Monday, July 16, 2007
Here I am back in Melbourne. I miss home. I miss my family, friends, church. On Thursday night, Nic came over and we had such a nice talk. I really really miss nic. :( I wish I could stay longer so that we could go for nice long walks around the estate and talk and complain and reminesce, however it's spelt. I love Nic mucho mucho. She left at around 1230 and I felt so sad that we couldn't talk for longer. Nic, I miss you!
Friday was such a crazy day! In the morning, I met Novella and Tzes for breakfast at RJ. After that I went to Ee Gret's house and we were looking at photos from the time when mom was young. They were really nice photos. She gave me a durian puff from Goodwood Park hotel, which was absolutely fantastic. After that we went home and I got ready to leave, packing my notes, stuffing some other clothes into my luggage.
I was supposed to meet shu at 545 but at 545 I was still on Jalan Kayu road. So I called her, and asked her whether she was at the airport yet. Then she said no, so I told her I just left my house and she said, "me too!"
I want to give a big hug to my dears, px, hy, paula, shun, osh, paulee, shawn, greg, cheryl, ash, john and alex. Sorry if I forgot anyone! :( thanks for coming to see me off. It was really nice to see all your wonderful faces and I just want to say I love you guys. We ended up loitering around the check-in counter because it was too late for me to go eat dinner. So mom bought me some bengawan solo cake and I ate that for dinner inside the glass doors. Leaving the second time wasn't any easier. shu was having dinner with her family, so I went in alone and just started crying when I got in. An Min called me then and I cried more. I miss home.
Then shu came and we went into the plane and ended up next to this fat guy, who fell asleep before the plane even took off. We felt bad in waking him up, so we didn't really go to the toilet much during the 6-7 hour flight. The food wasn't too bad though. They served ice cream! The PA system was kind of messed up though. When the pilot was making announcements, it kept on coming in little spurts, which was really alarming. The turbulence was absolutely disastrous as well. I think for a good 1 hour or 2, the plane was doing all these stunts of rocking and dipping through the sky. Shu and I smartly decided to go to the toilet together (we didn't want to have to wake the guy up twice) during the turbulence. Walking to the toilet was so difficult. We kept on crashing into the seats while walking. It was like walking in a sampan in the middle of a storm. There was one empty toilet and shu said I could go in first. The handle was loose and when I depressed it and pulled the door towards myself, the handle on the other side fell off. We just started at the handle, and at that moment, the air hostess came and tried to fix it. She then said that maybe it would have been a better idea to not use that particular toilet. When I was in the toilet, I had to hold on to the sink to keep my balance the whole time. When I got out of the toilet, I almost crashed into shu.
Watched Goblet of Fire on the plane. Cedric Diggory is so handsome. :) thanks to Kaihan and Ernest for picking us up from the airport! :D The weekend was highly uneventful. I spent a significant part of Saturday sleeping. Then yesterday I tried to cram a bit more. Went to church and came back and tried to cram some more and then gave up.
I'm so proud of myself; I managed to wake up at 7 this morning. I think it's a feat, considering it's 5am in Singapore. Went for the first lecture, met my new pcl group, and had the worst exam of my entire life. Yes, the exam was absolutely disastrous. Actually disastrous doesn't even begin to describe how bad it was. At least it's over. and I can resume.. heh. studying other stuff for this semester. woohoo.
So here I am in my room listening to the Goo Goo Dolls, which is an awesome group, and waiting for dinner to come. I have no food in my room! I desperately need to go grocery shopping tomorrow! I already have this gigantic list of stuff that I need to buy.
I will blog about archdiocese youth day later. I just need to vent my frustration about today's exam and about how much I miss home.
5:37 PM