Day 39 (10-4-2009) - Closing Ceremony

All the money I’ve been saving for the past 6 weeks, eating only a bowl of rice and an egg every meal, occasionally skipping breakfast, being left out from the restaurant and steamboat dinners, have all been spent today. Let’s marvel at the way things need time to be built, but just an instant to disappear or be destroyed.

I’ve only got 2 more days here, so by right, I don’t have to change any more money. However there are still some things that I have not bought. We’ll see how things go.

All in all, after the closing ceremony lunch during which we received our course completion certificates, the whole of today was spent on the last minute shopping that we have all intended to do all this while. I’m rather satisfied with what I have gotten for myself and my friends and family so far but there’s still work to be done and I hope tomorrow will be enough.

Looking at the certificate once more, which proudly showcases the Overseas Immersion Programme that I have completed, I can’t help but feel satisfied with what I have learned here so far. But let’s leave all those for the conclusion of this journal.