in limbo

doesn't feel like i'm going to wake up to my real life anytime soon

lowering my expectations?

last night in connect group, i met a girl my age who has a masters degree and yet is waking up everyday to open up a Subway shop for minimal wage.

maybe i shouldn't be too fussy about applying for jobs

childhood memories

caught this on google this morning.

does anyone remember The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

what i won't have to do if i were home...

1) having to either pack my own lunches everyday or eat sandwiches
2) finding out my mum has fractured 2 ribs a week after it happens
3) waking up with the thought 'i haven't seen b1 in ages, i should ask her out for dinner.' and realising it's not an option
4) realising my b1 was in japan a month after she's gotten back
5) knowing what's happening with my squad and EY colleagues back home
6) hearing about the local gossip from a 3rd party source (read:ec, haha!)
7) plan on going for s'pore day
8) eat homemade beef rendang made from canned rendang sauce
9) getting asked 'so is s'pore really a democracy?'
10) suppress my 'lahs' and 'lors'

Brussels '09

Berlin's christmas markets

halfway around the world... and back

JG and i were at Japan Centre picking up sushi last Sunday, when he asked me if i wanted a drink. and when i scanned the rows of refrigerated drinks, a familiar product caught my eye.

amused by memories of ít being von t's fave drink and how she used to travel from woodlands to bishan just to pick it up, i decided that it was gonna be my drink, despite it being slightly steep at nearly 2 pounds for 200ml.

it was only after finishing the drink that i actually read the label in detail, and what i read made me feel slightly silly.

'Afternoon tea has been drunk by the English ever since the custom was started by the Duchess of Bedford in the mid 19th century'

does that mean i paid for shipping and import taxes on a Japanese product that originated in England? i should have just made myself a pot of Twinings tea at home. darn.