wow! i guess i haven blogged for 2 months and it has really been a while. *wipe the dust away* I was super busy with work the last 2 months that i did not have much time for myself actually. After completing the last 1% of the course today, and at this hour of the dead quiet night, i actually had some time to reflect on this academic year.

It has been a terribly fast year, with no time to stop and ponder at all. first, we had to juggle our course lectures with labs, and then the 3 weeks hol to study 10 modules for the jan exams. after which, we had to juggle lectures with our research project whereby staying in labs till 9pm and going in during weekends is a commonplace. and i had a thorough 2 weeks break travelling to russia, yorkshire then cyprus. revision again before the after holiday exams. and then we had to do a lit review, followed by year 1 orals and then, the fyp poster presentation held today marked the end of this Chemistry BSc course. it was actually quite a sweet ending as i surprisingly managed to get the best poster prize for physical chem posters. it really came to me as a pleasant surprise and i did not expect myself to get it at all. i humbly thank the judges for believing in my work and also my mentor who has helped me greatly.

and then ks, kc and i had dinner with antonia n machi which was really fun. it was quite a farewell dinner for ks. i did not really feel sad becos i'll still be back in UK next year. so i can still get to see them. but as i looked at the fotos, i'm feeling quite nostalgic, esp when the night is so dead quiet and i'm listening to some slow and soothing songs. I miss these frens really, the cypriots as i think i may not have much of a chance to see them after this year and they are flying back tmr. i am really glad to have made these frens. though overseas studying has made me miss home, esp this year as this year is terribly busy and tiring and 1 can really feel homesick when u need to return home and cook, wash ur own dishes after a long tiring day. but now that i reflect and realised the frens i made, i may think that it's all worth it. thank you machi n antonia!

anyway, i'm going back sg on 15th july alone. and it's my first time flying such a long haul flight alone and i'm quite excited about it. and i always feel like i'm at home whenever i stepped onto the plane. can't wait to take sq!