Love travelling

Travelling is really fun. Glad that I've come on exchange while I'm still young, when I'm still able to travel around without feeling the strains of my aging body. At least, from what I see, this body of mine probably can't take the sleeping late and waking up early routine of travelling in 4~5 years.

Well, at least this is most of Europe covered within a span of 5 months. That leaves just Spain, France, Turkey and Greece as one of the few places left in Europe that I still want to travel. There's also America which is a must-go for me. Hopefully, I would be able to get my hands on the Hollywood internship after graduation. That would certainly save a lot of money for me, while at the same time, give me some working experience immediately after graduation.

With that said, travelling has its ups and downs as well. Meeting new people, understanding that different people have different wants & needs, and most importantly, strengthening of friendships.

Meeting new people: glad that through these few months of travelling, I have been able to meet new people along the way, and foster new friendships. Sweden: Jayden, Kayla, Qinglin, Tiffany; Italy: Rachel; England: Liu Yun, Alex, Justin; Eastern Europe: Chun Han; Germany: Zhigang, Mingfeng, Luke, Kien Yong, Michelle, Yongtae, Sujee, Yui, Aaron, Claudio, Zijian, Melvin. Most of these people are from Singapore, and it feels really good to meet Singaporeans along the way, gives me the feeling that home is not that far away. That even here, I still can feel the warmth of Singapore.

Understanding the different needs of different people: Some people like to minimize resting time and maximize travelling time while travelling, whereas some like to rest normally. I'm just glad that out of all the people I have travelled together with for the past 5 months, only 1 or 2 of them belong to the latter group. Most notable being the incident in Germany, where a certain someone said "next time we shouldn't go out until so late and should come back earlier to sleep". MEGA roll-eyes. I'm just glad I do not have to travel with this certain someone again, while my heart feels for those who still need to travel around with him. I guess having people with the same mindset to travel with you obviously works out very well. Perhaps this was why travelling Italy with Rachel, Tessa and Yong Cong seemed so much more fun than the other trips. Or maybe its just that Italy was the best out of all the countries to begin with. Company really matters a lot when it comes to travelling, and I'm glad that I'm able to find these awesome travel companions.

Strengthening of friendships: Only in times like travelling, staying together, etc, will you be able to strengthen friendships. Being able to know people better, being able to have fun while travelling, all these are the best things in life, and probably in youth that one can find. From being two people who didn't know each other to enjoying each other's company while travelling (Rachel). From being good friends to being awesome friends (Tessa&YongCong). So many people come and go in my life, I just hope that friendships like these can last, and that they don't just die off when we all get back to Singapore. But even if that happens, at least, it would not be something that I have experienced before eh?

On a side-note: the thing about staying single? By the looks of it, its probably gonna stay that way. Some things are very much not in my hands. This is what I chose to believe, either it brings me to doom, or it brings me happiness in the end, it doesn't matter. I guess, at the end of the day, this kind of love suits me best. Asking nothing in return, just wanting to see the people I love happy. Love life.

Never felt this fuck up in 3 months

I thought I told myself to feel awesome from the day my heart broke and decided to just stay single for the time being. I never knew there was something else other than love that can make me feel so upset. Friends, just another word that's easily tossed around. Trust, something I've given too much, to anyone. End up, its still better to do everything by yourself. At the end of the day, the only person who can make you happy is yourself.

From traveling Amsterdam together, to "sorry, lets tour Germany instead", from touring munich+berlin, to munich+freiburg, to me myself going Berlin. Its like, "YAY, AMSTERDAM!" to "Okay, Germany's not bad too", to "hmmm, freiburg, not really interested but okay", to "f that, i'm going Berlin alone". How would you have felt if you were me? Try putting yourself in other ppl's shoes k? Would you not be angry? What's worse? A friend whom I've only known for 1 month saying "I don't mind going to Berlin with you" vs a friend whom I've known for 2 years, and which didn't even cross her mind of wanting to go Berlin tgt. Its in this kind of situation where its really, "its the thought that counts".

Probably gonna be one of the many europe trips this SEP that I won't enjoy as much. But meh, treat it as a warm-up to my post-SEP europe solo trip. At the end of the day, its still better and easier to travel alone.

Easter

Heh, been quite long since I updated.

Glad to say that during this period of time, I've been travelling around Europe: UK and Eastern Europe.

Had lotsa fun, spent lotsa time with frens, getting to know everyone better.

Getting to know myself better. That was the best thing I've gotten from this trip. Liverpool, made me realise there are still things in life that I like. A place that I would certainly want to visit again, probably because of the fact that I've only spent 1 day there, but it really was a very nice place. Anfield, finally visited. Felt overwhelmed by the place itself. The history, the many stories behind every seat in the stadium, the many inspiring nights on the Anfield pitch, the ashes of fans on the pitch, the Liverpool spirit of the many legends felt as I touched the "This Is Anfield" sign. Nothing will beat that experience. Now, that's one of the many things I have to do before I die striked off from the list.

Lazy to blog more, owell...