A little bit of familiarity

Having spent the previous chinese new year in faraway land last year, I found back a little familiarity within these few days. Essentially, we will do the same things each and every year, and see the people whom I get to see every other day. But it’s this little bit of familiarity that I found charm in. And perhaps ease.

Nostalgia is such a wonderful thing.

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The point about malls

I don’t like the bigger Jurong Point. There you go, I said it.

Since the start of school, I have averted any real need to go to that place (anything I need to get from Jurong Point I can simply get it elsewhere). But today, having to meet a couple of friends there, there was no excuse. While seeing Beetle Bug is pretty cool, I treasure the time I can go to a place straight easily without passing hundreds of stores I care naught for more. This was proved by my ability to locate my friendly neighbourhood bank only after 45 minutes. 

I think people are tricked into thinking that bigger is better. Yes it means more choices, but I have already said what I thought about choices. And yes it means the west finally has a kick-ass mall, but I can travel to the town if I want to shop at the best malls. Singapore is not only getting malls-concentrated, it is beginning to seem malls-obsessed too. 

I used to despise neighbourhood malls for being such complete boredom. But I have since aged.

Maybe by too much.

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Swan song

As I prepare  for the new semester, which typically involve clearing old files, notes and getting people to buy my unwanted textbooks, I can’t help but feel a tinge of sadness. Coming after 15 years of mandatory education, this semester is probably the swan song to school for quite some time.

After last semester, my GPA now stands at a very thin line. No doubt I would still have to work very hard, but having already secured a job means there are signficantly less pressure on doing well. School, like life, like anything else, is afterall a balancing act.

So I shall herald the final semester with the usual buzz, exhaustion, and then complaints. And try to enjoy everything I do meanwhile.

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