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!

Happy 4th of July everyone!

Today is America's Independence Day, for Singaporeans who don't know it's meaning, it's the same as what we know as National Day. Americans celebrate Independence Day with a HUGE flare, with the usual public holiday and will end off the day with a big display of fireworks. Since we had the day off, we decided that what better why to spend Independence Day than to walk the Freedom Trail and learn more about America's History! And so we did.


We ended the tour at Quincy Market and so we walked around abit, soaking in the atmosphere of the excited crowd and watching many street performances. The performers here are truely amazing. Like really.


We than went to get our faces painted and took alot of photos! The lady was really good and all 11 of us had painted faces at the end of the hour! And so we took lots of photos! HAHA! I had a nice hair day today so it made everything even nicer!


We then proceeded to the Esplanade at around 4pm to 'chop' seats for the fireworks show later. The fireworks was only due to start at 10pm because the sky doesn't darken till before then, so we had a long long wait. Surprisingly, many other people had the same idea and the place was packed by the time we got there!


So here are the many random photos today, there's exceptionally many today due to the facepainting. ENJOY!


Okay, going Wrentham tomorrow. So need to rest early to save energy to shop!

Hello all again!

I hope you're not getting sick of all this news from Boston!

Okay, anyway, today we had a presentation on assistive technology that was really rather interesting. We got to see all the different technologies that can help children with disabilities and the presenters, Jennifer Ceven and Dave Lemee (They're engaged btw) were very interesting. I definately had a fantastic super time. =)

Anyway, after school, we came back for awhile before making our way up the the Prudential Towers for the Skywalk where you get a bird's eye view of Boston. The Sky walk is on the 50th floor of the Prudential Tower and the view was AWESOME! Like really.


I went to watch 'Wanted' after that! It is a DAMN GOOD show! Really. The plot was kinda predictable, but the effects was good. VERY LAME ENDING THOUGH!

Don't have any random photos today because the only place we took photos at was at the Prudential Tower Skyline and it was all the scenery. So yeap! It's the Fourth of July tomorrow! Independence Day for the Americans. There's going to be a big celebration and lots of fireworks. Quite excited about tomorrow actually. Okay, will go and sleep now. It's late! Nights people

Today we went back to the Science Centre because there was a special presentation for us. They brought us to the Discovery Centre, which is part of the Science Centre, for a nice tour a a fun time. Unlike Singapore's Discovery Centre, the Discovery Centre here caters to very young children, from infants to lower primary, perhaps that's why it's called 'Discovery Centre'. Hmmm..


So after we were done at the Discovery Centre, Yujie and I went to South Station again to change our tickets for the Peter Pan bus to Six Flags because we were given the wrong date. After travelling all the way there, and waiting very long in the queue, we were told that the tickets last for a year and it doesn't matter which bus you take! All for nothing! But then we also realised that we were not guranteed a seat on the bus and everything is a first come first serve basis. Gotta wake earlier on Sunday now!

Went to Park Street to change my shoe after that because it was a half a size too small, and got caught in the rain on the way back to dorm! We wanted to catch two shows at the Wheelock Family Theatre (WFT) but due to the rain, missed the first one. We caught the second on done by teenagers, which was not bad. Just done in a very different concept from Singapore.

Came back to the dorm after that for awhile, before going to Chinatown to walk walk and for dinner.


We then walked down to the theatre district and you could see the vast difference in the buildings. It was funny.


We had dinner at Rainbow Cafe at Chinatown. Although the food tasted a little different, it was probably the closest to home food we could ever get over here. It was not cheap though, as all food here is very expensive. A plate of fried rice would cost close to USD$7!


Okay, time for projects again. Very sian. sigh. Wanna eat chee chong fan and carrot cake.

This morning, we had a tour of the FAMOUS Fenway Park where the Red Sox play! So we walked over there early in the morning at 830am and was brought around the HUGE historic place for our nice little tour.


 So after the tour of Fenway Park, we deceided to go to Blicks. Blicks is an art shop, a little like Art Friend back home, but more. Way more.


We went back to school after for a tour of Wheelock's resource room. It wasn't very big but they definitely had plenty of resources!

 
Yujie and I went to South Station to book tickets for Six Flags after that. The place is like the airport. Like seriously!


Okay folks, need to do project now. Bye!

DAY 22 HAS BEEN UPDATED. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AND LAUGH YOUR HEAD OFF AT THE MANY UNGLAM PHOTOS!

Okay people. Today was school day again. Know what that means? It means we didn't do anything much as usual. Between school breaks, we popped by the COOP for wheelock and I got myself the wheelock landyard. I really wanted to get this pretty pink sweatshirt but didn't in the end because it was really too expensive. Mommy would kill me if I bought it. It cost USD$50. Even after student discount of 15%, it's still rather steep. Sigh.



We also visited Fenway Park today, hoping to get tickets for the next Red Sox game. But the tickets were very expensive USD$89, because this game did not have standing tickets. Standing tickets usually cost less than USD$20. Sigh. So in the end we went to the shop to look around instead.


