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I MISS KARI AYAM AND SATAYYYYYY.


i miss meat. period. there's no bloody zabihah meat or halal food. whatsoever. NADA. ive been a vegetarian this past week, and it seems like it will stay that way for the next 9 months. tidaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkk!!!!!


well, unless we zip out to chicago every weekend...


so yeah, the food situation is a bit bleak at the moment. freeze has been moaning and groaning about it. i've kept my claws in her backside to stop her from running to all the american chicken and beef aromas wafting through everytime we go out.


i went to an Women In Engineering camp organized by the women in engineering society in college. pffft. it was entertaining. to say the least. i was pretty reluctant to go at first. a few people know that too. but i suppose i'm glad i did. i got a headstart at getting around the engineering campus, using the engineering library (which is the biggest in the country with tens of thousands of volumes!), making new friends and acquaintances and knowing what to expect.




i have to say, they are very creative. all the projects they gave us were designed to be either intellectual or social. there was a 'weaving' class which had us pairing up to create a weave using each other's help and also utilizing the learning concept. there were sessions of making roses from duct tape and also making friendship bracelets which gave us all really great opportunities to just talk to each other and bond, bebeh. i was impressed with the depth of the concepts used and all the thought that went into it. they really made an effort to give us the opportunities to know each other and know what to expect. i was really impressed by that. other than that, i was practically zombie-ing through the whole camp. made a few real worthy friends, got to know lots of people.


they had a challenge course which was supposedly challenging. supposedly. i was reminded so much of a fluffy bunny version of OBBD. honestly. it was a very very mild touch of the survival and reflection course, but entertaining nonetheless. yeah. i have to admit, obbd was real good for me. i went through hell n back and i'm still going to every year. lol. anyway, it was light hearted fun. it did take my mind of missing home though. yeah, i miss the familiarity.


i suppose one can never be too confident about adjusting to a different life. i was over estimating myself. i had really it bad for one night. i just hope that that's it. it wasn't culture shock. no sir, it wasn't. just another bout of depression. eh, mental retardation. eh eh, homesickness.

it was a bit too much at one point. i don't really like my room. i'm hoping to find an apartment soon so that we can move out from here real soon. i just have a bad vibe about it, and i'm uncomfortable. now, there's no way i should be uncomfortable in my own space now, should i? so yeah, just hunting around now. screw the contract. i'll pay them money to move out. pfffftt.

i think the quality over quantity mentality is really cementing well.



plus. i've gotten over the getting-to-know-you phase. i do not like the "o my gosh, like did you see that? that was like, so cool. like, it's hot right?" bloody buggering hell. american english is really annoying. i'm still sticking to the british way of speaking, thank yoo. i'll have a clipped accent and have tea n scones to prove it. pfffftt. honestly, they need to re-learn the english language. oh, and by the way, quite a number of people have said that my english is good. yeh yehhh =) kambang.


oh. kids here my age, do not age their age. we are, definitely, more mature and responsible than them. this will pose problems in making friends with the caucasian/african american teenage population. whyyyy do we have to look like kids who have adult minds. it's just so twisted. this is one of the times that i wish i was in UK. pfffft. the height difference here isn't so bad. me n freeze are quite okay. good thing we're not the petite asians. otherwise we'd be really craning our necks. no fun at all, indeed.


yeah. my observations and my complaints and my comments. it has been exactly a week since we arrived. we are well and alive, if not komplen komplen saja. sorry i don't have pictures. i forgot to bring my camera to camp. i'll have really good pictures soon though. there are big events coming up. so yeah, do keep posted about that.


strawberrypants, signing out.