1st day of orientation!
Hah! i jumped outta bed and went down to the SHA office to pick up my internet cable and complain about my broken chair. Off to sch for the International Students Briefing. Sat next to Johanna from Sweden, and another guy, ZQ, from Singapore, who was from Trinity College. Yep, the 3 of us hung out a lil after that.
While i don't like the fact that there are many Singaporeans, there are many people from all over the globe! There're students from Mauritius, Peru, Indonesia, Thailand, Macau, The Philippines, Sri Lanka, M'sia, HK, China, Kenya, Botswanna, US, Germany, UK, Egypt, Japan, S. Korea, etc.
We toured the sch in small groups. I got to speak to some exchange students from the US. Texas and New York and I cant remember...oh. Chatsu, this Sri Lankan girl who was studying in the US did a research on Singapore for some project i think. Our economy, political scene and society. She asked if we really had the SDU, that dating agency thingy. haha. And she asked about how I found Singapore and our political scene. haha.
I had lunch with ZQ. 5.80 bucks for an unimpressive packet of pasta. i should be able to cook better than that! haha. It was colder than yest so i decided to come back to nap first, before the Faculty Session at 3.30pm.
Jumped outta bed at 3.15pm, got lost around campus and finally made it to the briefing. Just the usual. but i met the other international students doing Media and Communications as well. Many Singaporeans but i sat next to a South Korean girl. Can't remember her name. Darn, i need an organiser!!!!!!! yep. Walked outta campus with Kash, a good looking Singaporean Indian from ACJC, Yielin, a Singaporean Chinese-Indian and some others.
ohohoh!! The guy who came to talk to us from the Melbourne Arts Students Society is quite good looking. Aussie i think. -swoon- i'm joining MASS. hahaha. just kidding. they have some interesting activities and bbq. heh.
I intend to join the uni triathlon club, middle distance running club (the tri club trains running with the running club so i've gotta join that too) and the debating club. I've always wanted to resume my debating. just didn't have the time in JC. It seems i'll be pretty free here with abt 12 hrs of contact time a week. But yea, i saw the assignments bit. Quite many long essays to write. Anyway you've gotta pay for EVERYTHING here. To use some facilities you must join the students union, which is NOT FREE, and you gotta pay to use the facilities, and to join the clubs, and to race, and everything la.
oh yes, this morning on my way out, i met my neighbour! She's Joyce, 4th Honours year student at uni melb. She was previously studying at NJC. She's really nice. She came by my room to chat with me in the evening, and showed me the laundry and the garbage disposal area. Once again, i think the laundry and garbage area is very scary. It's in the carpark. Some garage like dark area. Mayve i'll just fling my garbage out the window. hahaha. coz not. Oh She drives around Melb. Which reminds me, i've gotta go sign up for my driving theory at Vic Roads.
Oh yes, i need to learn how to surf too!! tt's how exciting man. hahaha. i'll be a surfer chick/babe! heh.
I picked up a cycling map from the uni bike shop today. they didnt sell trainers. anyway i might venture out onto the roads with my map before Wille comes back.
Ahh ok dinner. The planned dinner menu was baked beans, sausages and mashed potatoes. But the latter was a disaster. The only thing which required cooking. haha. First, i forgot the butter. I added salt, pepper, milk (too much) and an egg since it didnt look too appeitsing. Oh. since the egg wasn't even half cooked even after i dumped it in the pot of water, I put the egg, which i cracked into the bowl of mash potatoes into the microwave. The egg still didnt cook. Lesson no. 1, eggs dun cook in the microwave. or do they? Who cares. I just mixed the almost raw egg into the potatoes. haha oh, halfway boiling the potatoes i was wondering if they were really potatoes. haha coz they're yellow and took so long to soften. Anyway, it tasted WEIRD. Sick actually. So i mixed the baked beans in. Even worse.
I was contemplating mixing some chilli in, but that would be just down garbage-pig-food. haha. i threw it away and settled for pineapples instead. haha. i love raw food.
