Anything but Ordinary

living in a foreign land

don't really know why i took this long to write this blog...perhaps i was just out of ideas to type out a really long blog...

Living in a foreign land....as much as i wanted to tell myself that it is as easy as typing these 5 words out, i had to admit, it is indeed a tough nut to crack. Not because i am not able to survive by myself handling the accomodation and academic procedures, not because i am struggling to adapt to the slow moving pace here, and definitely NOT because i can't cook myself a decent meal. Instead, it is the PR skills and tolerance level which we all lack by default, that's making us difficult to live in a foreign land where the natives speak a different language from yours.

I had to admit though, army has trained me very well to be who i am now.....not in terms of physical fitness(which i obviously suck at that) but in terms of living in the same conditions with people from different races, background, wealth, habits and most of all, temper. Unfortunately for my female flat-mates, they do not have this valuable 2 yr sharing experience to add on to their armoury and this has now proved to be the contributing factor behind a couple of unhappy incidences within our crib. In the event of such circumstances, guys would either swear at each other, or just leave it be, eventually reaching a point when things cool off and we forget about it. As for girls, what i have saw is that they'll bitch about it with other parties, and then go to their comfort corner quietly, eventually ending up with tears rolling down their cheek and none of the problems solved. The exact details of the grievances i do not really know, but, somehow i feel that it has to do with the difference in living habits and the clash in characters.

Anyway, brushing aside those troublesome issues, i would think that i'm better off staying in my room all the time and only appear for dinner...this would prevent more conflicts than it already has and also allows me to concentrate more on catching up on my studies....somehow, i feel, that i'm lagging quite alot, and i've been huffing and puffing my way through assignments which would not even cause a ripple to me when i was in poly....





sigh...statistics quiz again on mon.... another wkend burnt....





some photos taken during Easter holiday, with benny visiting!!

posted by Stoner @ 10:57 pm