Shuutravels

1) Choping tables at kopitiams/food courts with my bag, and not having to be afraid that my wallet/laptop/or even my entire bag will be gone when I return

2) Relatedly, the kind souls that will return (or have always returned) me my wallet/phone that I seem to enjoy misplacing. It is a miracle that I have not lost anything in London yet.

3) GREENERY. BUSH. (the existence of) LEAVES.

4) Going home late every night since a male escort is not needed to feel safe (lol)

5) No breakfast in hall at 8-9am everyday --> No need to force myself to wake up + don't need to eat some fattening fried egg and hash brown breakfast lololol

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Since I'm at it, random things that I am missing London for:

1) Walking everywhere. Strangely enough, I enjoy walking to my destinations. Not only does it give me a sense of control over my time, walking clears my mind better than public transport does. Singapore is too freaking warm to walk. I missed my shuttle bus to the driving centre the other day, and I decided to walk since Google Maps said it would be a 16 min walk (I would have walked by default/ without hesitation in London). Super bad decision. I could have soaked a whole towel wet with my sweat.

2) Colder weather. The grass is always greener at the other side.

3) The proximity everything is to my hall.

4) THE MOTIVATION TO STUDY AND FINISH MY POLICY DEBATE REPORT. RAWR!

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Pss I highlighted my hair red/pink! Super love. Blog about it soon (: It's one of the most exciting things to have happened to me so far lol (lame life I have I know). Can't stop ogling at those highlights~~~ :DDDDD *vain ttm D:*

I really love geography.

I am so glad I decided to study it, despite almost everyone asking me what I'm going to do with this degree when I grow up. I am adamant geography is a very relevant discipline to life, and part of my goals in Uni is to change the perception that geography is not just about rocks and countries, but about an understanding of our world, our people and how we all interact for the better or the worst. And yes, you have no idea how many people have told me "wah, you study geography, you must be very good at all the countries in the world right". How to irritate me 101. xD

Alright, back to continuing my report on how TNCs have positively impacted communities socially and culturally... Haha as much as I always whine about writing and the massive amount of reading we have to do in school, I always feel super inspired and motivated after every essay and after reading insightful reports :D Yay, go shu! :D Enjoy studying while it lasts...

Didn't do much for the rest of the evening. Just wandered (literally wandered with no real sense of direction) around Prague haha. Prague feels amazingly safe. There are so many street lamps and not many dark alleys and random hobos unlike London. I would NOT dare to wander around London at ALL. Not especially at night :/

Life is good when you have friends around you to do stupid random things with.

A post on London is overdue. I can't believe it's been a month since I arrived. Life is beginning to settle, and strangely enough, the initial idealism and gungho-ness is already beginning to wane. That's not a good sign. I was way busier in secondary school and JC, but somehow I always managed to find energy to get involved in so much other stuff. Today, I just feel like this blanket of lethargy and inertia is threatening to pull me down. My guy friends here warn me about the dreaded 20s. HAHA. Apparently, once you hit 20 you will notice a very significant change in your pace of life and activeness. Maybe it's merely a placebo effect of sorts, but anyway me being me, I told them I will prove them wrong. >:) Oh man, it must suck to be depleted of life. Maybe it has to do with autumn here. All the leaves are falling, and the sky is permanently overcast.



Yesterday clocks got shifted one hour back for daylight saving, and because of that it was already ridiculously dark at 5pm. Now I understand people's winter woes. But I think it would be beautiful in the cold days if you were in a nice little cottage sitting on the edge of the lake. Winter would mean no leaves yes, but sparkling still waters and the gorgeous fog you can wake up to every morning. Give and take but still effortlessly beautiful and redeeming. Here, all the leaves just drop to envelop everything else - cars, chimneys and the incredibly boring architecture of London. I am currently making plans to visit Lake District in January; I really hope it happens. Dream come true! I'll get to live by the lake and finally breathe frosty fresh air muahahha


 Oh, and I must complain about the food. Can someone enlighten me to places with good, and INEXPENSIVE food in London?? Meals here are decent, but not satisfying. I don't feel as happy here after a meal than I felt satisfied in Singapore. Food here has generally been boring, devoid of texture, and hmmm actually now that I think about it, maybe it's the company. I am beginning to make friends here, thankfully, really nice and great friends at that. But, I miss people to just mull over lunch with and eat without talking without feeling awkward. And I completely miss snacking. Like, just randomly buying random stuff to eat when I pass a nice cafe/kopitiam/stall... Anyway I feel better now after I ate the £3 pancakes from old dutch. OMNOMONOMZ and SO CHEAP PLEASE. But the offer is only available on Monday, and I think I'll get tired of them after a while...

3 more weeks till I leave Singapore ): Too little time, I realise! ): Need to catch up with so many people and do so many things before I leave!


What I'll miss most about Singapore: FOOD. Food in Singapore (good food) is EVERYWHERE, EVERY CORNER. No such luck in London though ): So while I'm still here I'm going on a massive feast and recording some of them here.


Alright, till next time! More food to be savoured before I leave omnomnomz (: