The Unemployed / 11:12:00 AM

no longer a student. i tired using my student ez link card to purchase a mrt concession pass. but i cant cos the pass has expired. time to face the pricey public transport prices.

i've been catching up on my sleep. exercising. my back and my thighs are aching with the long hiatus from working out. trying to catch up on uploading the pictures on facebook. trying to recall what happened and my thoughts about the places i visit. if not i think i'll probably forget what happened, or where i went.

its going to be a memory worth keeping. was it the perfect trip? i dont think so. but it is a trip to explore, to initiate new mindsets, to discover places, people, to learn to be adventurous, spontaneous, to appreciate the surroundings around me for the past 3 months cos i dont know when i will be back again.

i do miss travelling. there is always this element of surprise. jumping for joy when you find see that famous hollywood boulevard you've always seen on travel programs. seeing the sun rise at grand canyon. how the pictures you take make good postcard images. but maybe sometimes disappointment, unhappiness. sometimes watching too much tv may not be a good thing. or having expectations about a place. i've also come to a conclusion that is very important to travel with people you are really close with and not to travel in a group bigger than 4. pros and cons i guess.not that i didnt enjoy the company i had for the past 3 months. i'm thankful for them. just a conclusion i'm drawing from this trip. one day i wanna travel alone.

now that i'm back home maybe i'll suffer post travel depression. with the impending job search. the entry into the vicious cycle of a typical singaporean's life. i want to fight the system. but i dont know whether i have the determination, the guts, or the money too. like go be a full time traveller. but i'm not rich. and we all have responsibilities to our families. reality calls.

being back home seems so foreign, yet familiar. maybe the sky here can be as pretty as the sky i've seen on our road trips.

working at cedarpoint in suburban town sandusky, Ohio, was a breather away from the city life, the high rise buildings. maybe we can still choose the pace of life we want back here despite the environment we live in. or maybe i should jsut get rid of the pessimistic view of urban concrete living.

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