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YY .Saturday, July 10, 2010.

i'll be home real soon, in a week. it feels so weird, as though i've already gotten used to life overseas, i already feel like an expartriate living in europe. i've long missed home, my family and friends, every single and small familiarities, behaviors and patterns around me. like sleeping on the train on my way home from school, or getting free fastfood discount coupons.. though home is where the heart wants to be, i don't really have the urge to go home, yet. not that the friends i made here are better than the ones back home, or living in Denmark is better than in Singapore; it feels as though i am not over and done with europe, or exchange. there is still so much more to learn and explore. the only consolation is that even that i am back in copenhagen, everyone else has gone home, so no point staying longer in denmark.

whale and dolphin research expedition at the Hebrides of Scotland - something i'm glad that i've finally done it. the number of times i puked on the boat never beats the moment i see a basking shark, fin and full body upclose, and when the minke whale surfaces. there was lots of infomation to gather about them from this trip.. they're changing their feeding patterns, locations.. while we can't pinpoint the exact reasons, there's a lot to believe that it's due to human activities. fish farms everywhere are equipped with this acoustic deterrent device 'ADD' to discourage seals, porpoises and dolphins from coming close to their salmon.. the high frequency ranging clicks it produced are so irritating, when i heard it on the hydrophone. olly the scientist said that seals might be willing to go deaf to steal some fish, but i guess it have somehow harmed the dolphins and porpoises negatively, forcing them to avoid such places where they usually are, and look for alternative feeding spots. aish.. human activities. what the Trust aims to do is to get a better understanding of the animals residing in the Hebrides, gather more data and knowledge, to equip stakeholders with better understanding of the natural environment before they introduce a policy.

life on board the Silurean is surprisingly pleasant! i thought as the only Asian i'll somehow get lost in their conversations, which i did, but it turned out to be a fasinating experience. there was an old English couple, 2 ladies from USA, and a girl living in Scotland. there was lots of sharing and telling, lots of open talk and fun. i really like them all. the skipper and first mate are really great people. i'll put some photos up on fb soon.

lastly, the summer trip to greece, turkey and egypt was SERIOUSLY GOOD FUN. the company and places. the best trip of my lifetime. there's too much i can say but that's all i wanna say.

once everything's over all's left is for one to reminicse and savour every memory of the time of our lives, i think i need lots of time for this..

i have a new motivation to start working and saving up so that i can go to korea, japan and thailand.



YYY
that's it
5:24 PM