a new beginning. or not.

in maastricht once again..

ok.. so i'm in maastricht once again.. arrived with close to 40kg of baggage, much attributed to the huge textbooks that weighed almost 10kg altogether. dragged my luggage with me from maastricht aachen airport all the way to the guesthouse. changed 2 buses and walked about 500m in all. i think that journey must have had been the most torturous in my life! firstly, dragging around a 24kg luggage, a 15kg hand carry and a 2kg handbag is alr not easy. what more crossing roads, negotiating pavements and steps. i practically stopped every 20m to take a break!

the weather's here turning quite cold. before i left it was around 7 - 17 degrees and now it's 5 - 15 degrees. doesn't sound like a lot but it feels quite different. before i left, it wasn't a problem to walk around in a light jacket or even without one. now, i have to wear a light jacket and add on a thicker one. and when the wind blows, i just shiver and my teeth become close to chattering!

updates on the luggage: klm in amsterdam said they couldn't do anything so they asked me to send my luggage as cargo back to Singapore. and it cost an awful 127 euros! i'm gonna make sure that klm and not i pay for this!! honestly, after such a bad experience, i would suggest to pay slightly more for a more reliable flight provider, rather than end up with all this trauma!

on my flight out of singapore, this realisation suddenly struck me: i'm gonna be away for 3 whole months! the last time i left it wasn't this way because i knew i was gonna be back in 5 weeks. but now, i am leaving the place i've known my whole life for 3 months and it's so far away. i kept my gaze on the lights of Singapore till i could see it no more. 3 months might seem short to some of but after being europe for 1 month and a half previously and going back to Singapore, there's really no place better than home! yes, being overseas and being on exchange is exciting and interesting and the freedom of living alone is enticing. but then there times where loneliness sets in and the cold gets to you. and that is when i learnt to appreciate the place that i've always grumbled about.. in that short 5 weeks, i've learnt to appreciate what i have always failed to notice in the past. maybe now even treasure the things that i used to grumble about. maybe this is a classic case of the grass being always greener on the other side: when i was in singapore i always wanted to be out and now when i'm out i want to be back!

lastly, thanks to everyone to sent me off at the airport and who made my short one week in Singapore so memorable! like what del said: 1 week in Singapore is just too short!

posted by just me @ 3:14 AM