INDIE!

I have a new found love for Indie music. It's really the kind of music I like, besides ballads. Maybe it's secretly the reason why I love to go cafes too. Haha. Anyhow, I realise indie music really calms me down.

Feeling so relaxed right now~

Gonna miss another performing opportunity again. Thanks a lot.

It really feels like I'm being forgotten...

Regrets? or Not.

As Blast! is starting their show in UCC hall, I'm sitting right here in my room in NTHU wondering how it would be like if I was there - as a performer.

The first week of school for me has ended. So far it's not too hard yet and I could understand. I'm just surprised that people don't know that Singaporeans have Chinese and they can speak Mandarin.

Interesting things that happened:

One prof thought I was from China because of my name. Well, I'm Chinese of course I have a Chinese name isn't it. Otherwise, how should Singaporean names be like?

Another prof thought I was a graduate student. Well, I think NUS teach way too much haha. The graduate modules there are equivalent to level 3000 or level 4000 modules in NUS.

They still use chalkboards there! So old school. I like.

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I came to Taiwan alone actually thinking that I will be alone for the whole semester. I have heard that Taiwanese are very friendly, but no high hopes since I'm not that sociable. I often wonder when will I reach the limit that I will be so homesick till I yearn to go home immediately. I thought Taiwan will be rather easy to navigate so I could go anywhere alone.

It was until I came here that I realise it is all not as I expected. Taiwan is not that developed - I actually spent the first day without any internet or even wifi. And rather than I refer to them as buddy, they are actually only people that help you settle all the admin and dormitory issues only. Well, my 'buddy' apparently only helped me to settle my dormitory issues, and leave me to settle the administration issues myself. I actually thought I would just go around the offices alone not knowing where to go. Thank goodness, I made my first two friends on the second day. Coming from Singapore's NTU, Shirlynn and Xinrong. They live next door and I met them when I was going to the toilet and I actually asked if I could join them Well, they gladly agreed, and I met my third friend: Brian - their buddy. So I followed them and for the subsequent two weeks we went travelling around. In the middle of the first week, the other person from NUS arrived, so the four of us went travelling together.

Well, I first thought that I didn't want to come with any friends because I'm scared I will have to stick with them for the whole semester, but somehow this is rather good. Maybe it's because we are from different faculties, different majors, our timetables are all different. So actually I have free time to myself but we still meet up. And it is really hard to navigate around Taiwan. I still don't understand the public buses here.. :/

Anyway, by the end of the second week, my roommates have already moved in, and I made my next friend in NTHU. Hyeseung from Korea. Told her about my interest in Korea and the language and stuff and she offered to teach me Korean. Haha. Well, in return I'd help her with her Chinese too! She's real nice.

And then, school started. Well, classes have been okay, but somehow I don't have any interaction with the local students. I'm like really quiet, sitting by myself, trying to make sense of what the teacher is teaching in Chinese.

By now, I have made another two friends. Hyunmin and Hahye, both from Korea as well. Had dinner together and really chatted alot. At first I thought they were quite unfriendly, but then it's actually the other way round. They are really cute. haha.

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My dormitory is up on a hill, so everyday I have to climb a hill to get back to my dormitory. A bit tiring, but I guess I will get used to it. And there are a lot of dogs walking around. They are not stray dogs, just that they are not leashed. :/

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I don't regret my decision to come here to study, but sometimes I wonder why I chose to come this semester. By coming here this semester, I'm missing SUAD2012 and Oschool Recital 2012. But I guess it is inevitable since I'm going to graduate soon.

Ever since suad practices started, I always wished I was part of it. It's their show day today and I'm not even there. Plus, it is actually my only chance to perform on UCC hall. SUAD is a biannual concert and I'm already year 3, and gonna graduate after next semester. Which means, even if I have the chance, to maybe do alumni item or something next time, I don't think it will be as massive as when I am still studying. In addition, I don't even know if I have the time to participate in all these next time.

Oschool Recital as well. Plus this year there is a Fredy/Xuehui collabo. Something I always wanted to do. Maybe even if I get in I won't be in the item, but who knows. It will always be a good experience.

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Talking about dance, I have not danced ever since the week before I left Singapore. That makes it more than a month already. Am really dying to get into a dance studio and just move my body. ><

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Homesick, yes I am. I do miss home. I miss all my friends and my family. Everytime I talk to my friends online, I wish I could be talking to them face-to-face instead. Everyday I'm counting down to the day I fly back to Singapore...

Wanted to go Taipei today, but it was raining so heavily, plans were cancelled. Even for tomorrow. All because of a passing typhoon. Sigh. The sky must do this to me just before I start school huh. :(

2 weeks in Taiwan

I have spent almost 2 weeks in taiwan. Starting school next week. So far, it has been a really good experience, making new friends and stuff.

Was so homesick when I just reached here, most probably because I wasn't able to contact anybody because I didn't have wifi/internet/3g. So homesick I cried myself to sleep. Thank goodness the next day I met the two exchange students from ntu and they had been really nice! :)

Now my roommates have all arrived and one of them is a korean. So exciting. Talked to her and she's such a nice person! Even offered to teach me Korean. Of course I will teach her Chinese in return!

Now the only thing left is dance. Regardless of in school of out of school. I really lost touch. Need to get it back!!