Boston & Life

Was at Chinatown last wkend, yes it's almost an hour and a half away's drive from Kittery (where I live). Headed down to shop for chinese food and also to look for tour agencies to book tix to New York this coming long wk end. Apparently things didn't go according to plan, and we were a lil too slow. No cheap accomodation in New York and I tot it might be nicer to go during some other time like Christmas or something. Still not very sure where we're heading this wkend. Perhaps trekking on White Mountains or some other places I can't remember.... Just hope it's a fun wkend. Yes 3 days away from work! Not that work is tough or anything but it can get quite boring sometimes. Luckily my job scope is more of investigation which makes it slightly interesting.

Some artistic snap shots n posed shots of me & Lix. Not bad ah :D

All e posed photos we took! In the alley, as couple, as director, shot dead, act cool.... everything...

And ther you go, beautiful lightings and night view of Boston.

Life's boring here haha. I mean besides the weekend trips and gathering, that is. Normal days are just uninteresting seriously. Knock off at 4.30pm and it's either back home or grocery shopping. And back home it's either talking rubbish with my housemates or being a couch potato or typing away on my laptop. No night life... No nothing... Ok we did play pool tonight. Somehow it feels different, when I have my close friends around me, drinking, kopitiaming or whatever. How I wish I was at BB with the rest of you... I miss the times though short! Good thing I've got Lix in my life. That helps.

DAY 7

Here's how it looks after the rub.


Not gonna rub anymore!
It's weird how it feels sudden sharp pain when it gets cold...
Rheumatism was ruled out cos it would have felt painful before it gets cold...

And I was playing MSN game during work today til it felt painful again....

I'm starting to cough all over again....

What can be worse?!

Oh I just bought a new Cam... tt's something to be happy about...
Keeping my fingers crossed!

In the house

My hand....
Is there orh chey more obvious now?

Alexan's turn to gimme a rub with Zam Buk. And he insisted on using strength. Most painful ever!

Our house just had a couple of drinks.

We're high.
Played stupid games

We have a new couch.
It's sooo comfortable! Nice for nua-ing...

I just got blanketed
I was lifted by Lixuan

Lobster meal

Lobster meal at Kittery. Nice and cheap! Was with House 206, as usual the people left before us! I am now the well known slow lobster eater!

Canobie Lake Park (19th Aug)

Just back from Boston...
Damn tired...

Here's something from Canobie Lake Park we visited last sunday.
More nice photos from Boston to be up!

Few of the rides. And we are chopped!!

One of the nice rides we took! Wet ride and the splash is amazing! We were trying to siam the splash while in the queue haha! See we're at the last row! The handle bar was quite far away, me and Lix felt like we'll fly out haha so we grabbed the guys beside us and interlock all our arms to make sure we dun fly out! But turn out we had to hold on to the bar cos even by interlocking we also felt like we'll fly out haha.

See I was wearing different clothes! Cos it was so cold at night I had to wear Gim Teck's oversized t-shirt! Oh and the baby was sooo cute he couldn't stop smiling!! The giraffe is won by SC for Lixuan, named Bah Long Long. But here in US, we have to call it Long Long Bah. haha. Couldn't get my care bear though... sad!
Oh and you see that picture we were sitting in a row? We were having a line massage while waiting for the fireworks! Folks there were staring at us lol.

Now the highlight of the night... the fireworks! Magnificent is all I can say!

More pictures here
I've got clips of the fireworks too, if anyone wants it just lemme know.
Alright and this coming wkend's gonna be a long one. Labor day! N yeah New York here I come!!

Somehow I feel v blessed now

Brace (added on)

I'm restless tonight. Very.
And I dunno why.
I need some entertainment.

SC just helped me rub my wrist with zam buk.
It's so painful I had to bite my lips.
The blue black will darken very quickly.
I hope that means my wrist will recover soon.
It's painful to hold the mouse for too long.
It's painful to hold the iron when pressing clothes.
And why does it feel itchy at times?

And for the tally, the number has gone up to 8. (if you dunno wat this is refer to previous post)
From the 8th person, whose story is most complicated and unexpected:
"ya men are dumb and selfish pple
think they are love saints"

The same old story.
Guys don't wanna be unfair to the gals.
But by doing what they deem right, is that being fair?
And it's always one sided.

Tell me about it........

