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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

OrIEntAtIOn

i apologise for not posting these few days. quite tied up wif orientation and admin stuffs. but now things are more or less settled so i'll try to blog more (i can see some of you cheering away..) which is good. aniwae it's the second day of orientation, so i'll juz cover wat has been up during this orientation.

yesterday was the first day of the orientation for international students. went to the main building at 9 (as stated in the letter) saw a queue of pple all the way from the entrance of the auditorium to the stage. we were given a schedule of the activities for today and the next few days and an orientation pack (containing lots of papers wif lots of words! *zzz..)

sat down. filled up some forms. then a student volunteer, Enrique brought us to the health services centre to get our tb screening. everyone got jabbed. had lunch. had another round of talks by different department heads. met up wif this guy who schedules our appointment wif an academic adviser. apparently, i'm supposed to meet up wif one this fri. asked around and even made a trip down to the office today but no. they won't see me till fri bcoz all the academic advisers are very busy (supposedly..) and they go by appointment basis. *zzz.. in that case that leaves me wondering if i shld still head back down to Houston for those few days. i feel it's a total waste of my time bcoz i can leave on wed instead after my tb screening (provided everything goes fine..) but now, i've to waste 2 days here wondering why i'm still stuck here. *sighz..

aniwae, today i turned up for an orientation which i need not attend. today's one was for local students and we, international students just have to stick to the schedule given to us yest. so it turned out i woke up early for nothing. headed back. skyped uncle alan, aunt mabel, nai nai and ye ye. after which i headed over to the main hostel building to settle my payment and went over to get my bank account.

finally i managed to meet up wif monica of SACU (san antonio federal credit union). she was very helpful. much to my relief, my bank draft requires no extra charge. got a savings account and a cheque-in account. my debit card will be mailed to be in 8 business days. got some cheques and i was all ready to go.

reached home. called uncle howe yong to check how was aunt jac. turned out that the operation was a success! (which is extremely good news!) *yayz! had lunch then took a nap. alarm clock rang. overslept for the homecoming party for international students will my jap fren knocked on my door. was so shocked. quickly dressed up and rushed down to wellness and recreation centre for the function.

the food was good. salad, fruits, beef lagsane and CHEESECAKE! *muahaha.. we were entertained by a spanish trio who sang, strummed, blow good music (oh.. one was blowing the trumpet) v good spanish music. which i greatly appreciated. made friends wif a few RA's (resident assistants) and china students. the director of the international programs then came by and ate wif us.

an extremely entertaining magic show followed all those good food. below are some of the highlights of the show.