Wednesday, August 30, 2006
There's a huuuuge Singapore flag draped across the wall next to my bed right now, so visitors to my room dont have to ask where I'm from. My corkboard's plastered with pictures of friends, and my desk is covered by files and books, all with "PENN" emblazoned on them (which i really ought to pack soon.. sometime)
So hello! Yes I'm back from the transitional bogging hiatus, pretty much done about 80% of setting up whatever I can. My dorm's fantastic: my roommate's rented a microwave and a microfridge, I've got my own sink, and huge closet space. (Which I've incidentally filled to the brim with all my clothes. Sigh, so far away, still so kiasu). My uncle who lives in Jersey drove me over to Target the other day to help shop for the dorm, and i've got this super cool spider-lamp thingamajig with 5 adjustable bulbs. Whoohoo. Will post pictures as soon as my camera arrives! (Stupid me broke my camera on my first night here, so I had to order another one from Amazon.com)
People here are really friendly. Have only met international students so far, cause the US citizens will probably only move in tomorrow. But its been good! Ive befriended people from all over the world, found out about the best holiday spots in the Caribbean, how neoprints are like in Japan, and how to swear in Spanish, Japanese, Indian (so far). Hahaha. I love the fact that its so easy to talk to people here, no one thinks you'e weird if you just say "Hi" and extend some random handshake. And you can practically join just about anyone for dinner/ben & jerry's (yes there's one on campus!). People from all over have been barging into my dorm and bouncing on my bed. Hahaha.
Oh shit, I just realized I gotta go register my immigration documents like, now. Will update more soon!
he rocked the party at 6:52 AM |
