Back to Singapore and getting a clearer mind
12/01/09 23:45 Filed in: JET
I took 9
days leave which spreads out to 3 weeks thanks to
Japanese National holidays in December. It was a good
getaway from the bitter cold. But yet here I am back
in my apartment, the weather feeling colder than I
remembered when I left for Chitose Airport.
But its good to be back in Sapporo.
Settled a lot of things back in Singapore. Learned a lot about human dynamics, relationships, friendship, and “long-time-no-see” acquaintances. It was great.
Its only been 5 months since I’ve been away so I don’t really feel that I’m missing Singapore that much. But she has always been on my mind. And now that I’m back in Sapporo, I’m missing her even more now. Sigh.
That re-contracting form is right beside me. Either I say yes to it and stay for another year or reject the offer and come back to Singapore where I get to see her almost everyday.
But I have to stick to my aim and purpose of why I am here.
There is no way I will go back to Singapore and be sucked down there. Once I get into the pitfalls of settling down there and by buying the outrageously overpriced HDB flat, there’s no way out. I refuse to fall into that mistake. The mistake that most Singaporeans born into the country refuse to see.
You can just brush it aside and say those issues don’t affect you, and tell me everyone should go on with their little lives, or even go all the way out to defend something that is so damning wrong, but the fact of the matter is those issues affect everyone. Something is terribly wrong with the governance of the country and trouble is brewing.
I’m happy here in Sapporo. But that doesn’t mean I want to live permanently in Japan. The working style in schools are much like Singapore’s. But of course the running of the schools here as I have observed are very much democratic. The student body run by students are truly democratic.
Now, I’ll wait patiently for Spring. I can’t wait to get back to running. Planning to get a good mountain bike and cycle across Hokkaido. Wonder if that’s possible within a week. Maybe I’ll do it during the Golden Week.
Golden indeed.
But its good to be back in Sapporo.
Settled a lot of things back in Singapore. Learned a lot about human dynamics, relationships, friendship, and “long-time-no-see” acquaintances. It was great.
Its only been 5 months since I’ve been away so I don’t really feel that I’m missing Singapore that much. But she has always been on my mind. And now that I’m back in Sapporo, I’m missing her even more now. Sigh.
That re-contracting form is right beside me. Either I say yes to it and stay for another year or reject the offer and come back to Singapore where I get to see her almost everyday.
But I have to stick to my aim and purpose of why I am here.
There is no way I will go back to Singapore and be sucked down there. Once I get into the pitfalls of settling down there and by buying the outrageously overpriced HDB flat, there’s no way out. I refuse to fall into that mistake. The mistake that most Singaporeans born into the country refuse to see.
You can just brush it aside and say those issues don’t affect you, and tell me everyone should go on with their little lives, or even go all the way out to defend something that is so damning wrong, but the fact of the matter is those issues affect everyone. Something is terribly wrong with the governance of the country and trouble is brewing.
I’m happy here in Sapporo. But that doesn’t mean I want to live permanently in Japan. The working style in schools are much like Singapore’s. But of course the running of the schools here as I have observed are very much democratic. The student body run by students are truly democratic.
Now, I’ll wait patiently for Spring. I can’t wait to get back to running. Planning to get a good mountain bike and cycle across Hokkaido. Wonder if that’s possible within a week. Maybe I’ll do it during the Golden Week.
Golden indeed.
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