"Bcos pitt and cmu suck so much that they make you miss ur loved ones and ur home a lot more than you realize"
"Cos you know how shitty it is here now. There was hope before, not anymore"
Haha. Well, I don't exactly hate being here, but of course being home beats being here. Still, not everything is bad, there are a few good things about cmu and pittsburgh, so I guess you just gotta give and take.
My friends have asked me how it is like over here and when I told them that it is boring, they were very surprised. I guess most people in Singapore expect studying in the US to be a very exciting experience, a chance to try out something new, but I have discovered that it is just the opposite. The initial excitement of being in a new environment gradually wears off as you get used to the lifestyle here and everything somewhat becomes more like a routine, the academics is not as easy as people have made it out to be because the homework is just endless (well, maybe this applies for CMU people only haha) and performing well demands consistency so it is also stressful, and somehow, after experiencing and getting exposed to all these new and different things, I have realized that I feel most comfortable being home and you actually do miss home, even though perhaps when you were home all along before, you thought that home is a really boring place. Anyway, my point is I should stop complaining and whining because let's face it, I'm already here. I should just be more positive and move on with life.
With that said, I barely slept the past few days and I'm still jetlagging badly, so I'm gonna sleep now.