A post written last night on the plane..
04 Aug 2009, 0000hrs..
Cough cough… =( been 3 wks. Gosh. Coughing jus makes u breathless n tired. Haha I jus needed to complain.
On my way back to our own sunny island where we call home, where my comfy bed is, and where I can go visit my gp n cure my cough. Lol. And jiawei is beside me blogging on her omnia as well. Stupid jetstar flight was delayed for almost 3 hrs and we spent most of the time we rotting at the starbucks. And I jus finished scanning thru the fyp topics for the past 2 hrs of the flight and dozin off countless times intermittently.
Past one month in Taiwan has been gd n I m really thankful for a lot a lot of things. For jiawei my dear classmate who has been a great travel companion and btw has the nick name of queen mother and msn/fb addict (LOL), for the wonderful Taiwanese host and friends for their great hospitality and help, for the amazing SEP students I have met who were great fun and company, for the wonderful ppl I have met in the pharmacy, for the miraculously good luck that was bestowed to us during many many incidences in our trip (e.g. not having booked accommodation when we reached taidung at 12 midnight and we jus randomly asked a group of Taiwanese where they were staying for the night and wola we got a perfect 民宿 to spend the night at), for the good n freaking hot weather almost 35, 36 deg everyday w/o any typhoon, and I dunno wad else but there are jus too many amazing incidents. Though it is already my 4th time in Taiwan, there are still new experiences n lessons to be learnt.
Been to green island (which was really really fabulous, scooter-ing around the island with the great sun, vvvvvvv blue sea and really breathtaking scenery, and the snorkeling etc) and also kenting n Kaohsiung, of course not forgetting the company of chernyih for 1 wk plus, which made our trip more interesting and fun filled.
I have come to realized that I enjoy staying abroad, other than the fact that when you fall sick. As in I dun really get home sick, and I kinda enjoy the freedom of experiencing new culture n new things. But I have to say that perhaps Taiwan is still rather similar to sgpore in many ways, so it was quite easy to adapt and my Chinese was quite sufficient for me to get around. And I think I have learnt to be more patient towards others as well, for you never know when you will need their help esp when you’re alone aborad. And sometimes, just by opening you mouth and asking, you will be surprised by how ppl are actually willing to help and the many many doors that you can open and the limitless possibilities that you are really thankful for and bewildered at the end of the trip.
Was really a fruitful SEP trip and I m really thankful to have such an opportunity. Really memorable trip. Ok I should get some rest n hopefully by the next blog entry my cough would have recovered=)