YaY! i'm back! ok continue fr where i left off. hmm.. was talking abt my adventure on the first night i arrived.. ok so move on to the next day!
26th june '06, mondayorientationhm woke up in the morn freezing. was super cold. but den i get cold v easily one so its normal la.. luckily i still had the blanket tt i stole off the airplane. if not i'l wake up in a blk of ice. i finished unpacking my stuff n uploading pics into my comp den set off to explore the sch at arnd noon.
to get to sch i need to walk up 2 steep and 1 gentle upslopes, and 2 steep downslopes.. arnd there la. so walk back will be the opposite. went to the Powell library to use the internet(the start of my ah tiong days... so glad its over. hahaha). Had to plan and confirm my timetable for NTU subj registration. was online alot of the time during those few days n felt q dumb when i see everyone on msn cos i feel like it is no different fr when i was in singapore.. and somemore i supposed to be out exploring n stuff instead of being in a library using msn! but its not my fault tt i really gotta settle my timetable stuff n msn is the fastest way to lias w my frens! hahahah anw ya, now tt registration is over, notice i not online so often anymore.. hee..
ok sidetrack abit.. rmb i was telling u abt saint swt? hahahah ok. aft typing and deleting a few times, i decided tt i dunno how to type it here without downplaying wat he did. hhaah so i'l juz hve to tell u all in person the next time i meet u guys! hm germaine! maybe i'l hve to tell u on msn since i wont be mtg u.. =( den i can shun bian tell u all abt the other nice ppl next time! hahah too lazy to type ar.. n oso dunno how to bring the pt across. hahha
anw i
bai a super BIG
wu long! hahahah i went to the library on tues evening 4plus pm, all ready for the registration for my subjs which is at 6plus pm (went early cos i still haven cfm wat subj i wanted to take..) when i met this person online hu told me tt the registration is actually the next day, which is wed... felt super dumb la.. haahhahh and i still argued w him at first insisting tt i'm rite n counting out the time diff n stuff.. only to find out tt i missed out an entire 24 hrs.. hahahha how dumb can i get.. i tink this is one of the few times i'm actually not last min n is way too early for stuff.. see la! not last min oso not gd lei! hahahaha
ok back to my oreientation. went to find the buildings where my classes would be held den had lunch in one of the buildings called ackerman union. had 'panda express' which serves chi food. its q ex.. arnd USD5.5 for rice n 2 sides but den the portion is really HUGE! a fortune cookie came w every set we buy. first time i tried fortune cookies.. feel so sua ku but its v nice! hahhaha sweet sweet biscuit. n there's a piece of paper in it tt supposedly tells u ur fortune (hence fortune cookie...). anw the sch is really pretty! v diff fr the universities in singapore, esp NTU. hahaaha i haven taken any pics of the sch yet. next time take le den upload. but the sch really q big. one week in sch le n i still need to use the map to get arnd..
aft tt i went to Ralph's which is this supermarket.. like NTUC lidat juz tt more highclass. went there did some grocery shopping with my korean housemate Bomi(the bimbo i was telling u all abt.. rmb?). hahaha tell u more abt her later. anw aft tt we rushed down to this organised orientation thingy at Rieber Hall, which is sth like the hostels in NTU n NUS. hm i went there n met some singaporeans. but i din meet the grp of ppl i hangin out w now there. it was aft tt tt i got to know them. aft the orientation thingy, which was damn crap, i went to visit the room of one of the singaporeans i juz met but had been msging on the google grp for the exchange. I was expecting the person to be a girl la cos of his name.. but den when he turned out to be a guy i was super sian diao..( hahha ok sounds farny...) n somemore he's a persistant guy whom i cant really communicate with. n cos before tt we were saying tt the both of us participated the programme on our own, we decided to meet up n hang out tgt(n tt was when i still tot he was a girl..). so now i'm a little obliged to join him on his explorations. ok i tink i'm q biased n stuff but he really kinda irritates me. hahaha but cos i seldom go online le so nv really keep in contact oso le.
