DONE!! (Already?!?!)

A whole year has passed by?? Apparently. Doesn't quite feel that long and yet it does at the same time. It's pretty strange. I remember moving in not too long ago and I don't feel like I've been here very long, yet the day I moved in is also in a distant memory that's becoming more and more cloudy. Quite a strange feeling. It only began to hit me yesterday morning that this is the end of a year when I sent Awa to the airport. So weird to think that people are going home...

Anyway, I'm done with finals!!! YAHOO!!! finished my last final on Monday night, now I'm busy packing. Room is a disaster zone 'cos my roommate and I are both packing up at the same time and the room is really too small for two people to be packing up separately.

Some boxes in the hallway: the two brown boxes nearest the camera are mine, as are the lamp and blue cushion thing on the chair. My Singaporean friends may recognize the Mighty Minds map of Singapore that's at the top of the box nearest the camera. ;)

My room from the outside...

Wanna see the mess? Come on in!


Gonna move some stuff to a friend's place that he's renting over the summer - we were loading up the car yesterday, it's so full of stuff now it's ridiculous. We even have a small lamp in the glove compartment. haha... Anyway I'm waiting for him to get ready (we planned to wake up at 10am but I woke up at 10:30am and he was still asleep). Should be leaving soon...

Chi Alpha friends

We took this photo last night (wed night) at Chi Alpha after our weekly meeting.


Last meeting of the quarter! Wait, didn't I just get here?? Sure feels like it. The shock of finishing my first year here hasn't quite hit me yet. Anyway Chi Alpha has been a great fellowship that I'm really blessed to be part of. I'm gonna miss everyone over the summer... really hope I can make it to the back-to-school retreat next Fall when school starts. Might not be able to 'cos of Mendicants commitments but we'll see how it goes. God can provide. :)

Now to sleep. Econ final tomorrow morning. =)

Photos of Things that are White

Well ok. One thing that's white. :)

From the rear

Side view

Front view

The front seats (hooray for manual transmission!)

A nifty little thing they designed into the car - a pen-holder. You never know when you'll need one.


Since getting it this afternoon I've already driven it something like 60 miles. It's been fun. Still getting used to the car though - the biting point of the clutch is a little high, still trying to shift my gears smoothly (the car still jerks almost every time I go from 1st to 2nd) and the driver's position is such that when I park I have a tendency to overestimate the amount of space I need to leave on my side (the left). It's a smooth engine though, and really good, precise steering, stable suspension and just nice overall. :) Oh and for my uninitiated Singaporean friends, you may have noticed that there's no license plate, just a blue sheet of paper. Yes, you can drive a car without a license plate here. I think they'll mail me my license plate in a couple of weeks or something. So effectively, if you have insurance, you can drive the car off the dealer's lot the moment you buy it (which some people do). I, on the other hand, had to get insurance so I left the car with the dealer 'til today.

Strangely though, I will miss depending on Ai Lin for transportation. Lisa too. Although I don't hitch rides from Lisa nearly as much as I do from Ai Lin. I know it's just a car, but transport's a big lifestyle-determining factor here so the dynamics of my life are gonna change somewhat. Transportation used to be a practical reason for us to travel together. I guess it still is though - if we need to go anywhere we'll probably still take one car. I'm pretty sure I'll miss Ai Lin next year when she's gone though. :)