Phooi Yee left yesterday. I'm sure I'll see her again in Singapore sometime. The apartment is quieter without her. I already miss talking cock with her.
Gillian and Ellen left this morning. I woke up to send them off. I'm surprised Steve didn't make the effort to send Gillian off. I could see that she was quite sad to go and to leave me here. I'm touched by that. She called me in the afternoon from MEL to ask me how to ask how to fill in the departure form. At that point I really wish that I could hold on to that phone call forever. I'll miss being an elder brother to Gillian.
Tania is leaving early Friday morning. At least I'll be able to give her a ride to the airport and say goodbye at the very last moment.
I don't really know about the Marine Terrace house people. I must visit them tomorrow or something and ask to see if they are doing anything. Chris is sure to throw a going away party. Haven't been there since the start of the exams two weeks ago.
Everyone's slowly leaving. But, as everybody points out, it's really me who's leaving and not coming back. I'm sure I'll come back someday but at a time when they would all be gone and maybe scattered around the world.
Gotta give Joey a ride to her exam venue tomorrow. The more I get to know her, the more I realise how different our worlds are, despite coming from the same region on Earth. I'm attracted to her but it's more lust than anything I think.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Thinking About Saying Goodbye
Well, almost there. Just the HRD exam on Tuesday to go. Then I'm home free. Maybe it'll be the last exam I ever take. Maybe but not likely.
I'm approaching the end of the semester with a heavy heart. I hope that saying my goodbyes will not be as hard as I think it would be. Saying goodbye to the Malaysians should be alright...I'm fairly sure I'll see them again. For the Singaporeans it's a matter of if I wanna see them.
It's the other people. Tania, who's such a good person. Hong Kong Sharon, whom I wish I know better. Justyna, whom I wish I could bring along wherever I go. The Koreans, who have been nothing but open and accepting.
The weather's good today. Have to go for a run later. Haven't gone for a proper run since I met Joey. :P
I'm approaching the end of the semester with a heavy heart. I hope that saying my goodbyes will not be as hard as I think it would be. Saying goodbye to the Malaysians should be alright...I'm fairly sure I'll see them again. For the Singaporeans it's a matter of if I wanna see them.
It's the other people. Tania, who's such a good person. Hong Kong Sharon, whom I wish I know better. Justyna, whom I wish I could bring along wherever I go. The Koreans, who have been nothing but open and accepting.
The weather's good today. Have to go for a run later. Haven't gone for a proper run since I met Joey. :P
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Full
I had mash and chicken with broccoli and carrot in white sauce for lunch at 2.30pm. I just finished dinner which was Phooi Yee's wantan mee with a huge bowl of wantan. I'm so full now I'm sick. :-!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Winter
Winter officially starts today, although it's slightly warmer today than it has been for the past few. It's raining now but it's in tiny drops, and it's a fine cooling mist. I think I will miss this kind of rain. Never gets it in Singapore.
Hasn't rained much in autumn, so I guess it's apt that it rains on the first day of winter.
Last class for my bachelor degree in about an hour, a tutorial for Workplace Relations. I don't feel particularly happy or particularly sad; I'm more worried about studying for the exams. Certainly not like when I was in poly. There I has a tutorial group I took all my classes with. Not here, so I don't get that sense of belonging.
I can't decide whether not feeling anything is good or bad. Not feeling much of anything must be the dominant emotion of my uni life. I'm just not very excitable, even coming here for the first time last February wasn't that exciting for me.
I'm not that excited about going home anymore. I've really enjoyed learning and thinking and the thought of the tediousness of looking for a job that I am willing to accept is making me wish I could just stay here and study some more.
Hasn't rained much in autumn, so I guess it's apt that it rains on the first day of winter.
Last class for my bachelor degree in about an hour, a tutorial for Workplace Relations. I don't feel particularly happy or particularly sad; I'm more worried about studying for the exams. Certainly not like when I was in poly. There I has a tutorial group I took all my classes with. Not here, so I don't get that sense of belonging.
I can't decide whether not feeling anything is good or bad. Not feeling much of anything must be the dominant emotion of my uni life. I'm just not very excitable, even coming here for the first time last February wasn't that exciting for me.
I'm not that excited about going home anymore. I've really enjoyed learning and thinking and the thought of the tediousness of looking for a job that I am willing to accept is making me wish I could just stay here and study some more.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Hard Run
Low temp, low humidity. Hard to run. Must run shorter route next time to acclimatise. But I'm going home in 6 weeks so maybe I shouldn't get used to the cold now. Random thoughts. I should be studying.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
An Afternoon Run
Going for a run in the cold yesterday, I decided to bring my phone along, so I can take pictures of the running route I usually use. Like many things in Hobart, it dominated by the view of Mt Wellington and Wrest Point is always a landmark.
I'll miss this quiet route, which never fails to reward me with its views of Sandy Bay, the city, Wellington and the Eastern Shore.
Wrest Point Casino from Churchill Ave:
Houses are built on the slope, giving most people good view of the Derwent:
Early in the run, a long torturous slope:
The setting sun behind me, going down behind Mt Wellington:
At the top of the slope, at Red Chapel Ave, with teh first good view of the Eastern Shore of the Derwent:
Looking down across the houses of Lower Sandy Bay from the upper reaches of Churchill Ave:
The Eastern Shore, as viewed from along Churchill Ave:
Wellington, as viewed from towards the end of Churchill Ave:
The Eastern Shore, from Alexandra Battery:
The paradoxically-named Long Beach:
Onto Nutgrove Beach:
With Wellington in the background and Wrest Point in the forground:
Up from Nutgrove Beach, onto Sandy Bay Road, into the sun:
Towards Wrest Point Casino, a welcomed sight:
Turning into Uni grounds, across from the yachts of the Derwent Sailing Squadron:
Up Earl Street, along the ruby ground:
Wellington, from Earl Street:
Almost there, just up this pedestrian bridge:
And these flight of stairs:
To there:
Done, typically just over 40 minutes:
This, too, I will miss.