anw ya.. the ppl i hangin out w now are actually 5 guys hu are staying 2 streets down fr me and this girl hu oso came to this prog alone. all of us same batch one. 2 of them are fr my school, 1 of them fr my hall, and they got my msn fr this common fren tt we hve. Luckily they found me.. if not i'd either be stuck w tt farny guy tt i tot was a girl, or i'd juz be bored to death over the past few days. phew... hahhaha
27th june '06, tuesdayextraordinary daygot woken up by an alarm in the morning. was q loud n was tinkg y my roomie (she's called Linda) turned up the vol of her alarm clock when she told me the night before tt she tinks tt her alarm was too loud.. den still half aslp, i heard linda asking me to wake up in a v urgent kinda voice. so i tot tt all our alarm clocks spoilt n din ring n tt we were all gona be late for lessons already cos we all hve classes at 830am. (now i tink abt it.. its seems dumb... how can all our alarm clocks spoil at the same time...?? hmm... muz really be half aslp den...) so i jumped up only to see tt its 530am in the morn. den i heard the alarm stop n saw linda rushing arnd the hse.. den suddenly this deafening sound filled the air.. deni realised juz now tt one not alarm clock.. it was the fire alarm.. and it was actually my apartment tt set off the alarm... which means my apartment was on fire! OMG! hahaah felt like a dream la! but by the time i was fully awake, linda had already done all tt was to be done, like opening all windows n doors, fanning away the smoke and stuff.. hm actually its not a fire la.. juz got alot of smoke.. in the end the fire engine n fire trucks came n we had to apologise to them. they turned off the alarm n left. den some of our neighbours had already dressed up n came out of their apartments juz in case is real fire..n a few of them actually q pissed.. cos so early! n it was really damn loud.. i tink if its in singapore, the whole of amk n bishan can hear la!
aft we went back into our apartment, we asked Bomi wat happened. she said she tot tt there was stuff in the pot left so she wanted to heat it up. she din really check den in the end turn out there was nth in the pot. so the pot started burning up.. den dunno where she go oso.. in the end the smoke juz filled the whole hse.. den set off the hse alarm.. n cos we din turn our hse alarm off in time, the super loud alarm sounded n brought the firemen here.. how exciting... hahhah another adventure of a lifetime.
anw aft tt Bomi locked herself in the toilet for like 50 mins... den all of us wanted to get ready for sch but couldn't.. n i needed to shit.. n i waited outside for like super long until i cannot take it den i ask her if she'd ok in the bathroom. den she came out n said she ok.. hahaa ya anw saw her smoking outside the apartment juz now. was super surprised tt she smokes! she looks the qian jing xiao jie, guai guai type. haaha
ren bu ke mao xiang man!
anw yea.. den nth much happened except for the super big
wu long tt i talked abt juz now... n tt it was the first day of sch for me. hm i tink the lecturers here much more interesting than the lecturers in NTU. they like more humorous n friendly. maybe its cos of the subj i doin n oso i excited cos overseas ar.. hahahah shall give some credit to NTU lecturers.
28th june '06, wednesdayD dayhahahh ok i make it seem like subj registraion is a super big thing but no la.. i juz cant tink of wat to put as the title so i juz anyhow pop sth.. hm had tutorial in the morn. den met the farny guy to go to area near sch to 'explore'. haiz ok i biased but its cos its really hard to communicate w him. he doesn't care abt ur opinions. hm i dunno if he doesn't hear them or dun understand them or juz ignoring them. hm one of the conversations went sth lidat:
him: u got anyt u wanna go aft this(meaning aft exploring the area)?
me: hm i got subj registration in a while..
him: wanna go see the firestation?(like aft i told him i got subj registration in a while..)
me: hm i dun tink got time leh.
him: i tink we can go by this rd there.
me: dun tink i wanna go la..
him: or we can go tmr!
haahaah den i super sian diao.. haahaha persistant rite.. but den in the end i still needed his help for subj registration cos i got no internet connection n had to borrow his comp.. so felt q bad cos like so hypocritical lidat.. like making use of him lidat.. haiyo dun judge me can? hahahaha..
anw thx to mr saint swt, everyt turned out well! (tho there were really alot of probs.. n conplicated ones somemore.. haahh tt's y i really appreciated his help) took a few hrs to settle the registration before leaving everyt to swt to settle cos it was gettin q late n i was like in the farny guy's rm using his comp while he n his roommate were aslp on their beds.. den was so weird when i had to leave cos he wouldn't wake up even aft i shook him so i juz left a note of appreciation n left.
anw before tt he wanted to treat me to dinner at his hall with his meal plans but when we went there he realised tt his meals plans cannot be used for guests. but in the end the person there damn nice juz let me in for free.. the dinner there is buffet style one n its really damn nice la! got hot chocolate and marshmellows!! super super nice!! haahahah but the farny guy say the food there everyday almost the same.. so q sian aft a while..
