Orientation In School

Today was the first school activity that i went! The orientation was at 9am so by 730am, i was all up and ready to get prepared. By 9am, the Thais, Tom and me were all seated in this small lecture room waiting to be told wad to do. Sean, the in-charge gave us an introduction of USC. He also touch on the different faculties in USC, the school structure, as well as the teaching style here. He then proceeded to tell us all the little things that were prepared for us. Well actually the first half of the briefing wasnt that much coz wadever he said, i already know.

At about 12, we were given a break and told to go back at 2pm for the next half of the breifing. We went to the Welcome Party that was held for all International students. I was given a free T-shirt, free notepad, as well as a free file. We then had free Subs and cookies for lunch.

After lunch, it was onli 1230 so since the girls need to go have their TB test reading, i decided to go back to the apartment to rest awhile as i was realli tired. I then headed back to the apartment for a nap. Hee but at 2pm, i decided that i wanted to sleep so i skipped the 2nd half of the briefing. In the evening, Edgar asked me to go out (actually it had been planned few days ago le). While getting ready, i decided to do some laundry.

I just realised that there is a laundry room just 1 min walk from my apartment. Im such an idiot to only know now right. Ha so i went to the laundry room and used a washing machine for the first time in my life. Well it wasnt all so hard. It cost $1 each time and everyone is given a card which needs to be topped up with credit card.

Edgar picked me up at around 645pm and we headed to Universal Studio Citywalk to have dinner and catch a movie. We had mexican fast food called Rubios. The tacos were quite nice. Then, we watched Superbad. The movie tickets here damn expensive lor. Its like about 24 USD for 2 tickets. Damn ex right... And i thought Singapore was super ex...

After movie, we wanted to go to the place we went last weekend but because i didnt bring my passport (coz the other time the bartender told me that an ID would be sufficient so thats y i didnt bring my passport), i wasnt allowed in. So, we decided to shop around Universal studio as there were quite alot of realli nice shops. Hee retail therapy... I bought one realli nice pink cap for KHONG SHIHUI. Then i bought my first Doggers jersey! Hee initially when i saw the price for the normal adults one (bout 150 USD) i was like "WTF so ex. Dun buy le." Then i walked around and went to the youth section and i saw the white one with pink Doggers signature. It was so sweet. And it cost bout 60 USD. Less than half the price. I comtemplated for awhile and decided that since im in states, i have to get a Doggers jersey coz its juz too sweet (with the pink wordings and stuff).

After that i went to Abercrombire and Fitch. Its the first time that i ever seen an A&F outlet. It looked so posh. And its so much cheaper! I bought this really sweet PINK dress for like 35 USD. And i bought it fresh from an outlet. Nice rite... Khong shihui, do u need anything? Ha or maybe u can come buy it here urself in December coz u will definitely love it =)

By like 1130pm i decided to head home cos im going to FACTORY OUTLET tomorrow!! I cant wait! Kk's mum's gonna bring all of us to the Factory Outlet for shopping... Last retail therapy before school starts on Mon and i would be so busy... Hee...

I miss mummy, papa, jiejie, korkor, edwin, baby, eugene, and everyone! Hee too many names to include la... Oh ya and Kelvin dunno if u are reading this but u very funni hor. Always message me "dun forget to take lunch". Ha but thanks anyway for the reminder.

Orientation for my new friends.

Today had been a long day. I must really salute myself to be able to wake up despite all those drinks last night man. I woke up around 830am to bathe and make breakfast. Kk's mum bought bagels yest and she said that thes bagels would taste best after some light toast. So, i cut and toasted the bagels and placed them on plates for them to eat. I then woke them up and told them to go bathe or we would be late for their passport verification.

Last nite i slept earlier than them. Fortunately when i woke up this morning, they packed up the mess they made last night. Hee... Coz before i went to bed i told them to clear up before sleeping and knowing how organized i was, they decided to heel wad i said =)

The 2 thai guys then came down to join us and have breakfast (i also made their share). They brought their room mate (Tom) over to join us. Tom is from Hungary and he is quite a good looking chap =) Over here, im like a maid lor. Because i cannot stand untidiness, i tend to wash up everything. After their breakfast, i was the one who helped to wash their plates lor. Im also always the one to put the plates, cups and utensils back after they're dry.

My fellow NUS friend, Junhao also joined us.I promised to help him coz he helped me to bring some stuff over from spore and im indebted to him. So, 8 of us set off for school to get their passport verified as well as to get their USC card done.

