{"id":1183,"date":"2007-07-20T01:33:32","date_gmt":"2007-07-19T17:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huangrenzhi.wordpress.com\/2007\/07\/20\/the-journey-to-the-east-prologue"},"modified":"2007-07-20T01:33:32","modified_gmt":"2007-07-19T17:33:32","slug":"the-journey-to-the-east-prologue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huangrenzhi.com\/?p=1183","title":{"rendered":"The Journey to the East: Prologue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introduction<\/strong><\/div>\n
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This blog is meant to be used as a journal to keep track of the struggles, obstacles <\/div>\n
and the successes that we shall have during our one year stint in Shanghai as an<\/div>\n
intern. With a more practical immediate use, this blog is also used for loved ones,<\/div>\n
friends and family to have access to what is happening to my life in Shanghai.<\/div>\n
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The Night Before Departure: Equinox<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Let me first thank Wenrong, my old time army buddy that made this meal on the<\/div>\n
70th floor of Swissotel possible.<\/div>\n
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We had a main course, a drink and a dessert there. Let me tell you, the view is<\/div>\n
superbly breadth taking! Double-decker buses are as big as the nail of my pinky.<\/div>\n
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After dinner, actually Dore and I wanted to get perfume (Addidas Sports Fever)\u00a0for<\/div>\n
my trip. But I guess we had too much fun we forgot the time and were too late to <\/div>\n
get it from Metro since both Addidas stores in Raffles City and Citylink does not <\/div>\n
sell that.<\/div>\n
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The Night Before Departure: Last packing of Luggage<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Have to thank my parents and Dore for showing soo much concern prior to my trip<\/div>\n
to Shanghai. Would like to take this opportunity to thank Dore for staying over the<\/div>\n
night prior to leaving and finishing up the calendar that she made it herself. We slept<\/div>\n
at 2+ (actually me, I think she started at about 1).<\/div>\n
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The extra time is for me to use it to keep the pictures that we took together and date<\/div>\n
it, burn it into a CD, so that no matter what happens, she will still have the pictures. =)<\/div>\n
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At Changi Airport<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Thanks Ade, KC, Murni, Zhigen, Dave, Kenny, Peter, Huiping and my best fren Pujue to<\/div>\n
come and see me off. Also not forgetting, I have groups of friends from my JC (Thanks <\/div>\n
Yuan Ern for the treat) and RSS\u00a0friends meeting up for farewell meals, really<\/div>\n
appreciate the effort and trouble you all took to organise all these.<\/div>\n
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Back to the topic at the airport, waving good bye to my friends, family and dore, this is the<\/div>\n
first time I am leaving home for a year. For someone who didnt travel very far and stayed<\/div>\n
elsewhere for very long (Army was max 2 weeks), its really a bold move that I am taking<\/div>\n
for the sake of a brighter future.<\/div>\n
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Reality struck me hard as I was heading toward the departure gate and showing the officials<\/div>\n
my passport and boarding pass: I am really on my own… Its the first time I see mum crying<\/div>\n
as I head further and further into the departure hall…<\/div>\n
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One thing that I am telling myself as I walk away: I MUST make this one year worthwhile.<\/div>\n
For this trip, I left behind my entire colourful life in Singapore and throw myself into an whole<\/div>\n
new environment… All for the sake of a better future, to be a more holistic and gobal individual.<\/div>\n
The feeling grew stronger with every stepI take. Every glance I looked back at my parents, at<\/div>\n
my friends and at Dore, whom I cant leave behind (emotionally)\u00a0most.<\/div>\n
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I finally went far enough to not look back, and mentally gear myself up for the challenge…<\/div>\n
Shanghai! Bring it on!<\/div>\n
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At Thailand International Airport: Bangkok (For Transit)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Midway between Shanghai and Singapore. Feeling hanging in the middle. I am grateful that I have<\/div>\n
a group of friends here who are as (if not more) progressive than I am. Who have a common goal<\/div>\n
to be determined to succeed!<\/div>\n
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With that, this transit was not only a physical one, but also an emotional one that begin to open up<\/div>\n
to this band of people who would be sticking through thick and thin for the next one year to come.<\/div>\n
Really glad that I am not alone. Sad, but I am not alone.<\/div>\n
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