It's about finding your identity here. You don't have much time (not after classes and homework), and you need to parcel out the time to random things. Sleep is one of the competing items. Hanging out, co-curricular stuff, etcetc. man. There's also the knowledge that what you parcel your time out to do makes you (subsequently) who you are. 

So today was a day where I really felt like I'm here on a very culturally stimulating experience ( Read more... )

So my summer trip to tokyo is coming to an end. Been quite tiring i must admit (and a little boring), since this is the second time i've been here. Summer tokyo is -very- hot may i add. in the day it rivals singapore, both in heat n humidity.  by the time the sun sets, however, the winds pick up and the place cools considerably - something that ( Read more... )

Flying off later at 2340 from T3. SQ0638 to Narita, and then on 29th Aug to LAX.


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D-11. tinge of sadness, and a lot of excitement ( Read more... )

So today was the day of my visa appointment. Just turn up early and you'll get out early, right? No big deal.

First I realized that the photo booth would probably accept only $10 notes, a la QB house or EC house, and decided to draw $20 in e morning at e MRT and got 2 plastic $10 notes. Good move...

As I reached the embassy about 7.45am, I realized I ( Read more... )

So July is coming soon. whoa. June passed by really quickly ( Read more... )

Haven't been moved by a show so much since 命中注定 ( Read more... )

In a new twist of events, I found that I took only 1hr to get to work and 50mins to get home. The downside is that on the way to work 965 comes at intervals of >15min and I can't take the 7.45 one otherwise i'll miss the last 89E. The other downside is that on the way back the earliest 89E reaches Airline House at 17.55 ( Read more... )

After 5 days of Journeys to the East, I've settled on a pretty efficient way of getting to/from work. I started with the 39/89 route, which takes 1.5 hours to get to the Edge of the Known World (or Airline House), and moved on to the 969/19 Route, which takes 1.25 hours! Okay although it still means a hefty 2.5 hours spent daily commuting, I ( Read more... )