The view of today's rainy evening at 6pm from the 2nd floor of Biz block
yes, we're very pampered and there're escalators and lifts and we are only 5 stories high...
The main central part of the Biz block, on a clear sunny day, it's brighter but there's actually a huge shelter over the top to prevent rain from pouring into the atrium, the doors around are study rooms like the photo further below, all air conditioned of course
And we all have student cards like this to tap onto sensors installed everywhere in school and on campus to enable only authorised personal gain access into the school's facilities (university ground is actually open to public, so these sensors act as filter to weed out outsiders)

Since my days back home, I have either been staying in bed while the sun is out or watching tv. basically, it's not as party-like-no-tomorrow as vienna. Yes. my life is that boringat home. Except for the few dinners with friends and mahjong(chinese poker sessions) i have with my friends, other stuffs basically involve watching tons of tv, sleeping, and eating. alcohol is not a big part of my life here, well, with such high prices for them, definately not. So I have been making myself a cup of Vienna Forever fruit infusion (thanks to Claus!) and enjoying those Mozart Chocos (thanks to Cathi!) at home while sitting with my huge gigantic belly sticking out on the sofa watching tv, bad tv, at least...
The jet lag is still here! I had no sleep for the past 24 hours and counting simply because if I sleep now at 4 or 5 pm, I'll wake up at 11 pm and my jet lag will never go away! Hence, I was so tired in class just now that if not for the gossipy blog i was reading on my lappie, I'd have fell asleep right in front of the boring and utterly non-aesthetically pleasent looking professor(which just makes matters worse!). So contemplating dropping this course and switching to Woman In Film even though there is an exam for it. Actually, I think i did bid for WIF just now...hmmm, or am i dreaming? Anyway, still in school using the wireless LAN they have as my internet at home is still not fixed.
Anyway, it felt kindda weird to be back home; back home to this sucky system where everyone just mug and have no fun. Also, i'm missing alot of friends in school cos' they're all leaving for exchange in Europe. The only thing i feel close to me is the sweat I am dripping all over Singapore. The weather is typically December, meaning, monsoon and raining and with sweltering temperature of 24 degress celsius to 30, that means it's a perfect combination of humidity and wet armpit stains on dark colored tops. Managed to talk to Mindy over Skype during class and I think the entore fucking class knows I ain';t paying attention to Mr Bore-Me-To-Gossip-Blog-Reading-To-Stay-Fucking-Awake, simply because my keyboard was LOUD with the nice rythm of me typing against the keyboard. Mindy was complaining bout the wet and cold weather she's going through in Oregon and in her words, Singapore's weather's like the hotter version of her part...Ha. Aptly described.
Many things happened in Asia too. Firstly, i think 6 (definately not lesser than this amount) bombs were blasted on 31 Dec in Bangkok killing 3 and injuring 30+, then, an airplane went missing in Indonesia 2 days ago and till date, the government has not found where the hell it is. Back home, a middle aged lady fell down a short fleet of stairs in the opera house here while on her way to the toilet and went into a coma, then she died. Another man was hacked to death by a group of people when he crossed the border to Malaysia. What a great start huh?
Remember the night where i went for dinner at thai cafe with me friends? Fucking Mcdonalds had such bad bad bad connection that i cannot upload my photos. Here they are:
The papaya salad and Tom Yum Prawns soup which I had
The name of the bistro: Thai Express on the Avocado Milkshake I had which was very mild and non milkish or avocado-ish.
Also, I want to share with all the panoramic view from my room's window and the balcony taken at around 7 am cos i had jet lag and could not fucking sleep so i had to resort to taking photos to keep myself entertained!
The yellowish facade is the primary school i went to from age 7 till 12.
View from balcony with a nice sun rise.
2 comments:
Hi gerald! I don't know if u check ur mail so I have to talk to u throught here... It's great that u decided to keep the blog updated!!! So interesting to know about "other culture friend's dayly life".
I miss u and it will be worst back in Vienna. Take care friend.
Muaaaah. Love, Montse
Welcome back GT!!!! Singapore definitely missed having her crazy bitch around! Let's meet up soon, so that you can show me more pictures and tell me more happy/sappy exchange stories.
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