Lund: Final Update

Okay the time has finally come for the moment to end.

Basically the few of us, parted ways with SK & Gordon returning to SG first. Leaving ZY, Cari, Mich and myself to go to Copenhagen to spend our last moments of 6 days there. We explored the new part of the area, of course is still amazing, yet is super cold because of the crazy wind. Living in the quarters of the AirBnB etc, exploring new buildings of course.

We spent the time having HTHT about our love life etc. and played DaiDee cause they psychoed me real hard for this -.- and somehow everyday is an early night, no matter how hard we tried to stay up late I guess we were all super demoralized….

Nonetheless, super blessed to have them celebrating my birthday, neither did I expect it because I don’t hold my birthday as a thing to be regarded. But I guess celebrating it overseas with important people, really makes a difference and one of the most treasured experience that one can cherish and remember about.

Then the next day, sending Cari & Mich off… deep down me, I was super sian, shed tear of course because the whole day will be revision period… have to complete homework -.- and 2 less companions The whole house became super quiet, we stayed home the WHOLE DAY, repacked the luggage etc also… Well it wasn’t so bad that I still remembered to complete my practice of sending new year messages to important people, I slept late that night because I was pretty sentimental about things… especially the issue before coming here, and now I gotta face it again… I am not prepared for it definitely.

Well I guess that should be marking the end of my exchange for this semester eh

Friends whom I’ve met along the way, may we still meetup in SG 😀

It felt… like a dream, and I’ve snapped back to this harsh reality of SG…

 

Lund: December Update

Exchange is ending in a wink of the eye, definitely not gonna be hoping for it because of the hectic stuffs, nonetheless it’s coming nearer for sure.

Well December, Greece is the place we targeted to go, because I’m a fan of the Hedonistic religion. Thinking of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades etc, of course Athens, the land belonging to the War Goddess and a certain human being -.- Took around 3 days in Athens, went to the Parthenon, the temple etc. HOLY SHIT man, that place is amazing, I felt like I’ve traveled back in time to that era. With the free walking tour, and walking through the shopping streets, witnessing the first Olympic stadium, that is just so amazing. Food is also a crazy feat, Gyros, Greek coffee, and my favorite! the LIVER steak 😛

After that we decided to go to Meteora, which is in Karnataka, taking a 5 hours train ride… yet with no regrets because we wanted a break from city, and we just want to chill in the place. It is so needed to have a tour, else we wouldn’t be able to go up the mountains, exploring the environment, going into the monasteries and embracing the nature. We were pretty tired of taking photos, we just want to relax TBH LOL. Then after which, we stayed there for a day and went back to Athens via the 5hours train ride.

Next, traveling to Iceland is pretty cool but CARI PARTED WAYS T.T, especially the memorizing Blue Lagoon and the waterfall. I really love the country but it’s just too costly for me to stay within. Talk about Nordic legends? IT EXIST THERE. Country folks there are pretty protective of themselves and it is very safe! I would be hoping to come back here one day when I’m rich of course, or perhaps go to Finland in the future to witness the Northern Lights in a clearer manner =.= the activity in Iceland is just too limited. And I’m pretty lost of words regarding the beauty of the country.

After Iceland, Poland is the place where I went. Because of exchanging visitation to the adorable Sock and the birthday celebration of the mama May~ The interesting part? Duo travel with ZY LOL 2 guys wandering around the place. Furthermore, it’s so interesting to be taking flight from Malmo, compared to Copenhagen. Mainly is the punctuality, which is surprisingly sharp 😀 Katowice is our destination, we spent around 3 days before meeting up with Ron & May and heading to Auschwitz. Man… that place is a must go once in a lifetime… I’ve no words for that place it is just historical lesson and human psychology stuff. After that, Krakow, one of my favorite place to go. LEGIT MEDIEVAL PLACE, amazing food and even the best experience of the market square. I’m so in love with that place, unfortunately we didn’t make it to the Salt Mine Perhaps coming back another time T.T

Then the amazing part, going to Warsaw for Sock~ thinking the train ride would be so long, but nehhh it’s like 2hours++. Definitely fun to meetup with fellow SMU peeps there, and spending time with them. Exploring the old town etc, it is just so amazing… Food in Poland are beyond words of delicious and inexpensive! Moreover, best part? DATA PLAN 100GB for almost 2SGD WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS DEAL~! So after that, spending 2 days there, we sent Ron & May off before heading back to Katowice to catch our flight. But we didn’t stay in the hotel, we sort of hobo-ed at the hostel for 6 hours before taking the van to the airport, to hobo yet again for 2 hours. Some experience you get for cheap flights and on exchange HAHA.

