Game over

Hallo! Ik ben in Amsterdam!

135 days ago I was at this exact airport waiting to embark on a journey into the unknown. 135 days later I’m back on the same route.

I’ll see you soon along the way.

Dag!

Emptiness

This day 1 month ago, I was gearing up for the most unexpected event of a lifetime. This is probably the final experience of a lifetime when you have got better things to do than to worry about your future, when you’re trekking across 8 countries with your folks’ money and when you’re caught in between a new chapter and the old.

I’d be lying to myself if I said I wanted to leave the western way of life for the comfort zone I call home. I’d be equally lying if I said I never relieved the 14 days by constantly flicking through the hundreds of snapshots containing smiles and joy night after night. I’d be definitely lying if I said the event was magnificent entirely on its own, not because of the people I have came across.

I am in my final destination, where I can still freely exercise my childishness and when I can still refuse to grow up to face the reality of a dog eat dog world out there.

We'll see

I'm planning to touchdown at KLIA in style - in my 10 euros' I Love Paris T-shirt.

Rather unpatriotic, ain't it?

Plans are meant to be broken

Remember the 3 day plan I had after university life was over? Yeah I don't think irresponsible people, a.k.a. me should ever create. In fact I should be barred from planning ahead like, ever.

Sept 1 - Didn't sleep for the entire night, walked to library to print assignment, rushed for exam, handed up assignment, had lunch with Angeline & Bird, had coffee at Nero, didn't get my shoes, got ready, went to Angeline's to be dollied, called for cab, waited for cab, cab was late and we were late, walked to Adelphi Hotel with those high heels that gave me blisters 3 months ago, forced myself to finish the food, photo taking session, some dancing, went to 2 different bars, danced like a crazed maniac, went home

Sept 2 - Celebrated Xiao Ren's birthday, had tequila for the first time ever, played Police & Mafia til 3am, went home, took a shower, uploaded pics on Facebook, chucked stuff into the luggage, sleep, wake up, lugged luggage out, housemate (I think it was Mimi) thought I was flying home, called for cab, waited for cab, cab arrived, arrived at Lime Street, found the train surprisingly easy, arrived at Nottingham, arrived at Loughborough in 15mins, no elevators/escalators at Loughborough station so this white guy helped me lugged the luggage up and down the stairs, met godparents, had lunch, went home and watched TV, went for some sightseeing, had dinner, had a good chat, went online, slept

Sept 3 - Headed back to Liverpool, bumped into Wei Xiang, Derique, Sharon and Allen, took a shower, went to library to return books, converted my pounds to euros, did laundry, washing machine spoilt so loaded it to another one, went to library to return the rest of the books (yes I'm that kiasu I borrowed the entire library), dinner with housemates (who turned out to be half of the girls from Europe trip's Coach D), took my time, Mimi tells me it's 8.45pm, ran to the room and practically threw anything I could find into the bags, JC asks to have dinner but I couldn't so I gave her the unopened bottle of lemonade and pineapples, ran down to get my laundry, left the bedsheets and duvet in the room, left my unwanted stack of books as well, plus the trash, dumped the bags into the bus (I was the first! >.<), ran back to get the Internet cable and returned it and the keys, realized me and my housemates left food lying around the kitchen, totally forgot about my Mars chocolate in the fridge, ran out, housemate tells me my dinner is still on the table, I told her I couldn't finish her sayur, fiddled with my seat, looked around and thought jeez there are some weird looking guys sitting behind me

Best days of our lives

Disneyland Paris!