Exams came round too soon again

There's something about textbooks and their magical ability to make one fall asleep. After a page or 2, eyelids are getting heavy, you start to relax and eventually falling into a deep sleep. It's almost like hypnosis. Usually, the speed of one falling asleep is directly proportional to the difficulty and the number of words per page. (Complicated diagrams and long words that doesn't make sense does not help either.)

I realize i think the best when i am looking out of window on transports, under a hot shower and in front of the opened fridge. Anything in the universe and beyond. If only my brain work this well in the examination hall too.

Happy new year!

I have totally given up on new year resolutions. It's always 1440x900. Trying to write a list every year that sounded like predictions from a phony fortune teller. This "new beginning" thing is getting irritating after awhile, imagine having 81 new beginnings when u are 81.

And i just realize i'm not that far from home. 8.5 day to drive home!
I really like how it ended so simply with number 482. Turn right into Marine Crescent. Destination will be on the right. tadaa~!~

It really make u feel like u are just living on the other side of town.

Autumn

Autumn
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

我還來不及紀錄過往的陽光，轉眼腳下已經踩泛黃的落葉。
我還來不及多看一眼那片遙遠的金黃色的山丘，睜開眼，窗外的那個屋簷已經被一層白雪覆蓋著。

這是我第一個秋天，也是我第一個冬天。

我住在韓國sauna里的日子

我住在韓國sauna里的日子
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

Lectures

Lectures
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

小小滾 doesn't seem to like lectures too. yawn~

期待

Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

The beauty of waiting is the anticipation. Running out to the corridor to check if the mail man is outside the door. And gradually giving up thinking it will never arrive.


Where are you, Mr Postman?

我會慢慢等。。 慢慢等。。 慢慢等。。 慢慢等。。
慢慢等。。 慢慢等。。 等紅燈變綠燈

慢慢等。。 等到我都睡著了
耐心等只為了心動的那一刻

It's a nice change from the hectic city, people is out having a stroll, people are not rushing pass you on the escalator, everybody wait patiently for the bus and there's no glares from the queue if you're at the cashier searching for change.

But yeah, everything else is slower too.

Post box

DSC_0029
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

Back home, I would walk pass a postbox and never take a second look at it. I don't send letters and i don't know anyone who does. But now receiving and sending something in the post is like the happiest moment ever. Clicking the "send" button is definitely not the same.

St andrews

DSC_0020
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

Now i'm really away from the khmer architecture, chinese temples, random stupas, busy streets, kids playing by the river. Those sweaty days.

These days I'm enjoying the greenery around, feeling the warmth of the sun and not looking for the next air-conditioned place constantly or feeling like the entire population is walking on the same street as me.

=)

My window

Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

It's almost a month.

I've gotten used to life here and everything is great, sitting in the kitchen feeling like I've lived here all my life. But somehow I still feel kind of unreal that I'm actually here.

A while ago, I made a quick decision to quit my job.
Next, I was carrying my backpack walking everywhere.
And suddenly I'm back home like nothing had happened.
Now here I am, having to live my next few years of my life in a continent that I've never stepped foot on before.

I feel like I'm still stuck in this period of transition, in the surreal complexity of this weird dream that I might wake up from every minute. Sometimes I wonder if the realization that I am here will only come when I leave this place. But at least I'm enjoying every bit of it. (Well, at least for now) Sometimes, I don't really know what I'm doing everyday. Most days, I'm running on auto-pilot for the first half, wondering what to eat for the rest of the day and doing nothing on the laptop all night.


噢。。真的是很充實的人生！

Sri Lanka

DSC_0718
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

Ceylon tea, train rides, ruins

I could be in this country just for this daunting train ride. Endless tea plantation on the mountains, sticking my head out of the window for the cool breeze, getting my head back into the train just in time before hitting a tree and hearing the local kids scream when the train go through the tunnel. There's something about trains that i really like.

On the choot choot train

DSC_0805
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

I like trains, they are assuring. You don't need to worry about anything and just sit (or stand in this case) and look at the passing scenery. It can't go anywhere else, it will always reach where you want to go. Eventually.

Trains

DSC_0707
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

And of course i chose to be on the carriage for clergy.

Lipton tea!

DSC_0990
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

Polonnaruwa

DSC_0320
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

There's something about the wheat fields too. Blue sky, coconut trees and wheat fields, it's hard to not like this place.

Thuparama dagoba

DSC_0212
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

Ruvanvelisaya dagoba

DSC_0268
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

The deepening of the twilight is followed by nightfall. It's another curry curry night.

只要能天天看到海，就一定很幸福

DSC_1280
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

我家雖然沒有
泰國歷史悠久的古鎮
寮國簡單的生活
Mekong邊laid back的感覺
四處瘋狂的派對
如畫的雪山當背景
香格里拉感覺很自由的草原
四川的高原
花蓮沿海的稻田
蘭嶼清澈的海水
還是台北那種總之就是不在家的那種感覺。

但是我家也很美！

HDBs

DSC_1283
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

Now that I'm back home, there's no more rivers, mountains or fields of wheat. I'm back to my concrete forest that changes colour not based on the season but the decision of the housing board.

221

Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

221天的旅程，一轉眼就過去了。

有點不舍，不知道是已經厭倦了新加坡繁忙的都市人的生活，還是真的習慣了這一段在外漂泊的日子。

Getting to a new place every other day.

Looking for the hostel, train station/bus station (usually involve walking long distances).

Key the new password for the WIFI into my iphone. (And check if it actually works)

Looking for the best food in town recommended by the hostel/lonely planet.

Shower back in the hostel, praying that there will be hot water. And don't get your hopes up when you see a heater in the shower that lights up when you on the water. Sometimes all the heater can do is to just light up.

NIght time are usually spend in the hostel chatting with other travelers over beer till the last person go to bed.

Going to the attraction in town the next day (feeling really tired). And somehow, it always involve walking long distances(again), climbing mountains, cycling or swimming.

Night time are always the same unless there's a party in town or something interesting.

Waking up at the sound of my alarm (or someone else's), packing my stuff in lightning speed. But somehow things in your backpack will expand on the mornings that you're rushing and doesn't fit in your backpack anymore.

Finding your way to the next destination again.

And this repeats.



Sometimes, I find it more tiring than working but of course I enjoyed every moment of it.
This trip I had swam in different part of the mekong, walked ridiculous distances, climb too many mountains, seen enough temples, cycled to the strangest places, met interesting people, searched for cordyceps on snow mountain, seen beautiful places. It's alright to be tired.

My backpack need to do some sit ups.

Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates

It's time to go home. My backpack is going to burst. Like a fat man wearing a t-shirt too small for him. Arghh 有三層肉！