Tuesday, January 08, 2008
A special gift!

just to share with all.. this funny and a little bit bo liao video that a friend did for me. his name is Jurgen and he's austrian!

it's basically just a photo collage la.. of random pictures which some that i've never seen before until i saw the video! haha... but well, it's a small gift for my birthday which i do appreciate alot! :)




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Monday, December 24, 2007
离开芬兰

本来很久前就想写要离开的感想,但却一直没机会。现在走了,反而更有心情把感触写出来。唉。

说真的,离别真的是一件很痛苦的事。上次离开美国时已经很辛苦,这次也不例外。反而觉得这次更难受。我以为我会很坚强,可以走得很潇洒,可是原来我错了。我太高估自己的能力了。我以为经过了一次经 验,现在会更坚强,更懂事,更能控制自己的心情。可是,原来我始终都是那么感情用事。我无法控制我的泪水。

离别时看到一群好友一起来送我,道别,真是觉得很难过。这四个月来大家培养的友谊就这么到一个段落了。将来就算再见面,也觉得不如从前了。上次在美国认识的朋友不是新加坡就是美国人。新加坡很容易再见面,而美国人呢;我觉得多数都是口是心非的。可是现在,大家都是从不同的国家来的,要碰面很难,要大家再一次一起碰面就难上加难。

在这四个月里我们从陌生人逐渐演变成好友。每天见面,吃饭,玩耍。一群交流生离乡背井,没有家里人的陪伴,也只有互相依靠。久而久之,大家就似乎变成自己的家人了。相处久了,就发现到很多对方生活上的优缺点。人的个性也似乎整个被拆穿了。在生活上的综综小小习惯和喜好,都全让人家认识到,看清楚了。虽然听起来很恐怖,不过老实说,我觉得大家都相处得挺愉快的。

出国交流我想真的学到了很多东西。不只是对人对事,也对自己也更进一步的了解。发现到自己一个也可以生存,独立。发现到自己是华人,而华文始终是我的根。发现到和其他亚洲人共同的一个地方,就是华文。发现到华文能让我和他们连接起来,让我感觉有归属感。发现和华人一起再次点燃我曾几何时对华文的热诚和爱。发现到新加坡的教育制度真的很棒,明白了李光耀先生的远见;双语精通真的很重要。以前总是崇洋媚外,可是去了那儿却交了一群亚洲的好朋友。对新加坡人来说结识老外一定不会是语言的问题,毕竟我们应该是亚洲人里面英文程度最好的。我反而觉得很多欧洲人的英文程度还真的蛮差的。不知怎么解释,当时总觉得跟亚洲朋友在一起的感觉比较真实,比较舒服。洋人大部分都是酒肉朋友,更不要说他们多多少少都会把你视为“亚洲人”啊。虽然我也交了几个外国好朋友,但对我来说,亚洲朋友始终是我在那儿最要好的朋友。我很庆幸,因为自己虽然是唯一一个新加坡人,但却交到了很多好朋友。认识到了很重视我,很了解我,接受我的好朋友。我真的很感动。大家认识的时间不长,但相处的时间却很多。有了他们,让我孤苦伶仃的唯一一个新加坡人,一点都不感到寂寞。如果不是有了他们,我想我在那儿的日子一定很难熬。我真的真得很希望,虽然我们各分东西,但是这几个月曾经拥有过的美好回忆,会让我们继续的让友情永仪。

现在回到了新加坡,也算让这几个月的欧洲之旅画上了一个圆满的句号。我真得很高兴去了这次的交流,更高兴的是认识到的朋友。现在必须回到残酷的现实生活,继续回去好好念书。但是人生必竟不能总是停留在一个位置。人必须向前走。现在的我需要勇敢的往前走,继续人生的另一个旅程了。 我要加油!! 你们也是!:)


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Sunday, December 09, 2007
Suomelina Island Excursion Trip, 13th Oct 2007

i apologize for the lack of updates because i've been so lazy.. and busy. haha. so many photos that it's impossible for me to blog everything! anyway, our finnish class had an excursion to suomelina island a few weeks back. it's one of the islands in finland where people visit.

the teacher talked about lotsa historical stuff to us... about russians and how finland used to be and blah blah. but honestly, erm i didn't pay much attention because i wasn't that interested. but i must say that the island's quite pretty and i managed to take some nice pictures. :) so i shall not say much and just let the pictures do most of the talking.

on our way there in the ferry.


at the island...



the class listening attentively to the teacher.
















then we walked into some underground kinda thing...

alex and anders.
looked at some sculpture...




then some old shipyard... they built the ship here and they somehow it's connected to the water and it's able to open up the doors and let it sail out. something like that lar.



dennis with his balloon. haha.






group picture!!!















last group shot at the ferry terminal before we left!

so that's about it for the pretty suomelina island! :) hope you all enjoyed the nice sceneries!


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