Tom is the one is yellow. The one on his left is an Italian who is also an exchange student. Sean, the in-charge of the Exchange program asked him to join us as we were headin to the station to make their USC card. Another fren made (although i dun even remember his name. haha)

We went to Yoshinoya for lunch where Tea came over to meet us. This is me and Tom..

After having Yoshinoya, we went back to the apartment to drop our things and then headed to Macy's as the guys needed to get some pillow and sheets. I took them on a bus ride them =)

In the bus, i saw a Jewish and i found the little cap they wear on their head so so cutee!! I jus had to take a photo of it. It's my first time seeing it though.

At Macy's, we did some shopping and the girls bought some clothes from the Youth Department. Look at the brown polo ralph dress i wore yest. I bought it here and they liked it alot so 3 of the girls bought the same thing as me. One pink, one blue and another the same brown as me. I bought one polo ralph tee for my brother. Hopefully his fat tummy will fit in. Hahaha.

All of us after shoppin in Macy's. I thought we looked so cute with those bags.

After shopping, we decided to find somewhere nice for dinner so we could bid farewell to Tea who would be heading for the airport to return to Thailand after dinner. We settled with California Pizza Kitchen. We ordered 3 pastas and 2 pizzas to share. The food was pretty good.

Thet treated me to dinner to thank me for my help =) So nice rite? After dinner, it was time to head home. We then went to the bus stop to wait for the bus. However, we waited for 20 mins and there wasnt a single bus. I started to wonder whether there wasnt any buses anymore as it was already 9pm. So, we decided to just share a cab home.

Inside the cab:

And as u can see, i was realli tired so by the time i reached home, i went to bed =)

1st day hanging out wif house mates

Today i'd been helping my room mates for the whole day. I was like the tour guide, leading and navigating the way. Sometimes, i cant help but feel that they're really lucky coz they dun need to think or worry bout anything. All they need to do is to follow me. As for me, i had to do and find out everything all by myself. But well its always nice to help ppl ya. Eventually, should i ever need help someday, i believe (or hope) that people wont just simply turn their back on me and shut me out of their world.

Things we did today include submitting their immunization forms, taking the TB test, opening a bank account, and paid for their school fees.

Arm (their thai fren who's stayin on the 2nd storey), Jay, Kookkik and Joy with their proof of immunization and xray from the thailand hospital. Super kawaii rite... hee.

Before we head to school, we went to the bank first so that they could open their bank account. It took forever for it to be acccomplished. In total i think we spent 3 hours there!

By the time we were done, all of us were starving so we went to subway to each grab a burger to fill that stomach of ours. We the proceeded to school to get things done.

Me and my room mate, Joy.

Jay and Kookkik.

The girls after their TB test jab.

After settlin all things, Kookik's mum picked us up from campus and send us back to our apartment. She bought some more stuffs for the apartment (laundry pails, fan, bagels for breakfast tml, and some other stuffs).

Tammy, her bf and one of her bf's fren then came over to join us at the apartment. My apartment was like so crowded lor. Another 2 thai guys also arrived today. Tea is only here for holiday and is returin to Thailand tml whereas Ben is going to USC too and he'll be stayin with Arm here.

At night, all 11 of us squeezed into Tammy's Lexus SUV. 5 girsl at the back, 4 guys in the middle, and tammy's bf infront. Super squeezy lor!

We went to this mall in Hollywood called Hollywood Highlanders. The mall is realli pretty with all the lightings =) There were alot of nice restaurants there. We actually wanted to hav jap food but there were no tables available we ended having american food.

Me and Tea. Look at tt retarded look on his face... Ha..

We went to Johnny Rockets (similar to Billy Bomber's in Spore) for dinner. The burger was not bad. Juz that the portion was alittle too big.

Inside the restaurant, Tea was fondling with this mini juke box on the table. He inserted a nickel inside and dedicated a song. The intention was onli to test and see whether there will be any music from the juke box. Out of a sudden, the staff came out and started dancing. All of us were laughing like mad lor.

After dinner, the thais decided to hold a mini farewell party for Tea so they went to the department stall nearby to buy 2 bottles of Blacklabel. These people are realli mad lor. I didnt wanna join them initally coz i was pretty tired and had no mood to drink. But they kept asking me to join them so since i didnt wanna be a spoil sport, I joined them for awhile.

They are really hell drinkers lor. But well all of us realli had alot of fun. Ben was like posing all sorts of funny and weird postures.

The group photo:

The act cute photos:

The artistic photos:

The crazy drinking dare (ppl dun worry. I onli took a sip. Ha coz i had to wake up early the next dae. But everyone was fine after tt).

And, the funniest pic of the day. When we saw this picture on Bens webcam:

This was our reaction... HaHa look at those octopus lips of Ben.