So Long and Farewell, Singapore!
Tonight shall be the last nite I'm going to spend in Singapore.... Tomorrow afternoon, I will be taking a SQ flight out of Singapore, back to Malaysia (Penang).
Time flies. In a flash, I had been in Singapore for almost 13 years!!
I came down for tertiary education in NUS in June 1994. Alone, with only 2 suitcases, I took KTM train down from Bukit Mertajam to Singapore. Grand-auntie came to the railway station to fetch me. I stayed over at her place for a couple of days, before I report to NUS, Eusoff Hall for freshmen orientation.. I could still remember the room I was allocated, Room C211. That's where I first got to knowYP, we were room-mates..
Three and a half years later, I graduated. I had stayed in Eusoff Hall and in C Block the whole time. Went thru 3 IHGs (Inter-Hall Games) and 4 IBG (Inter-Block Games)s. Made lots of friends, but nowadays only kept in contact with two, YP and Irene.
Stayed with Irene for a while before renting her aunt's room in Khatib for about 1 year when I started working in SISTIC. I bumped into June, my secondary school mate from Convent BM, during one of the MRT ride home. We rented a whole flat and stayed in Khatib for almost 4 years, until the landlord wanted the house back. Then we moved to Sengkang, Compass Heights. I stayed there for almost 3 years. After which I moved to my current flat in AMK Ave 4 in Jun 2005.
Tomorrow, I will be leaving Singapore with two suitcases, although not the same 2 suitcases that I came over with. For the first time, I will leave Singapore without a set of house keys, without my bed/stuff to come back to. The sense of lost is overwhelming.
13 years ago, I came down to Singapore to start my undergraduate school life; 13 years later, I'm leaving Singapore to start my postgraduate school life in Japan. All the vacations I spent in Malaysia, during CNY or mid year holidays, could not have added up to more than 1 year. I felt that I feel more at ease in Singapore than Malaysia. Malaysia is where my family is, but Singapore is where my friends are... Malaysia is where I grew up; Singapore is where I wised up...
Farewell, Singapore!! I will definitely come back for a visit, every time I go back Malaysia... Take care of yourselves, my friends!! Stay healthy and well always... Till we meet again, adieus!!
Time flies. In a flash, I had been in Singapore for almost 13 years!!
I came down for tertiary education in NUS in June 1994. Alone, with only 2 suitcases, I took KTM train down from Bukit Mertajam to Singapore. Grand-auntie came to the railway station to fetch me. I stayed over at her place for a couple of days, before I report to NUS, Eusoff Hall for freshmen orientation.. I could still remember the room I was allocated, Room C211. That's where I first got to knowYP, we were room-mates..
Three and a half years later, I graduated. I had stayed in Eusoff Hall and in C Block the whole time. Went thru 3 IHGs (Inter-Hall Games) and 4 IBG (Inter-Block Games)s. Made lots of friends, but nowadays only kept in contact with two, YP and Irene.
Stayed with Irene for a while before renting her aunt's room in Khatib for about 1 year when I started working in SISTIC. I bumped into June, my secondary school mate from Convent BM, during one of the MRT ride home. We rented a whole flat and stayed in Khatib for almost 4 years, until the landlord wanted the house back. Then we moved to Sengkang, Compass Heights. I stayed there for almost 3 years. After which I moved to my current flat in AMK Ave 4 in Jun 2005.
Tomorrow, I will be leaving Singapore with two suitcases, although not the same 2 suitcases that I came over with. For the first time, I will leave Singapore without a set of house keys, without my bed/stuff to come back to. The sense of lost is overwhelming.
13 years ago, I came down to Singapore to start my undergraduate school life; 13 years later, I'm leaving Singapore to start my postgraduate school life in Japan. All the vacations I spent in Malaysia, during CNY or mid year holidays, could not have added up to more than 1 year. I felt that I feel more at ease in Singapore than Malaysia. Malaysia is where my family is, but Singapore is where my friends are... Malaysia is where I grew up; Singapore is where I wised up...
Farewell, Singapore!! I will definitely come back for a visit, every time I go back Malaysia... Take care of yourselves, my friends!! Stay healthy and well always... Till we meet again, adieus!!
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