Tuesday, May 11, 2004
23 year old kid
over the past one week...i've had to introduce myself to many people...my boss...my colleagues...my students and their parents. the only response i get is...how old are you? you came to singapore all by yourself? and then i get that facial expression that i can only describe as 'are you mad?'. it seems as if the idea of a 23 year old girl..who is the only daughter and the youngest in a family of 3 kids should not be venturing out into a foreign country to work alone. these people think of me as a 23 year old kid. someone who's made the biggest mistake of her life by leaving home and committing herself to work in singapore for 2 years. well...they might be right. i have over the past week thought of this whole experience as a big mistake. but heck..there's nothing i can do about it now.i am once again sitting at burger king using the free wireless connection because i can't seem to get starhub to approve my application for broadband until i get my work permit card..which by the way should be tomorrow. even then...i still have to wait a week before they hook me up so i guess that means i won't have my own internet connection until later next week. the good thing about it is...i'm coming home on sunday. it's going to set me back financially but i really want to go home and see all my friends and my family of course. i'm hoping to make a trip back every fortnight...i hope all goes well. i want to be able to buy cheap ciggies and hang out at mamaks. did i mention that the cigarettes here suck. i actually took a trip to johor earlier today so i can buy cheap malaysian ciggies that contain 20mg of tar and 1.5mg of nicotine. either that or it's 1.5mg of tar and 20mg of nicotine. in any case...the only thing i've learned about cigarettes is that the more expensive they are..the less they have in content :)
i actually went out last night with a friend from high school. he's 4 years my senior and he was my brothers best friend back in high school. he was nice enough to take me out for teriyaki chicken and haagen daaz ice cream. it was nice to see a familiar face after being confined for a week. anyway...the sad part about going out in singapore is that i have to head back home before 11pm. the last train is at 11.30pm and the last bus is at 11.37pm so i have to play safe and start heading back at 11pm. i wish i had a car to drive myself around. i wanted to watch a movie last night...the suicide club. it's a japanese movie that is playing at cathay cineleisure on orchard. it was to start at 9.50pm but i skipped it because i figured i'd get out of the movie at about 11.45pm and i'd have to take a cab back. a cab ride back to my place from the city would cost me about 10 bucks...plus if it's after midnight i'd have to pay a 50% surcharge. i can't believe i'm actually counting the money in my pocket. once again...it sucks to have to be thrifty with money.
oh well...i can't wait to go home this sunday. it's the only thing i have to look forward to this week :)
feefs, 3:28 AM
