sitting in the starbucks at the Uchicago coffeeshop, inbetween chinese placement (holy shit i forgot a lot of words) and registration meeting #1, and i finally feel like a college student.
i guess for us singaporean guys, the gap was pretty huge. it's like, school, then suddenly we were yanked away to another world to serve our nation, and now it's time to get back to school again. obviously not complaining here. but it's hard. and the culture shock is there. not so much cos i'm not prepared, but cos it's like one of those things you tell yourself isn't true, but it is. and i don't hate it. in fact i like the culture shock, cos that's what i'm here for. a different culture so i can bring back stuff to singapore that i wouldn't get otherwise.
but it's all great now. waking up at 8. turning on the computer to catch anyone online back in singapore. which as been rather depressing, cos i've been missing people and i've not been able to talk to them at all. hopefully when orientation is over and i get more time to plan for myself. but then people will be gone and new time zones need to be remembered. i already have 3 clocks on my computer. one for chicago, one for singapore, and one for london in preparation for the impending rush. good luck to all the UK bound folks, and those going to other more exotic places.
i've been listening to a lot of chinese songs these few days, so subconsciously i'm obviously missing home. but so far so good. i've been missing people, but in the best kind of way. not the whole weepy, 'oh-shit-i-want-to-go-home-so-bad' way, but the 'i-wish-you're-here-for-me-to-share-my-joy' kind of way, which is great. and seriously, i do wish a lot of people i care about were here for me to tell them just how happy i am to be where i am, even with all the awkward social situations, gloomy weather (sometimes) and mad rush of everything. so i wish you were here. yes you. you know who i'm talking about. haha.
gotta go get lunch now, at a dining hall across the campus from here. long walk, but i don't really mind. cos right now, i have purpose in my life again.
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