Finding peace

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Update from Singapore/Malaysia

And so my tropical life continues in the land of palm trees, skyscrapers and exotic food.
I am very happy with my job, working for the CEO of DHL Express in Asia Pacific and learning new, interesting things every day. I have to admit it is very different from anything I have ever done before and very exciting since I get to meet brilliant people and work with some of the main brains of the business.
Life wise, I am very happy. Finally found my peace I suppose. I feel complete and fulfilled even thought every time I think about the fact that I am so far away from the rest of my family I get this sickening, scary feeling in my stomach.

At home, the wedding season is blooming, one of my best friends got married last weekend, my uncle is getting married in 2 weeks, another great friend in Turkey at the end of August and a university friend in September… and guess what! I won’t be at any of the weddings. Sad.

Right now I am preoccupied with my job, my personal life and having a time to focus on myself and what I want in life. Several new ideas have been crossing my mind but I still need to decide on them before writing them down or doing something about it.

Life in Singapore is fun. Work, go to drinks with friend, gala romantic dinners and huge shopping sprees over the weekends. Theatres, cinemas… Still in the tourist-mood, sipping margaritas by the river coast or spending a lovely weekend in Malaysia.

Dipping my feet in the turquoise sea, feeling white-power-like-soft sand between my toes and covered by the shadows of huge palm trees sipping fresh coconut water. Hearing nothing but the sound of wind and waves. Feeling only the heat of the sun reflecting from the waters under my feet.

Life is treating me good and I am very happy.

It has been ages

I know I have been away for about a month and this wouldn't usually happen unless i had a good reason and I have one..
For some reason all my posts in the last month have not been shown and it is frustrating that i have so much to write and cannot post it, so i hope at least this does.
I'll try without pictures first let's see if it want to behave today...

Mini-update: I am working, happy with my job, happy with my life. I have been to one new country this month: Malaysia, to a wonderful tiny island called Rawa to chill out with 15+ friends and it was wonderful. Singapore is easy to get used to, so life is faily easy.. it is always easier to get used to a more comfortable life style and it is just so convenient here (everything, eating, going out, travelling, talking to people...) that there is no adjustment period or cultural shock for that matter...

I ahve to admit it is strange being somewhere where there is no chaos (the biggest chaos being the rush hour :P)

More stories are on the way...

Crazy weather forecasts

One thing that amazes me about Singapore is the climate itself. I thought I would have a much harder time getting used to but I suppose once you set your mind and accept the fact it is something you cannot change it starts being tolerable.

The funny thing about tropical weather is that you never know what to carry, an umbrella or sunglasses, so you carry around both!
And also the fact that you can never depend on the weather forecast (like I could in Europe) is crazy. I just stopped counting on the weather reports and started watching the sky, trying to guess when it will rain.

It usually happens during lunch time, the classical Murphy’s Law, everyone goes out and it pours.

Speaking of weather forecasts, it’s very funny because they have different weather forecasts for each part of the city/country and you can cross the whole country on foot in half day. Can you believe it?!

“Today, Singapore will experience rain in the North part of the country, later on the rain will go to the South and eventually to the East part”…

…hmmm that ‘later on’ means in 6 minutes :P

Hahaha the country is the size of my city and forecast means that: IT WILL RAIN, full stop!

Hilarious,

Anyways, just a thought…

I am alive, having a blast and as you can imagine have about a zillion things to write about but lack of time…

For some photos check my flickr link