I'm too attached to Singapore

Well I'm a 17-yr-old guy. I lived in Singapore for 5 years where I did my high school.

Two months back I moved to Edmonton in Alberta, Canada for university. I just cant stop thinking about Singapore. I just keep thinking of all the good and bad times I spent in Singapore with my friends, and I still keep thinking of what I'm going to do in Singapore when I go back there in December. It's like an obsession.

Now dont get me wrong... I have made friends in this place, and I do go out with them and hang out and have a fun time. But I just cant get over that place. I gotta accept the fact that Singapore aint my home anymore.

This is sickening me. :frown:

I just wish I could do something about it.

Reply 1

Anonymous #1

Its sickening me to the point where I cant get any sleep in the night

Reply 2

Logan

thats what everybody feels when they leave their country... i first came here, well, i had no circle of friends, i didnt know what to do, so i just get on with it.. and along the way found new friends and all that stuff.... however i do still miss my friends back home, because i think they were irreplacable... :frown:

i also did highschool there before i moved here.. and I know that high school buddies are one of those people that you get to have very good bonding

Reply 3

Vampyrcorn

It's really sad when that happens, people get torn between two different countries and find it difficult to be settled. I feel sorry for you. :frown:

I'm afraid you're just going to have to come to terms with it... Canada will have some things that Singapore doesn't have. Just try to accept where you are, and know that you won't be there forever.

To be honest there isn't really a solution that we can give you. For you to feel better about it the change will have to come from you and your attitude.

In all fairness, 2 months isn't that long so there's still a good chance that you'll start to feel better as more time passes.

i hope it gets better soon, good luck with uni etc.
xxx

Reply 4

Zinc11

I know what you mean. I lived in singapore until I was 12 then I moved away. Yeah, I'm had fun in the US and am loving it in the UK but I still miss singapore as well. It doesnt help that all my family are there.

It never goes away. 4-5years later I still think about it alot. But what does help is that everytime you go back for a holiday, you notice things change and change and at a certain point its no longer the home you remember. That place only lives in your memory.

Its just one of those things.

Reply 5

gbduo

I lived in Singapore as an ex-pat for, well less than a year but the place leaves a lasting impression! It's an amazing place, i am not surprised that you miss it, to not do so would be not human!

I came back to the UK when i was about 10, and the difference in only the year i had gone away was immense, people had changed, the country had even changed! Change of leadership i think and all (Blair)! It is weird getting into the swing of 'Western' culture again, which although Singapore is very developed, the culture in the West like the UK and Canada is very different. Its quite scary in fact getting used to it again. Everything is alot faster, you have supermarkets and not a meat/fish/veg market, people are less friendly and your school is less....international for want of a better word!

I am not surprised you are feeling this way, i felt exactly the same way...you just have to struggle through this patch, as corny as it sounds, things will get better as you get used to Canada. Of course the difference between you and I is that I came back to the UK, my native land whereas you have moved to another country again, so you don't have any roots...which makes things harder.

Sorry this probs is just waffling not helping you very much but i hope it gives you an insight into how i felt after coming back from 'pore.

Graham

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