Days before class starts in Bemidji II
Actually this is a very late entry cos its almost a week before already & I can’t rily recall the events that took place. Anyway, in my last blog entry, I mentioned that I’ll continue from day 4 without realizing that I’ve already blogged about it in the last paragraph (i think…). Ok, let’s continue from Day 5. If i’m not mistaken, it was Saturday & we went to the lake side. The lake was frozen & it’s like a layer of ice above the water. Similar to a skating ring kinda place. The snow was really high, up until the knees & as we walked towards the lake, we just sunk into it. Haha… The lake was amazing! Beautiful maximum! It’s like a whole white piece of land & u can see from afar, there are trucks, cabin, snowmobile etc. The scenery was just breath taking! Took quite a lot of photos there too. Tot the weather wasn’t all that cold that but do not judge a book by it’s cover. I wasn’t wearing any long john. Just a plain jacket & winter jacket with jeans. A layer of leather gloves (which wasn’t all that think, bought from Sox world) & snow boots with cotton socks instead of wool socks. By the end of the "trip", my finger tips & toe tips were rily aching & numbing already. An experience worth remembering… Yeah…
Day 6. Wat’s on Day 6? I think we stayed back at Linden Hall (the place where I live) & played poker cards practically the whole day. Haha…
Day 7. Went out with the gang (plus mama, hing hing, pui wah & huey) to welcome the new bunch of students arriving from KL. There were about 7 of them. Had to prepare dinner for the bunch just as how the seniors had prepared for us earlier on. Learnt & had my 1st experience of "deboning" chicken today. The chicken fillets here are costly. SO, the most cost effective method is to get chicken thighs & debone it. Btw, the deboned chickens are for curry purposes. We prepared ABC soup (by Val added with chicken bones from the deboning process haha…), curry chicken (by Hing Hing), Cabbage & brinjal (by Mun Yee ++), Onion eggs (by Xin Yuan) & drinks (by Bruce?). I think that’s about it. Now… not that I didn’t help ok? I was in charge of dish washing. Not that anyone put me into responsibility but since no1 was doing it… I just went ahead with it. I’m kinda known as the "dish washer" (Val claims that it’s cos I dunno how to cook… *sob sob*). Alot of left overs cos the new bunch didn’t eat much (I think). So, the foods gonna be tmr’s dinner AGAIN!
Day 8. Went to Target (another shopping place). Went on walking in & out the shops nearby. There was a Dollar Tree shop which sold almost everything for $1. There were kinda a few (or should I say alot) things cos there were cheaper ones there such as network cable ($1 for $10), biscuits, tortilla chips, baskets etc. I realized that every single time we come out shopping, we always end up having quite a lot of packets brought home. Spend like crap… Wahahaha…
Day 9… I don’t remember day 9… Another new bunch arriving? Haha… Kinda "chap" my stuffs. Haven’t shifted into my official room. Preparing to so that tmr nonit to rush…
Day 10. Shifting day!!! Helped the new bunch as they were still kinda blur, unequipped n all. Finally got our keys to our rooms. Went through quite a hassle actually. Firstly, waited for Hing Hing at Walnut Hall soooo long. Freezing outside! Went to Res Life & they said the keys were at Linden. Hing HIng finally showed up. Next thing we know, the keys aren’t at Linden & they’re at the security. Shucks! Nvm… Had a "da sao chu" aka "gotong-royong" cleaning up our new rooms. Adjusted the bed, sweeped & vacuumed the floor, mopped the floor with small clothes (mop was dirty), wiped the furnitures. TIring day but worth it! My room (with Val) and Fang’s room (with Yi) are like the few neat ones around. So proud of our hardwork & proud of myself cos I seldom do house chores at home. Haha… Finally unpacked. I realized another thing. I think I’m more of a clean person than I realize I am. Sweeping the room quite a few times a day cos there’s always sand everywhere. Maybe cos we always walk in n out of the room… Sigh… Well, that’s wat we need to do to maintain a "Malaysian" style room (NO SLIPPERS IN). Haha…
I guess that’s all the days. Orientation starts tomoro. Anticipating yet worried…
