Its been such a tiring trip. I dont really know why I am so exhausted. I get to sleep quite earky and wake up reasonably late and still i am so tired.
Australia has been super expensive. The only two good things here are the weather and the people. The people are super friendly.
The school is beautiful. UWA has a a beautiful campus. I love the grounds, the historical architecture and the almost hogwarts feel. I swear, I wld love to go to UWA just to be able to see the school.
Yet, the public transport system there is terrible. I became dellusional with the place and the things are super expensive. Gahh.. I've spent hundreds just on groceries and this was just the first day!
Oh wells, I've been shopping too much. I think out of everyone, I've spent the most on shopping. I'm like spending more then $100 per day! terrible. I hope i can control myself by nxt week.
Ok i'm so tired alr.
Nathaniel Iman sprouted nonsense at
10:13 PM
And so I leave in a few hours time.
Strangely, I dont feel very excited. Perhaps it could be due to the fact that I have been anticipating this for months.
I regard this trip more of an opportunity for me to escape to enjoy a peaceful moment for a short period of time. God knows how much I have been through.
Even as I write this down, so many things are rushing through my mind, full of thoughts and emotions. I just need a break and thank god, this opportunity came at the perfect moment.
And so now I wish farewell to all. Do take care and I will miss you, most of you in any case. Hopefully this trip would be theraputic.
Goodbye and farewell...
Nathaniel Iman sprouted nonsense at
9:44 PM
Today was a wonderful day.
Besides it being the last day of GC class, there was MBA and TPDE concert.
MBA was brilliant.
After all the hard work and effort put in, it finally came to an end. Truly, all of our work and effrt paid off and the event was spectacular. I will have a hard time next year trying to repeat the feat.
Dance concert was beautiful.
The modern dance was moving and show cased their skill and the hip hop segment oozed of energy.
Although, the dance was beautiful, i think modern needs to recruit more talent. The hip hop dancers who did the modern segments didnt really get to maximize their talent.
At the same time, the past few days was nice.
Went out with Fion, Yanti, Grace and Nicholas Cheong on wednesday after the museum tour. It was such a nice feeling to go out with them again. Whilst we searched the entire bedok area for May's top.
Thursday was spent with Fion and Nicholas where we reviewed the designers works which were amazing before Nicholas dragged us to SMU.
Besides that, I am truly touched by Yanti and Fion's decision to send me off to Australia. Besides the fact that my flight is at 1.am, I realy dont expect anyone to even bother to send me off and now JY is apologizing to me that he cant send me off even though he wants to because he has SIP. I am truly touched.
Its times like these that I truly enjoy knowing that I do have people wiling to stick with me through thick and thin.
Nathaniel Iman sprouted nonsense at
12:11 AM
I talked to someone I havent had contact with in years yesterday morning,
someone I once looked up to,
someone whom I highly respected:
William.
It was such a nice surprise to find out he just had his POP two days ago.
Which just meant he was enlisted so early on.
All the memories came flooding back at me as we spoke on topics ranging from life, education and the past.
I still remember the days when we would work together on TMS's first major project: Balloon Day.
He taught me so many things and shard so many wonderful experiences.
This is truly someone I am in debt too.
Yesterday's museum visit was not too exciting.
Most of the exhibits were the same as the ones I saw when I last visited 2-3 years ago.
Cabbed back to TP with Sharif, Felicia and Vanessa and it ended up costing us $28.
As soon as I reached the bus stop, met Yanti, Fion, Grace and Nicholas Cheong.
And they asked me to follow them to City Hall, which by the way,
was where I was from, where I spent $28 to get from.
In the end, we just sat around TM and discussed issues and current affairs.
Especially about a hot topic that unites TP.
Today's another day of GC.
Nathaniel Iman sprouted nonsense at
7:50 AM
Had a very interesting dream last night which was unfortunately interrupted by Yanti calling me at 2am. I cant remember what she said or what i said.
Today was nice. Had lunch with Cassaundra before bumping into my cousin Aliah.
It was nice to go out with her again after so long. There's this barrier between us usually. Its mainly due to the fact that some of her friends and I just cannot get along.
GC class has been fine. it can get abit boring since most of the issues are really just general knowledge and hence such a bore.
Nathaniel Iman sprouted nonsense at
8:35 PM
I seriously think that every website needs to either have an english version or a translation. It is so irritating to surf websites and then not being able to read anything on them because they are in a foreign language.
For example, I was researching on foreign TV companies and I didnt have much problems with the Japanese media save their english versions were slightly short and lacking in information. But I wasnt able to read a single thing when i surfed the taiwanese websites. What was worse was that it wasnt in simplified mandarin. Unfortunately I dont see how that would have helped me at this moment.
I'm desperately trying to get an internship either in Taiwan or Japan. However, my language skills for either Nihongo or mandarin isnt anywhere near acceptable. I'm giving myself a year to try learn mandarin. As i told Fion, I'm not asking much, just to master her mother tongue.
In any case, anyone who can help me in any of my problems do feel free to contact me :) Help would be most appreciated.
And the election results fr Malaysia is officially out. And boy was it a shocker. The opposition now control 5 states primarily in the north including Kedah, Perak, Penang, Kelantan and the Selangor which was a huge shock given its proximity to the federal territories whilst the sounthern states continued to be BN strongholds. I think Anuar Ibrahim is one hell of a leader to be able to unite such a fragmented opposition. Oh wells, Malaysian politics will never be boring again after this.
Nathaniel Iman sprouted nonsense at
11:29 PM
Yesterday was such a terrible day.
Two terrible incidents just sums it all up.
I swear I need a phone. For those who dont know, I broke my phone last week so I've been unable to answer any calls or sms. Just for today, I'm using my broter's phone because his having a cam in school right now.
However, at the end of the day, God smiled on me and decided i deserved a break. And i met one very unlikely person at Eastpoint. Akit. Its been so long since we last met. He was with his brother, Afiq, and his cousin. So nice to finally meet him again.
In any case, I need to go out today. TOPMAN/TOPSHOP is giving away $15 voucher with any regular purchases by members. So go for it.
I start GC classes nxt week from 9-12.30. PLus, I have council things to do everyday after GC all in preparation for Friday's MBA.
Australia better come soon.
Nathaniel Iman sprouted nonsense at
10:03 AM
