journey of ups and downs...
This Journey had been rather interesting.
First, when we got here, the school's network was down due to some upgrading. And so they've screwed up my internet payment and I did not have internet connections in my room for a month.
Then the bus drivers went on strike for TWO DAYS! And boy it sure made me feel like moving out, as my place was at mid-hill. Walking down was fine, but walking up the STEEP slope and long fleet of stairs?!?! AUGH....
Next, was the rat that ran into our house, and since then, we have yet to have seen it again.
And just two days ago, the Engineering block blast into a ball of fire late at night. Resulting to the entire town having a blackout. Everything including the phone lines and internet was being cut since 6pm. Good thing was, our place is linked to backup generators, so we still have the heater working that night. *Phew.
Classes were cancelled the following day.
The thing to note was, with such a huge event that had affected so many residents, the local newspaper only wrote a tiny column on the inccident. Hmmm...
And now, we have a new housemate from Vietnam. And he knows nothing other then studying. He asked me to teach him almost EVERYTHING. He asked me to wake him up in the morning, teach him to
cook, bring him to the supermarket and how to use the washing machine... What makes things worse was the langguage barrier. Man! But, I suppose he had became quite a dynamic character in our quite little house.Let's see what else is in stall soon...
Surely, there are the up side of things that had kept me saint and looking forward. From the soul-grabbing topics that I'm engaged in in class, all my fantastic lecturers to those first few days that I had when Aaron was here with me. However, it was the endless festivals here amazes me. I had walked right into the Irish Festival, the Greek Festival, the Governor's Open House, and this weekend is the Motorcycle Riders Association Rally and Memorial for army trackers and war dogs day! I wonder how many more of these festivals are listed in their calendars...
One of my very hospitable classmates had offered to show me around this hoilday - it's Labour Day on Monday. I wonder what we might walk into this time. :-)
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