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In Loving Memory of My Dearest Grandma

18 December 1930 - 19 December 2006

I’m finally home!! For good!!

Oh, the mixed feelings. Feelings of excitment at the prospect of returning home, tinged with a little sadness at leaving the new friends/lifestyle behind.

I know that the friendships can still endure beyond perth, but well, once work sets in, and everyone’s back to the hectic pace of sporean life, it’ll be so different.

The thought of having completed four whole years of undergrad study haven’t sunk in yet- I feel like I’m resting now from having completed a major assignment, and will be starting on the next one soon. 

Returning back to spore for good and so soon is definitely eagerly anticipated, but I’m gonna enjoy my last days here in the company of great friends.

I totally welcome you, my next phase of life- whatever it may be and wherever God leads me…

I prefer savory food food, to snacks, but decided on impulse to buy munchies for the exam period (and my exam ends in 3 days loh). I just bought packets of Korean seaweed, and a TIN of Hello Panda- 450grams!! ALL for me: Wah.hahaha. Exams are eeeevil, i say…

As you can probably tell, the exams have made me mad.

Anyhew, mum’s here and she’s supposed to help us to finish cooking the food in our shelves, so we can vacate the place in 2 weeks. But, she arrived yesterday with 8-10 plastic bags of food, 3 whole chickens, bunches of kangkong and etc…

Cheryl’s one happy and satisfied gal. My mum plied us 4 (me, cheryl, gweex and herself) with SOOOOOO much food, I think gonna explode on the exam table. Within 15 mins of entering my home, she started preparing the food and we had hae mee for lunch. Then went to the subi markets in the afternoon, and for dinner, we had store-bought gyozas, curry chicken, herbal chicken soup, and her speciality- fried laksa.

I told her she’s banned from cooking for the next few days while we finish up leftovers from last night. I woke up for church this morning and found that she has cooked fish porridge with crabsticks and portobello mushrooms slices for breakfast!!

 Jia Liat lah. The winter-gorging-induced spare-tyres have not disappeared, and now this. I will return to Spore twice my original size than when i first came 4 years ago. Sigh.

I handed in my thesis yesterday (Wed)!!!!!!!! YAY!!

And I’ve just submitted my final lab report/essay of my entire undergraduate studies 10 minutes ago.

I can’t believe it.. Before I rejoice however, I have 2 exams the week after. Bummer. I’m so sleep deprived right now, I have EXTRA dark rings tattooed under my eyes. I even asked someone for directions to the female toilet in the library yesterday when the door was 40cm behind me. 

I think i haven’t slept properly in weeks, like sleeping at 5 to 8 am, waking up at noon. Eat, sleep, breathe thesis. I actually dreamt about the results section one night, and was trying to resolve the stats problem in my dream. How bizarre. Now, I’m ‘free’… but it doesn’t feel like it.. Sigh.