Day 68

Something learned:

It won't matter if I spend more than half my lifetime in a different country. The place I grew up in will always be "home".

I can lose my accent, but it'll come back immediately when I start speaking to another person with the accent.

It can be 30 years later, but start singing a patriotic song, and I'll belt out the lyrics for you.

You can take the girl out of Singapore but you can't take the Singapore out of the girl.

Today I was thankful for:
1. Seeing many friends at V's birthday party
2. Getting to see a Korean choosing ceremony for the first time
3. Hubby taking the kid into the Page museum while I caught up on my todo list
4. Boon buying me Mamee from Guam
5. A fun Chinese New Year banquet with Club Singapura

Looking forward to:

Spending Sunday with family.

Day 67

Something learned:

There is no place like home. On a day where I was missing the festiveness of the Lunar New Year as celebrated in Singapore, I also learned that when given the chance to see any place in the world, the place that draws people most is to take a look at the house where they grew up in.

Until you've lived away from home, in a place far away and oh so different, it's hard to truly understand what homesickness is like. And learning to survive that I think, makes a person understand much more clearly what matters to their heart the most.

Today I was thankful for:

1. The Google Food team making a huge effort to mark Chinese New Year
2. Connecting a few more cousins on Facebook
3. A fun dinner with the family at Souplantation
4. Emptied out the todo list again
5. Getting some help from my aunt with fleshing out the family tree

Looking forward to:

Seeing a Korean first birthday celebration for the first time tomorrow.