To Boston And Back!

Gosh. This jet-lag is quite hard to get over! Need to get over it soon so that I can wake up tomorrow and meet all my darling Team 2 people! When I came back on Monday morning (1am) I didn't sleep till 7am in the morning! Not that I didn't want to, just that I couldn't. So I was talking to a variety of people and finally felt sleepy at 7am. I woke at 130pm. HAHA. Quickly had lunch before going to City Hall to meet the DS guy and then met Aishah for awhile! I think from the way we were so excited to see each other, people would have thought we haven't met in years! Who actually knew that we just saw each other 12 hours ago. HAHA. Went down office to pass them their presents and then went to support Kor and Jean in their badminton match before meeting Shaun for dinner. I came home, couldn't sleep again! So I talked to Funai and then to others on MSN before sleeping at 530am. I just woke up just now at 12pm. Oh gosh.

Someone remind me to sleep early tonight so I can wake up in time to meet Team 2 tomorrow! I miss them to bits and I can't wait to see all of them again!! It's hard to imagine that we're not living together anymore. I miss them alot and I just want to see them again!

Team 2! We gotta stop sleeping in the day and start sleeping at night!! Less than 24 hours more till I see all of you!

It seems like yesterday when I was just having pre-boston blues, and now I'm having post-boston blues. I'm finally back home after what seems like a very short plane ride. It was still 21 hours but it passed by so quickly. No, I didn't sleep. Infact I slept even lesser than when I flew to Boston, just that time was very precious and I kept wishing that it would go slower so that I can spend more time with my friends. You know how when you want time to slow down it always passes faster? Yeah. Classic example.

I sat with Funai for most of the flight, except the hour long journey from Boston to Detroit, which I sat with Yujie. So I'm really glad I got to spend a little more time with the both of them. Funai was an awesome flight partner and I don't think I've ever had this much fun on a plane before. We didn't really talk much but were still entertained by each other. As the saying goes, silence is golden. =) I was already missing everyone as the plane taxied into landing at Singapore. It was a funny feeling. I was so happy to be back home but then again, I really didn't want to leave all my friends whom I have grown so close to over the last five weeks. I wrote letters for everyone in the group, because they have come to mean to much to me. I just hope somehow, through those words, I was able to convey how grateful I was that they were there with me and how much they mean to me.

I really almost cried at the airport when we were all leaving. It was hard that Boston is really over. But I told myself not to cry because I wasn't going to be a wimp and let the others laugh. HAHA. So I didn't. Came home and unpacked and gave out the presents. And now everyone's asleep and the house is so quiet. I half expect to walk out of my room and see Nai still on her computer. I want to turn around and see Aishah still asleep on the bunk bed. I think of walking into yujie's room and see her sleeping, covered by all the pillows until there is only one breathing hole. It's all these little things that makes me miss Boston. It's my friends who have allowed me to see things from a different prespective and to learn. It's them who have accompanied me through my sian-est days and tolerated all my moods and nonsense. After seeing them 24 hours for the past 5 weeks, to see them next on friday seems so far away. I miss them already. I have been missing them even before I said goodbye! I think my friends think I'm mad. I think I'm mad too.

Here's counting down to friday. My world just lost a little of it's colour today. Paint it rainbow on friday people!

Okay, we're leaving in a few minutes and the room is all bare and everything.

I think what I'll miss most about Boston is having people around. I'll miss waking up to see Aishah's face, miss walking over to the next door room and sitting on Yujie's bed for a while before bathing, miss hearing shereen telling us it's time to go, and miss forcing nainai to sleep at night. So many things I'll miss about Boston, but will miss having Yujie, Nai, Sher and Sha around me and listening to their chatter.

I think I'm addicted to my friends. I don't know if it's good or bad, but they've made such an impact in the past five weeks of my life that I'm afraid to let go and go back to my own life instead of life with them. They've made me so happy and cheered me up so much. They were the ones who made Boston such a memorable place. I love them all so much. It's hard to say how much because my heart feels like it's gonna burst with love for all of them now. Maybe it's because we're leaving, but I just want to be with them for a little while longer. Just a little while longer. Sigh.

But we're going already. Here's to the 21hours of plane rides. I hope they go by very slowly so that I can at least spend a little bit more time with them.

Last day in Boston! Sigh. How time flies! I want to go home but I really don't want to at the same time. SIgh.

Today was a very rushed day. Maybe because it's the last day so there's just so many things to do. Early in the morning, Sha and I went to the Wheelock mailroom to drop off our parcels for mailing back to Singapore. The mailroom helps to weigh them and tape the box together. Thankfully, there was also going to be transport to the post office so we won't have to lug the big boxes to the post offices all by ourselves. So we left the boxes there and went for breakfast because Denise (the breakfast lady) wanted to say goodbye to us and thank us for everything. So everyone had to be there and she baked us a nice big cake with M&Ms spelling good bye. So sweet. =)

After that Aishah and I rushed to Best Buy to buy Jie's DS and Sha's memory card. We had to get back by 945am to go to the post office and it was already 915am by then. So we ran all the way, only to realise that Best Buy opens at 10am. Sian. So we walked all the way back and then went off to the post office in the car! COOL!

