The change
Realize it or not, we’ve already spent around five months in Singapore, from being an outlier to feel quite familiar here; from having a lot of plans in mind to face difficult realities; from walking alone to have somebody behind… I believe, everyone changed, not only in feelings, but also in behaviors and thoughts. It’s not a math problem to judge the changes are right or wrong, it just happened. Maybe just like Ms. Jenny said, after five or six years, we’ll feel home when in Singapore, at least, it will become our second home. After some time, we’ll get used to walk through zebra line without seeing left to right; we’ll get used to drive on right; we’ll get used to put things on bench and leave; we’ll get used to the green world; we’ll get used to Singapore. Changes will take step by step and influence us, in the near future.
The Hall
We came from distinct provinces of China and have different backgrounds and culture; it is fate, which links us together as SM3 students in Eton Hall. No matter how bad impressions we had at first time, I’m quite sure that many, even most of us has special feelings for it currently. It’s our home not just hostel in such a place far away from China. Maybe some of us think aunties are strict with us while uncle is funny, actually, they’re all care about us, sometimes you just need to smile at them and everything will be ok. What’s more, someone complains the noise roommates made at night, I faced that as well. However, you can think about the advantages of being together, the chatting, the jokes and happy time we spend. After we went to NUS, we have at most two persons in one room, maybe only till then can we find out how valuable and busy we were. There’re just not more than three months to go, so appreciate the time now, the leisure time in Eton Hall.
The Homesick
I’m very homesick now, I miss the food, the shopping malls, and most important, my families in Chongqing. I believe you are in my situation, too. We’re so eager to go back home that if there’s any chance we would like to buy a ticket home immediately. But have you ever come up that when you’re in China after two of more weeks, you’ll miss here as well? You’ll compare Singapore and your hometown subliminally, finding shortcomings there and advantages here. Just like what I mentioned above, the concept of “home” became blurry. Homesick, homesick, which one is my home?
End
Time flies, people change. I’d like to share some of my feelings at this moment. No matter whether I’ll change my mind or not, no matter which school we’ll finally accepted, please value your time in bridging course and your friends. Time never comes back, what you have now is most precious.
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Actually, I am a little homesick, because this is the first time that I am so far away from my family. I have been in Changchun for almost 20 years. There is no doubt that I have been used to the life when I was in Changchun, such as the food, the entertainment, the shopping center, and the feeling when I was with my friends and family. So I decide to go back to China this summer though there will only be several days. I think most of us will have the same feeling as mine, because most of us may be so far away from our home first time.
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