Have you ever seen squirrels this plump? These little creatures scurry all around the campus and they are so cute and rotund. But recently the weather must have proven too cold, for I haven't seen them in a while. I love their tiny paws.

Bears aren't the only animals that hibernate in winter. Raccoons do, too. I'm looking forward to seeing them in Spring!

Not that keen about skunks, though. Haha.


It's been two months in Canada.

When I willingly left homeground and bounded abroad, I expected to plunge into a totally different place. I must say I was slightly disappointed at the beginning when it seemed like I had left Singapore only to find myself in a place not so different from Singapore. "It's all the same," I remember lamenting sadly.

But slowly, slowly, I'm noticing the differences. It's in the little things we do, what we eat, how we eat, how we travel, how we talk, how we shop, what we buy, ... It's in all these and more, that lie the differences.

I feel like I've finally settled in. Like, really settled in. I no longer feel like a stray thread sticking out of the tapestry, but actually feel like I'm part of the fabric.

Oh, sure, little things still give it away. Accent, the way I sometimes am on the verge of stepping out without my coat, possibly even my mannerisms.

But I feel like I've finally settled in. No longer fretting and widening my eyes at missed buses, which class is where, whether I talk funny, possibility of no or skimpy dinner...

I think it's called, I've settled into a routine. Found my yin/yang position, so to speak. Haha.

Took two months!! Kinda belated, I think. It's hard to imagine that two months later I'm going to leave all these and go home. I wonder what part of Canada will stick with me beyond the first month of touching down, and what part will fade away, back into this part of the world.

I'm quite excited to find out. ;)