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Saturday, November 25, 2006

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[ T-ray* ] blogged @ 8:07 PM

Friday, November 17, 2006

I was looking through the photos we took in Shanghai, seeing as we have to hand up a cd of the best photos and all.

Just thinking back... and I really have to stop writing in these funny broken sentences. But anyway. Seriously. Broken sentences. have. to. stop.

A tea plantation

Yes, yes, I'm getting all sentimental. Sniff sniff and I'm holding a piece of tissue in my hands. :P But hey! Thinking of the nigths makes me want to laugh- I mean looking back now, it's kinda amusing to see five crazy people running around in damp clothes and flip-flopping away in flip-flops to the hot-water dispenser with bei bei noodles and the icky icky sauce. And drinking enzymes, and then squishing five people in a room meant for 2 people - 2 people on the bed, 2 people on the floor and Huiqi by her lonesone on the other bed (with her handphone with the very loud alarm).

When we were there it felt like there was a segregation from everywhere else. Like we didn't have to worry about things at home, and how everyone was hanging in or whether they had begun killing each other or whether vulcans were circling overhead. Excuse the morbid metaphors.

We didn't really think about the homework we had to do, and the thought of studying didn't exactly cross my mind. Or training. Or other stuff.

I mean even though it was an immersion program, but it was fun. You don't ususally appreciate the things you miss until you miss them.

Hate the real world.

Or love it.

Whatever gets you through the day, right?

[ T-ray* ] blogged @ 6:31 AM

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Well, I'm back! And I know that this is kinda late, since technically I was back 3/4 days ago.

My writing has gone to absolute trash over these two weeks. But it was probably worth it. I know that before we went to Shanghai I really wasn't looking forward to it at all; ok, I was dreading it. But now that we're back, those two weeks just seem way too short. There are some memories that you just want to hold on to, and I guess Shanghai is one of them.

I'm not going to go into what we did in detail; we did too many things! But mostly we went sightseeing, and we studied in Fudan Fuzhong and we went to Hangzhou! TLE was probably the more exciting and ehhh fun activity.

It's interesting to see what people are like away from school. When we went back to school after we came back, it was just so awkward to see everyone in school uniforms. There are things you learn about people; that you never would have otherwise. Like this: I never knew that Huiqi is a clean freak; Liwen is a health freak; I'm a packing freak; Yichan and Maureen are closer to normal, but hey in life, who really is normal anyway?

Time is a difficult thing to understand. When we're there, we try to hold on to every moment, because one day it all ends. And when it does end, memories that you hold on to are never the same. Obviously. But it makes you wonder what life is about. Do you hold on to those memories or just live life that passes you by? Then what do you do?

Now, it's only been like 4 days, but it seems like yonks ago; like it was all a dream. I mean, now I look back and think of those two weeks, and all the crazy things that we did. Like Liwen's hua hua hua so fast! And her other quotes of the year, which I cannot remember!! And Yichan's obsession with that deoderent, and Maureen's slicck dance moves, and Huiqi's crazy obsession with WASHING. And mostly the nights, when we illegally played bridge (though *ahem* it wasn't quite unknown to the teachers) and went all high and crazy. It's difficult to describe in words. I think we played so much bridge I'm sick of it! And the last few days when we started all those games like fuzzy wuzzy and that incredibly annoying and dumb fly game! And the teachers like Ms Lena Teo and chai Lao shi. I never knew that Chai lao shi was so cute and amusing. ANd Ms Teo is really good-natured. ANd the TLE teachers Claudine and Kathleen. HAH! I remembered their names, for once! Even Paul Tan, who annoyingly joined us on the scavanger hunt but then treated us to lunch.

I think we carved out a number of goos memories, stored and locked in a secret safe at the back of my head to be taken out when I'm lonely. So I'd just like to say: thank you evreyone, especially Yichan, Liwen, Maureen and Huiqi for those memories.

[ T-ray* ] blogged @ 2:02 AM