Monday, February 13, 2017
Day 361 (FINAL DAY)
on the flight back to singapore, and even to the very last day, i am facing incredible amounts of bad luck.
almost did not manage to check my baggage in for the flight despite clearly paying for a 25kg baggage, scoot is so full of shit today and i’m really disappointed. checked in and they told me that my itinerary does not show any baggage. so at one point i thought i had to pay $100 for a baggage (which i already paid for). had to top up credit on my phone to call scoot (which is like obviously something the counter staff should be able to find out… zzz).
also, lost 2 tabs, had $10 not returned to me, had another $50 which has been owed to me for 2 weeks not returned to me as well. despite the amazing house i stay in, the company is pretty damn shit but whatever, i’m off now. thankfully.
so in the past week i had a few experiences - got 3 out of 4 dive rolls that i was eyeing for my dive roll video. i couldve also done the last one but with the pressure of security, i fucked up pretty badly (but also fortunate enough to not die), got myself extremely pissed off but had my sweet revenge nailing the swinburne strides that i’ve been eyeing for agesss. to know that roof culture is pretty filmed this way the entire time is pretty terrifying. dumb ass security fucks, so damn annoying really.
also tried lsd for the time in this melbourne trip, had a balling time except for the fact leonard the potato freaked the fuck out, which kinda stopped the high for me. also think that psychedelics (shrooms/lsd) are the best drugs that i wished i had more of a luxury to try out. had a second round of tripping on my 2nd last day when i had a going away party being thrown for me. actually really enjoyed it and had positive vibes the entire time. wish i could have more of this in singapore too.
other events include finally going to hanging rock, and being sober enough to rock out my final performance with melbourne united despite having a shitty ass body really.
that concludes the final week, so here comes the part where in review the entire year:
so i survived almost a full year in melbourne. had mixed thoughts about the whole thing - it’s funny how at the start i was so dead keen for this journey, and yet, at one point of the trip, i’d say i was feeling the lowest i’ve ever felt in my entire life. it has been such a hectic ride. despite all the misfortunes, i’m happy to make it back home pretty much in one piece. flew in a year ago, settled in to my own place, furnished it up, experienced the life of having monthly bills to pay, learnt how to cook, got into a long distance relationship, bought a bicycle and clocked ALLLLL the mileage in the whole year (and didn’t get myself into any accidents!), got myself into several fines, even went to court and actually won, did the triple threat food bicycle courier hustling 45-50hrs/week and constantly beat my fortnightly pay records, DP and edited two films in which i’ve got a 3.4 GPA for, finally squatted 3 plates, did fucktons of dive rolls, had probably the longest ongoing injury (this goddamned wrist!), travelled around australia for a month and went into the water for 24 consecutive days, met a lot of different people, and through this i had a better vision of my future. my mission of leaving singapore was to try living a life abroad, which sounds all fun and games, but there’s a lot of pressure to deal with. i was proud to say i did not had to rely on the parents to pay any of my expenses here much unlike the majority of the international students here. maybe i would’ve saved a whole lot more just being in singapore, and yes the harsh reality is that money makes the world goes round, but at the end of the day, it’s just fucking money and it can always be earned back. i guess mission accomplished, eh?
after a year here, i think i’m pretty satisfied with the time here in melbourne and ticked off pretty much the more important goals i have here, so i feel i’m ready to leave and pursue something new. despite initial plans of migration, a lot has changed and i’m actually glad to come back to singapore to chill and live the stress-free, rent-free life for a bit. it may be a pretty shit country to live in but it’s all about making the best out of what you have, right? i have a lot planned in this coming two years and it’ll be a really interesting one to see how things will work out. got myself a fair bit of savings to not work for a bit, so i’ll be focusing on living the full-time parkour athlete/filmmaker life for this year. i got finally cleared education (secondary school, diploma, and now degree) and NS is out of the way, so this is the one point in my life when i can spend some time to work on what is important to me. i will spend a good month resting and recovering, finish up all the edits from the 500gb worth of footage (which i fully thought i lost) in my melbourne life (be prepared for that dive roll video bruh), live my life more productively and plan out my future goals properly, and then get back into serious training and go all out in making some videos that i’ve been planning to do for a while now. also, USA trip and santorini this year. exciting times ahead!
i guess that’s the best way to conclude my melbourne blog. i’ll take some time to read the old posts and see what i’ve gone through and what have changed. it’s been a good run. back to the normal random spontaneous blogposts for whatever that is to come. thanks for reading all the posts so far, whoever that actually made it!