more updates, extra detailed again since i haf nth better to do at home than to write this :P

8th October

well well woke up early at 7am, then went to make myself breakfast – fried egg and hot milo. Tasted quite good apart fr the fact that it wasn’t salty enough, cos I didn’t bring soya sauce :/ ahh then left the house in search of an asian supermarket. Asked my host last night where it was and she mentioned some place, so I went there this morning. Unfortunately it looked like orchard road there, and I was too early, nth was open yet, and it was super cold this morning! I underestimated the winds bleah. Then walked ard and finally decided I would go again another day, and came back to the internet café I was at yest. Cheers, it was open! So used the net :) I so need the internet man!! Fastly fastly arrange for me, CDC pple! Hmmm right so after using e net went grocceries shopping, got myself cabbage, rice (dunno what kind, dunno nice not), sugar, no soyasauce!!, hot water flask, toilet paper, tissue paper, oil.. something like that. Qt nice, met a nice couple there who gave me a token to use to get the trolley cos I didn’t have a coin of the right denomination. Yupppps, cooked my first meal. The cabbage is hard and undercooked, and the rice tastes different from that found in Singapore. Oh well :/

what next? Right, it was about then that I felt muchly homesick. Arghh must quickly get over this otherwise I will be spending precious time doing nothing but thinking about how miserable my life is. Then again, once I get my internet and phone line, I should think this would be less of a problem, no?

after that I decided, yeah, best way to counter homesickness is to go on the internet and talk to friends! So I took the tram to the trusty internet café, and used for another like an hour and a half. Then went off to look for stamps! Didn’t find them unfortunately but found a sports club thingy, that screens soccer matches! So bought myself a drink (I think if I go again in the future I shall jus not buy anything :P) and watched Eng-Aust. Was good to watch soccer again after a long time not watching. I thot Aust was gd! But unlucky and the strikers just couldn’t find the target. Pity.

Came home after that and decided that I was sleepy, so wanted to take a nap. That was abt 8pm and I havent had dinner even! But nap turned out to last for 11 whole hours, woke up at 7 this morning. Weird, I seem to be very tired though I havent been doing much.

9th October

Right, so I woke up bright and early this morning, and decided to take a jog! Cos yeah, it would be gd to get fit plus I had nth else better to do, apart from unpacking and arranging my stuff. Am experiencing some inertia doing that, cos I find that I don’t have enuf space nor containers or shelves to hold my stuff. Don’t think I shd change how the room looks so I just hafta figure out sth I guess. –nods– anyway thanks to you guys for always messaging me, its really really helpful in making me feel better abt everything. Big hug to you all! Meanwhile, impt news of the day – pls send me stuff at my house address, not the language centre one! That is, Neufelderstrasse 26, 51067 Köln, Federal Republic of Germany. That way, I shd get it quicker. :) Thanks :) Will try to write back but its so freakin ex lah, €1.55 per letter. BAH. K its 9.40am now, shall start unpacking. :)

Whee :) its 6:40pm and I’m home! Cooked myself a meal after unpacking most of the stuff. Meal consisted of four-seasons-beans and egg cooked with the beans. Turned out qt good despite the beans bean slightly undercooked. Good as in edible lah, could be much better I guess. These few yrs shall allow me to improve majorly on my cooking man. From nothing to something, that is always an improvement hurhur. Then went out to walkwalk. Discovered I’d lost my beloved thumbdrive, so went to get another one. But before tt I saw a bkshop so went in. saw lovely lovely travel guides so bought one of germany (its in english yay!) and it was ex, like 25 euro. But the cheaper ones didn’t look that good (cheap as in like 7 euro, 17 euro..) so quite pleased with my purchase still :) then went internet-ing again. Don’t my days sound the same? Internet, walkwalk, internet, eat. Ah that shall change tmr lah :) finally gonna hit the books, learn german and make new friends. I am so looking forward to some meaningful activity mann.

Anyway then I went to a chinese takeaway café thingy, where I got fried rice for 5 euro. If u convert to sing its really exorbitant but then again, I am desperate (not to eat my own food, and not to eat disgusting rice) so I paid for it pretty happily. I guess if u don’t convert it wasn’t ex lah. –nods– anyway it was a humongous plate, cudnt finish half of it so da-bao-ed it home :P hehee. In all a pretty gd day I would say.

Special thanks to yang and ryan for particularly comforting SMSes. To chow as well, for messaging so very often-ly. Hope that all of you back home are good and happy, I think tmr will be a better day for me too! :)

Shall write down a list of things to do in the near and not-so-near future:

register with authorities so I can get internet and phoneline!
get internet and phoneline!! :)
find the asian supermarket and get the lovely thai fragrant rice
find a laundry shop near my place!
apply for a bahncard so that I can travel cheaper ard germany (+ europe?)

not so urgent stuffs:

figure out which unis I may consider and go touring at these places to find out more abt the unis and the town/city.
read my neww travelguide and decide where in germany to visit
rob a european travelguide and decide where in europe I want to visit :P

anywayys. I realised tt this is a challenge for me. This whole thing. I’ve been living in comfort all my life, its time for me to try doing things alone, starting all over again, without the presence and support of my friends. Yes I know you’re still there but just not immediately within reach. –nods– yupps must try to combat loneliness! Try harder! :)