Just now, when Jessica and I were about to go out from the library, suddenly, there was this girl who rushed in and shouted my name. Haha. Shuping..you really gave me a shock!! Haha. But it was nice seeing you again after such a long time and we should meet up soon! =)
Anyway, I'm still slowly trying to get used to life here again after not being here for so long. I've been observing and noticing little things here that are so different from pittsburgh. It's really refreshing to see orchard road lined with many different shopping centres (not found in pitts), blue and yellow taxis which you can just flag down (gotta call cab over there and you don't really get to see a cab too), the sbs and trans island buses, uniform-wearing school students (don't get to see this that often too), the traffic going the other way and so many other little things! To hear the singaporean accent and all the other languages/dialects, to have to tap the ez-link card and remember to tap it again when going down (vs just showing your ID card), not having to worry about what time the bus will come and so on.
And then there is the weather. The heat here is really unbearable and with the humidity, I'm just perspiring so much! Stepping into the shopping centre with the air-con that relieves you from the stifling heat really reminded me of what xinghao said some time ago about the weather here.
Of course, the time difference as well. I think i've probably gotten over jetlag, but with the world cup still going on, I don't think there's much point in getting over jetlag haha. As I was watching wimbledon last night, I thought it was nice that I was able to watch the matches after dinner, relaxing after a long day. If I were still in pittsburgh and doing summer school, I'd have probably missed those matches. It's really interesting how much difference the time difference in various places really makes in our lives. Like watching a world cup game. In pittsburgh, I can watch the 3pm matches after lunch and the timing would just be nice. Here, I'd have to wake up at 3am to watch and then go back to sleep again. If I were in Germany or Europe, the matches would be at night and if I were in Australia, they'll be at 5am in the morning!!
Ah well. Guess that's what makes living in one place different from living in another place. Off to watch Wimbledon and Nadal now!!