Tuesday, October 09, 2007
1 month anniversary! USA and me.
i hope you guys (and girls) miss me ...
if not,
i probably dont know / dont recognise you when i return back to singapore .. hmph!!!!
love / misses those who miss me
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I guess this is a beautiful mistake too...# ;
Friday, October 05, 2007
hey hey!
sorry for the lack of updates. school is really taking up lots of time. i'm pretty behind time for organic chem (apparently one of the hardest courses here) i'm 2 chapters behind!! that's a LOT ... quizzes are coming up like every-other-day and homework/reading works are pilling up like mad. students here are just like nj students? muggers?! what suck the most i guess is my p r o j e c t work. is really tough. we got to make this device that helps people with wheelchairs exercise their abs in the gym ... i find it pretty hard/challenging to understand the norm / attitude / character of the locals here. is like, i still don't understand their sarcasm? direct-openness? etc (is hard to guess other's intention) ... unlike in singapore, when we do pw, everyone seems to be 'friends' and work effectively by compromising etc ... but here, things are more systematic and to the point that our textbook actually teaches us how to work as a team, what to do when you conduct interview "start the interview by saying: hi, my name is blah blah and this is my team members blah blah blah ..." spoon feeding? and our written exam for this course is to memorise all these general things and write it down on paper. (i tried one quiz already, is really tough! memory work. the book is 30 or so chapters thick)
somehow i'm getting use to the food here (salads and salty soup and other funny bread/meat/pasta combination) is darn-it unhealthy but i cant do anything about it, food at downtown evanston is equally unhealthy. dreaming badly of my mum's home cooked food.
so much for ppl telling me that chicago is a beautiful place, the places i go so far are pretty 'alright only'. unclean etc etc ... evanston is a boring place with no entertainment except food, michigan avenue is the orchard-road look alike but i really prefer orchard road or else texas shopping malls, oldorchard westfield mall seems pretty good, shall play around in it another day (MID TERMS IS NEXT WEEK!!!) and weather is turning cold (but i'm still wearing tees and skirts and no-sleeve shirts) haha!
everyday i'm so shagged from school (i wake up at 7am everyday for organic chem class while everyone else starts their day at 10am or something, i sleep past midnight usually). havent gone to any party yet. havent really sociliased. (hang out with my dorm-mates and fellow singaporeans a lot) and that's pretty much it?
is hard to call my dorm room, my home. and laundry takes 2 hours to wash. ugh :(
upcoming plans:
visit 6flags (the great america) >>> check out online on what it is!! is a darn exciting place to go!
buy sneakers and boots
go to new york for thanksgiving (thanksgiving sales) nov 22-25
eat good asian food (so far i tried is ewww .. thai food that is not spicy and stir-fry that is really JUST stir-fry)
mug more ................. ha!
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I guess this is a beautiful mistake too...# ;
