was walking back from class jus now and had this sudden urge to blog.. about what had been running thru my mind for the past hour or so.. maybe its cos of the insiprational talk by my prof but it suddely dawned onto me that what i really love about this summer at ucla isnt so much about the fun, the travelling..sightseeing.. the shopping (okay. partially yes). but what can never b taken away from me.. and why people shld experience summers or exchange prog for that matter.. is that u get to discover a part of urself that u wont ever experience within ur comfort zone.. see things from a different perspective esp with the rich cultural diversity here.. it makes u realise how much the world can offer and how narrow ur views might be even though they may seem everything to u.. haha. not sure if i'm making sense up there. but ya.. i'm done with all the fun n travelling (still got more to come.. ) but i'm jus gonna miss being here at ucla.. the chillax life.. the difference in culure btwn americans n asians.. u really get to learn n see alot.. but of course. if u dun embrace n appreciate them, u wld jus go back to the square one in singapore denying all the forces to make a difference and leading ur own life. but the sad truth is.. more often than not, it always ends up that way.. u feel inspired now.. but its jus so difficult to step out of ur own comfort zone n really do smth concrete. nevertheless, i really really realllyyyyy love my class (leadership in management) !! feel so... energised n inspired after class all the time.. (as compared to life science =X) really bad choice back then.. jus makes me more geared towards management.. oh. and the privilege of being in a foreign land.. is that u are entitled to mistakes! and out of the norm behavior.. smth quite precious in fact. cos social pressure is especially strong back home.. throughout our lives, we've been so restricted to act or behave in the way people perceive to be 'right'. maybe thats why it feels so good to be here.. cos u can jus let go of whatever image u wanna uphold and be urself.. i wld say its a pity that this summers gonna end in jus 2 weeks=( i'm jus starting to appreciate things as they are.. and its kind of a dread to go back nus.. (esp when it failed me in certain ways).. okayyyy. enuf of emo nemo thoughts! went to santa monica to tan ytd! was realllllllyyyyy nice.. scorching sun but the wind jus blows and sweeps all the heat away. how cool is that! literally slept under the sun and.. alittle burnt. but still superrrrr worth it! oh. and we tried to tan on the grass patch on campus too! (things u'll neverrrr get to do in singapore).. <3