Soul lost in transition between different lifestyles
Confusedboi
23
UWA
likes cars, games, movies, music, chilling with friends
hates doing work, realities of life as you get older
and so new years eve is here so fast the final year of the decade is here
in just less than 2 hours it will be 2010
i wont be making much new resolutions cos many of them i made at this year didnt come true but i will still wish for things to come true
the good stuff this year Driving licence roadtrip to margaret river region new friendships made SKYDIVING PS3 playing more tennis though im still so noobish my dad providing a set of wheels for me in AUS sightseeing in Aus watching concert live good food too many to count number of bubble tea drunk lazing around in Aus enjoying laid back lifestyle holiday to Europe fantastic scenery watching cirque de soulei performance sightseeing at lancelin watching one of my hallmates perform at St James power house
bad stuff gained weight more moody medicore grades for second sem growing misunderstanding between people losing direction in studies losing touch with pple who have graduated realizing that its very difficult to maintain close friendships in uni reduced tolerance level more easily irritated
i wish for a better year ahead in studies, health, relationships, friendships want to maintain present frienships want to get clearer sense of direction in life
time to say goodbye to 09 a fresh start in 2010
wish everyone a very happy new year!
10:27:00 PM
Monday, December 21, 2009
with each passing day so many different thoughts in my head waiting for an answer that may not come
been listening to this song over and over love it to bits
its still an upward battle against all the sugary drinks got my overdue dosage of bubbletea
now have to keep strictly to the quota once again
12:43:00 AM
the grass is always whiter on the other side Wednesday, December 16, 2009
just got back from europe yesterday in the wee hours of the morning no more snow no more cold weather no more breath taking scenery no more people dressed up nicely no more french/German/Italian speaking programs on tv
Swiss confederation really a far cry from Singapore different cultures totally
the Europeans and the Asians really have different approaches to life here in Asia in particular the 4 Asian tigers HK, TW, KR, SG its all about chasing the money make big bucks more material things cars, condo, credit cards, cash, career in SG context live to work no time to relax
in Europe its less work more on enjoying yourself the unions have more power to protect the workers rights though i must admit strikes are problematic experienced some traffic jams in Paris due to taxi drivers strike
the cold is double sided on one hand you dont sweat on the other hand your skin becomes very dry
it got me thinking do i really want to spend all my life in sg should i look to settle down in other places after i graduate can i integrate into a new country honestly speaking i find myself lost i feel that i belong neither to SG nor to Australia even though i grew up in SG it doesnt feel the same anymore it feels more like a foreign place to me increasingly over the past few years foreigners have entered enmass the mrt is overcrowded so are the buses so are the roads so are the streets sg lacks a soul staved of freedom of expression the high cost of living coupled with stagnating wages means people have to work harder the lack of minimum wage doesnt help things either so does the wide spread of cheaper foreign labor which depresses wages of lower tier jobs
and with the ruling party so firmly entrenched economic policies that sacrifice the welfare of the citizens growth at all cost model
on the way back home on the plane watched this japanese movie about a japanese diplomat investigating the disappearance of a japanese girl this song kept recurring throughout very beautiful song
on a lighter note just had a gathering with some of my army mates ate steamboat near bugis junction always check out the food before you eat it we ate at a place that caters to AT and ATB and were surrounded by AT and ATB you feel exactly back in PRC the food doesnt suit SG taste buds
nice company but not so nice food
11:54:00 PM
Greetings from Eurozone Sunday, December 06, 2009
Thursday met up with a friend from uni for lunch after that walked around town for a while before heading to swensens for desert....... I Hope i get an answer soon i said something which i have only said once in my entire life so far to her
thursday night had gathering with jc classmates ( some of them) at a joint called burger shack at kings plaza the food was pretty good its interesting to see that everyone has different viewpoints to things in life as time goes by 5 plus years ago in jc things were so much different time really changes the way you look at things
Currently in Great Britain now in the hotel lobby local time here is 935pm which means its 535 am in sg end of 2nd day in Britain arrived here yesterday night around 630pm GMT time totally jet lagged long journey from airport back to hotel one and half hours immediately went to sleep after washing up
today went on half day tour to the city saw the london brigde, Big ben Change of the guard parade at buckingham palace went past trafalgar square too the city is organised pretty haphazardly roads and streets go in all directions
had lunch at chinatown area and boy London feels crowded alright the streets are narrow the shops are pretty small you have to keep squeezing to move around the traffic is pretty insane too the london metro known locally as the tube is extremely CRAMP and extremely crowded makes me appreciate SG mrt system more
in the afternoon went to this gigantic building called herrods which itself is a gigantic shopping mall full of boutiques and other stores and it was a sea of people inside really have to squeeze back and forth its like navigating yourway through the pc fair back in sg thats how crowded it is
after that back to picadilly circus area to check out the surroundings the rainy weather made things more difficult a sea of umbrellas and pple jostling for space on tiny sideways took ages to find a ticket booth selling discounted tickets to many reputable plays however most theatres and plays are not running on Sunday which is tomorrow
just checked my results i am rather dissapointed with them i knew it wouldnt be as good as my first year but this is below what i anticipated the most dissapointing was for management accounting i thought i would do decently for it in the end it was my worst subject for the first time in my uni life got a pass ,missed credit by ONE MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!! macroecons met my prediction im fine with that so is intl trade my intro to finance fared decently it wasnt as bad as i thought so yeah real bummer was MA this confirms my thinking that i will not be touching accounting units for the rest of my uni life.
hai this results really puts a damper on my holiday mood BLEAGh