29th june '06, thursdayboring..hm nth much happened and i DIN go to the firestation. haahaha cos i din go online the whole day so din contact farny guy so he cant pester me to go firestation w him. hahaha
30th june '06, fridayfun day at the beach!went to santa monica beach! hm met the 5 guys for the first time n was gona go to the beach w them. and i've nv even seen them before. abit weird but i tink so much weird stuff happening to me tt nth seems to be weird anymore! hahaha anw was supposed to meet them at BK nearby. din know wat to expect cos i dun even know wat they look like so dunno how to find them oso.. anw when i reach they were not there yet cos there wasn't any grp of guys hanging out in BK. so i juz waited for them at one of the tables. aft awhile 4 guys trooped into the place. ok la. q obvious its them cos they juz look singaporean. its amusing tt u can tell tt someone is a singaoprean juz by the way they dress. n the first word fr their mouth u can cfm whether they singaporean not.. hahhh anw luckily got this guy fr my hall one so at least abit familiar n got common topic to start conversation. but later found out tt they v easy to tok to. so v gd! n they v shui bian oso. but den maybe a bit too shuibian den always hang arnd deciding wat to do or where to go next cos everyone oso shuibian..haahahah
anw in the end total got 9 ppl. the 5 guys, the girl, another 2 ppl fr ntu hu juz joined in n me. hm i dun hve any photos so cannot show u all. if i can get fr the others den maybe i post! took bus to the beach. some of us cycled while the rest rollerbladed. we cycled along the beach n the view n atmosphere was gd! v relaxing place. hahhha we rented the bikes for one hr. when it was 5 mins to times up, we were still like super super damn far away fr the rental place. so unless we wanted to cycle for another hr, we'd hve to teleport back there or sth la.. hahahahah n we decided not to go for another hr so we practically flew back on our bikes! i tink we went over the speed limit allowed on the path.. haahah in the end the guys were the ones laggin behind while the girls flying ahead. hahaha YEA man! girls rock! haaha no la.. i tink guys are juz heavier so need more strength to cycle themselves.. whhahahah
hm aft tt we walked down the pier to the end. and it was REALLY nice. it looked into the ocean n the sun was already q low. the water was sparkling n there were sea gulls above. there was a musician playing the organ n singing. he's really damn gd! he sang soothing songs tt really set the mood on the pier. feels super surreal.. makes me feel like i'm in some kinda of a dream.. there were ppl fishing.. ppl juz looking at the beautiful view.. some enjoying the music.. n juz relaxing... felt so gd!
aft tt we went for dinner in a food court like place n i ate mongolian bbq. was q gd juz tt the sauce they added juz masked over everyt n everyt juz tasted like the sauce. but the sauce is nice la. hahhaah n it was super cold cos near the sea.. n i was dressed in singlet n fbt. so was freezing la! hahaha the weather here is really super weird. its actually q chilly without the sun's rays. eg if i'm under a tree in the day, i can feel cold. but once i get out fr the shade, i'l feel hot. hahaah n the weather here is unpredictable. can be real cold sometimes n real hot the next min.
oh ya! sth damn farny. one of the public toilets there got no doors on the cubicles one.. hah den one of the guys was complaining tt he went into a cubicle (no door) den when he sitting on the toilet bowl he looked up to see a hole in the wall of the toilet.. den say he saw a lady walking past pushing a pram w a baby. hahaha so means ppl fr outside n look in oso.. hahaaha den somebody else said 'poor baby.. maybe kena traumatised cos see stuff tt he not supposed to see..' so dumb rite.. hahhaha
oh! sth unrelated. i found out tt this jc classmate of mine is getting tgt w this girl fr my hall. hahaa i tink i was the cupid. yay so exciting! i upgraded to cupid status le. hahahahah
ok la. shall stop here. this post oso super long. n much more boring cos no pics n not as exciting n farny.. hahaha n i nv designate breaks for this one ar.. hahha so i hope u all din fall aslp reading this one.. hahaha ok shall go do some work.. its piling up like nobody's business.. ok ciaoz! more next post!