Tuesday, August 30, 2005
was just talking with my council buddy, xuan rong, last night on skype.
he mentioned that the singapore girl over at qing hua is pretty homesick, and was supposedly crying every night when she got there.
and it didn't strike a chord with me. instead, i felt kind of surprised. i was intrigued that this period of transition has been rather smooth for me. i met a really nice taiwanese room mate on my first day in Minnesota, and that has marked 2 weeks of excellent companionship, as well as friendships formed with many taiwanese friends.
i have learnt and experienced the generosity of taiwanese, as well as understood more of their culture. in exchange, they have learnt more about singapore, and i've corrected (hopefully) some of their stereotypes or misconceptions about singapore.
and its kind of amazing how i am adapting so well to life over here, despite not having a huge singaporean community over here in UMN. and i think i really made the right decision to come over here, cause i met so many wonderful people, and each day i'm making an effort to connect with pple of different cultural bgs. and i think this will certainly be of much usefulness for me in the future, both in my job and in my travels.
i finally realised the importance of living in the present, not the past, not the future, but the present. its not that i don't miss my family. yar i do. my mum's cooking, the comforts at home, the likes. but i think what is more important is that i live my life, and not yearn for the past, or wish for the future.
perhaps that's what making this transition period such a smooth one. and the fact the taiwanese friends i've made are so welcoming and inclusive towards me.
feeling really fortunate abt that. :)