18-23/8/09 My First week

Its has been a week since I first came here and so far things have been ok with a little kicks here and there.

Orienntation was actually enjoyable and fun. The people were nice, even the Peer Mentors(PMs la). Best part was they were all International students from all over the world. Meet all sorts of ppl, from Costa Rica, Nicaragua, China, Utophia, Uganda, South Africa, Serbia, Austria, Khazastan and many, many more...

The food here has alot of fried and cheese stuff, not that I'm complaining. But I feel its quite unhealthy without vege cause the only thing they hv for vege is a salad bar. BUT i'm enjoying my macoronni and cheese so YEPPIE!!!

The weather here is wack I tell u. When I first arrived, temp was around 17'C even at night but within a week, it went down to like 12'C. CRAZY MAN!!! Thank God for water heathers or not I wont mandi at all man.

Currently the only thing I dun quite like is my roommate. Name's Bati (Essense,LOL) and he is From Utopia. He is nice and all but the thing I dun quite like his gang. They are quite loud and they like 2 gather in the room to talk and with 4 /5 of them talking at the same time, it's VERY LOUD!!! The things they talk abt are also just in the circle and I hv no clue so I get ignored. So I'm stuck at my little corner, on9ing. The worst part is, he asked me (politely la of course) 2 exchange room with his best friend so that he can room with him but the problem is I hv 2 change my address and the paperwork is too much of a hassle. So he said he might ask the other guy to move here. We'll C how it goes. Frankly if it was not the paperwork, I would LOVE to move cause I dun wanna b in a room where the other person doesn't want me there. Y I always kena so much drama 1!? Sigh...

Went to the Steele County Fair at Owatona (1 hour drive by bus from Mankato) yesterday and it was FUN!!!. Had my first corndog, Watched my first Pig Race and My first demolision car derby. IT WAS SOOOO CCCOOOLLLLL!!! Touched a pig and the american pigs are HUGE!!! Everything here is huge, their houses, horses, rabbits,cattle, pigs, every single 1 of them=) Visited a Village of Yesteryear and saw a lot of stuff. C all pictures at FB k. I lazy 2 upload them here again.

Well class starts today so we'll c how it goes. Taking 15 credits this sem, the most so far from the ppl i know but we'll c how it goes. I have no classes on friday ( I ARRAGED IT THAT WAY HEHE) and class only starts from 12pm so yeah!!!

Take care now. Ciao=)

Continue from Changi

After I left for Japan, it was a 7 hour flight from Singapore. MAN IT WAS LONG!!!!

Reached Japan and transited for 2 hours. then flew to Minneapolis for 12 hours. By the time i reach MN at 1.30pm(US TIME), I was complete drained out. Sat and waited for 2 hours b4 I met the woman who came 2pick me up. Her name was Lisa Stofel and since we had 2 more hours b4 the next girl comes, She took me 2 MALL OF AMERICA!!!!. It was SO BIG!!!! We took the LRT there and Minneapolis only has 1 line. LOL.

Went back after 1 and a half hour and when we reached the airport, I met Sully(pronounced Soo Li) -from Costa Rica. We chatted and found out she was also majoring in TESL. LOL. Same advisor some more. Later we met Isabel from Nicaragua. She also majoring in TESL and thus the 3 of us from Ugrad are doing TESL!!!LOL The last 2 girls finally arrived and they were from a program call Forecast but alsi sponsored by World Learning.

On the way back driving from Minneapolis 2 Mankato was abt 1 and a half hour drive and being still on Malaysian time, I had major jetlag and slept all the way. Saw some beautiful scenaries but too tired to take any pictures. Sorry guys.

Reached Walmart to buy some sheets and pillows in total zombie mode. Reached and registerd at Crawford Hall and went straight 2 bed.

18/8/2009

Woke up at 6.30am 2 bathe and was out the door by 7 2 walk around campus b4 meeting dr Ishrat at 8am at the International student centre. Talked 2 her, registerd and went around looking at different activities that they offer in campus. Loved the stuff that they have. Thinking of stuff 2 join but we'll c.

The Orientation was FUN. I cant believe that its o different here than in Msia. Here the PMs actually help u and speak nicely unlike the ones back home. They even drive u around like now I just came back from River Hills Mall and drop u off right to ur doorstep.

looking forward 2 tell u more stuff but got 2 go. need 2 sleep now.

Ciao

Greeting from Changi Airport=)

i just reach changi and is suppose 2 be in the Transit hotel sleeping but i couldn't resist the temptation to know whats happening outside so i went out exploring.

Changi is HUGE!!!! and looks like a mall. As i'm writing this, i'm outside at the concorse using a free wireless computer next to a free xbox playstation and a HUGE PLASMA SCREEN movie theatre with a bar next to it. ITS EVERY GUYS DREAM PAD, if only i can hv that in my house=)*~keep on dreaming Sean LOL~*

Will be heading of towards Narita next at 0545 but that would mean wakingh up at 3 2 check out and walk there to ge my boarding pass at the Transit D counter b4 4am. SUCKY!!! Whats worst, I'm at the transit hotel at terminal 2 and the Transit D counter is at Terminal 1. The Skytrain stops operations at 2.30am and will only resume at 5am. THEREFORE, I will hv 2 WALK! YES WALK from terminal 2 to Terminal 1 just 2 wait again 4 2 more hours b4 i get 2 board my flight. Talk abt suckyness but that will just hv 2 to do. I think/hope I'll enjoy it. Its a new place after all so all in the name of exploration=)

Because I know I won't be able 2 sit the Skytrain layter at 5am, I decided to take it just now at 1.30am and guess what, in that ride, I was ALONE!!! I had the whole bif train 2 myself!!! IT WAS SO COOL!!! Its like living in a world that no one existed and the people just disappeared=)

This is a new beginning, a start of something new and with it, my advanture begins=) That's all for now. Will update again if i get the chance 2 use free wifi in Narita=)

Till then, signing off from Changi, Singapore...Ciao=)