Chionggirl in Shanghai

I was back at home over last week for a friend's wedding.

Before i set off, I had anticipated some strangeness in being back home. Interestingly, it never happened. I was at Vivo City, Holland V, Tiong Bahru market etc. It felt as if I had been on the island for the past 3 months, and visiting these places was not as unfamiliar as I thought it was.

Adding on to it, the weather at home was cooling, and I didn't felt the heat. Friend's wedding was good, none of us broke a sweat.

However, home seemed more home that the usual mention of 'home' when I was back home. It's where close friends and families are around. Now that I am back here in Shanghai, I can really feel the difference of not having close friends around to hang out with. You know, the kind that you can call at 4pm for a 7pm dinner... Laugh until you tear, gossip on common topics...

Absence does makes the heart grows fonder. Much fonder.