Not yet.

I need Mcdonald’s.

Baby you’re not alone

Last few days at Central Library

I have the whole day and night to study and read fourteen chapters of Communication Management for the exam on Monday. But instead I’m on tumblr, twitter, observing others studying, straightening my pens and highlighters on the desk, listening to Ludovico Einaudi and Bieber, typing this.

I don’t know. I just keep thinking about how soon I’m leaving. I can’t. I’ll miss how everyone is so diligent. How the library is usually full that there’s no place to charge my laptop. I’ll miss watching the sunset from my favorite desk - one of the many wide and beautiful desks. Eating popcorn chicken at The Deck after class everyday. Seeing so many Europeans haha. The high tech printing room downstairs.

I’ll miss the lecture-tutorial format. How all professors send us their powerpoint presentations a day before the lecture so we can prepare. How they make sure we’re learning and catching up with lessons by emailing us regularly.

It’s such a blessing to have been able to study here at NUS, even if it was for a while. But no, no goodbyes yet. I have to study for finals first!

At the library

• Hottie from France behind me.
• Caught myself staring at his reflection on my laptop.
• Creepy, Bea. Stop. Just.
• Golden hour, beautiful as usual.
• Supposed to be working on my final paper due tomorrow.
• Tumblr is glue.
• Closing the tumblr tab now.