New Jersey seemed so empty the first time round, especially coming from Singapore. Sure it might have the highest population density in the States, but it simply can't compare with East Asia.
Campus felt empty and spacious---as though there were room plenty enough for at least half as many again people---even when the semester is in full swing. It wasn't an unpleasant feeling, but it did feel strange.
Now it feels normal, and Singapore feels crowded. How are there always so many people, everywhere, all the time? It's not an unpleasant or uncomfortable feeling though; it just feels odd.
Of course nothing compares to the vast emptiness (empty vastness?) of that volcanic smouldering surrounded by the North Atlantic, where you can look out and see nothing but the mountains and the sky and the one road you're travelling on for dozens of miles at a stretch. Perfect for claustrophobics and introverts ... (maybe there is a link between the two after all.)
Campus felt empty and spacious---as though there were room plenty enough for at least half as many again people---even when the semester is in full swing. It wasn't an unpleasant feeling, but it did feel strange.
Now it feels normal, and Singapore feels crowded. How are there always so many people, everywhere, all the time? It's not an unpleasant or uncomfortable feeling though; it just feels odd.
Of course nothing compares to the vast emptiness (empty vastness?) of that volcanic smouldering surrounded by the North Atlantic, where you can look out and see nothing but the mountains and the sky and the one road you're travelling on for dozens of miles at a stretch. Perfect for claustrophobics and introverts ... (maybe there is a link between the two after all.)
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