Life Travels

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Getting around myself

Due to my limited Internet Access at the moment, i blog using MS words and save them for uploading later.. here goes:

20 Dec 2006

Today is a much beautiful day. I felt much better and afresh. It is technically my last day b4 i fly off to Vancouver. I got up early at about 7am and with a mindset to get more things done today. Oh and i met Charlyene (My fellow MOE attachee to CHIJ St Theresa's Convent) at USA Hostels Hollywood and i was really thrilled to finally meet someone i know.

I made pancakes! First attempt was terrible but subsequently i think i am very good. The people in the kitchen were amazed by me. Haha.. And there was this guy - he tot i was an ABC and was surprised that i can speak mandarin.. i think some people in sg dont know how impt mandarin is!! it connects better. i was excited to use mandarin lor. And about national pride.. i agree wif my friend.. u will be proud to be singaporean when u are in an overseas setting. i dont know why but i am proud to be a singaporean and i am really sad tat people guess if i am from.. erm so far, the first guess is Hong Kong then Taiwan and Korea then Japan.. no one guessed China haha maybe cos of my english.

Anyway, after that i made my way down to UCLA. Met this really kind lady with two super cute kids. She gladly told me where to alight [Take bus number 2 along Sunset Boulevard towards the west]. Met up with Danilo (He is a guy) - the exchange program incharge - and got registered and then made my way to Tom Bradley International Hall to settle my visa reentry thingy. Later had a tea session with international students after my Westwood Village trip. heehee

I made my way down to Westwood village to get my T-mobile US phone line. my mobile number is 1-310-XXX-XXXX (email me if u want). it is a pre-paid card that makes calling within US is cheap (better than the bloody public phones). i have asked - from any part of US and any network/companies like Cingular Verison (these companies are quite exclusive and they like to only connect wif each other. Oh T-mobile also offers the least dropping rates (yes the phone call will suddenly disconnect - thats how i lost many coins to the public phone). its network ard UCLA is also one of the best.oh i have asked around. T-mobile pre paid card is e best one for us cos we only there for 6 months. 6 months here dun allow us to sign any contracts. Do buy the 1000 min top up (USD100) and starting already 150 min (USD 50) but if u dun upgrade it will expire in 90 days. i upgraded the maximum - as reccomended by Jason so in the end i paid USD154 for 1150 + 15% min (since max upgrade makes u a gold reward member).

Ok i tried to save money by not eating lunch.. then when i was walking ard Westwood.. i suddenly felt VERY giddy. i had to sit down by some bench.. i drank alot of water (i bought a bottle of mineral water the first day and i used it to refill) but it doesnt help. so i went to grab a bite at some Hawaiian BBQ stall reluctantly. The portions are really huge and i cant finish. I packed it back and decided to use it for lunch tomorrow or dinner later.

I went back to Bradley Hall. It was a nice stroll back up from Westwood Village. I realised i need an extra signature somewhere and it is only ready tomorrow. So i guess i have to go back to UCLA tomorrow b4 my flight.

Dinner was at USA Hostels Hollywood. They had a BBQ and it just cost 5 bucks. I joined in and i realised my appetite was bad (I think i cannot go for buffet in US.. e food is not for me). Had a good chat with Flo and Luis who were back from Universal Studio. Alex asked if i wanted to join him for a midnight movie called something something before christmas (sorrie i forgot) but i gotta do alot of stuff so i turned him down. Was quite sad that i am gg to say bye to these wonderful newfound friends in such a foreign land.

Tata~

blabbered by Jinzhan at 7:36 AM |