At night, there was a boat party by the Wisla river. Basically the party was held in the open air deck inside the boat by the dock. Kind of refreshing compared to going to a typical club. The students here really have all sorts of ideas, I heard they are organising a tram party too. On the boat, it was beer for most people, conversation here and there and super classic music like YMCA. Everybody did the Macarena, which was quite hilarious. When it came to limbo rock, this korean bloke, Kim (or "old man", he's 29) just shoved me across to the other side, implying with my height I didn't need to bend backward at all to get through.
There was a foosball table on the boat too, and I couldn't resist a game. Peishi and I had a showdown with two guys at foosball. Guess who won? The team with the "star defender" or course! Peishi ain't too shabby either, except she resorted to the underhanded “bbq chicken wing” method, like SOME of my juniors. Haha. Did I mention it was one Italian, one French we were up against, what an irony ;)
Meanwhile, Im amazed by how many European people are picking up Mandarin, and they are doing really well at it. That night alone, two polish natives managed to carry a decent conversation with me in mandarin. Both have travelled to China and one is going back again, while I have to sheepishly admit I haven't even laid a foot there before. All the Singaporean Chinese beware, these guys are gonna kick our ass anytime in the future at our mother tongue.
Didn’t stay there too long, when it's late, people get sloshed and things sometimes get out of hand. To save money instead of taking the cab, we tried to locate the night bus back to our dorm because we already bought the student concession for 3 month’s worth of public transport, be it via metro, tram or bus at 83 PLN. I think Kim was a little drunk, apparently he only had one glass, yet already he was slurring in a overly chirpy manner. Very amusing. I must also mention that we met this drunk Australian outside the boat, he asked Kim if he was from Korea and how he was getting home. Then he claimed it was a good idea for Kim to take the bus because "you Koreans are cheap". His racist remark didn’t really bother me though. For every bastard like him, there's at least ten others who had more sense to embrace diversity and people of varied ethnicity. The walk to the central bus terminal was a long one, but it was well worth it. We met a couple of Polish people who were going back from the party, so they mostly led the way. The night was cool and the city was serene. Plus we were within the vicinity of Old Town - my favourite place in Warsaw so far, so I got a chance to pass by it and observed how the place appeared at night.
Showering in the wee hours of the morning was really no joke. Was freezing my ass off walking along the corridors back to my room after the bath. Maybe I can forget about bathing when winter comes.
Finally, to end off this post, I’d like to mention that with new found friends, places and perspectives, I must say i still do fondly think of my good ol' pals and my family back home. Miss you all folks!