Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Well, i'm back in melbourne, back in ulu kampong. Touched down at 8.50, and got to school by 10.40am. Just finished lunch and only now does the true impact of having left home settle in, not during the intolerably long taxi ride to Changi Airport, or the apprehension i felt when i touched down in Tullamarine airport, but when i ate lunch here.

I had a great welcome, everyone i knew welcomed me back heartily, and immediately indicated the wish to lan tonight. Not a very nice association actually (-.-) . But as i sat down with my plate in front of me, hungry but not enticed, i ate. The scrambled egg with tomatoes was repulsive and i promptly set it aside in my plate. I ate somberly the remainder of my rice and meat.

Thats when i missed home, and the food i have back home, as i crunched on crispy (otherwise dry or not enough water during the steaming) rice and overly salty meat. Coming from me, that means a lot. Its great to be with friends, back in the conducive and quiet environment of the country side, with the fresh cold air (albeit strong wind).

There are a few things i would love to ponder upon, the feelings i have as i left singapore again. I will discuss this in furthur entries.

However before i forget, today in the plane, i was sitting beside this pretty sweet-looking singaporean (stole a glance at her passport). I felt a bit intimidated because she was all alone but very quiet, almost cold independence. Well, this did not count in the fact that she had numerous high-tech gizmos in her big LV bag, and was reading studiously from the newspaper and her novel.

I wanted to chat her up naturally, find out why she's going to melbourne, how old is she, why is she alone, how long has she been there, and *least* importantly if she was attached. (-.-) Just kidding la... Then i started rambling questions that i might ask her and intelligent replies to reciprocal questioning if i was. Thats when i realized: So what if i get on well with her and wanna ask her out? What are the chances US, especially me will have the time and availability to meet up, especially since i reside in Kampong Ulu, "free" only on weekends and takes an hr to get there.

I wont even be able to get online usually because of sch works etc. Even then, if we get a nice platonic relationship going, it can only be that superficial when in 4 months time, i will have to return for NS. My options don't look very optimistic do they?

Conclusion? I don't have the time nor ample chance to dive into any viable and realistic relationship now, that will have a fair chance at developing in the future.


mel at 1:25 PM