trains and roses

watched 'trains and roses' yesterday evening in ntu..
a german film about this guy who wanted to go to inari in finland to take part in this, well it actually sounded quite funny, time-table schedule competition. it's where people gather from world over to see who can come up with the shortest schedule from one point to another by train or/and ferry..
it's to tell us that life is not like a train, that the fastest route is not definitely the best route..
such a nostalgic film because i felt so familiar and close when they were in sweden and finland..
they talked about stockholm, kemijavi and rovaneimi, places i've had been to before..
and when the finnish lady spoke on the phone, i was like, hey, isn't that finnish, and i started to wonder how many in the theatre can tell that it was finnish, not german..
flashbacks started to come back to me now..
nice yet sad at the same time, like mixing sugar syrup and vinegar together and drink it..

met up with the friends who went to france together..
gun, son, jun and me..
got some soft drinks and snacks and of course baguette and we just talked at the arena of the running track..
cool air rushed around us, calm and tranquil..
sometimes i wondered if i am finding refuge among them, or i am happy to see them..
i knew i am, bu i knew i would get that feeling i had in troyes among the international students..
am i still trying to run away from settling down in singapore again?
many unanswered questions in me, but no point to pour out here..
oh well.. live and let live..
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