After the post office, the guy was nice enough to drop us off at Best Buy and I bought Jie's DS before rushing to the Museum of Fine Arts where Yujie, Funai, Jing and Wanlin were already at. The place was awesome! There were like to many exibits that amazed me and I took so many photos! Again, I'll load them up soon, I took more than 150 shots! There were Egypt mummies and Catholic paintings. I loved it! We didn't get to finish the entire Museum, but I was contented enough because we had to rush back to school to go to Plymouth for Susan's dinner!

The ride there wasn't very quick, about an hour and a half and the bus was small too. So had to squeeze three to a seat. Butt no feeling by the time we reached. We first went to the Plymouth Plantation. It's a real live Museum where the natives still live and all. So we got to see how they live and their livestyles. It was interesting! Especially their costumes and their homes.

Went Susan's house after that and her place is BIG! She had like this really huge backyard with really great view of trees and all. The houses are really those kinds that you'd think only exist in movies. Very cottage like and sweet looking. =) Dinner was good with lots of food and a great view. Plus she had a dog called Fuji, who was very shy. HAHA.

Came back and the leaders had a briefing. Think Nai is very stressed about the departure tomorrow. I really wish I can help her but I don't know how to. I feel very useless as the assistant leader, like I'm just sitting down doing nothing. Don't get me wrong, I don't HAVE to be doing something. Just that when I see Nai so stressed and I can't do anything in my role as AL or even as a friend, it's a very helpless feeling. I don't like seeing her so stressed and upset and it worries me. I really wish that I could be a better person and AL and help her to handle all the things that she had to. Isn't that what friends are for? Sigh.

Photos up soon. Need to pack so no time to upload today! Gotta wake at 530am tml cos leaving at 7am. We're going home...

Okay, the photos are taking very long to load up so will just give you a brief on the day and load them up another time.

Went to the Boston's Children's Museum today. It was so fun! Yujie, Funai and I walked around together and tried alot of the gadgets and the little things there. They had bubbles play, water play and air. Also had transport and so many others. We went to visit this Japenese House that was reconstructed from the exact materials that was used to built it initially, so like they broke the house down into huge pieces and shipped them over. The house is like a few hundred years old and people had to queue to tour it because it was so precious and fragile that the Museum could't let people walk in and out as they pleased!

After the trip to the Museum, Sher they all wanted to go Park Street, so Funai, Yujie and I went back near dorm for dinner at D' angelo's. It's a sandwich place and I had seafood, while the two had lobster. It was a good dinner! After that Yujie and I went back to dorm quickly to grab our jackets (it was starting to get a little chilly) and went to watch Wall.e! It was awesome! I loved the special effects and the story line. I actually cried, but it was really so touching and sad. Good movie and when it comes out in Singapore, maybe I'll go watch it again! HAHA!

Went back dorm, tried to pack luggage again and still overweight. So I have decided to send all my textbooks and papers home tomorrow by post. Hopefully that'll lighten the load and make packing significant;y easier.

Pictures up another time. Sigh. It's almost time to go home.

Had a very bad start to the day today. Was having trouble printing projects and got so tired out just from printing and handing up the project. Didn't want to go out in the end so the rest left without me. Rested awhile and watched some cartoons online and felt better, so I went out with Wendy in the afternoon and we headed to Blick and then Aquarium to get some nice cheap Boston shirts for Anna! I bought two nice shirts before heading to Quincy for Wen to look at her Celtics stuff and I got Shaun's present! We then headed to Harvard Square where the others were but didn't meet up with them. Wen and I walked around ourselves and had quite a fun time just relaxing and walking. There wasn't anything much to walk or shop about so we decided to go to Copley instead to look at her MP3 players. We were walking down to the T when we met the rest and Yujie, Wen and I ended up in parkstreet somehow. We met up with Jo and Yujie and I went back first. Tired and wanted to eat dinner at dorm.
Spent the rest of the evening packing luggage. SIAN. I have really too many things and I need to ship things back. Such a waste of money. I did think of asking other people to carry for me, but I feel so bad already, cos they are carrying some of my stuff and I can't ask them to carry more, especially when it's my own stuff. I just feel so guilty. So I'll be shipping back books and papers, and hopefully, my luggage can fit more things in now. Sigh.

Wen has all the pictures for today, but she has yet to send me any. So today's entry shall be another pictureless entry till I get the pictures!

Ciao people. I'll be back soon!

Wow. Only 3 days left till I leave this place. I'll really miss living over here. Just as we're getting really used to this life, we've got to pack and leave. Sheesh.

Anyway, boring day today. Woke up a little later because school was only at 1030am. Had breakfast in and then trooped to school for a talk, had lunch and then another talk. Ended school at 5pm and then headed to Quincy Market again to do some last minute shopping. Didn't buy anything much. I'm having trouble packing my luggage as it is, so I can't buy any more stuff. Funai and Aishah are already helping me carry some of my things! Sigh. Why is my luggage so small?

