Stayed in again today. Spent some time sorting through all the pamphlets I have gathered over the past week, uploading the photos I have taken since coming here, and of course, smiling more and more as I go through my care parcels from HOME...
This trip is really enlightening. There are so many things we should be thankful for back home. Definitely things are cheaper, hot (and GOOD) food is always available just around the corner, I actually do miss the sun, but I guess it’s the general sense of familiarity and belonging of being somewhere for the last quarter of a century. Perhaps I’d feel the same about London if I stay here for the next quarter of a century. *laugh*
Everybody who knows me all tell me that I’d be fine here. I’ve been nothing but the most independent person they know. I’m fine taking care of other people, but when it comes to taking care of myself... well, i’m here to find out. It’s not easy, to not let the sense of being all alone here, get myself too down. I appreciate the sense of home-sickness, I’m glad I do appreciate what Singapore has to offer. And it helps to make me more determined to succeed at what I’m here to do, to get a good (if not great!) master’s, get funding to continue in my PhD, or get a good job to allow my parents all the travel they want to do, etc. I have sacrificed too much to throw everything down the drain because I’m feeling sad for myself.
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