Lemon schweppes
Why is weather in Denmark so temperamental it makes my moods sway accordingly
"They're so Singaporean, I'm not used to it."
Finally met Leslie and Norman in Copenhagen (how did they get Copenhagen from København??) and convinced them to come to Aarhus with the added benefit of free accommodation and free food - and it was so comforting to talk fast, talk without stopping, with all the lahs and lehs and mehs and bojios that I've said my whole life. It wasn't a very obvious feeling, but it was a sort of click, like something settled into place - while sliding another lock out. It made me realise that after two months of living here and code-switching, I'm not going to be speaking like that anymore back in Singapore, and oddly enough, it's become such a part of me that I would miss speaking in actual English proper sentence structures.
Sometimes I envy those who are living with their friends in their own house, and those who get to speak their own tongue every day - then I remember that I didn't come here to stay in my comfort zone. I remember Carl's advice after our binterns dinner, to make friends with Danes, and that he regretted sticking to Singaporeans and not hanging out with Norwegians. And I'm super glad I stay with Danes, or I'll really not be making many Danish friends.
Am seriously considering learning Danish
I have never had a very strong impulse to learn Danish like I had with French but this is sort of a more chill feeling that softly prods me to pick it up, apprehensions and all
But nothing feels as special as learning sign language
After experiencing Copenhagen for three days I think I can safely say that if I had chosen it for exchange over Aarhus and went to visit Aarhus for three days, I would spend every single day after that wishing I were in Aarhus.