Ah yes, I saw a turkey this morning. If it is a turkey in the first place. They are common around here, but this one was special because she had chicks. How cute!



Since we're on the topic of birds, here's a sign I saw a few days ago. Go figure.



Okay, going to sleep. Gotta wake early tml. Nights people!

Hellos people! Today was a normal day. Did do anything THAT interesting like yesterday.

Went for Mass this morning with Geraldine and Cynthia again. Had a little time to spare after Mass as I was meeting the rest at 1130am and it was only 1030am. So I walked down Newbury St to get to Gap to get the shawl that was on super sale!


Okay, so anyway after Newbury Street, I went to meet Funai they all. We went for lunch then to Borders which is in the middle of Park Street and Quincy. So we had lunch and the Borders was HUGE!


After Borders, we went for dinner at Wendy's and then on to a tour! This was where the fun began. It is called the 'Ghost and Gravestones' Tour. It's a historic tour of America where we get shown the cemataries and all plus some stories. It was throughly interesting, though a tad expensive. It cost USD$36 and the tour lasted an hour and a half.


We ended off at arounf 910pm and rushed back to dorm to meet the 10pm curfew. SIAN.

Okay, Random photos for the day again!


Righto. Got school again tomorrow. So need to go off. Tata people!

Okay, today was an exciting day. Alot of things happened, like really alot. Very packed day. The sun didn't come out from behind the clouds today, so it was a freezing day.

We decided to go to the Aquarium and Whale Watch today, so we set out early in the morning to near the sea to get the tickets and see the timings of the whale watch. We bought tickets for the 2pm whale watch and while the rest of them went to the Aquarium, Jane, Shereen and I waited for them and walked around Quincy Market.


So we all met back at 130pm and gathered to go up the boat. It was a good and bad experience but enjoyable all the same at some points of time.


After whale watching, we decided to continue our fishy day and have seafood for dinner! We ate at Legal Seafood, which is a very famous chain of seafood restaurants in Boston. A little like our No Signboard back home, but the seafood here is so much fresher as we were just next to the sea!


The total bill came up to USD$270. But considering there were 10 of us and we ordered double portions of everything, it was really rather reasonable. Great dinner! When we came out of the restaurant, it was FREEZING. The entire place was fogged up and you could hardly see the top of the buildings!


There're lots of random photos for today, because some of us bought jackets together that are the same! So we had lots of fun being triplets and twins and many others.


Okay, alot of photos for today already. Tired out. My head is still spinning from the seasickness. EESH.

Hello everyone!

Last day of lessons today. Doesn't mean last day of school though. Tired today because I had to work on projects till 4plus in the morning last night. Real life nightmare I tell you.

Anyway, after school we went for dinner at Shawama King (I ate dinner beforehand as there're lots of vegetables and spices in this place), and yujie and I found this nice place to explore called 'Paws and Causes'. It was closed when we saw it, so will have to go back next time. It a pet place! YAY!

We walked a little bit after dinner and went Trader Joe's to buy stuffs, before coming back to the dorm and heading out to Shaws again. We're funny, but I love every single one of my friends.


I saw a few funny signs today. I really think it's an American thing. You'll never see these in Singapore.


Okay, since projects are almost done. I shall go and relax on my bed and play my DS. I haven't relaxed in a long time. Sigh.

ACK! 20 days have past. Seems like only a few days ago that I got to Boston. How time flies! I'm having a better time then I expected over here. Almost wish the trip can be a little longer. Actually I do wish the trip can be a little longer. But then again, as much as I like the freedom,  I don't like being so far from my family and friends.

Okay, anyway, I finally have some photos to blog about today! Like YAY! We had a good day with the lessons today but the highlight was that we went to watch a standup comedy by ImprovAsylum in the evening. It was totally hilarious. Yes, there were possibly some jokes that I did not get due to the American culture, but I had a good time in the end.

Before watching the show, we had some time after collecting the tickets. So we visited the all famous 'Mike's Pastrys' where they sold really good sweeties! It was quite a big shop and their selection was WOW!


So after we went in for the show. What amazed me about them was that they could just take any idea and turn it into a joke immediately. They simply just asked questions and made a scene out of the answer. For example, one question that they asked was 'What was the last thing you bought with USD$100?'. Someone answered 'BEER!' and they just made a scene/joke out of that immediately. This means that there can never be the same show twice. Amazing right? The entire cast (there were 6 of them) worked seamlessly together and brought a great show to performance.


Random photos for the day! I'm sure you missed this section! HAHA!


Okay. Off to do projects. Ciao!

Again, no photos for today. Sian. I seriously haven't been touching my camera for the past two days. I'm having camera withdrawal syndroms! These past few days have been hetic with all the projects due. Been sleeping late and waking early in order to complete projects on time. Hence, the lack of photos.

Today's class was interesting. Especiall ythe afternoon lesson. Each group had to put up a skit depicting a scene which involved parent and teacher communication. My group put up a skit with the following synopsis: