April 29, 2015

#161: Weekend trip to Munich!

MUNICH
Last weekend was spent in Munich, my very first trip to another city thats pretty far away- 
unlike Berlin thats just an hour and a half of train ride away! 
(Funny how I now think it's 'JUST' 1.5h away when I used to complain so much about distance when I travel in Singapore.. not anymore man, realised how tiny Sg was after coming here hahaha)
On the way to Berlin!

April 20, 2015

#160: Weekend well spent

W E E K E N D
The weekend was really fun!
Explored Berlin for the first time on Friday (although there was one unpleasant experience.. which I will talk about in a bit) and attended an event yesterday :)

Regarding the "unpleasant experience" mentioned previously, I was stranded at one of the sub train stations in Berlin for like 2 hours because of some kind of train disruption.... 
this is apparently pretty common here :( Sigh... long story but it was 2 degrees #majorfml
It was I N S A N E L Y cold, I couldn't stop shivering :'( 
Thus as I had expected, I was down with a fever the next day :S 
But I'm certainly much better now! 
I guess my body is building resistance to the cold heh
Ah that was my first time experiencing something like that
Yeah so I was there with Ting, she's a really nice and motherly friend I must say! 
Thanks for lending me your scarf and exchanging coats with me because I was always so cold and also for looking out for me all the time :) :) :)
Other than that, the rest of the day was great!

April 16, 2015

#159: Exchange in Frankfurt Oder, Germany

Guden Morgan!
It's been a week since i've been away from home
And to be honest, I am already starting to miss home - 
Family, Food, Familiarity & Comfort with everything around me.
I've never been the kind of girl who could be independent (sadly) 
Thus of course I never thought I would make the decision to go for an exchange alone.

I had a lot of doubts about going to Germany all by myself.
I was even worried about taking the plane alone!?!??! 
HAHA well.. I guess cuz I've never taken an airplane alone before 
(Yeah, I know I sound like a kid but somehow I just dont like taking a plane alone)
And also becuz I've never taken such a long flight, ever.

Other things that were causing me to hesitate were things like not having been to Europe before-  Didn't know what it was like, and I didn't have enough faith in my ability to be independent hahaha 
Low self efficacy and conscientiousness level 
Anxiety level is like out-of-the-world
DATZ ME, what a turn off hahaha
I was THIS close to withdrawing my application.. but I'm glad I didn't :)

Going for an exchange alone was kinda like an opportunity for me to further develop myself as an individual cuz it forces me to step out of my comfort zone and learn independence.
Many of my friends were so worried that I would 'die there' (HAHAHA) or like get lost and stranded somewhere, or struggle to survive everyday because I'm just that.. blur/silly/lost whenever I'm left alone..