Then back to Lund, planned another crazy thing to visit London as the final place to explore before heading back to SG. Which was not a bad choice, since it is so similar and we are finally in a country where people can understand us and we are able to communicate properly. One of the most interesting thing, is meetup with Joo Kian LOL of course I brought some stuffs that salvaged his life LOL THAI MILK TEA. Things happening in London, are just too fun, especially 2 musicals, memories maximum. The meetup with Cari in the fish and chip shop LOL then moving to the Winter Wanderland for some chill drinking session. (cannot forget this amazing experience) Walking for the whole day during Christmas because public transports were closed off -.- This place is really a good stop point and a great place to go especially when you are about to head back to SG ~ Just that transportation to the airport is kinda tricky and requires public transport which cost a bomb~ and I actually shed a tear when we boarding plane back, and parting ways with Sock T.T.

Till then, for the final update soon…..

Lund: November Update

The month opened with the trip to Belgium, land of waffles and fries and chocolate… Sinful stuffs yes I know. Not a bad experience for exploring the towns and old castle and even went to the old town of Brugges~ Brussels wasn’t much of an entertainment except for food. Photos are up so head over for those stuffs 😛

Then immediately was the Italy trip. By far 1 of my best trip, with the duo trip with ZY over to Rome. Met up with May & even made new friend of Sujay~ Wine, coffee and pastas are just too much of an obsession and addiction, definitely with the addition of Gelato, having 2 cones everyday is such a sinful indulgence. Reason of why is this 1 of the best trip, I would say is being able to travel along with people that you have never traveled with before, the chill feeling that you will be able to experience throughout the trip, and of course the money spent isn’t ALOT as compared to the other trips. AND the places in Rome is so mesmerizing along with the baristas~

Next, moving on to Milan, meeting up with Theodoric, spent a few days but AGAIN is a cheap journey I guess because the food are filling and the transports are… avoidable HAHA. Visit to the Duomo & the palace was definitely interesting~ nice building~~~

Well overall, I loved Italy ALOT. Caught up with May for HTHT session, finally get to have a chance to speak with each other more. And yes she is like a sister to me, despite me calling her weird names HA~ But well will finally be catching up with her during the Poland trip in the future~

The wrapping up of the month ended with Dreamhack, finally… got to visit the largest digital festival in Europe. SUCH a big setup and happening in Jonkoping, seeing so many avid gamers bringing their machines to the venue, despite living so far away, that requires train journeys. Chairs, tables, desktops, monitors and even audio devices were brought along for the entire setup, I wonder that triggered them to even bring the entire workstation to the venue for 3 straight days. Nonetheless, Overwatch was the main highlights and speaking of which, Theo gave me an early birthday present with Eunice, the OVERWATCH ORIGIN EDITIONS. THANKS BRO AND EUEU~

Never did people heard me talking about the things related to my school, because it is nonsense, I’m here for chilling and taking a break from SMU definitely it is time for me to relax man. Also trying to put aside unhappiness of the things around my house area, uncool and damn dumb. I am appreciative to Cari when she agreed to be my listener and hearing the unpleasant rants of mine that really got onto my nerves. But yeah she is nasty.

Lastly, to end things off here. I guess it really is important to travel with people that you will enjoy with and the expectation of fun have to be kept on a standard level. Furthermore, it is tiring to be flying here and there constantly. yes it is fun but falling sick is pretty frequent and definitely spoils the plan.

Some thoughts on some shit

I guess I’ll do some side track posts here that sort of trigger some thoughts in me. It bothered me definitely and I got irritated by it of course. When that certain somebody can actually piss you off and tilt you that you don’t even wanna bother about this person because it is just so not worth it.

Something about me is, I hate needy human beings… overly dependent personality made it feels like the person is not able to do things on his/her own. Furthermore such a person is so annoying, and I believe I am not the only one that is irritated by such a person, because I received several feedback regarding this and I can understand the annoyance that can piss someone off so much.

Things such as digging information when you have not earned enough trust of a person, that is just being rude and disrespectful. In addition to not even producing enough information of the requested topic, that is just… wtf seriously. Grow up please, and stop being a kid, you wanna find friends with benefit then by all means do it else where, enough for the fake shit because showtime’s over and your show ain’t interesting.

Well, nonetheless it was great to be shown such a person so that I won’t be like that, it is a mirror displayed to me to NOT become like that and cause annoyance to people. Come to think of it, how many more of a time I have to spend with this female on exchange, *roll eyes* oh gosh….

Lund : October Update

Apart of settling down, this place starts to feel comfortable which I guess is due to the people you hang out with, including meal and talking time together, and even exploring places in this town. So every night is like a meetup to chill and relax after dinnering, maybe card games as well, and even HTHT.

