anyhows. GUESS WHAT PEOPLE!!!!!!
I'M BACCCCCCKKKK :D :D
hahaa. so the last few days of scad had been quite an adventure what with all the fire alarms going off at wee hours in the morning. not quite wee hours, but nonetheless, very unpleasant experience with uber high pitched alarms that is equivalent to the annoying high pitched sounds that irritate dogs. apart from the very rude awakenings from slumber, there's also the tolerating of the freezing cold weather in your PJs while you are ordered to stand outside turner house despite the fact that there is CLEARLY no sign of fire.
the first time it went off the first thing that came to my mind was my roommate nicole for she is fearful of the cold and she smokes. put the two together and she is likely to cause the fire alarm to go off by smoking in the room. the other girls in my floor were doing their finals together with nicole in the other room and when the alarm went off all i heard was them screaming and laughing. thus i immediately came to the conclusion that it was them. but it wasn't. the next person that came to mind was michelle, whose final projects had burning rubber cement on paper involved and i was pretty worried for her room was just next door and i can imagine the horror and panic that she will be in if that should happen to her. the first thing i did was to check the walkway to see if the fire was nearby and i immediately grabbed my wachovia bag which contained all my impt documents - bank, immigration, passport, school etc. and then i debated bringing my beloved blankie from my grandma. as i stood downstairs with my friends i was uber worried that if there was truly a fire, i will bawl over the loss of my blankie, fighting the fire fighters for access to my room to get it back, risking life and limb just to save it in the most dramatic way i could envision. hahahaha.
so the fire department came in it's full glory, rushing first to dyson house where the fire alarm goes off on a regular basis before making a u-turn to turner house. that was seriously quite funny. i thought it was some dudes in hte art sch smoking pot or drugs that set it off i mean..we are in america and we are in college. i didn't expect any idiot to pull the alarm on the second last night at turner. but apparently. it was an idiot who pulled the alarm. seriously. we are in college people. this is so embarassing. the fire department obviously knew this was all a joke and they were strolling. and i tell you. american fire department does not stroll when it comes to such things.
so the next day as people started going home i joked with maggie saying that i would pull the fire alarm that night just to see how many people were left and true enough, an hour into my deep sleep the fire alarm rudely awakened me. the moment i saw maggie she was like GLORIA. and for a moment it didn't register with me and then it struck me that i was a potential asshole waiting to be jumped on by the many other turner house residence. but it obviously can't be me cos i'm too guai and too cowardly. being the typical singaporean, afraid to break the law. we are taught that playing a fool with such things is no fun and you will get into deep shitzazz.
anyhows. i'm very thankful and touched that ben ben shared his big coat with me cos i was FREEZING in my PJs. he saved me from dying from hyperdermia or smth. haha. they have thus decided that i am utterly adorable and have decided that i am butters from southpark among the grp. -___-'''
oh i miss my friends back at scad :( lunchie maggie, cute ben ben, vulgar zahari, smart jill, silly kel, crazy michelle who barges into my dorm every 5 minutes. man. when they all left i felt all alone and lost. without them, homesickness finally stepped in and my heart was filled with conflicting emotions. part of me wanted to stay in savannah cos i loved it so, part of me missed my friends so much, part of me wanted to go home and oh gosh. so much emotions at one shot. it was hard to handle. thank goodness for the many chores of cleaning my dorm that i had to do that kept me sane. i had fun cleaning the fridge as i scrapped off the ice in the freezer to prevent it from flooding as i defrosted the fridge, making lil snowballs in the freezer just for the fun of it :D
anyhows, i stayed over at my adopted mum's hse. she lives in a superbly nice neighborhood. it's seriously like what u see in television shows. lol. she has two uber cute and uber friendly dogs that were spoilt silly by me with all the pampering as the two of us sat there watching a musical on the tele with her two dogs on my lap. even the two cats that visitors rarely see came out to greet me :) i am an animal person :D
her house is uberly nice and cosy, located next to the forrest, they have deers and ducks and herons visiting them. with a lake right in the backyard, ducks come wading by for food and in the spring you get to see the ducklings too :)
then...off i go..back to singapore. my first flight all by myself was a horror. was utterly bored to tears at the houston airport, having 9 hrs to burn all by myself. i still can't believe they make you pay for the lil trolley thingies that u use for the luggage. i paid 4 bucks, only to have to return the trolley cos i couldn't bring it onto the shuttle which will bring me to the international airport. and then..i couldn't find the check in counter for singapore airlines and i had to try asking around and BOY WERE THEY UNFRIENDLY. grrr. in a sense i am thankful for the fact that i had so much time in between. i cannot imagine panicking and being in great danger of missing my flight back home. geez.
so after enduring a great length of time on the plane and seriously going crazy. like i really really wanted to go crazy. like i imagined myself screaming and tearing my hair out and fighting with the air stewardess to open the door of the plane and jumping out to freedom and air. goodness gracious. thank goodness the person i sat with was a really nice singaporean so it wasn't hard for me to make trips to the bathroom.
all i can say after all that is that i am thankful to be back to the land i am familar with and i wanted to belt out the singapore songs going "THIS IS HOME...TRULY..WHERE I KNOW I MUST BE..WHERE MY DREAMS WAIT FOR ME..WHERE THE RIVER ALWAYS FLOWS..THIS IS HOME...SURELY. AS MY SENSES TELL ME. THIS IS WHERE. I WON"T BE ALONNNNNEEEEEEEEEE....FOR THIS IS WHERE....I KNOOOWWWW...I"MMMMMMMMM HOOOOOMMMMMMMEEEEE :D :D :D :D
welcome back!
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