Thursday, May 17, 2007

So I'm back in town. It's a strange feeling actually, 9 months is not that long, but then again it is long enough. Long enough to have a baby, actually, and long enough to make a life and a home.

Last days in Montreal were nice, spent with great friends and hosting a very patient guest who put up with a lot of bad planning and cheap-skateness. Didn't manage to see the whales in the end, decided C$200 and 2 days for the possibility of seeing, as Alex so eloquently put it, "some fish's ass" was a little steep. But did go to Ottawa for the Tulip Festival and to get on CBC News as a blip behind a demonstration in front of Parliament, and Cirque du Soleil's Kooza of course. And then St Elizabeth and St Sulpice, planting trees on Mont Royal, swing dancing, a last Sunday at St Patrick's and the tam tams in the park, and then Aéroport Pierre Trudeau, byebye Montreal, hello Frankfurt, byebye Frankfurt, hello Singapore.

I will wait til I get my cable to upload photos so I can do Frankfurt justice. But for now, I have to mention that I was blessed with an incredible host, who helped me have a great time despite being a jetlagged, smelly, cranky emotional mess (me, not him), and also stopped me from freaking out when stupid Air Canada refused to check my luggage through to Singapore so that I had to re-check it in Frankfurt which had a lower luggage limit and charged 40Euros per kg amounting to a total of 1400Euros in excess baggage (eventually I left it behind and he's sending it to me later).

It was pretty hard getting back here; I'd received various letters and parting gifts, and stupidly decided to read them on my way back. Getting teary-eyed in a cramped plane is very unglam, especially when your eyes were already puffy from lack of sleep. I had never expected to make so many good friends in my short time there, but I really did meet some amazing people there.

I am happy to be back though. It is always nice to be home. My dad bought durian back for me last night, and I'm coming up with a list of stuff I absolutely must eat again! Purvis St beef kway teow, Thomson prata, Balestier bak kut teh, East Coast chilli crab, Crystal Jade, Katong laksa, Newton or lua, Killiney kaya toast.

"... les voyageurs connaissent toujours une ville où existe une personne qui leur faire oublier le plaisir de courir le monde en toute liberté." - L'Alchimiste

-- tee @ 3:55 pm |