As you can see, its a picture of my red bike back in my Singapore home! Its funny how when I'm home, all I can think of is going overseas, but when I'm overseas, all I can think of is going home. , don't get me wrong, at no point am i regretting my decision coming to Germany, but months after months of independence since i left singapore to take the route less trodden, i did yearn for some family care. Unlike most other school systems whereby students get summer holidays, the german exams (at least for mine) are planned such that they span through the entire 2 months holiday. Yes, meaning we have lectures and classes for 4 months, and then exams for 2 months. So thats one semester.
So i wasn't suppose to fly back since i was suppose to have my last paper on the 6 April, which is roughly 4 days before the start of the new semester. But it was computer science. The lecturer was so bad that i haven't been to lectures for the past 1.5 months, so i was pretty clueless about the chapters covered during that period. Had 2 weeks to prepare for the exam which would have been sufficient if i didn't need to learn new stuff, so decided to postpone it till the new semester. And thats how my 2 weeks of holidays back in Singapore was made possible. I booked the plane tickets 3 hours after i decided not to take the exam, that has got to be a record. It was partly also due to the fact that there was a promotion going on and the tickets cost only 500 eurs as compared to 1000 in december, so i guess it was fated eh?
Nothing much to talk about back home, spent mainly meeting friends, spending time with family, eating, buying things that would have been extraordinarily expensive in Germany and recharging for the new semester. Oh yes and selling my red hot bicycle to earn back a little of my flight ticket.
Now that i burned a hole in my pocket and with an extra exam waiting for me next semester, i doubt i will be back anytime soon. Then again who knows what may pop up within the next 2 semester right?
