Saturday, August 05, 2006

getting used to...


- seeing more asians than angmohs on e roads
- lowered eye levels (angmohs are taller than asians of cuz)
- taking e mrt instead of e subway
- tapping e ezlink card instead of swiping e metrocard
- squeaky clean mrt stations instead of filthy subway stations
- not needing to look at maps when walking around
- shorter daylight (dawn n dusk at 530am n 830pm respectively in e new york area)
- e inability to use chinese to criticise ppl in their face without em knowing tat im criticising em
- slpin alone in e room (had been sharing a room with 2 other crazy gals for e past 2.5mths)
- not needing to scream at dar every morn till she wakes up (arlow 起来了!!!!)
- looking right-left-right instead of left-right-left b4 crossing e road
- crossing e road at green man instead of white man
- fastening pace upon blinking green man instead of blinking orange palm
- writing my surname 1st instead of last
- writing DDMMYY instead of MMDDYY
- using 2 ply toilet paper (toilet paper in e states are usually 1 ply oni)
- squatting water closets (all i came across were sitting toilet bowls in e states)
- speaking singlish instead of fake american english
- not having ppl ask me if im frm china
- not having to stand/walk 12 hrs everyday
- not needing to go under e sun for long hours (thx PAP for all e covered walkways n trees!)
- not having ppl to fight wif me everyday
- not having ppl to poke me everyday
- not having ppl to lift me up cuz im juz "so small" (hehz)
- gg home without unknown bruises n scrapes (see this)
- not having to walk at least 15min to get to somewhere "near"
- buying american brands at much higher prices
- having lesser varieties of things to choose frm when shopping
- always going to e same places (orchard road thrice in 1 week, hehz)
- leading aimless n super zo boh days (sooo bored!!)
- listening to chinese songs
- eating lousy salads (most salads are gd in e states)
- frens saying hi without hugs n kisses
- clubbing on wednesdays instead of thursdays
- blahblahblah...

despite all these, tink i've reverted back to e sporean ways alr. pretty surprised by how fast i balik got used to e sporean ways oso. even lost my fake american accent lorz. haha~

anyways, tink insomnia is leaving me for gd. body clock's more or less back to normal. now i juz hafta try waking up earlier. hee~

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