Friday, April 23, 2010
12:50:00 AM
I'll send a postcard to you dear
Cos I wish you were here
I don't know why I feel so homesick today, even though it's my first day back in CC. I miss my bed and my room and my parents and my house and my friends. I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to say goodbye to everyone.
Phone conversation-
Shu: [Minding her own business at home and not thinking about going back at all]
Dad: "Shuk Yee and Evelyn are on their way to the airport NOW. You have fifteen minutes to pack"
Shu: "WHAT?!"
So I panicked and rushed to pack and leave.
Took the first flight to Paris. Got stuck in Paris because Eurostar was booked and flights to UK were still cancelled. Cut a long story short, after queuing and walking/asking around for hours we booked a room in Sheraton hotel, prepared to stay overnight. I was damn excited because, DUDE, IT'S PARIS! I really really wanted to go to the Eiffel tower and eat Frenchie food. Anyway, thank goodness for the hotel room because I was able to bathe and to have a (very) quick nap before going out to lunch (at 3pm). Unfortunately for me, we then had a flight at 8.45pm that night. So, no staying in Paris and no Eiffel tower :( We paid full price for the hotel room too. Sucks. And then there was the problem with the overweight baggages. We Singaporeans have been spoilt by SIA because SIA always closes one eye and lets our bags be overweight. British Airways? Niao like crazy. Shuk Yee and I ran the whole floor trying to fit stuff into different bags and ended up buying a new suitcase in order to avoid overweight costs.
Lesson learnt?
I LOVE YOU SINGAPORE AIRLINES.
But Paris was cool. They have these awesome travellators that not only go forward and backward, but up and down and side and above and across floors like a bridge. I'm serious it is super cool. Like there was one really long one that was like a hill.
And French accents? Makes my heart melt everytime. (But not when women talk, they sound very bitchy)
It was the first time people actually said "Excuse moi?" and "Bonjour" and "Merci" to me without even pretending to be French. Heart!
Anyways. Got back to CC at 11pm and had to unpack and stuff but all I really wanted to do was crawl into bed and wake up back in Singapore.
I am missing Sg more than anything now and I really think I am homesick, maybe cos I left in such a hurry so I wasn't prepared.
I love you all