Well, it's the 4th day of the 2nd week here in Antwerp,Belgium. I have been thinking a lot these few days, and thought maybe I just post an entry of the erratic things that went in and out of my mind, before i cannot recall any of them anymore. Possibly i can look back at some of them in the future and have a good laugh, possibly i can reflect on some of them and maybe will give me a good idea on how to solve a problem, you can never know.
*Warning - in case you see a lot of complaints here and think i am just whining, pls pardon me coz i will just be downloading anything in my mind at this instant and will not be reviewing what i have written down.
1) It's not too cold here now, but the food is boring.
2) We (belgiums and me) are from different planets.
3) What can we cook for tonight's dinner? Broccolis perhaps?
4) I might go crazy in another 2 weeks, but i will try meditation.
5) Europeans do their own stuff their own way. Wonder if they go for lunch together?
6) The TV is boring here, where's the adult channel?
7) A pair of scissors for triming nose hair costs $6 euro dollars=$13 singapore dollars and that is the cheapest. An average pair costs $15 euro dollars = $30 singapore dollars and I would have shouted "Why not go rob a bank?". But the cashier looks like a nice old gentleman so i just skipped this part.
8) Some of the older generation can be quite nice, there's this old Jewish gentleman who helped me tear a portion of the sticky tape using his teeth when i failed to tear it using my hands when I was in the post office. Despite the hygiene, i am still quite grateful.
9) A bloody air mail to Singapore costs $5 euro dollars = $10 singapore dollars.
10) I can only go to gym after work? No other entertainment? I will try meditation.
11) I can only surf the internet in the office and download videos and play online games in the office during weekends because the internet costs $130 euro dollars per month in my apartment. I wanted to shout "Why not go rob a bank?" to the counterperson, but she looks like a nice lady who is just there to work (she is not from Antwerp) so I just skip that.
12) A guy friend tease me about the food in Singapore over the internet and i actually salivate in office. I am only here for the 2nd week.
13) Europeans are proud of their diversity. Or so I am told.
14) An old guy in the office actually travelled by sailing boat alone across the ocean to the Americas and back. He said when winter comes and the northern part is having hurricane season, he will travel from the south part of the ocean and when it is summer and more turbulent in the southen part, he will travel by the northern part. There was a blue whale that was swimming side by side his boat during part of his travel. I am still stunned even now. Took him 1 year to plan the trip and think will take me 10 years instead.
15) I thought of using yahoo voice instead of M1 Smartroam to call back to Singapore. Yahoo voice costs 1.something cents per minute and Smartroam costs 45 cents or 90 cents per minute.
Okay, i think that's enough for today, phew...
Qiang Bian Wen Da Ti of the day:
What is the surname of pencil?
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