Went to Borders and I bought Michael a Batman comic book that was just published. I hope he'll like it. The funny thing is that when I bought the book, I asked the salesperson to shrinkwrap (plastic wrap) it for me so I wouldn't spoil the book jacket on the way home. So be brought me aside and asked me what wrapping paper I wanted from a selection. I repeated that I wanted the plastic wrapping and he was like yes, but which wrapping paper do you want? So I though he was just asking so that he could wrap with paper after he shrinkwraped it and I told him which one I liked. He then proceeded to wrap the book in the wrapping paper! I was like ERM, but decided to just forget about shrinkwrapping it since he was already wrapping it with the wrapping paper. After he wrapped the book, he was like 'give me a moment' and he disappeared. He came back 5mins later with the book shrinkwrapped outside the wrapping paper!! Like seriously! It's usually he shrinkwrap that goes first before the wrapping paper, but it's like the other way here. Sometimes, the people here are so... different!

Ate at Macs at Park Street before heading home. Had quite abit of fun talking and laughing at silly things and taking some photos.



The trains were crowded because there was a Red Sox game but we managed to get back properly. YAY.

Okay, going to concuss already. Packing luggage takes up lots of energy. Nights people.

I woke up this morning and I couldn't speak! HAHA. My voice was gone from all the screaming yesterday and I was like whispering because there was just no voice to come out. Everyone laughed at me. Esp shereen because I went out of tone when I tried to speak. Hmph.

Anyway, nothing happened today. Woke up a little later at around 10am, did project then went to school at 1pm for a talk. It lasted till 3 and then Yujie, Aishah and I went to Best Buy to get the Guitar Hero for the DS! It's so fun! I was thinking whether to buy here or in Spore, but Yujie said the US version has nicer songs and it's a tad cheaper here. So I have it now! YAY!

Came back and decided to pack my large luggage because geraldine was going around to weight the luggages so see if we exceed the weight. Mine was like 24kg and the max is 23kg, so Yujie and Funai helped me to repack (I love them to bits) and I took out all my textbooks and papers and the weight went down! YAY! My books and papers alone weigh 5kg! So I'm spliting them up and Aishah is helping me carry some (I love her to bits too!). I have packed the little luggage a bit and I still have lots of others that haven't been packed in. I really hope I can squeeze everything in and won't have to ship back anything. Everyone has been great, offering to help me carry stuff if their luggage has space. I'm so thankful for all these friends of mine who love me so much and whom I love so much too. (Yujie, Funai, Aishah, Sher, Jane, Jing)

No photos today, because nothing significant happened. Was having cramps the whole day so a little quieter too. Hmmm. Okay, think I'll head off to bed soon. Quite tired today because I woke up last night and talked to Kristen from 330am to 430am. She flew off this morning (Singapore time Monday night) to Melbourne for WYD. Sigh. If only I was going together. But then again, I love it here at Boston.

I can't wait to go home to see everyone again, but I think I'll really miss the life here in Boston and living with everyone.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY! YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU!


Six Flags today! Like finally, after waiting for two weeks! It was really fun and well worth the long wait, price and travelling time. I certainly didn't regret going to Six Flags!

Okay, I spent 10 hours shopping today, non-stop except for lunch. Not proud of it.
I spent a total of USD $1029.68 today. Sigh. I feel so guilty. I have never spent so much in my entire life in one day. It's really really bad and I really feel horrible. Sigh.

I wanted to bring some USD$$ back home to show mommy that I know how to control my spendings, but now I'm only left with a bit. Sigh. And to make things worse, I didn't even get to visit alot of the shops there and I missed out on shops like Nautica, Tommy Hilfiger, Rue21 and many others. Could have gotten way more good deals for everyone! Sigh.

Daddy, I'm so sorry. All the while I had throught you wanted Ralph Lauren shirts and so I bought you three from there. It was only after carefully choosing and paying for them that I realised you actually wanted shirts from Nautica. Sigh. I really didn't know. I'm sorry. Feel so bad now but I really hope you'll like your shirts all the same. I'll try to find a Nautica outlet near my dorm and get you some Nautica shirts okay? No harm having more shirts anyway. Sorry daddy. Really.

And so after spending the whole day shopping, I came back and immediately calculated the spendings today. I feel a little better knowing now that of the USD$1029.68, USD$30.12 is spent on stuff for me, USD$31.98 is spent on stuff for friends, and the remainding USD$961.58 is spent on stuff for my family. But still, it's not a good feeling to be spending so much money and feel the money notes that you've treasured so dearly dwindle and become a think stack in the end. Sigh. Especially when I know money isn't earned easily.

Here's what I've bought today.



I hope mommy, daddy, jie and BIL will like whatever I've bought for them. Especially mommy's Coach Bags.

Shopped so much today that I didn't get to take any photos at all. Will have to kope them from my friends.

Going to Six Flags tomorrow. Quite excited. Gotta wake at 5am so going to sleep now! Only going to get 4 hours of sleep!