Hanging in there

Spring's officially here and almost all the snow's gone. Experiencing winter and seeing snow for the first time in my life was lovely but I'm all ready to embrace slightly warmer weather and pretty flowers! Bright yellow daffodils have been growing in the vast grass patches in school and it looks beautiful. Been itching to go for a stroll or jog along the lake since the temperature's been great. It's now down to the last 4 or 5 days stay here in the hostel on campus ;( This coming Sunday, the entire batch of SG students will be off for a camp at the Lake District. Selection for next year's overseas study placement is due end next week too. In the meantime, there's still an assignment that's due on Sunday. Our stay in Birmingham is coming to an end soon but it'll be a mad rush till then!

I had a wonderful time during the Easter break, travelling to Edinburgh and Wales with the nicest group of friends. Travelling about so much does make one feel disillusioned after some time. In Singapore, people usually look forward to short breaks and overseas trip very much. Even trips to Hong Kong or Thailand for example, which are simply 3 to 4 hours away, are greatly cherished and anticipated. Over here, 5 day trips to other cities/countries feel so normal. 

Then again, I remember our lecturer Jon previously asking us during dinner if we preferred UK or Singapore. Everyone agreed that although we prefer Singapore (it is home, afterall) but UK's lifestyle is something we really love. [Side note: I loveeee the supermarkets here so much that I wish I can bring them all home] Somehow it feels as though there's a greater sense of peace and freedom. Moreover, it isn't as crowded. Plus the locals here seem more mild-mannered in the sense that they don't talk as loudly and complain as much.? Sometimes we joke as we are as much of annoying foreigners to the folks here as the foreigners are to us back home; chatting loudly (in comparison to them), clustering in groups and all.

And from 20th April follows an entire month of travels to:
LDN ➤ France ➤ Switzerland ➤ Germany ➤ Austria ➤ Italy ➤ Spain ➤ Amsterdam ➤ Netherlands

before returning back to UK again for several days before catching the flight home. It's going to cause a huge hole in my pockets but I'm sure it'll be well worthwhile :')