100 and counting

Right. So the reason I haven't updated this blog for a while, is mainly because this will be the 100th post on the blog and I wanted to make it substantial. Not another 2 liner, and definitely not something that confuses people. (Right Dim?)

So here we go.

If tomorrow comes around, it'll be 3 weeks till I leave. There's one question that I've fielded that tends to leave me a bit lost for words. Its nothing complicated really. "So, how do you feel?" is a question that leaves me speechless without fail. How do I feel? There are so many emotions that come along with leaving your adopted country, friends, and family and going off alone into the unknown that I don't know where to begin answering that one. So I decided I'll be nice, and try to tabulate a list here of the emotions.

1) Excited. No duh. I'm going to USA! For college! Land of the Free! ZOMG. Well yea, apart from sounding like a 16-year old air-head bimbo that's the simplest emotion to talk about. And even though I am going for schooling the fact remains that I'll be doing something that I really am interested in. No need to go and sit through double economics and what not again just because I HAVE to do it. The freedom that's provided in US colleges has me quite excited about the classes and courses that I can/will take through my 3 years. So yea, you can say I'm quite pumped about it.

2) Nervous. Another easy one. Its true that my dad will be there with me for the first 2 weeks, and this will help me settle down much easier. But the fact remains that soon I'm going to be alone, making my decisions on my own. And knowing how much of a lazy ass I can be, you can say that its prospects of doing everything independently does seem daunting to me.

3) Melancholic. Wow, listing the emotions does make it a lot easier to explain. I'm going to be 12 (or 13, during daylight savings) hours behind all the awesome friends I've made during my time here. It's going to be tough to talk and even with the comforts of modern technology, aka email and skype, the distance is going to be a problem. I don't want to lose touch or grow apart from anyone I really care about, and that's pretty much everyone I've ever called a friend. Add that to the inevitable homesickness that I will be facing and it's going to be a very very tough first few weeks for yours truly.

Well yea, those do sum up most of my emotions. There are others, that I don't wish to discuss here. Trivial ones. The main problem with having so many emotions attached to this is that they tend to rocket around in a bad-ass multiplayer game of tennis where the only one losing points serve after serve is me.

And now I'm going to shoot right off on a tangent and rant. I think the Tampines Library should be given an award for being the WORST library in Singapore. Good god does the collection of books SUCK. What kind of a library doesn't have Alice in Wonderland. Helloooooo, its a classic! 5 Prachett books? Really? 5? And whats the point of having books for a 7 part series when you only have 3 of the books! AND NONE OF THEM IS BOOK ONE. Bleagh. Frustrating place. Even the comic section which I once thought was awesome has lost its shine. I really wish they expand the fiction section. AND YOU AND YOU. STUPID SECONDARY SCHOOL KIDS. THE LIBRARY IS NOT A PLACE TO GET ALL COZY. GO GET A ROOM RETARDS. And stop gigging and laughing loudly and pissing the whole damn library off.

Grah. Ok. Rant over.

Some updates from life.

1) HP6 was a good movie. I liked it. A LOT. And Emma Watson is soooo hot.
2) Tuesday was a really good day. First Bala came over and we ended up playing crackdown and laughing our asses off the whole time, and then Jonathan came over for an MTG night!
3) UM Singapore Students Association formal reception tomorrow. Can someone explain wtf is smart casual? I'm too used to shorts and flip-flops. (And just in case you can't tell I'm joking and think I'm retarded, I DO KNOW WHAT SMART CASUAL IS. It means good looking flip flops only. :D)
4) I recently decided, that I will be opening a new blog soon. One that will only chronicle crazy backpacking trips that I take in USA. Keep your eyes out for that one peeps. This one will be around forsho. [yea Wendy, I'm trying (and failing) to speak ghetto. Word.]

So yea. That's all I have to say I guess. Thats 100 down. Here's to good health, good friends and many more posts to come.



Cheerio friends. :D

Yours sincerely,

Me.





Oh. My flight is on Saturday the 22nd of August. 5.40AM. Yea. You read that one right.