Monday, February 23, 2009 9:45 PM
Landed Safe and Sound, quite literally.
21st feburary. we left Singapore on the 9am Qantas flight. yes quite literally, the turbulances felt during the flight were bad enough, the lady beside charmaine took out the vomit bag (just in case). the landing was horrible. everyone was flung forward with such great force that we could only hold on to the front person's seat for support while the plane tried to steady itself on the runway.
as compared to the previous 2 years where the sendoffs usually have a huge emotional attachment, this year was different. i guess i've been so used to flying off to perth for studies so often that the emotional yearning for singapore soil just seems to weaken with time. no tears, no regrets. we went through the departure gate with little hesitation. from behind the glass, everyone seemed to have put on a brave front, there were no tears, only smiling and waving- well wishes for a safe flight and a good year ahead in studies.
i thought i too could manage a brave front but that was until i read elvin's letter during mid-journey. the tears just came rolling and i sobbed. it wasn't so much tears of regret for having to involve him in this long distance r/s of ours that we sometimes find so hard to maintain but more so the joy of finding someone who found purpose in waiting for me to finish with studies in perth, while dedicating himself to helping our ldr grow with the passing months. charmaine-_ -'' she just laid beside me sleeping away while i looked towards her for comfort.
we touched down in perth at 3.40pm . mum's definately happy we're back (dad i told you its not a good idea to ship us back to perth with only mum there. not to mention 9 months of her.) we unpacked and had dinner early since lunch on board the plane was horrible- crispy egg noodles turned out into soggy wet noodles that were hardly inedible.
im missing the sounds of singapore. the sounds of people splashing around in the swimming pool and waterfalls from outside my window, not forgetting the close distance the bus interchange is from my house. it's real quiet here. deafening really.
it's getting late and im starting school on tuesday. yeah pretty much. i know you all are getting jealous but get this. i only have school on tuesday, thursday and friday- 12 hours in total for the week. yes, im lovin' it here.
