Day 3

Day 3 in Adelaide..

woke up at 12pm( some things never change...) after being called by my sis. Went online to look at google maps and took a shower. Had liquid breakfast..no seriously, theres a drink called liquid breakfast for $2.

Adelaide is a nice place, not too busy and not too dull. And the weather is nice too. Not when the wind blows though...brrr. Add rain and youre gonna get frozen. Today was 12 degrees+wind and light showers.

Took the Free City Loop bus a.k.a 99C to the uni...like the name says, its free. Spent a good 3 hours in the central business district looking for various things and opening my aussie bank account. Went back to the uni to meet with yanie, wan xian and eugene to sort out some travel and sight seeing stuff haha.

Unlike you UNSW buggers, instead of clubbing, we Adelaide people get to see whales @ Victor Harbour *SIGH*

Budgeting here is difficult..food is expensive. I spent at least $12 just on food for today. Thats like RM 35..and im eating the dirt cheap stuff mind you..then i bought other essential items like towels and toilet paper, plus a LAN cable for my internet connection.

Slowly im adjusting to the culture here...

The mannerisms of aussie people are abit strange to the uninitiated...especially those of us who come from an asian background.

people here say "how are ya" alot.. and the automatic reply is " Im good thanks" no matter how shitty you're feeling..

Its not as if they expect you to tell them how you really are feeling.

Most of them are friendly, I greet the bus driver every time i board and thank him/her when i get off. Almost everyone does that..

The city is clean and well ordered. It took me less than 24 hours to figure out the layout of the city. Cant say the same for the Uni coz everything is in a mess!

All the Uni buildings have a brownish shade and made of either brick or stone. Alot of church like structures and cloisters which give it a medieval feeling. I still havent figured out the whole layout of the uni..its so unpredictable..union hall on one side, library on the other..and all of a sudden a huge ass science lab appears out of nowhere..

And they all look alike! argh..The signs are SOOO TINY and its only at the entrance of the building..so go figure.

Overall a very beautiful campus with nice buildings..you feel smarter just by standing there haha.

And the busses are awesome..never packed, mostly on time..never late for more than 5 minutes..friendly NON suicidal driver who actually greets you when you board. Taxi if fucking expensive but the drivers are good and professional. NON suicidal as well unlike those who work for the public transport system back home.

And on my way home from the grocerie store, i found a curious looking building tucked away in a small street right next to my accomodation..A BOXING GYM. HAHAHA. Im going for a free lesson tomorrow :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D.

lifes good :)

-signing out-

Day 3, wo hen xiang ni...gotta expand my mandarin vocab..haha. WAN XIANNNN HELLPPPPPP!!!!!..