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Did Neo’s wife, Kng, do the right thing, by standing by him, despite knowing his affair for a year long? Is it right to attend the press conference where her husband admits his wrongdoings? Mum says women should never tolerate any unfaithful actions by their husbands, especially the first one. It is at the first one that you should be firm and let them know it is absolutely not something that you can accept. Otherwise, you are just creating more opportunities for him to go astray again. When you forgive, is it something good or bad for him? And for us to keep discussing over this scandal, is it the right thing to do? Should we leave some peace for the family? But discussions will lead us to be better understanding of people and ethics.

Out of all parties, I feel most for the kids. Imagine your entire school knows who’s your father. One fine day, he turns out to be someone of public shame. Wow, that kinda awesome day it would be in school. Primary school kids might come to you and say nasty stuff. Older students would talk behind your back. Neither situations are pleasant. Social pressure is one. Emotional blow is another.

When there is so much repercussions involved, why do people still cross that line?

On this very last day. All I want to do, is to leave behind all the sad moments. All the time I feel horrible about missing home. Missing my family. Missing my friends. Missing the good old days. Missing the life I wish for.

I guess most of the exchange students are bittersweet about leaving Copenhagen. I guess I’m the only kid who is purely happy about going home. These 4 months has been an ultimate nightmare. There were so many things to juggle. Learning about living in a foreign place is seriously no easy feat. It’s so tiring to always be keeping a look out for myself. Making sure that I’m safe Making sure I have food. Making sure I don’t freeze to death. Making sure that I am studying. Making sure that I do my laundry. Making sure I still know what’s happening at home. Making sure that I am still learning every single day about little things in life. Making sure I’m happy, we are all happy.

It may sound like it’s all whining to you. But coming from a kid who never had to wash her laundry, to cook her meals, to clean the house, whose only duty is to study and be happy, I believe it’s fair.

I hope the flights gonna be like a wink of eye. I would wake up and find myself in Bangkok, that it would be a super enjoyable last 3 hours on the plane transit home. To where I know I call home. It’s all corny and cheesy. But that’s the simplest and most direct way of putting it across. It’s the place of my roots. The place my family and friends are. The social circle that I can grow and be happy most.

These 4 months have been truly an eye opener. To find out how different Europe is like. How this so called beautiful 4 seasons is totally not awesome at all. How surprising it is to find out that so many countries aren’t as fortunate as Singapore. How amazing the history and mankind can be. And how ugly we can turn into. How people interact when we all come together, not due to a common purpose like running a project or learning something. How blessed we are to be shielded from natural disasters and prospering economically. How Singlish is truly a unique identity of Singaporeans. How I have to speak to make native and non-native English speakers understand and be understood. How it is really not easy to manage a household. How it is a real headache not to know what to cook for the next meal. How heavy groceries can be. How I miss hanging out. How inconvenient it can be out on the streets not to be able to find free toilets. How amazing it is to go on a train without gantries. How most people in the world aren’t as uptight as Singaporeans, they are able to take a step at a step. How important it is to stay true to yourself. How so many so many temptations are out there in the world.

So many things to see. So many things to experience. It’s time to go home. And bring all that I’ve learnt and translate them into being a better kid. To be a real adult. No more wasting of life.

21 and invincible. Here I come.

Most people would say that it’s crazy to stay home all day long. Especially on Christmas when you are on exchange. I don’t really give a shit. Everyone thinks I’m wasting my time at exchange, locking myself in my little room. But I would have missed out on our Christmas celebration at home (: although I didn’t do much, it was still fun when I was asked about my packing status lol. And being laughed at for gaining weight.

The most memorable part was before ending the call after counting down. When I said “Merry Christmas”, I heard this really huge echo (: Thank you all for that this unique Christmas and setting up the cam, com and mike. Guess 5 Zeizei did that! Thanks! (:

Also thank?you?for the very last movie that we watched apart. No more lags. No more recalls. No more boot up you com. No more call drops. No more upload this, download that. Very soon. All very soon. (:

The irony of his fairytakes is that the life of this man is so not like the stories he tell others. His love was never reciprocated. He died as a bachelor. He might have made a name for himself but with not happily ever after. How sad ):

Just as a thought my return is 1 week away, I burned myself -.- best. with my own dinner. (Y) scalded my right thumb.

Watched this episode of “Stars for Cause/明星志工队” featuring Pei Fen. Kenneth wrote something on it previously.?

Over these 4 months, I’m supposed to draw out my 5 year plan. My career goals. But after 4 months, I’m still down with nothing. I think partly, I’m really caught in the choice of profit VS non-profit. Recently, I’ve been brooding over my CV, my internship. What to do to impress my interviewers. How can I gain that professional image. What can I do to make up for the lack of experience in working in offices. However, you dont really see me doing much about it actually. There’s this inertia to get such things done.

I guess after this episode, I realised that i’m most comfortable with dealing with non-profit actually. The rat race is just so hard and tough. Seems like the competition to shine is never ending. At the end of the day, we just need to be heros in our own way. And not heros of your department. Not heros of your company. Maybe just the hero of a friend. of your own family. To experience the simplist things in life. To know you gave your best to your parents, your children. To know you did your part for the society, to share your love and blessings to others like what Pei Fen did.

I was just very right when I said that nearing my retirement I want to work in NPOs. But before that, how should I motivate myself to learn and perform as much as?I can in the profit world and yet not feel sad about it?

Even after being away from home for 4 months, my take on life just seems stronger. and not waning.?I just want to go back to a place where I dont have to worry about my survival. Like in all these coldness. And i’m at peace with myself. And where I know the opportunities are all there for me to do what I enjoy doing.