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Thursday, December 18
life is a journey that's homeward-bound 8:59 PMP/S: I'm already at Montreal, this post was written on Wed 17 Dec, at 5+ pm, and is published late as there was no wireless network available.
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I'm at the Winnipeg International Airport now, writing this while sipping a mint chocolate latte and marvelling at the final Xmas cards and cookies received from our international friends and Laura's mum, who'd fetched us to the airport.
I quote Luyi, that life is indeed a journey that's homeward-bound. After being in this strangely foreign yet friendly place over the past 4 months, experiencing cold I never thought I'd survive, embarking on adventures and activities big and small alike, making the many close friends and reaching out to them, and reflecting and learning about life's little lessons - it's time to put a temporal resolution on it all and prepare for my final journey before heading back to warm and sunny island set in the sea.
My exchange experience had been wonderfully fulfilling, it's not easy penning my thoughts and summing up 4 months in a few paragraphs. I'm proud of myself for having stepped out of my comfort zone in many aspects, and for what I've learnt about myself during time. Prof Kong says she believes what one takes away from exchange is a direct result of what one puts in prior to the trip. Yes, I did not only study hard but also play hard as well, and Chris, I didn't mean to top my class for Small Business Management nor score 28/30 for my Personal Financial Planning project! Haha. I'm just glad I've balanced and cherished my time fully in Canada, and seek solace in that I'll be meeting some of my friends in Singapore again - Laura and Judy in SMU, Dylan in July, and possibly Julie and Lindsay in August. :)
My flight has been delayed for over an hour due to bad weather and icy-snowy conditions in Montreal, giving me the time to relax and catch up with myself for once after the rushed packing, thank-yous and goodbyes. There were so many people sending us off just now, people who'd come specially to see us for the final time before we meet somewhere again, sometime in the future. I will definitely miss my friends and the times spent with them. I'll miss Winnipeg too, no matter how cold and miserable it sometimes felt that I wished I were never here.. sigh.
Here's my travel itinerary for everyone's reference:
17 to 20 Dec - Montreal, Quebec province
20 to 22 Dec - Quebec City, Quebec province
23 to 24 Dec - Ottawa, Ontario province
25-28 Dec - Toronto, Ontario province
29 to 30 Dec - Niagara Falls (Canada), Ontario province
31 Dec to 2 Jan - Niagara Falls (U.S.), New York City
3 to 5 Jan - Vancouver, British Columbia province
A map of Canada if anyone'd like to picture my travel route
19 days before flying home, so I guess factoring in the time difference that'll be 19 to 20 days before touching down in Singapore! And Chris, you'd better be more excited receiving me than receiving Eric! Haha.. still can't believe we'll be on the same flight.. so cool! Heh. :)
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You are an enthusiastic innovator, always seeing new possibilities and new ways of doing things. You have a lot of imagination and initiative for starting projects, and a lot of impulsive energy for carrying them out. You are stimulated by difficulties and are most ingenious in solving them. You can get so interested in your newest project that you have time for little else. Your energy comes from a succession of new enthusiasms and your world is full of possible projects. Your enthusiasm gets other people interested too.
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