London Heathrow Airport terminal 4, 17/9, 8.15 pm

the trip has almost come to an end. i'm now sitting at the viewing gallery at gate 8 looking at planes taking off and landing. it's quite cool... every 5 minutes there will be at least one plane taking off and one plane landing. already when the plane landed at LHR, i was thinking i am one step nearer to home... and reality. when i go back have to face project problems again. will things get better? will i go back to work on wed feeling sian again? the same old feeling? shall not think abt it yet.

this morning, everyone in our room moved out except the lady whom we found out today was a high school biology teacher in LA. (Hollywood High School) we said bye to Maria in the morning, she was gg back to Italy today. later we had quite a nice chat with the biology teacher. she thought we were students too, juz like the guy at Potsdam yesterday (but too bad he wasnt the one selling the tics). anyway, it's quite a compliment :) she saw me posing for a photo on my bed and she commented 'oh that is a cute photo'. later she asked us to help her take a picture of her in a towel... haha... these western ladies are really so daring. at first we had thought that a 6-bed dorm might be sian but in the end we had quite a nice time talking to our dorm mates - the indonesian girl who went to work in Australia (i din find out her name), Maria, the LA teacher and the Dutch girl who studies theatre (her name starts with an L), so it was really a nice experience in Berlin. ok, i will be boarding soon. it's really goodbye to my holiday. Go back must ganbatte and take control of my life!