The transition entry

Okay I wanna update this blog in real time, but there’s so much that happened in the past which I did not record, so here is the transition entry! In summary, I adjusted to Singapore life quite fast, thanks to a very sweet and helpful Chinese Singaporean named Lu (photo to be added later).  Here’s the briefest summary of my ‘adventure’:

- Jan 7 8:30am: After NOT sleeping for the whole night I ran to residence office as soon as it opened…with puffy eyes and messy hair, I complained about how there’s a million ants and so much noise in my room. They agreed to change me to a quieter room next to the tennis court, where I can spy on handsome guys playing tennis…ugh, I mean, I can finally sleep now! This is where I met Lu as well – the unfortunate girl was just passing by the office to say Happy New Year (at the same time I was sobbing in the office) and somehow became responsible for guiding me around the campus.

My residence in daylight is a botanical garden (and thus an insect heaven)

My high-class 5-star hotel room

- Jan 8 xx:xxam: Orientation! The guy giving the presentation was really funny..joked about how the cure for lovesickness is to find a replacement…and a lot of other inappropriate jokes about condoms and stuff -_-. After that was the exchange student lunch where everyone sort of ate in an open room with no table nor chairs. I walked around and tried to talk to people…which was very intimidating…thankfully, the people here are all super friendly, and I can feel comfortable around them and make friends in no time! We all wanna have a good time

Chilling with exchange students

Went to City Hall....so random

- Jan 9 xx:xxpm: Decided to do mass shopping! I brought very few summer clothes with me and most of them have those faded, ragged look due to being old. Bought lots of clothes The fashion here suits my taste because the style is very cute and colourful. It’s slightly cheaper than Canada as well….speaking of cheaper, food is definitely cheaper on campus here (opposite of UW where food is MORE expensive on campus coz students have no choice anyway). I usually spend around $2.5~$3 SD per meal, which is equivalent to $1.7~$2 CAD per meal with tax. The rent of on-campus residence is only $155/month ($117CAD/month). What a pleasant surprise since I did zero research before coming here. Here’s me in some new clothes:

My tropical look

There’s more but I’m tired of writing…and this post is way too long. So stay tuned and see you next time =D

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