I'll miss this quiet route, which never fails to reward me with its views of Sandy Bay, the city, Wellington and the Eastern Shore.
Wrest Point Casino from Churchill Ave:
Houses are built on the slope, giving most people good view of the Derwent:
Early in the run, a long torturous slope:
The setting sun behind me, going down behind Mt Wellington:
At the top of the slope, at Red Chapel Ave, with teh first good view of the Eastern Shore of the Derwent:
Looking down across the houses of Lower Sandy Bay from the upper reaches of Churchill Ave:
The Eastern Shore, as viewed from along Churchill Ave:
Wellington, as viewed from towards the end of Churchill Ave:
The Eastern Shore, from Alexandra Battery:
The paradoxically-named Long Beach:
Onto Nutgrove Beach:
With Wellington in the background and Wrest Point in the forground:
Up from Nutgrove Beach, onto Sandy Bay Road, into the sun:
Towards Wrest Point Casino, a welcomed sight:
Turning into Uni grounds, across from the yachts of the Derwent Sailing Squadron:
Up Earl Street, along the ruby ground:
Wellington, from Earl Street:
Almost there, just up this pedestrian bridge:
And these flight of stairs:
To there:
Done, typically just over 40 minutes:
This, too, I will miss.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
This I Will Miss
Blue skies, clouds in the distance, boats in the river. The eastern shore of the Derwent. The Commerce building. This I will miss.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
A Heavy Heart
7 weeks to go. All assignments and other pieces of assessments done. Only the exams left. Corp Regulation and Accountability on 12th, Workplace Relations on 17th and HRD on 20th. Then free for 12 days before I go home for good.
I've made up a list of things I don't wanna bring home and who I wanna give them to. I'll add more as I go through my stuff.
As the time for returning to Singapore draws nearer, my heart grows heavier.
Two weeks ago, I wanted nothing more than to get this over with and go home. Now, I'm starting to miss this place already. I'll miss so much things here. The crappy and unpredictable weather making life interesting, the long bushwalks in the cold with friends, Justyna who is wise beyond her years, Gillian who never fails to make me laugh, the night-time view of the Tasman bridge and the eastern shore from my room, sitting in the semi-darkness in my room doing my work, sleeping in the cold inside my sleeping bag, the freedom to do anything I want and not be (mostly) answerable, being able to just walk a few steps and go look for a friend to talk to, being one of the older guys around.
I never really had this role anywhere else. Being the oldest. Taking care and nurturing of the younger, less mature ones. Surprising, I find myself liking it. I'm not sure I'm doing too good a job at it but at least I think I'm making a little difference.
Went to the Singaporean Students Society BBQ at King's Beach. King's Beach is just what everybody calls it even though it is really called Flynn's Park and is located along Marieville Esplanade. It's such a pity that it's set up just as I am leaving. I really enjoyed talking to fellow Singaporeans with whom I don't have to watch what I am saying because they will know all my nuances and understand my pronunciation and slang. I've missed that and that's mostly why I miss home but I'll be missing this place so much too.
I guess this is the only SSS function that I'll be joining but I paid the AUD 5 to join the society anyway. It was nice to meet so many Singaporeans, I always wondered where they were hiding themselves cos I only know a few and know of a few more.
My shin hurted when I tried to run last Monday. I'll try again tomorrow.
Chris is finally throwing this 21st birthday party on Friday, 5 months after he actually turned 21. I wonder what I should get him, if anything at all. Prob not. No money.
I've made up a list of things I don't wanna bring home and who I wanna give them to. I'll add more as I go through my stuff.
As the time for returning to Singapore draws nearer, my heart grows heavier.
Two weeks ago, I wanted nothing more than to get this over with and go home. Now, I'm starting to miss this place already. I'll miss so much things here. The crappy and unpredictable weather making life interesting, the long bushwalks in the cold with friends, Justyna who is wise beyond her years, Gillian who never fails to make me laugh, the night-time view of the Tasman bridge and the eastern shore from my room, sitting in the semi-darkness in my room doing my work, sleeping in the cold inside my sleeping bag, the freedom to do anything I want and not be (mostly) answerable, being able to just walk a few steps and go look for a friend to talk to, being one of the older guys around.
I never really had this role anywhere else. Being the oldest. Taking care and nurturing of the younger, less mature ones. Surprising, I find myself liking it. I'm not sure I'm doing too good a job at it but at least I think I'm making a little difference.
Went to the Singaporean Students Society BBQ at King's Beach. King's Beach is just what everybody calls it even though it is really called Flynn's Park and is located along Marieville Esplanade. It's such a pity that it's set up just as I am leaving. I really enjoyed talking to fellow Singaporeans with whom I don't have to watch what I am saying because they will know all my nuances and understand my pronunciation and slang. I've missed that and that's mostly why I miss home but I'll be missing this place so much too.
I guess this is the only SSS function that I'll be joining but I paid the AUD 5 to join the society anyway. It was nice to meet so many Singaporeans, I always wondered where they were hiding themselves cos I only know a few and know of a few more.
My shin hurted when I tried to run last Monday. I'll try again tomorrow.
Chris is finally throwing this 21st birthday party on Friday, 5 months after he actually turned 21. I wonder what I should get him, if anything at all. Prob not. No money.
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