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This blog is for all the "lost souls" (to quote Ji Inn :)) out there. No, it certainly doesn't have any answers(well not by me anyway), just a lot of questions and hopefully discussions. In a nutshell, this blog is for thoughts, ideas and discussions. For those I invited, go to profile and change yours unless you want it to keep it that way :)
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happy to be in 409 '09
and to have been in ES
Sorry, that's all about me. That's the point of this blog anyway, so go read it instead :)
Co-authors of this blog:
Jennifer and Jing Yi: my best friends for the past year, 9 months, 10 days and counting :)
Ji Inn: a friend I've grown close to, and talking with whom inspired this blog
Sharon: my new prayer buddy and the resident St. John's corporal-cum-attacker (what did I say about contradictions?)
Maddie and Fei Ya: friends around us who are close enough to turn 2-people conversations into 6-people ones
There are a lot more people I'm close to, but above are the people who make our 7-people (6 of us near the front, plus Jing Yi who sits at the back) conversations what they are.
5:45 PM
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Challenge 1: Tourist in Singapore
I don't suppose this counts as a challenge but I couldn't find a better word. It's just something to keep things interesting. The idea comes from Readers' Digest, where they have stories about people saying hello to everyone they meet, or yes to everything that comes their way (it would be interesting to see what happens if we all did that :) ).
On the way home earlier today, I suddenly thought: What would it be like if I were a tourist in Singapore? I happened to see the row of condominiums down the road, just before you turn in, and I thought how bright and cheerful everything looked. That's sort of how Singapore must seem, since it's usually sunny and there's greenery all around.
If you're ever feeling bored on the bus or while walking along the road, imagine what you would think if you were a foreigner. It's funny how we don't notice things once they become familiar to us, once they are "just part of the background". I mean, when I was in Shanghai, we ended the TLE thing at Starbucks, near a shop selling sports equipment. The only reason I didn't think we were in Singapore was I knew we were in Shanghai.
I know Fei Ya and Jing Yi have been through this before, but try it anyway with places you are familiar with - school, boarding school, etc.
