Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Stuck on you...

Let's see, what have I been doing lately, hmm... in a bid to keep that loneliness at bay, I've turned to the (addictive) internet.

I've just finished watching a popular Korean series based on a Japanese manga and even though I thought I would be somewhat bored cos' I already knew the storyline but surprisingly I didn't. I was not expecting the eye candies (actually better than the Japanese actors of the same dorama)! Have never been a big fan of Korean dramas cos' I thought they were usually too soapy or too crazy. I've always preferred Japanese doramas.

Also learnt a little bit about the Korean language; I never knew there were any similarities with the Chinese language but as I was watching, I realised that there are some words that sound somewhat like a derivative of the equivalent Chinese words. Interesting... Then heard from a Korean major friend of mine here at the university that the Koreans have a sino-korean form of the language which is derived from the old Chinese.

Then I proceeded to devour the above Japanese manga in a few days. haha...
And cos' I felt like a Japanese drama, I found one (a short one, sadly, only 8 episodes) and am finishing that soon (tonight). Mr. Brain. Now, if only Neuroscience research is as fun as he made it out to be... Ok, what's next? haha...

Die... I've become a couch potato... Started to do some exercises a couple of weeks ago but that motivation didn't last too long, have already lost a big part of it. Ahhhh, have to drag my ass to an exercise class later at the university sports institute!
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

In the end...

was it all worth it? A question that popped into my mind like an unwelcome guest.

Did I accomplish anything by leaving my comfortable routine, family and friends back home for a foreign land, stress and feelings of loneliness?

Don't get me wrong, there're definitely things I really appreciate here; the changing seasons, the landscape full of hills, greenery, forests, some good friends I had the fortune to get to know, foods not readily available in Singapore (which I got fat on. sigh...), the travelling I get to do, etc etc...

But right now I still don't have a concrete answer, yet.
Because I am not sure if I've done any good for my future 'career' (if it even exists). And it seems like the next step leads on to more studying, more time away from home, away from the working 'adult' world out there.

I am not sure of anything anymore. A good friend recently said, 'Ask Ping a question and that's the answer you'll get - I don't know.' He knows me well. Sigh. I wish I know what I want to do with my life.
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