With less than 30 days left in Singapore, it's been a bit of a strange realization that I will soon be heading back to Canada.

In a lot of ways, I'm looking forward to going back. The thought of traveling down 400-series highways at 120 km/h is comforting, as is the thought of riding in GRT buses or GO Transit trains. Tim Horton's donuts are something to look forward to, and above all, just being around old friends and family once again.

I want to roam around The Real Canadian Superstore located near Dundas and Trafalgar, and I want to eat at the Harvey's at Bayview and Cummer.

It will be nice to see Union Station again, and it will be nice to drive on the right-hand side of the street.

It will be nice to sit in Bubble Tease and drink now seemingly expensive and not very tasty bubble tea with UWCCF people. It will be nice to eat sushi buffet in Markham with TLCF people.

The more I think about going home, the more things I begin to miss about home.

But at the same time, there is so much in Singapore that I know I am going to miss. I will miss the lady on the intercom who tells me to stand behind the yellow line and to report any suspicious looking persons. I will miss being able to get from one end of the city to the other in an hour. I will miss the fact that all phone calls across the country are local ones. I will miss chicken rice and I will miss Hokkien mee. I will miss curry puffs and goreng pisang. I will indeed miss the food.

And on top of that (and most especially), I will miss a lot of the people I have met. I will miss the young adults at ENCS. I will miss my coworkers. I will miss other exchange and full-time students from NUS. And of course I will miss my family.

The past 7 months have gone by so much faster than I would have imagined. But should I have expected anything more? Time in Toronto and Waterloo passes just as fast. For sure I should have known that my time in Singapore would go by equally quickly.

The good news is that I just discovered today that my 4A term in Waterloo starts one week later than I originally thought.

I could use a bit of quiet and rest after the hustle and bustle of studying and working in Singapore.

In just four weeks, I will be packing up for the long journey back to Canada. In just four weeks, I will be saying good bye to the land that my parents once called home (the land I nearly called home). I will be saying good bye to the people whom have made my stay here so very memorable.

What other posts will I write in the coming four weeks? What else will I experience here in Singapore in this final month?