A (very random and weird) dream
I remember telling a close friend of mine not long ago, that the best way to remember a dream is to write it down immediately. However, by remembering a dream, the dream will not come true in real life.
This semester has been rather routined, trying to wake up at 7am and then back to bed for 1 or 2 hours again. I remember waking up at 7am today, and after looking at my handphone and sending SMSes, I went back to sleep. It is now 9:10am and I got up again, this time with a dream fresh in my head. This means that the dream took place between 7am and 9:10am.
I dreamt that I was in my room in CCK when I received a phone call. The caller was Xueli, and the phone number began with the prefix +60. She reminded me that I have to be at Mannheim Hbf tomorrow at 6.30pm or else I will miss the flight back to Singapore. She also said that Zhenle and Charmaine will be there. I asked her where she is right now and she told me that she's in Heidelberg. I looked at the clock and subtracted 6 hours, meaning that its actually 7am in Heidelberg. I panicked because I haven got a ticket to go fly to Germany. Immediately I went to MAS website and searched for any earliest flight to Germany so that I could reach Mannheim Hbf at 6.30pm. My mother came into my room and asked what I was doing. I told her that I needed to book an immediate flight to go to Germany, otherwise if I miss the appointment at Mannheim Hbf at 6.30pm, I will not be able to fly back to Singapore with the ticket that I have already booked.
Hbf - Hauptbahnhof which means Main Train Station
Heidelberg
Now that I am wide awake typing this blog entry, I felt that there were lots of loopholes in this dream of mine:
1) It is correct that I flew with Zhenle and Charmaine to Germany. But the Xueli that I knows does not speak German. What the hell will she be in Germany for?
2) The country code +60 is for Malaysia but the country code for Germany is +49!
3) There is a "time lag" in my dream. Because at this time of the year, Germany should be 7 hours behind Singapore and 6 hours only from April!
3) There is a "time lag" in my dream. Because at this time of the year, Germany should be 7 hours behind Singapore and 6 hours only from April!
4) The whole dream did not make any sense. If I am in my room at CCK already, why do I need to panic to hurry to buy a ticket so that I could fly to Germany in order to be on time to fly back to Singapore from Germany?
Mannheim on 1st Feb 2008
After I woke up, it suddenly dawned upon me that today is the 30th January. I remember that tomorrow the 31st January, will be exactly 1 year ago that I flew to Germany and spent half of 2008 there. Do I still miss Germany? Certainly, to the extent that I can actually dream of such things. I remembered that few months ago I was still toying with the idea of going to Germany immediately I graduate to do an internship and get a job there. This dream was almost fulfilled. The internship contract had already been prepared but then I had problems getting a student permit, and so have to give up the offer. I felt really damn sian at that time. As Brad told me, he doesnt mind sweeping the streets or clearing the trash there so long as he can go back to USA again.
However now I know I am over it. Times are bad around the world and I am already considered fortunate to be offered a job in Singapore when I have not spent much effort in job searching as compared to the rest of the students who are graduating together with me. In fact I really should consider January to be a very unexpectedly lucky month for me. But does it mean that I am giving up my dream of going back to Germany? No, not at all. I will return after 5 years.
