Back in Singapore...
..but it feels strange being home.
I actually miss the cold, I miss my friends, but above all I really miss the independence. I miss being completely free to do whatever I want, whenever I please. I miss being responsible without having to be nagged at. Not having someone to pull at the reins whenever they think things are getting out of line. Ok so my parents haven't been so quick to impose that many rules as of yet, but it's just different... living with family and living without. I can see why people my age in western countries begin to lose their roots... once you move out it's not quite as easy to want to come home. It doesn't mean you love your family any less, or that you won't visit... it just means that a sense of displacement will definitely result.
Having said that, I am thankful for the heat in a way. At least it is the end of the year and the heat isn't quite too punishing... I can go for a run, I can sleep in whatever I want, I can go out in whatever I want (because in England you would not go out in tshirt and jeans and it seems that would be my outfit of choice because I am constantly lazy). I am also thankful that I don't have to pay 16 freaking SGD to eat at McDonalds which tastes like cardboard... and when I eat KFC I am actually eating CHICKEN & I get decent Asian fare at restaurants for what it costs me to eat one large - not even that large trust me - kebab at any old shoddy fastfood joint. I'm not sure, but I also think Topshop is cheaper in Singapore and it is definitely laid out much nicely than that relatively sorry Topshop store in Leamington. Yeah ok to do them justice the ones in Birmingham and Oxford St are lovely but really...
Above all I am really thankful to be back in my bed, in my room... to be back with my old & lovely friends :)
It still feels strange being home though. Really weird, somehow. Yet I resolve to make the most of my time back home... otherwise I will be kicking myself in the ass on the Jan 3rd on the way to the airport. Sigh.
I actually miss the cold, I miss my friends, but above all I really miss the independence. I miss being completely free to do whatever I want, whenever I please. I miss being responsible without having to be nagged at. Not having someone to pull at the reins whenever they think things are getting out of line. Ok so my parents haven't been so quick to impose that many rules as of yet, but it's just different... living with family and living without. I can see why people my age in western countries begin to lose their roots... once you move out it's not quite as easy to want to come home. It doesn't mean you love your family any less, or that you won't visit... it just means that a sense of displacement will definitely result.
Having said that, I am thankful for the heat in a way. At least it is the end of the year and the heat isn't quite too punishing... I can go for a run, I can sleep in whatever I want, I can go out in whatever I want (because in England you would not go out in tshirt and jeans and it seems that would be my outfit of choice because I am constantly lazy). I am also thankful that I don't have to pay 16 freaking SGD to eat at McDonalds which tastes like cardboard... and when I eat KFC I am actually eating CHICKEN & I get decent Asian fare at restaurants for what it costs me to eat one large - not even that large trust me - kebab at any old shoddy fastfood joint. I'm not sure, but I also think Topshop is cheaper in Singapore and it is definitely laid out much nicely than that relatively sorry Topshop store in Leamington. Yeah ok to do them justice the ones in Birmingham and Oxford St are lovely but really...
Above all I am really thankful to be back in my bed, in my room... to be back with my old & lovely friends :)
It still feels strange being home though. Really weird, somehow. Yet I resolve to make the most of my time back home... otherwise I will be kicking myself in the ass on the Jan 3rd on the way to the airport. Sigh.