Nostos

How are you man? How's Singapore?

It's fine, really.

Every person who could possibly be reading this post is probably already aware of this fact: I went back to Malaysia for the weekend. Every person I met over that weekend, quite predictably, asked me the question above. Well, I can't say that I'm complaining over the lack of bad manners within my social circle, but hey... it really is fine. You're asking out of common courtesy (perhaps a tinge of concern), but I'm not answering out of courtesy, I'm answering it the way it actually is. Things weren't feeling so good perhaps for a few moments within the first week or so, but from then on, it's seriously turned real fine. Met some nice people who I could hang out and have a drink with, without having awkward pauses in the conversation which, to be frank, really feel weird sometimes. Yes, yes, first criteria in meeting people: no Awkward Pauses™. In fact, let's all pause and wiki up awkward pauses now:

"How heavy does a polar bear weigh?"
"How much?"
"Heavy enough to break the ice."

Anyway, I didn't technically just go back for the weekend, I stayed until Tuesday (but you probably already knew that). Since my A-levels results were just out last week, there was an award ceremony on Monday and I went for that (another very obvious fact). I'd like to use this space here to thank all the people who clapped for me as I went on the stage until Ms. Jeganathan (sic) herself commented on the hearty applause. Of course, the cheer for Jian Wei after me was much louder, and definitely more weight was added by it being announced that he's going to Cambridge. I had to force him to write Cambridge on the slip which was to be given to the MC; don't shy away from declaring your to-be-university anywhere and anytime man.

Other highlights of my trip back home: Crab dinner at Kepong, home-cooked food after 2.5 weeks, two visits to Wong Kok, salmon sashimi salad at Rakuzen, watching a Jay Chou romance movie with just Jun Sheng, awesome mamak/breakfast yumcha session before leaving.

Okay fine, main highlight of trip back home: Meeting friends and family again.


Cheers.