My first post, along with a flood of thoughts

I officially joined this "monologue" today, coz I've been repeatedly asked by friends to update my life online so that they can keep track of it. I suppose it's a lot easier to do this than to send mass emails to all my friends from the States, or even personalized emails to my closest ones. And I suppose it's something to do when I'm bored in the army too.

Somehow, considering how I usually speak my mind and tell my friends about the things that are happening in my life, I don't seem to mind putting these thoughts online either. (Except maybe my thoughts about having to be in Singapore for 7-8 years for the military service and then serving the Singapore government for my bond.)

I'm currently bumming around the Palo Alto, alternately living with my one of my best friends David Lu and also crashing in Lantana, a dorm in Stanford. I might have to add more places to my list of places to stay. Having to leave in 17 days for a home nearly 9,000 miles away, for a total length of 8 years, is not a pleasant thought. It hasn't yet hit me, that I'm leaving. I know I'm leaving, but I don't think the actual effects will hit until I'm home.

Things I'm going to miss when I'm back home
1) ALL my friends here
2) The individualism and freedom I have
3) My bunch of brothers from my fraternity
4) My dance friends
5) My own room and place
6) The beautiful sunsets and sceneries
7) My heart (Coz I left my heart in San Francisco)
8) The girls, because the girls here are definitely more beautiful than the ones back home (If you're a Singaporean girl and reading this, prove me wrong!)
9) And more...

I don't ever think I can have the same freedom of choice for my life when I'm back home. Singapore is a great place, but freedom is something that you won't know until you have it, then lose it. Hopefully, my mind will change when I get back home, but in case it doesn't, I believe that I'm truly an international citizen, and that I can move to different places. Well, I still need to work on my abilities to make friends wherever I go, but I'm sure that'll be fine with practice.