Brace

It's weird how I know of at least 7 people facing relationship problems.
And from the conversations we had, phrases like this occurred most.
1. Guys are bastard
2. I dunno


Not all guys are bastards I must say, but.....
If a guy chose to break up with u, and yet push all the blame to you, then it's not worth blaming yourself gal.
If a guy doesn't appreciate and choose to be blinded by some gal "outta cheat him", then don't waste your time on him gal.
If a guy holds your hand, but you are not sure if he should, don't let him gal.
If a guy wants to be alone for now and you've got yourself outta this turmoil, hang in there gal.
If a guy doesn't know if he wants you, yet holds on to you, don't let it go on for too long gal.
If a guy has made the decision to let go of you and you are taking it in stride, you are strong gal.
If a gal is attached and you aren't sure how she's feeling for you, don't take the risk dude.

That day, I received an email from SC in the office. With a sudden
"Have you lost all faith in guys?"

Have you?

DS was just trying to tell me......
Sometimes a breakup can be "it seems to be the right thing to do"
What is right to you may not be right to another.
What is then the right thing to do?


Here's a quote from a sweet card dearie sent me.
" Life may not be a bed of roses.
It is also made up of many other colourful flowers! "

I hope I am one of the colourful flowers. Like you have been one.

DAY 1

My distorted hand, actually can't see the bruise from here. But you can see if u saw my hand haha. Maybe tilt your head a lil n you can see the blue black and the peel offs. I'm not gonna rub it cos it's painful when I touch it. The blueblack won't turn too black then haha.

Cos she had a bad day

Took a day off from work. Felt really terrible this morning. The headache that would never go away. Good thing it was Alexan's off day, took me to the company's health centre. He had to consult for his burns too. Waited for very long. And guess what, the centre gave no prescription and no medication. They are there only to be consulted and they are probably not licensed to prescribe. So tell me what's the point of going there when I want medication? All they can offer is diagnosis of my symptoms which I already know. And turns out I might have to co-pay. Crap. The physician told me I should try to find out where are the doctors near by lest I dun get well and kept repeating there's nothing they can do. And that I should rest well and get some cough mixture for my cough, blah blah blah for my throat and XXX for my headache... Which I already know. So to all TAPs, no point going to Equinox when you're not feeling well. Go to some doc and at least u can claim from CDS.

Worst thing was the car punctured when we were about to head back home. Tried to change the tyre. The first time in our entire lives. Somehow the jack didnt hold in place and the car collapse. I was trying to put the tyre in and the car hit my wrist. It's so bloody pain it went numbed. And when I went to wash it, I black out, almost fainted. But was ok after that though handicapped on my right wrist. Managed to change the tyre and went back home.

Was still very painful and I just had to take pain killers to ease all the pain, my body ache (a feeling when you are sick), my headache which has been bugging me since yesterday and the
pain on my wrist. Couldn't type or move much of my hand haha. But miraculously after the pain killer the pain went away and I can type!! Only some scratches, bruises and sore at the joint. Dun be guilty Alexan it wasn't ur fault(who's in my room trying my accessories again and playing nice MP3s)! Thanks for driving me to Equinox!

Feel so much better now. Gettin my voice back, though still feeling hot. Maybe cos I didn't have to work haha. Why do all bad things happen together!

The truth hurts but ignorance kills

"
I'm not so sure if I want to know anymore
Perhaps I've already knew it all along
I'm not so sure what I can trust anymore
Just a few weeks and a different story is told
I'm not so sure if I can take it anymore
The truth behind the decision is more than I can bear

It's tiring to put up a strong front
I thought that would make you feel better
It's tiring to pretend like nothing happened
The thoughts and the images just float around
It's tiring to hear you say
all you had for me was feelings of the past

I've known you to be brutally honest
but not to this extent
I've known you to be indecisive
and when you turn otherwise it hurts dearly
I've known you to avoid thinking
yet a few days of thinking iron out things that happened in months

It's sad to think
the times we had were but your mistake
It's sad to know
no matter how hard i try things cannot be changed
It's sad to hear
all you can say is sorry and thanks

Now I can see
everything has fallen into place
Now I can tell
how much you care for someone else
Now I can say
this is worse than the recurring nightmare

If I was really that great
tell me why this decision
If there were really so many problems
tell me why this choice
If I should think for myself
tell me why I have to accept this decision

Why does a large part of me still hope for a chance
even if the truth was so balantly delivered
Why isit that I'm still trying to accomodate you
the way you accomodate someone else
Why can't I let go
when I know there isn't abit of me in you