One of the best part would be for me to even experiment different dishes under Yukihira’s name LOL – shamefully declare HAHA. GOOD thing some of us knows how to cook which makes our variety of food more promising and more interesting to dine in 🙂

I guess it is a blessed feature to even know Cari & Michelle, though heard stories of them before and knowing them through word of mouth since Convocation HMMM. Not too bad they are interesting and lovely people, FUNNY of course. And after hearing the incident of Cari having some sort of panic attack made me into paying more attention into her. As we know, having medical attention outside home country can be a hassle, it is not as accessible in Singapore where you are able to enter the hospital or medical facilities with ease, Sweden’s are good but the efficiency is an issue BUT ANYWAY, trying the best to make her feel at ease so she doesn’t have the buffer for such unforeseen circumstances.

Gordon & SK, finally more guys to join in the gang and… yeah do more shitloads of work and enjoy nonsense together PHEW~ and definitely even more of an enjoyment to know we are clustered to be staying near each other with real walking distance LOL.

Back from Spain of course, one of the fun trips and visiting rare places, food never fails to make me happy definitely especially without the specific some person that could piss me off, though I was already not having an ultra experience in Barcelona -.- Anyway… shopping trip and sightseeing sort of brought chill and relax to almost everyone, definitely love Spain 😛

-Tommy~

Lund: September Update

Came back from Amsterdam with the peeps, amazing experience, learnt tons of things that we don’t see in Singapore with the particular Red Light District LOL. Photos are on Facebook which I will not post here. Many things happened there definitely, good and bad. Experienced waking early and rushing over to Rijks Museum for the IAMSTERDAM logo photo taking and Van Gogh Museum as well as Anne Frank House.

TOO MANY SHITS…. Food wise were okay, nothing special except for the pancakes that were too attractive. Weather was HOT and YES TOO DAMN HOT… burning my skins, wore shorts and single layer T.T But it was worth since we managed to explore most of the important part. Red Light District really opened our eyes… we didn’t go for the sex shows since it’s expensive and doesn’t seem to be worth it. Weeds, NOW many people may think we did that but we didn’t LOL same goes for the mushrooms HA. Overall, Netherlands experience was good especially visiting Heineken Brewery SUPER WORTH and Zaans Schanse Windmill village, where we see the traditional Dutch area.

Copenhagen Trip was pretty interesting, we managed to finish some parts of the important area but that place was accessible since it is near us, so yeah~ PHOTOS again. Mainly targetted Food Street Nyhavn, the castle and the mermaid which was lame~

Back in school, lotsa work of course, 2 modules for a period. ESSAYS are a headache -.- INFOSEC was back to IST and no real kick was there… except for… chilling in class and talking to other people and staring into space.

Anyway short updates here CIAOSSU

Some random updates

Yoho, been a long while since arrival in Lund. Things are pretty well here and lotsa culture shocks that made me look back on the differences Asian have compared to here in Europe HAHA. Accommodation is sort of fantastic, having a common kitchen never made me think the way that I will be troubling over food, supermarkets are pretty accessible and that made things easier~

School is pretty far so cycling is a must for me, public transports are too expensive, almost 5x of Singapore’s GOSH. But when winter comes then… it shall be an option, besides travelling overseas will be the other option that I’m considering getting a concession.

Met up with the gang on the first few days, settled in pretty quickly and caught up with the sleep debt at Doha’s layover, the jet lag is murdering alot of us definitely.  Also settled on the daily necessities for the house, cleaned up the place thoroughly… And yea everything is good here, weather is great with the great feeels of holidays 😀

The Departure

The day has arrived where I’ll be leaving Singapore for months. It was pretty troublesome for me to arrive at this decision of venturing into Europe for exchange. But well I chose this path and I shall go with it of course. Half excited definitely, going to a foreign land yet hesitant because of the expenditure and the fact that I’ll be missing someone.

Nonetheless I’ve got to do what I have to do, might as well make the full use of it and Pokemon Go’s quest gonna be carried on there as well so that’s another plus point along with the scenery at that place.

Itinerary will be looked into and planned on where will I be moving around Europe with several friends, hopefully will be making new friends from the overseas, exchange right 😀 And thinking about food, seems to be the important factor that I need to consider and scrimp about else I’m gonna be begging on the streets.

The gathering few days before departure is the key factor of connection again and eating the things I won’t be able to enjoy on the far end really is crucial for my… homesickness that I will be experiencing. ARGH BA CHOR MEE….

Gaming will be put on a stop for now, maybe I’ll be touching EU server for awhile I suppose? And will see if I have the time to attend EU LCS of course. Stuffs that I’ll be helping Check and Kliff will be resumed when I’m back definitely. But well unable to head down to Millenia Walk for the showcase matches, definitely is gonna be sad for me but no choice, I gotta fly.

