friendship and solidarity
i was supposed to hit my pillows in hour ago. and stop singing 'way back into love'. but, i indulged myself in some blog-surfing on the exchange blogs, and im back here to blog, having been inspired by one.
indeed, the end of exchange looms nearer and nearer as i count the weekends (and trips) left to go. ok, before i get all misty eyed and then fall asleep on the computer, i just wanted to say that coming on exchange has not only brought me to several new places on cheap budget air/bus/train/boat tickets, it has also brought more people into into my life, internationals, singaporeans especially law students.
when we sent mel and ange off two weekends ago (has it already been two weekends?! gasp), i counted how many more law people i got to know over the course of the exchange, be it through travelling together, crashing in each others places, having meals with each other. and its not only the 'getting to know part' which i enjoyed tremendously with new friends, its also the cementing of bonds with friends on exchange who i already knew prior to coming on exchange, like taryn and jo. and after you pass the first initial stages of meeting people for the first time, (prior msn or email convos usually help to temper the first meeting awkwardness), once we launch into our favourite topics like gossip, the yearn of hawker food, self-taught cooking, struggling with class and un-understandable accents from foreign students, the high costs of living in europe, price comparisons of supermarkets (the list goes on), its like we're old friends. and its super, because when u finally meet the person behind his/her blog (which uve been secretly reading all this while. im guilty obviously.) you get to know so much more of that person as a real person, a friend, and not through the blogger persona, which is usually like 30% of who they/we really are.
being on exchange, we voluntarily thrust ourselves into the depths of the great unknown, and meeting up with other people with similar backgrounds, brings a piece of home and familiarity which we crave. even if they are strangers in the beginning.
this has been a rather emo post hasn't it :) but its been on my mind for quite a while, so i shld get it out of my system and say a big big thank you to my newfound friends (you guys know who you are!). before exchange is over, here's to a ton more msn convos, emails, blogging, and my recent new activity, wall vandalising on facebook.
and just for laughs:
80s pop. you got to love it!
indeed, the end of exchange looms nearer and nearer as i count the weekends (and trips) left to go. ok, before i get all misty eyed and then fall asleep on the computer, i just wanted to say that coming on exchange has not only brought me to several new places on cheap budget air/bus/train/boat tickets, it has also brought more people into into my life, internationals, singaporeans especially law students.
when we sent mel and ange off two weekends ago (has it already been two weekends?! gasp), i counted how many more law people i got to know over the course of the exchange, be it through travelling together, crashing in each others places, having meals with each other. and its not only the 'getting to know part' which i enjoyed tremendously with new friends, its also the cementing of bonds with friends on exchange who i already knew prior to coming on exchange, like taryn and jo. and after you pass the first initial stages of meeting people for the first time, (prior msn or email convos usually help to temper the first meeting awkwardness), once we launch into our favourite topics like gossip, the yearn of hawker food, self-taught cooking, struggling with class and un-understandable accents from foreign students, the high costs of living in europe, price comparisons of supermarkets (the list goes on), its like we're old friends. and its super, because when u finally meet the person behind his/her blog (which uve been secretly reading all this while. im guilty obviously.) you get to know so much more of that person as a real person, a friend, and not through the blogger persona, which is usually like 30% of who they/we really are.
being on exchange, we voluntarily thrust ourselves into the depths of the great unknown, and meeting up with other people with similar backgrounds, brings a piece of home and familiarity which we crave. even if they are strangers in the beginning.
this has been a rather emo post hasn't it :) but its been on my mind for quite a while, so i shld get it out of my system and say a big big thank you to my newfound friends (you guys know who you are!). before exchange is over, here's to a ton more msn convos, emails, blogging, and my recent new activity, wall vandalising on facebook.
and just for laughs:
80s pop. you got to love it!
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