3 weeks more to the end of the semester T.T

Time passed so fast. I still remembered how it felt like when I just got here. Everything was new to me. Me trying to get to know the people around here, those living on my floor, joining the international students for dinner though I know almost none of them.. I was talking with Alex on Sat morning when we came back from Mama gorilla. He told me he was surprised by my english when he first hanged out me when we went to Jamsil. He didn't expect anyone from an Asian country to speak good english. They definitely know nothing about Singapore then. And he told me about how Nicolas asked him if he ever saw me after the first night at Barfly and yea, we bumped into each other every other day but Nico never bumped into me even though we live on the same floor. It's so hard to think that we will have to be separated in a month's time. The guys will still be in Seoul for internship. Hopefully they will visit Singapore after their internship in Seoul.

Martin will be visiting Singapore in mid July. I'll certainly show him around Singapore :) so excited about it.

Everything's pretty much in place now. It really feels like we've come a long way to finally find this balance.. but, everything will end soon, slapping us back to reality. I feel so much for them that it's definitely going to be hard for me. Good things never last.

Last thursday was Martin's birthday. We planned a surprised birthday quest for him at midnight. We gave pieces of paper with the next destination written on them to some of the people he knows who live in the i-House. It was like amazing race for him. And then everyone gathered in my room, last destination being my room, and we celebrated his birthday with a cake and beer as usual. We could all tell that he definitely enjoyed his small little birthday quest and our accompany :) It was awesome party lest the mess in my room which I had to clear the following day.

We went to a bar with many others the following day to celebrate his 25th birthday. We had so much soju that many of us were drunk then.

I still have no plans about where I should travel to after the end of the semester. But since the guys will be here for internship, I guess I will most likely still be with them till I leave to Hong Kong.

Strange.

It's been 2 weeks since my last post. A week ago, I went to taipei with the crew.

It was absolutely impromptu. Our plan was to go to Japan but the ferry tickets were sold out so I convinced them to go to taipei instead. We booked our flights at 3a.m. in the morning for the noon flight on the same day. FREAKING impromptu, as usual. haha.

We stayed at a strange and cheap hotel in Ximending. Cost only about.. $20+ SGD per night. It was strange because it seems like a .. whore hotel, hearing strange noise in early mornings or at night.. even during the day. 5 of us stayed in 1 room. With 2 King size beds, it was enough :)

We visited Yeh liu, Yang ming shan, CKS memorial, Taipei 101, shilin and rao he night market and so on.. It was a great trip and we partied 3 nights.. The unlimited drinks nights were traps.

Somehow during the trip, attention was mostly on Alex and Martin. Nico seemed to have lost something.. maybe we neglected him. He went to Hong Kong before we went to taipei and during his Hong Kong trip, I was closer with Alex. So maybe because of that, I kind of neglected his presence after he came back. Somehow things changed.. and after Friday night, he doesn't really speak with me and he behaves strangely towards me especially. It's so complicated.

Went to watch a baseball match yesterday with the crew and Jaeyeon. It was pretty interesting. It's nice to watch with people I'm close with, having beer and fried chicken and a burger. The whole stadium was filled with spectators. They were really enthusiastic about the game. Nice~

There will be two weeks after the end of my semester where I would be here in Korea. Most of my friends will leave before I do. It's gonna be lonely during the last week. Ahhh...

Nico's

A trip to Seodaemun Prison Hall with the crew and Jaeyeon was great. The place used to be a prison for prisonners-of-war during the war between Japan and Korea. It showed scenes of people being tortured, the kinds of tools they use, prisons where they stayed in and stories about key personnel who defended the country. It was interesting to know.

It was Nico' birthday on the 27th Apr. Martin and I went around Sinchon to look for a baseball for Nico because it was that one thing I remembered which he wanted badly and we finally found one in a shop at Dongdaemun.

We had a birthday surprise for him at 12 midnight in my room. It was funny how we tried to convince him to coming to my room.

Celebrated his birthday again with the rest of his friends at Kkunori and partied in 709 after that. It was crazy. Everyone was sleeping in somebody else' room.

On Friday, I went to a English meeting with my friends. It was a place for koreans to gather and communicate in English to practice their English and meet people. Chris introed it to us and we went. It was COOL. With my new hair colour (according to Alexis), everyone there thought that I was Korean. It was quite hilarious. And the koreans were so welcoming and so curious about Singapore. I sat at a table with maybe 10 other Koreans and I was the only foreigner there. It felt as though I was in for some interview with a panel. They were eager to share more about Korea with me and also asked me questions about Singapore. It was amazing.

I never want to leave this place. It's sad to think that we're only left with 2 months here. I'll miss this place so much.