from left: Siang Liang (SMU Accountancy), Bess (NUS Applied Maths), Ee Suan (SMU Accountancy & Econs), Raja (NUS Chem), Desmond (NUS Chem) & Gerald (Uni of Bath Aerospace Engineering)
Last night, we had a mini Chinese new year gathering at Cafe International, a cosy Tues fellowship Widcombe Baptist Church - the church that Gerald attends. It was nice to have a taste of home, with a 2 course 'chinese' dinner with minced pork rice & green bean soup for dessert. Overall we had a lovely evening of informal fellowship, with the emcee Tim (environmental researcher at the Uni of Bath) giving a speech on what Chinese New Year meant, with its red packets & gongxifacais.
Of course, while birds of a feather seem to flock together naturally, I've been making friends with other exchange students too. To name a few, my floor has quite a mix of international students: Armin, an Iranian who was born in Norway, Sundeep from India, Gil from Korea, Coleen from the US, and Betty a 4th year student from Indonesia. I take the bus up to school with Alvin, a Canadian with roots from HK & share modules with Peter, a Taiwanese who spent 12 years in Thailand. Soon I'll be playing tennis with Alex, a Dutch whom I met in one of my Management classes. Go figure.
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