I don't think anything really beats coming back home. Even if I had to wait about 15-20 mins to be reunited with parentals and Li-Yen Tan cos flight was early and bro didn't bother turning up.... Though here I am sitting in my room at one ay em and feeling a little out of place, like I don't know this room very well xD Just seems a world away from what I've been used to for a month. One month, I think, is just about the limit so far to work, live, sleep, eat, talk to to the same person, day after day. There really is not much room for privacy and conversations just get stale. Thank goodness monotony was broken on the 17th Dec :)

Anyway, I started compiling a bit of a list. Here goes:
Best overall restaurant: Nambawan Cafe for its superb view, free movies, awesome food, reasonable prices, FREE internet, Jenga and just for its name.
Best rip-off: La Tentation
Best cheap food: TULUK/corn from market
Best moment: Finding Nemo at Hideaway. Li's 'Boom Boom Pow' moment of glory.
Best whole-day experience (non-tour): White Sands with Winnie & co
Best tourist thing to do (non-tour): Market shopping. Hideaway.
Best tour: Gilbert's Round the Island tour
Best meal enjoyed: White Sands lunch. Round the Island tour Melanesian lunch.
Best physio experience: Hearing Winnie's stories
Favourite patient: Mrs. J
Favourite physio: Winnie. Enough said. (Though George was pretty cute).
Favourite patient case: ITB Friction Syndrome & ?foot extensor tendinopathy
Best service: City Motel. Chill Restaurant.
Best meal I cooked: Carbonara. Tuna patties.
Most satisfying moment: Handing out stationery to random kids. Giving Winnie my PT handbook. Doing the motherload of washing.
Best night: Crashing Moorings complete with long D&M. Iririki by night complete with Tusker beer in hand.
Worst moment: Camera dying on Coongoola Cruise.
Best awkward moment: "What's this? -> "Uhm it's a webcam." | "How do you use this? (a nailclipper)"

Some photos from the past week...

My Idol
My PJ sisThis one tooNot bad a photo from a dodge camera - it was simply amazing.Taken from Moorings entranceDrunk on TuskerSo I reckon I've learnt a lot the past month. Life skills perhaps, that I wouldn't have known otherwise. It's definitely taught me to grow up and be more mature etc etc. Take responsibility. The habits I've formed, I should really carry on now, but we'll see. I'm glad I chose the right destination for global - an experience that I will never forget. Just proud of the way it turned out, 'cos it could well have turned out to be a complete bust too. Perhaps more reflecting in the days to come...