And It Did Stop Raining

About 2 hours after my rant, the clouds broke cover and the sun finally broke free. Seems like someone up there heard me and was granting me a reprieve. Seizing the opportunity, I headed to town for a walk and do what I usually do on these solitary walks: look.

Looking at family and couples lazing on the grass or playing the water fountain at Piccadilly Gardens.
Looking at the shopping throng in Arndale hunting for sales bargains.
Looking at the clouds float by while sitting at the big screen.
Looking at flowers and stalls in the market at St. Albert Square.

So it was that my footsteps brought me back to school and such a strong sense of nostalgia struck me as I looked at the red brick buildings of old - so distinct of Manchester's industrial history - and couldn't help but smile. I've changed in these ancient buildings, chilled to the bones in winter as the bricks did nothing to insulate us from the elements. Truly, I am a Northern Manc, for these are the sights I will remember Manchester by:

I'm Fed Up! Stop Raining!

Stop raining! Alright, I know being rained on is part of what living in Manchester is about, but give it a break already and let me enjoy this final summer in the UK. Seriously, counting the real number of days I have left in Manchester, it amounts to no more than 8 days. After I return from my trip with Mom and Sis, it is almost immediately off to Singapore I fly.

So...stop raining. Let the sun out. It'll be too late very soon.

feeling: rained on

Cause and Effect

Mentioned to a. that I have been walking around town alot lately. Well, it hasn't been without consequences. Especially since summer sales are now on with discounts from 50% and up. What's happening Sammmmm... you are shopping so often lately! People do change after all I suppose.

Short sleeve Diesel shirt worn loose casual

The same shirt now buttoned up.

Didn't get that in the end. Too expensive!

Found another shirt - yes, I know it's black AGAIN

Finally, this was the shirt I decided on in the end.

I need to start working and earning some money soon...

Kos, Greece

A back-dated post about my graduation trip to Kos, Greece. Who am I kidding, the pictures say it way better than I ever could. How much I loved soaking up the sun - both while doing nothing but lazing on the beach or having fun like cycling around the island - and chilling with everybody. We adopted this particular beer garden and went there EVERYDAY.

All the photos are here, but here's a sample of what it was like there:










New York City will have to wait.



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Now playing: Coldplay - Yes
via FoxyTunes

What a rollercoaster

Whoa~ Feel like I've been thrown into an emotional washing machine and tumbled all around it non-stop for the past few days!

Mom's finally given the confirmation that she and sis will be able to make it to my graduation after all. *beams*

Had a frank talk with a friend and even though I won't say that the end result is what I was looking for, but it was still good to clarify things with him and set things straight. I was really worried I was going to lose one or even both of them.

Only 3 more weeks and I will be gone from Manchester forever. Wow. It's like a sucker punch from reality. KAPOW!

*Forever is leaving something of himself behind in Manchester



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Now playing: Coldplay - Lost!
via FoxyTunes

And the dust settles

So after a night walking around town alone, I've sort of settled my tumultuous feelings after realising it might not be possible for my Mom as well to attend the graduation.

Will still be flying on the 20th of July. The reality of leaving peppers me with bits and pieces as I settle my phone contracts, bank accounts and start sourcing for the cheapest shipment back to Singapore. Not even sure how many boxes I'll require. 36? :P It is 3 years of accumulated things.

I do dread going home a tiny little bit though. Things and people that I will be leaving behind here.. This is also the first time in ... a decade and a half (15 years) that I will be living with my Mom for any extended period of time.

Alright, it is time to stop moping about and start making full use of the month I have left in Manchester. You can be so stupid sometimes Sam.

p.s. Those dolphins are taking on a very large portion of my mind! Is there a novella growing in my head?!

Days of our lives wasted

I want to go home NOW. This INSTANT. I don't want to wait for graduation. I don't want to attend graduation to pick up the stupid cert. I want to start work. NOW.

I'm sick and tired of waiting around doing nothing. No one I care about is attending my graduation anyway.

Send me home, please. I am tired of being alone and the one they come to when they need help/advice and left alone when my situation is less than rosy.

Results!

The exam board meets this Monday. I have this sinking nervous feeling churning inside of me.

Worried....................................but worrying never helped solve anything.

Disclaimer

Just to let everyone know that I am going to be away to Greece, Kos island starting tomorrow and will be back on the 12th only to fly straight to New York that very day and finally come back to Manchester on the 20th of June.

Won't be posting anything over this duration. So take care and God bless.

Freedom

This past weekend, I grew wings and jumped into the sky for the freedom I finally attained. I have nothing...nothing... NOTHING left to do in my university career! I didn't even feel the exhaustion set in until much later, surviving on pure adrenaline for the remainder of the day.

I am so free now and yet not as well at the same time. So much of 'so little time' left before 20th July comes along. How I wish I had control over time some times.


p.s. 'I am obviously not in the most lucid of minds right now. Must be groggy from just waking up, but I am not editing or correcting these lines. They are meant to convey what I'm thinking and feeling after all.'