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Thursday, August 28, 2008
25 August 2008 Woke up bright and early for orientation today! Had some difficulty getting to Accolade West even though it was near my apartment. I have to clarify though, that when people say its near here, it's usually not near, usually quite a walk before we get there! Suddenly appreciate the NUS shuttle buses- I think I walk everyday (like a walk from Arts Fac to Science Fac) to at least get a glimpse of food. Saw a lot of international/ exchange students there from so many nationalities! On a sidenote, I thought I would be like the rare Asians here amongst a sea of blondes when I walk the streets, but no! It's super multi-national here, some people even mistakenly think I'm local, and ask me for directions even! Made friends from like Kenya (how super exotic! ;P), Iran, S.Korea, Netherlands..... Orientation was fine.. teaching us how to adapt here, how's the transport system like, how to navigate ourselves. But oh gosh, was the food fine! The organisers themselves even brought huge tupperwares to takeaway food! It kinda scared me that breakfast and lunch were all bread/ sandwiches/pastries and salad cos I was missing wanton mee by today.         I'm going on an excursion to Centre Island this saturday- there's a huge amusement park there! and Niagara Falls in September! I'm super excited :)  Anyways, after dinner, Diviya and I skipped a comedy performance to go visit the legendary Wal-Mart! After googling and looking at maps at no avail, we resorted to asking passerbys and just hopped on the VIVA bus anyways. Transport here is really confusing, i'll dedicate an entry to that. Buying tickets... - $3 canadian dollars each.      Heh! finally we meet the legendary Walmart! It's going to be our good friend for the 4 months to come! We both were practically screaming when we saw IT! *crazy*. Finally we get to meet.    After looking through the huge huge shelves of stuff, we gathered our stuff and went back for the night. Note, I got my camera!!!!!!!!!!! *celebrates*, so look forward to more photos to come ! Meanwhile, I'll just end with a view of my room every morning.. Nights, people! 
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