I am home…but not where the heart is

I am back home with the family. Singapore is still the same. Nothing has ever really changed, except for the fact that it has more buildings, the same unsmiling crowd of people and the particular blending of languages that most here identify as ‘Singlish’.
Everyone says I would get over the ‘culture shock’, but will I [...]

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The packing up

The packing up is always the hardest to do. I am so weary with trying to cramp memories in boxes, that I have decided to start filtering out the unimportant bits and tossing it in the bins. Precious letters are always kept of course. It is things which the ex gave, or useless stuff toys [...]

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An inkling of what awaits me

It turns out that my last Australia day in the course of my undergrad life here was spent at the Foreshore, with loads of beer-guzzling revelers, watching the fireworks. We lingered around after the show, and decided to take a slow leisurely walk home. We gave up halfway because there were just too many drunk [...]

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