Push and Pull
These few weeks, I've been aching for Sydney again. I cannot call it homesickness, since it isn't really home... I've got news of my application, after 11 months, but more like an eternity.
Maybe it's the endless days of 35 degree heat here. Or perhaps it's the tragic state of social behaviour ( graciousness in public places simply hasn't caught on in Singapore and - trust me, darlings - never will). Or just the feeling of being intellectually trapped under a box - there is no one to have a coffee and talk ideas with. Everyone seems to be in a hurry to move up a tax bracket or two.
Of course, there are huge reasons to stay. Work is interesting and it's heaps of fun to work amongst brilliant, good-humoured young people. And there's Boy.
But I do miss the atmosphere of anything goes :the eclectic viewpoints, the intellectual buzz, the smell of coffee as you walk down Missenden, the eucalyptus scent that lingers in the air after a storm. Life was simple, but delicious.
Maybe it's the endless days of 35 degree heat here. Or perhaps it's the tragic state of social behaviour ( graciousness in public places simply hasn't caught on in Singapore and - trust me, darlings - never will). Or just the feeling of being intellectually trapped under a box - there is no one to have a coffee and talk ideas with. Everyone seems to be in a hurry to move up a tax bracket or two.
Of course, there are huge reasons to stay. Work is interesting and it's heaps of fun to work amongst brilliant, good-humoured young people. And there's Boy.
But I do miss the atmosphere of anything goes :the eclectic viewpoints, the intellectual buzz, the smell of coffee as you walk down Missenden, the eucalyptus scent that lingers in the air after a storm. Life was simple, but delicious.
posted by Erica Tay at 1:07 AM
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Other reasons to stay: garlicky char kway teow and garlicky steamed crab.
But on the other hand, I have to admit that the smell of eucalyptus in the air is also hard to resist. =)
L
So come back!!!
Ahhh...makes me miss the sights and smells of Auckland and Wellington too.
I'm constantly surprised, reassured even, about how similar Oz and NZ is. And much of the time, I look back with fond nostalgia.
To some of us from overseas, Australiasia ain't the 'antipodes' (with all of its negative connotations) anymore.
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