I see I was the silly one
thinking things could be picked up where they were left off
I see who gets the last laugh
after going around in circles
I see it's retribution
after the many years it's pay back time

"

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I pretended I'm glad you went away
These four walls closin' more every day
And I'm dying inside
And nobody knows it but me

Like a clown I put on a show
The pain is real even if nobody knows
Now I'm cryin' inside
And nobody knows it but me

Why didn't I say
The things I needed to say
How could I let my angel get away
Now my world is just a-tumblin' down
I can see it so clearly
But you're nowhere around

The nights are lonely
The days are so sad
And I just keep thinkin' about
The love that we had
And I'm missin' you
And nobody knows it but me

I carry a smile when I'm broken in two
Now I'm nobody without someone like you
I'm tremblin' inside, and nobody knows it but me
I lie awake, its a quarter past three
I'm screamin' at night
As if I thought you'd hear me
Yeah my heart is callin' you
And nobody knows it but me

How blue can I get
You could ask my heart
But like a jigsaw puzzle its been torn all apart
A million words couldn't say just how I feel
A million years from now you know I'll be lovin' you still

The nights are lonely
The days are so sad
And I just keep thinkin' about
The love that we had
And I'm missin' you
And nobody knows it but me

Tomorrow mornin' I'm hittin' the dusty road
Gonna find you wherever, ever you might go
I'm gonna unload my heart
And hope you come back to me
Said when the nights are lonely...

Now playing
Nobody knows it (but me) - Babyface

Aftermath

Think most of you misunderstood.
Post dated Aug 16 was a repost from dear sista.
So don't question me anything on that.
Just found out that I'm not the only one in the grey area. Though mine was already sthg in the past. Nic, Lix n Bee, regardless of whether you are far away or just a few steps away, thanks!

Spent a day at Canobie Lake Park, a theme park actually.
Rides were pretty ok, but our people were fun! The fireworks were magnificent.
Will upload the pix soon. Once I get from the others.

I'm tired!! Physically. Emotionally unknown. Sick, finally beaten by the bug... How long it'll take to recover!

The prophet

Broken off from the spell finally.
Completely or not it's unknown... yet.

No more waiting for sms-es in bed.
No more juggling of phones.
No more waiting online but to no avail.
No more waiting for an answer.

Now it's clear
What's a promise
What's a commitment
The lack of it
Makes this easier

Don't wanna be sympathised.
Don't wanna be comforted.
Strong enough to handle.
At least deemed so.
The independent one.
And not anyone else.

If it can't work out,
It has to come to an end.
Should feel glad.
Should be relieved.
The one thing being waited for.
An answer.
Regardless of which way it goes.

But not feeling any emotions... yet.
Not tears
Not ache
Perhaps the heart is numbed.
Perhaps the owner is numbing it.



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Kinda adapted the template from u, sista! :D
Big hugs to you, hope you are really fine too.
Whatever happens, we have each other. But I hope it ends well for you.
Hopefully there's no mutual influence, again.

Getting Serious

Finally! The bun soh tang aka rubbish bin is removed!
And gas is here! This means no more icy cold baths! And we can finally cook!
Cooked for the past 3 days but just some simple fare.

Alright so first week of work for me. One word to describe. BORING!! Everyone one of us were made to read the never ending SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure). ANd some doesn't even concern us! Different departments have different list of SOP to read and complete. But the common thing is that all of fell aslp while reading! That's why when we collected our labtops on tuesday, everyone was busy MSN-ing and emailing each other haha. Just to kill time. My supervisor (sup for short) was held up by some major urgent project and hence didn't have time for me. So I was kinda adopted by another sup and yah me and another gal were given the job to do FILING! As if it's not bad enough, we were made to file documents from the whole of last year to this year's to date. It doesn't help that the shelves were high up and no stools were around. The numbers on the files were kinda hidden and we had to like pull out each and everyone to check the number! And I'm talking about over 1000 documents to file! But well we managed to file 1.5 yrs worth of documents within 1.5 days. Pretty impressive I would say. But resulting in countless paper cuts and a sore neck. Arghh!! Today was much better though, my sup finally has time for me and passed me a stack of documents to go through, so that I know what urgent project she has been handling for the past week and thus able to get me involved in the updates. Oh did I mention I'm in the deviations department? Nvm, will share more on that when I have a very clear picture of what I do. I have better understanding of my role now but not totally haha. She mentioned she''ll start me off with some smaller scale cases just to get me familiarized. Sounds Great! And she's a beautiful nice lady, Lisa Ellen. Oh and the ple there just love my name! They say it's a v sweet name haha I'm known as Melis to them btw, there're like 1000 and 1 Melissas here. Who was the one who said Melis is common huh?? haha


Went for BBQ at Teck's house last sumday. Pretty fun I would say. Some pix to share.