It's already 11pm!!! Right guys, due to time constraints, i guess i won't be bathing today. hehe. i promise i'll bathe tmr morn! haha. haiya time passes so quickly eh. i dun like it that the day time is so short. I wanna RUN and CYCLE and SWIM!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok nights guys, i miss you all back home! =)
While i don't like the fact that there are many Singaporeans, there are many people from all over the globe! There're students from Mauritius, Peru, Indonesia, Thailand, Macau, The Philippines, Sri Lanka, M'sia, HK, China, Kenya, Botswanna, US, Germany, UK, Egypt, Japan, S. Korea, etc.
We toured the sch in small groups. I got to speak to some exchange students from the US. Texas and New York and I cant remember...oh. Chatsu, this Sri Lankan girl who was studying in the US did a research on Singapore for some project i think. Our economy, political scene and society. She asked if we really had the SDU, that dating agency thingy. haha. And she asked about how I found Singapore and our political scene. haha.
I had lunch with ZQ. 5.80 bucks for an unimpressive packet of pasta. i should be able to cook better than that! haha. It was colder than yest so i decided to come back to nap first, before the Faculty Session at 3.30pm.
Jumped outta bed at 3.15pm, got lost around campus and finally made it to the briefing. Just the usual. but i met the other international students doing Media and Communications as well. Many Singaporeans but i sat next to a South Korean girl. Can't remember her name. Darn, i need an organiser!!!!!!! yep. Walked outta campus with Kash, a good looking Singaporean Indian from ACJC, Yielin, a Singaporean Chinese-Indian and some others.
ohohoh!! The guy who came to talk to us from the Melbourne Arts Students Society is quite good looking. Aussie i think. -swoon- i'm joining MASS. hahaha. just kidding. they have some interesting activities and bbq. heh.
I intend to join the uni triathlon club, middle distance running club (the tri club trains running with the running club so i've gotta join that too) and the debating club. I've always wanted to resume my debating. just didn't have the time in JC. It seems i'll be pretty free here with abt 12 hrs of contact time a week. But yea, i saw the assignments bit. Quite many long essays to write. Anyway you've gotta pay for EVERYTHING here. To use some facilities you must join the students union, which is NOT FREE, and you gotta pay to use the facilities, and to join the clubs, and to race, and everything la.
oh yes, this morning on my way out, i met my neighbour! She's Joyce, 4th Honours year student at uni melb. She was previously studying at NJC. She's really nice. She came by my room to chat with me in the evening, and showed me the laundry and the garbage disposal area. Once again, i think the laundry and garbage area is very scary. It's in the carpark. Some garage like dark area. Mayve i'll just fling my garbage out the window. hahaha. coz not. Oh She drives around Melb. Which reminds me, i've gotta go sign up for my driving theory at Vic Roads.
Oh yes, i need to learn how to surf too!! tt's how exciting man. hahaha. i'll be a surfer chick/babe! heh.
I picked up a cycling map from the uni bike shop today. they didnt sell trainers. anyway i might venture out onto the roads with my map before Wille comes back.
Ahh ok dinner. The planned dinner menu was baked beans, sausages and mashed potatoes. But the latter was a disaster. The only thing which required cooking. haha. First, i forgot the butter. I added salt, pepper, milk (too much) and an egg since it didnt look too appeitsing. Oh. since the egg wasn't even half cooked even after i dumped it in the pot of water, I put the egg, which i cracked into the bowl of mash potatoes into the microwave. The egg still didnt cook. Lesson no. 1, eggs dun cook in the microwave. or do they? Who cares. I just mixed the almost raw egg into the potatoes. haha oh, halfway boiling the potatoes i was wondering if they were really potatoes. haha coz they're yellow and took so long to soften. Anyway, it tasted WEIRD. Sick actually. So i mixed the baked beans in. Even worse.
I was contemplating mixing some chilli in, but that would be just down garbage-pig-food. haha. i threw it away and settled for pineapples instead. haha. i love raw food.It's already 11pm!!! Right guys, due to time constraints, i guess i won't be bathing today. hehe. i promise i'll bathe tmr morn! haha. haiya time passes so quickly eh. i dun like it that the day time is so short. I wanna RUN and CYCLE and SWIM!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok nights guys, i miss you all back home! =)
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