Alien Comforts

Just in case you don't know - I'm home! It's been 2 weeks since i left for home, and i've been busy. Been out on most days, just meeting up with friends and catching up. Even went over to Malacca and Penang for my dose of Malaysian food, and got a sore throat for my troubles. No complaints, though.

It's pretty hard to take in the fact that i've been away for a whole year when everything's so comfortable here (not literally la, here so damn hot). Just being in my own home needed acclimatising, like playing with the switches, or trying to figure out where i hid my personal stuff, or even trying to figure out the new Astro channels. It's pretty fun, getting used to life at home again. Then again, taking the bus home from uni, not so fun.

For the uninitiated, i failed another subject - again. I haven't decided if i want to mope about at home or just shrug it off. I'm bemused when i meet people who've failed numerous times and still go about their lives normally, like it's no big deal. I secretly wish i could be one of them, no feelings of guilt or sadness. But.. i'm not. The results were abit unexpected, 'cause i thought i did okay for most of the papers. I guess i didn't. So gotta work harder still this semester la, what else.

I get a whole lot of "Would you go back there?" questions from people, and it's a toughie, that one. I liked it there, but i can't help but feel that if i wasn't that enthused about being there i would've been miserable. Don't get me wrong, i loved the fact that i could go to another country and just experience new things and all that, but there might be a more depressing motive underneath all that cherry pop and sunflower seeds (??) reasons i've given for going over to Oz-land.

I think maybe i've been running away from all my troubles back home. It's so convenient, leave all my troubles behind and just start anew in a different country. Thing is, i had to come back after a year. I guess troubles didn't go away. Ideally i'd love to face them and get it over with, but who knows what i might do/feel. So i guess i'll stick to what i do best, for now. Avoid them. Or wait till they face me.

So right now i'll just focus on the usual - studies, getting fit(er), and of course - getting the Astro channels right.