Letters to my future self

20060213

Letters to my future self

13th feb - settling in

ok, i've been here for almost a week. weather here is sooo hot. the winds are strong, but so is the sun. my god, i even has skin peeling off me a day from my 1st shopping trip. i full expect to be alot darker when i ret to sg at the end of the yr.

during this week, i made 3 trips, 2 to habourtown, which is the nearest place to buy groceries and 1 trip to southport, to get a bank acct/buy food.

that 20-25 min walk to habourtown was in reality abt 30-35 mins away. on my 1st trip there, i made the biggest mistake ever of bringing a sling bag with me. oh boy. on my way back, i had 1 plastic bag in each hand, and abt another 2kg worth of stuff in my sling back. by the time i got back, i got a pretty bad abrasion on my shoulder caused by the bag strap. ><"

the following that, i chked out southport on the next day. definately much bigger then habourtown, i had to walk to school and take a bus there. $2.10 aus for a 10min ride ><".
dropped off, got the banking stuff settled. shopped for more food.

on the following day went to school for some orientation briefing, its then that i recieved my enrolment package.

the weekend was spent in my room, wowing away. guild made a huge progress by downing the 1st 3 bosses in our 1st attempt at MC.

had my 1st decent meal for the 1st time today, a meal that came with rice, vegs and meat. all the while i was jus surviving on biscuits, rice, chicken, maggi mee, eggs. my choice of food serverely lacked variety. so in todays trip, i made it a pt to buy add veggies to my list. (for once i actually have to draw up a list before i leave home, cos if i forget anything, its another 1hr worth of walking, or i can only get in during the next trip).

interesting pt of note seems to be how beef is cheaper then chicken here and how chicken wing/drumbsticks cost abt 3 times less then the chicken breast or fillets. wierd, in sg, it seems to be the reverse.

had my 1st experince of culture shock on sunday night, aft a late night wowing session. it was 3am and i tucked myself into bed. i heard some noises coming from outside my room, jus right outside my window. initially i thought it ws some cat or dog or something, so i ignored it. then it continued, so i got curious cos aft a while it didnt really sound like a cat nor dog, so i was wondering wad kind of wildlife (or thing) it is, making that noise. i got the shock of my life....

theres a couple right outside my window making out. -_-"

truly... WHAT THE FUCK.... -_-"

right outside my window, in the back street of my hostel. *rolls eyes*
tucked myself to bed, went back to sleep. this trip to australia has only jus begun.....

-out-

20060207

Letters to my future self

Feb 7th - Life's a journey - current chapter: Downunder

ok, i've finally arrived in australia. currently in my room, which is not a bad place. plenty of sun, theres breeze too, considering i'm on the ground floor. supposed to share the apartment with 2 others, but no one's here yet.

some amenities nearby, ad subway for lunch. but supposingly, the nearest place for grocery shopping is some 20-25 mins walk away. havent really explored around yet, prob will try that tmr .

*note to self: to find a way to jam the door, keeps slamming due to the breeze.

anyway a briefly feedback on the trip here:

6th: 12 am - trying to figure out how the damn lock on the suitcase works, when eventually i got fustrated, randomly flicked some numbers .... and it locked. my dad had to do the "trial and error" until eventually we found the number that i locked the suitcase in.

6th: 2am - finally done most of the packing, went to bed

6th: 5pm - collected new glasses in town, headed for the airport

6th: 6pm - checked in, flight was delayed by some 15 mins or so. got assigned like the worse seats possible, me and my cousin were in the same fight, so we requested to be seated together and they put us right in the middle 2 seats in the middle row (which essentially means the middle 2 seats of the 4 seater.) Teetee.

6th: 9pm - final gdbyes and phototaking b4 we went in for boarding.

6th: 9.30 - seated in the plane, but it was pretty stuffy. very packed plane.

6th: 10.30 - watched march of the penguins in-flight

7th: 1.30 - went to sleep aft the movie, but woke up at 1.30 cos it was too freaking hot. kept sneezing.

7th: 3am - woke up for the same reasons. god, i can hardly feel the air conditioning and to think me and my cousin were still joking abt how brave a certain singaporean was, boarding the plane in a singlet. mymy, i think he had the last laugh.

7th: 5.30am - arrived. time difference here is +2 hrs from sg. so its abt 7.30am here.

7th: 8.30am (auz time from here onwards) - finally cleared the customs, uni reps picked me up at the airport

7th: 9.30am - abt an hr's drive from brisbane: gold coast. dropped off at where my lodging is, chked in. 1st thing 1st, setup the comp :P

7th: 11am - went over to the uni, some 10-15 mins walk away to sign up for the orientation program. got lunch at subway on my way back.

7th: 1pm - went for a nap, to make up for the lost sleep during the flight. very very tired.

so there... everythings quite alright now, cept well... connection speed's not that great and i'm capped at 3gb/month. minimal wow-ing i guess ><"

ok, got to log for now
-out-

20060206

Letters to my future self

6th Feb - i'm leaving on a jetplane....

in approx 20 hrs from now, i'll be on my way to brisbane. jus mins away i was still struggling to pack whatever i need into my suitcase. the task isnt complete yet, jus taking a short break.

there's sooo much to pack, so many things to prepare. and i'll even need to go over to taka tmr to pick up my new specs. so many things that needed to be left instructions aft i leave.

so many things to look forward to and yet also so much uncertainty.

man, wish me good luck.

for those that will be seeing me off tmr, i'll see u at the airport, terminal 1 Flight QF 52, i shd be there at abt 7.

for those that arent, i'll see u in december then, when i return during the hols.

if i manage to get affordable connection, i'll prob come online within 48 hrs, if not... i dont even wan to imagine

oh boy....
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