things ive been up to

eh heh i realise i've not even been back for one week yet!
since i havent really blogged since i got back here and since i'm two hours early for my course advice appointment, i shall start from changi airport.

i got a pair of scissors confiscated before boarding the plane because i just dumped all my art material into my bag without checking and both abby and ah beng were laughing at me. sheesh. ah beng started calling me a terrorist and i was SO afraid that he'd say the word "bomb" and i almost told him "eh! airport cannot joke about bombs ah!" but i realise that if i told him that i would have ended up with the same fate as my scissors. fortunately he wasn't that dumb. :D

i sat between two first year melbourne uni students on the plane. it was funny how we knew we were all gonna study in australia, but none of us spoke, so it was awkward silence. but i just knew that i wouldn't be able to keep my mouth shut the whole 7-8 hours. but jack beat me to breaking the silence by introducing himself. haha when he did that i literally laughed out loud. so we started talking.

gwen was two rows in front of me and she was hilarious. she decided to make friends with the guy behind her (in the row in front of me). here's how the conversation went.

gwen: hi
praem: hi
gwen: where are you going?
praem: ..melbourne
gwen: oh really? me too!

oh my goodness totally cracked me up! i could help but lean over and say to him "sorry she's a bit stupid" AHAHA he grinned and nodded.

gwen and i took the melbourne uni bus to college square and lugged our luggage up to our apartments. did i mention the apartment's pretty ok? i guess it's nice and cosy for one person. not too big and empty. dong came over with jm's car and we drove to kensington to get half my stuff back and started unpacking. we took a train down to the k house again after dinner at nasi lemak house to get the rest of my stuff back in daryl's car. daryl eddie and kyle were having dinner and it was great to see them again. really. i think dong's not the only one who'll miss the kensington house when they're done with it.

i spent most of thursday in school getting my enrolment done. i made a new friend - christine :D she's from nanjing, but she's studied in perth for 2 years before coming to melbourne so she's got an aussie accent. we went around together the whole day, i quite enjoyed it. im glad im not sticking with the trinity people cuase it's always good to meet new people, no?

oh i met this mexican guy too. it was SO AMUSING. his name is chico! not cheeko ah. he's pretty cheery and loud. i like! unfortunately i had to go because they separated us according to our surnames. ohmygoodness guess what happened! he leaned over, put his cheek against mine and gave me a kiss! ahahaha.. as in not a real kiss - it's the way they say hello and goodbye. eee i love it! as in i love the way it finally seems like im not stuck in the asian culture anymore? or at least for that moment. not that asian culture is bad, but im in AUSTRALIA not austrasia. though i must say that melbourne city seems to have a lot of asians. i suppose it's because there are three big unis packed in this area, attracting a lot of overseas students.

dong came over again to help me unpack more - it's a slow and painful process. ok maybe not painful, but slightly tiring.

he had comm retreat the next day so i unpacked myself. i met melfie for lunch and she helped me out with my subject selection <3. what would i do without her! haha i think i was kinda lost and panicking.

gwen and i went to the city to get household stuff after that. i think the reject shop can be my bestfriend luh. well not really. i bought i paper bin for 4 bucks. and i saw one at k mart for half that price. oh and big w is selling the huge tube of tooth paste at 2 plus bucks. eh heh gwennie bought hers at six bucks. what a rip off huh.

k batt running low tata!