i've been here for about 3 weeks now. and i'm starting to miss the food back home. the other night the dining hall served wanton mee(i can't remember how they fucked the spelling of 'wanton' up) as one of the two choices offered and i hesitated to take it, not wanting to spoil my memory of the dish back home. but i also couldn't resist at least trying it to see what it tasted like. so with a deep breath and a heavy sigh, i took it and went to find a seat.



it wasn't too bad. well, it wasn't that bad. just to be able to feel the strands of mee kia in my mouth was almost enough to make me think that it was authentic. but of course that certain something is always missing when you're overseas and eating food that is supposed to be food from home. it doesn't taste like home.



i'm not missing singapore that much yet i suppose. perhaps cos there are like hundreds of other singaporeans here around the place. people here are friendlier, or at least they seem to be.



last night, i went to this late night bubble tea place with a bunch of friends. they played videos of taiwanese variety shows on a big screen tv. they had a chinese comic book section. and they also had a lan gaming section. it was a pretty nice place and even though i usually am not a big fan of bubble tea, the glass of it that i had was kinda nice and comforting.



a few people have been asking me if there are any gatherings or celebrations here by the singaporeans. well, there are but i'm not going to them. not that i can't be bothered about the event but i don't know where they're held and no one i know around me is going. we've been talking about it and no one really knows what to do to commemorate the day, which is a little pathetic when you really think about it. [add your own thoughts about identity and belonging here.]



oh well.



happy national day ya morons.