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New Year, New Perspectives, New Expectations

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So it is the time of the year again, the end of the year. First Christmas, then New Years' Eve, finally the New Year. The hot topic of the world ending on the 21st of December 2012 certainly isn't popular now, 2013 is just around the corner. 21 years of living, learning, exploring, achieving many things. I would usually end the year by making a new New Year Resolution. This was last years' resolutions : 2012 Referring to it: 1. I am really close to reaching it. I swear I can touch and grab the rim most of the time. I guess I have to jump more and train my legs, but the pain... Nevermind, I rather regret breaking my legs than regret for not trying harder when I could. 2. Internship? No problem! 3. 10km run? Pfft been there, done that. 4. Finish a piece? I can play a few pieces! 5. Definitely survived it :D What will be my 2013 New Years' Resolution? 1. Still want to slam dunk, always is, always will be, will eventually perform it. I even have Michael Jo

Swisss

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So me and a bunch of friends went for a holiday at Zurich, Switzerland last week. Zurich is a beautiful city and has many places to visit, but it is a bit pricey. The land of Swiss Army knives, Swiss chocolates like Tolberone, beautiful Swiss Alps, and CHEESE. You can get cheese almost everywhere, they are famous for it. Didn't know their national language was German. Noticed the letter "U" was replaced with ü and I think there is a different way to pronounce it, much like the Mandarin language where there are different pronunciations when there is a stroke or dots above the letter. I couldn't pronounce most of the destinations we visited, was thankful most of the people knew English. Was also grateful for the samaritans who offered to help us when we were lost or didn't know how to read the map. Once, we were at the train station, wondering which platform we had to go to board our next train. This Chinese lady, asked us in Mandarin where were we hea

Different, but same same 2

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Manual cars Almost all of the cars here are manual, is it because they like to drive manual cars? Or is it because it is more fuel efficient? More accustomed to the cold climate? Or is it because they just like to play with their sticks ...*ba da bum* Alcohol and pork Cheap and available everywhere, lots of varieties as well. I can just walk out of my house, 3 minutes away is a store that even sells Bailey for just 14pounds, alcohol is cheap here. Talking about pork, the pork sausages here are delicious! In fact, I think they sell more pork sausages than chicken sausages. No wonder my friend says he missed it. Will bring back some to Malaysia, both pork and alcohol, not sure whether Customs Officer will let me through... Finger biting I am not sure whether it is just a coincidence but I know a few of my coursemates who bite their fingers. It will be our usual group meetings, brainstorming for our projects when suddenly one of them starts to bite their finger as if it's some

The ones who care

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[Tigger Movie] Your Heart Will Lead You Home - Kenny Loggins Was rushing to finish my lab report when I heard this song in my playlist... The lyrics are so beautiful, and I do miss home... just a little bit