Singapore

i feel exhausted...

it took me almost 48 hours to finally reach here, including delays, hotel stay... etc...

i guess i should say how the delay occured since it is quite amusing on hindsight. so, some old dude decides to bring a couple large jars of peanut butter with him at the Vancouver airport security place. When told that he could not and for some reason had to be rescreened, this guy did on the only logical thing he could think of and "ran" through the security gate. thus, causing a shut down of the entire airport, all flights grounded until this guy could be found, due to this "breach" of security. why it took almost 3 hours before they found this OLD guy, is beyond me.

anyway, a bunch of us missed our connecting flights and were put up at a hotel in hong kong for the night and scheduled for the first flight out the next morning. I would have liked to explore HK a bit, but i dont think that me walking around alone at 12AM in the morning would have been the best idea. so, after getting up at 5AM to get to the airport 2 hours ahead of departure, i find out that my flight is also delayed for another 2 hours... o what fun...

might i add that the airport at HK is like a huge, gigantic mall? although i did not find much that was "authentic" HK, like a shirt that said I LOVE HK.. mebbe in chinese or something. instead, they had stores upon stores of big name brands, such as prada, gucci, fendi.. that i felt out of place just stepping into there.

i would also liek to add that singapore airlines is one of the best services i've had. people actually seemed attentive to what you were saying... instead of pretending to be. well, mebbe they were pretending, but at least you weren't able to tell. the flight went well, we just experienced alot of turbulance, and i was getting a little sick after a bit. i didnt know that a plane can fly up to 772km/h. i mean, imagine that... that is pretty amazing.

so i finally finally get into singapore, move into my hostel for the night. and today, i moved into my apartment closer to campus.

to summarize, this has been a tiring tiring exhausting day. i won't even begin to explain... cuz im too tired to. i miss home, i miss toilets with seats. my apartment has this squatting thing which i havent tried yet. i'll post pics in facebook. that should be interesting. anyway, although i am tired, im still looking forward to this experience. i guess this week will be full of getting paper work done with. i still need to apply for a few courses, the website seems to be down. my eyes are beginnig to hurt. i wonder if there is a place to nap in this library....