have been feeling the need to write for a while, but the words never seem to string up well or flow right. but i'm going to try anyway. it's weird to start school again. it's as if going home was a dream. going home was really good though - familiarity is always comfortable, and seeing family is the best part, and being able to go for dinners and not have to have a screen separate us, friends too just catching up and hanging out again. i feel like i treasure people more, and spend my time more wisely because there is knowledge that there's a limited amount of it? some people say that it's harder to leave home the second time because of how comfortable everything is, but i think it's easier, just because i know that not much has changed. family is always a constant. and yes it is difficult to leave no doubt, but i know that they are always supporting me :) close friends too. there are definitely things that change too, like the youths in ignyte, some parts of sg, relationships with some friends, but there are sacrifices to make i guess. for the most part, it was good to be home. :)
and nothing much seems to have changed back here (except maybe that joanie isn't in chicago anymore and no more family dinners. i was just telling tricia just now when it suddenly hit me. cos tomorrow is sunday and sunday nights are family dinner nights). i've gone for 4/6 of my classes already, and they are all really intense. it scares me a lot. i'm still in holiday mood though, i come back from class and sprawl myself out on my bed, and watch gilmore girls as if i don't have readings to do and work to worry about. which is terrible. but i'm giving myself a week to settle in. also, i have just finished all 7 seasons. and there's this huge sense of emptiness right now. lol. i really liked the series though. i feel like it didn't sugar coat the tough things in life - like the complications in relationships, how feelings are complicated things, how life isn't a bed of roses. i am for sure going to watch it all over again someday haha. but not anytime in the near future.
it's really really nice to see familiar faces, and i'm really thankful for the friends i've made the last semester. i met clare for umami burger today and it was so so great to just catch up and to know that nothing has changed despite the month-long break. let me digress. umami burger. their truffle ketchup. like everyone. everyone. needs. to. try. it. i preferred clare's tuna burger to the beef one that i got, but they were both really good. and the sweet potato fries and onion rings tooo. ok back to clare. our schedules are very much clashing this semester which is meh. we had a morning coffee/croissant thing the last few weeks of fall sem which is harder to do now. but we'll work it out i hope.
hanging out with the whole gang has been really nice and chill too. we go to china town way way way too much. and get bubble tea a lot. and sushi from osaka - which has really amazing avocado smoothies.
OH ALSO, i have finally learnt/decided that i should start using the crock pot. it's an amazing invention. have cooked chicken/mushroom/scallop porridge that tastes like mummy's homecooked one! and onion/chicken/mushroom/scallop soup which was not bad also. homey feels.
mixed feelings about this sem. but we're going to have to get through it anyway! thankful for good professors/instructors so far. believing that it'll be a good sem :)
i hope you are having a wonderful week!
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