day 12, singapore: the best thing about coming back to your birthplace after living in sydney for the last eight years is discovering how lost you are. there is an entire network of new train stations i have never heard of. the CBD where i work has all these new buildings i never knew existed. and a whole bunch of new malls and hotels have popped up everywhere. someone stopped me for directions the other day and i told them i had no clue. i am nose deep in cafes, subway ripoffs and new world wines. i work in an office where half of its employees come from somewhere else. so i feel comforted by the fact that they are as lost as i am. or that they know as much as i do about this city.

my body clock wakes me up at 0600 AEST. i get giddy when i see wine labels i am familiar with. or when i hear an aussie accent. but otherwise, everything else around me spins at a dizzy pace. i have a bag to pack today for a work trip to taipei tomorrow. just as i've unpacked both suitcases and put things away. life sure moves on.