.she is.
Though she is a material girl, she is also a plain jane. She may be a party animal. But all she wants, is to be loved and cared.
.past.
Though she is a material girl, she is also a plain jane. She may be a party animal. But all she wants, is to be loved and cared.
.shout.
Life of an exchange student
Sunday, 6 January 2008 2:42 pm
My life as an exchange student, currently, is miserable. I came at the wrong time, as they are still having school holiday till end February. I had to come early because I had to finish my fyp by April. There is no single soul on campus, no friends, nothing to do. But luckily, there is 2 other NTU SBS students here, at least I can ask them out sometimes. If they are not here, I think life is going to be miserable.
The people in my lab don't like to talk to me, because they don't like to speak in english. Being lonely and bored, plus the cold weather, this isn't really a good combination. How am I going to survive at least 2 months, before the rest of the students come? And then I may be quite busy with my fyp by then.
My friend was right. He told me to keep myself occupied for the first few weeks, so that I will not think about home and everything. But there is nothing to do here, so I end up thinking about everything, and end up crying every single day. To think that I still thought of studying masters/phd overseas.
But I guess, it has everything to do with the language barrier. Imagine I was in Australia or America, I can roam around freely on my own without worrying about getting lost, because I can ask for directions easily. So lesson learnt, choose a country that speaks your language.
It is only when you go overseas to study that you realise how pampered you are. I can't wait for the other students to come. More than that, I can't wait for the day to go back to Singapore, back to my comfort zone. I just hope time will pass a little bit faster. And I really hope to go back for Chinese New Year, but I scared my mum will scold me, because we will have to pay for the air ticket. Let's see how it goes for these 2 weeks and I will decide.
The people in my lab don't like to talk to me, because they don't like to speak in english. Being lonely and bored, plus the cold weather, this isn't really a good combination. How am I going to survive at least 2 months, before the rest of the students come? And then I may be quite busy with my fyp by then.
My friend was right. He told me to keep myself occupied for the first few weeks, so that I will not think about home and everything. But there is nothing to do here, so I end up thinking about everything, and end up crying every single day. To think that I still thought of studying masters/phd overseas.
But I guess, it has everything to do with the language barrier. Imagine I was in Australia or America, I can roam around freely on my own without worrying about getting lost, because I can ask for directions easily. So lesson learnt, choose a country that speaks your language.
It is only when you go overseas to study that you realise how pampered you are. I can't wait for the other students to come. More than that, I can't wait for the day to go back to Singapore, back to my comfort zone. I just hope time will pass a little bit faster. And I really hope to go back for Chinese New Year, but I scared my mum will scold me, because we will have to pay for the air ticket. Let's see how it goes for these 2 weeks and I will decide.