Well, its been three days since my return, and as I would be the first to admit, this post has been a long time coming. Wednesday was full of frustrating waiting, tempered by the fact that all bar one of my bunkmates were familiars. The frustration began to boil over for some people, especially when news filtered through that the earthquake had struck. Calls came pouring in from worried relatives, amid rumours that the captain and his crew were contemplating abandoning the trip, and the feelings of unease didn't lift for much of the early evening. We were eventually allowed to board, to much relief. And the pall began to lift, replaced by optimism. Watching the ship move off, and out of the harbour was a most beautiful sight, and put us all in high spirits. Didn't sleep till after 2. Thursday was a pretty long day. Plenty of presentations, and in between, plenty of work on pronouncing words the right way. Morning was spoilt by a most stupid argument. Man, I can't believe anyone could get angry over something like that. Agree to disagree, isn't that something we should all do? Ohwell, the whole incident let me know that idiots exist everywhere. The food at the D&D wasn't great. In fact D&D didn't seem to stand for Dinner & Dance. More likely Dinner No Dance. Hit the international buffet with the other fellas for our watermelon buffet. XDFriday started off late. Late for breakfast, late for presentations. But everything worked out well. Lunch at the Pavillion wasn't good either, but meeting new people over the meal was an eye-opener. Trip back to school was reserved for the power nap we all needed. Enjoyed the final presentation, even if it didn't go the way we wanted to. We all made mistakes, but at the very least, we cracked the audience up. MOS Lui laughed along too, so it must have been a good thing. The fear of butterflies in my digestive tract didn't materialise, and I suppose I was pretty comfortable up there. And you'd have guessed by now that I've reached the end. Was wrestling with the thought of putting down a paragraph that didn't have a real link to the rest of the post, but I suppose, by writing this in the first place, I'd already made up my mind. Its been an interesting three months, and I've met people along the way that have opened my eyes to what diversity in the polytechnics really means. To Ali, Clinston, Tianyi, Radhika, Sunny, Gim Kai, Marcus, Coburn, Eric, Elizabeth, Terence, Alex, Louis, Derick, Hady, Mark, Andrew, Aik Leng, George, Qingling, Raphael, Jacintha, Alan, Ms Meera, Ms Soh, Mr Tay, Ms Ng, and everyone else I missed out, its been a great experience working with you guys, and I thank you all for making this Forum something I'll cherish. Old Is Gold. Hear hear.
i heard the crickets at 12:20 pm
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