Also able to see the Crew member again is the best thing ever when you have close friends doing the bullshit and fun stuffs together, follow us on @therealcerealkendama on Instagram 😀 I guess another jam will be happening soon, location TBC by the organizing side team so keep a lookout.

Last paragraph hmm… I’ll go on with my decision of pursuing her. Regardless of the outcome I’ll be grateful and appreciate of it because I do find the time spent was well-worth, quiet moments being with her just slowed down the racing pace in my mind that is constantly making me stressed up. How I wish I could spend more time with her before I fly, but I’ve got things to do that I need to go. I’ll definitely miss her much… Thanks to a several buddies who talked to me about giving it a shot and continue with chasing her, of course… I’ll give it my best.

For now… farewell peeps, I’ll be updating the blog as and when needed during my time there and sharing the things to you readers 🙂

-Tommy

Rant on Exchange

Exchange planning to Sweden isn’t smooth at all, I guess what had I signed up for it in the first place when I have already confirmed that I do not want to go, sounds real dumb. I’ve insufficient funds to embark on this journey, the module clearance isn’t as promising because I can’t clear 5 modules at all… But I guess the reason is  I want a getaway and learn something out of this country… Residence permit is still pending, accommodations unsettled… flight tickets not booked of course, I wonder what have I gotten myself into.

Module bidding is starting yet I couldn’t bid at all unless I drop exchange programme. This feeling is surely a crossroad that I am facing with and have no idea on how can I deal with. While I’m working part-time to save up as much as I can definitely, but how much can I earn to sustain myself in that expensive country? Dropping it is most probably the wiser choice as the money would be saved.

My parents would want me to go for the exchange, but I do not want financial burden and dead-knots onto the family at all. Money has been loaned, just to get through the residence permit phase, thinking about dropping the exchange programme indefinitely, but should I? Money can be earned back in the future, so I should take this chance to go ahead, said a friend. True, it is just that I don’t wanna place a huge burden at this period where family is struggling financially, and would rather use the money loaned to tie up loose ends. To be honest, going to exchange has become a mundane and reluctant thing for me to think about. Not only would I be going for a guilt trip, I will be studying unhappily there, thinking about how to fill the financial pit hole. Working part-time there? sounds not bad right…

Some of the information that I’ve mentioned dropping exchange has been spreading around, I wouldn’t say is false because it is a possibility. I did speak to my coordinator regarding this situation of pulling out due to financial constraint, but I guess I’m putting this on hold till I get news on my residence permit as of now.

I’ll be graduating later than most of my peers, it doesn’t really matter to me how I would fare for getting the paper late, but the tuition grant would be the financial load upon my family, and definitely last thing for me to imagine.

I guess ranting it out, does make some minor positive effect to myself. Always telling myself whenever I’m with friends or loved ones, I mustn’t be unhappy, as it can affect the surrounding atmosphere, perhaps blogging this out tends to be an alternative that I can take, else where could I place this? Or rather… what should I have done?

-Tommy

The rare getaway & rest ~

Finally got a chance to go on a getaway off the urban island thanks to Gab & Aggie as well as Auntie May for the invitation to the wedding ceremony. No photos because electronic devices are BANNED 😛

Overall the experience was great, and new friends/old friends got to see each other again so yeah, all’s well 🙂 Though fantastic place, it was pretty pricey and long travel time is gonna be expected, so I guess I’ll skip it  in the future. HOWEVER getting off the grid is wonderful point here, to chill out and be uncontactable 😀

Well, finally year 3 has ended for me, things are always a challenge to be blasted in my face and leaving me dumbfounded most of the time. To start off all that crap, I need rest and yes I’ve gotten an appetizer of it at Telunas. Gaming and catching up with some old friends definitely a must for a routine.

-Credits to Steph

To prepare for the exchange happening around August, gonna be finding a part-time or rather working as a free-lancer to earn some bucks for funding. Meanwhile trying another luck on Razer for an internship seems not bad, but not gonna have high hopes for that. Speaking of which, I’ve gotten a Razer Nabu Watch thanks to Steph and her awesome jio, and Hammy’s lucky hand for the draw. Something new for me to do development on for the summer I suppose 😀

Academics are definitely a murderous case, is not gonna be something that I can take it of course, and I hate myself for making a decision coming to SMU still despite all the efforts of distracting myself and having many awesome peeps along the university journey. As for undesired people, I still gotta thank you for showing me what NOT to be and HOW not to be a jerk & shitbag.

And yes… After 7 months, that feeling is back again, and back to the suppression of this damn feeling again… For now that should be it for this post, out~