Monday Blues

I didn't expect to be blogging again right away, but I have much to tell (and complain) about today.

It's been raining nonstop all day. There has only been 2 half sunny days since I arrived. Rain 7 : Sun 2.

I felt like a change and so asked Alicia, my roommate, to braid my hair for me, which she very kindly did. I love having my hair braided! It makes my scalp feel very cool and there's no messy hair to keep flipping over the shoulder. I shall keep disturbing her to braid my hair now hehheeheh

What the braid looks like from behind:

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, lectures started today.

In one of my lectures, I felt like a complete alien. There were no other Asians in the room. At all. I don't just mean Chinese. I mean Asians. But the main problem I had was understanding the lecturer; she spoke very quickly and I can't quite comprehend the accent. I catch bits of words here and there but not enough to fill in the blanks. :{ eep. Everyone else in the theater was laughing at her jokes but me.

My last class ended almost at 6pm and I had dinner on campus (Subway! the only place left open) to save time from cooking and washing up. I ate quickly and was heading towards the bus stop by 6.25pm. It's actually darker than it looks in the photos because I had them brightened up. There was hardly anyone around on campus already by then.

The Great Court at twilight (Edward comes to mind whenever that word is used now) :

I was waiting at the bus stop on campus for almost 30mins. It was getting darker and raining heavier and I was feeling more worried about missing my ride home. I had not realised that buses would be less frequent at that time of day already. Any how, I finally boarded a bus at 6.50pm. It would not take me to a bus stop as close to my apartment as I would have liked, but it was within reasonable walking distance.

Unfortunately, I was so worried that I would miss the stop that I ended up getting off the bus two stops too early. With much discomfort, and surprise when I became aware that the roads were scarcely lit with street lamps, I walked as fast as I could, clutching my umbrella and phone, trying to navigate my way with the help of Google Maps. As much as I hate using IT, it saves my life every day here.

I had to cross a big bridge about 800m away from my apartment and there was a sizable puddle. The first car drove at the edge of the puddle, the second car drove slowly through the puddle and the asshole who came next drove as close as to me as he could get, fast. #%^!!&!#?/*@!#!!! I think I stood there for a few seconds shrieking in the cold.... I almost wanted to give up there in the middle of the bridge. Since I'm blogging about it, that means I continued on home. Next week, and every week after tonight, I'll be carrying stones in my bag. It's not like I can change the time of my lecture.

Shit happens, life goes on. You stumble and you fall, you get up and continue walking. Why? I'm not too sure myself.

To end this post on a lighter note, I did some exploring in between my lectures today. A-wimoweh a-wimoweh a-wimoweh in the jungle, the mighty jungle....In a bookstore on campus, Co-op:

Wish me luck and send me love <3

I need lots of both.