This is so silly it's funny hahaha Teck & Kelly




my 2 drunkard housemates! Alexan and WY...
Alexan has a fetish for my sunglasses and accessories! He comes into my room in a "drunk" state and wears them! Haha
The gals of 102, 103 and 206!
I'm wearing Yiming's oversized pullover!! We were playing frisbee when it got brrrr-y cold! Thanks to him! How come it doesn't look too big?? hmmm!!


And I love this pic! Neighbours of Kittery! Must intro! Top 3 from left: Alexan, Ben And Gim Teck
2nd row: Wenyan, Lixuan, me, Kelly, Jiahua, Wei Lin, Rachel and Siew Min
Bottom row: Nicholas (aka SC), Yiming, Choo Kwang, Lau.



Just thought it was quite farnie someone looked himself outside his room haha. Knocked off the door knob but the lock is still intact and all his stuff are locked in. Poor thing! Bad of me yah... haha

Visiting the theme park this sat! Roller coasters!! But no free fall!!!

To You

Here's a re-post:

____________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 aftermath

Stop.


Stop asking me to stay.
Stop asking me not to go.
Stop asking me why.


Stop wrenching my heart with your words.
Stop wrenching my heart with your smile.
Stop wrenching my heart with your touch.


Stop because it hurts me so.

3:59:00 PM

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Monday, August 14, 2006 finally

why?


maybe because i can't think of anything better.
maybe because i don't want to wait for u to come to a decision.


who knows when that will be..
who knows what that will be..


i know very well, there is someone else on your mind.
i know very well, where this will lead to.
i know very well, you know this very well too.


so maybe this is the best for u & me.


everyone's telling this is the right decision to make.


i was hoping you'd prove them wrong.
i was hoping you'd prove me wrong.


they're right, i deserve better.


silly me.
i've been warned.


7 years is a long time.
i should have seen this coming.


nevertheless, it's better late than never.

3:40:00 PM____________________________________________________________________



I'm sorry I did this without your permission... But i can't help it... Apt how apt... perhaps a change of numbers and everything falls into place. And Gal, I feel soo much for you. Really, I totally know you are feeling, and I guess you're right. You are one brave, strong gal. If only I was half as strong. Just why do strong ple have to go through this?

You're right. Some one has to come to a decision. This can't go on forever. Selfish or undecided, or even thoughtful? I dunno. But there's always a time frame. Perhaps it's the best and quickest way to end all misery. And I know both parties feel the pain. It's painful to make such a decision, so he chose not to, he didn't wanna hurt anyone. But he's unaware he has already hurt you in the very process. And you, coming to this decision, it hurts as much. A cruel and hard end might serve better than not getting any answer.

You're really nice, you don't deserve this. And I hope you're getting on fine. We'll grow stronger together, even if we are already stronger. Many things going on in your life, it's not easy, it never was. And I've said, anyone who wants you gotta treasure you. But before that, you've gotta treasure yourself and I guess by making this decision, you treasure yourself more.

I still remember the time outside Carl's, it's like a recurring nightmare.... It's about time. History should not repeat itself twice.

Love ya & Miss ya!

Live Free or Die

All settled into my new house, nice and beautiful with other friends living in 2 other houses jus beside and opposite us. That explains why I have been suffering from aches and a sprained wrist.. Cos we play inter house frisbee and basketball! Not to forget abit of softball. I think the amount of exercise I did for the past week has exceeded what I ever did for the past few years altogether! It's fun to live close together but I hope there won't be any conflicts arising soon. Oops. But guys in our house can abit weird... they love pink and experience PMS from time to time. We chose pink for our shower curtains to differentiate the gals n guys toilet and ALexan was complaining that he wants pink!

Ok here's my house



Address:

103 Coastal Woods Circle
Kittery, Maine
USA 03904


U guys can send me any food or items haha
Can still sms me at my Hp and I also have a US line. Not very right to put it up here. Thinking of gettin the max online digital voice thou we already have one in the house provided by the guys but it doesnt seem too nice since they paid for it and I cant hog on to the line. Maybe I shud ask for one to shipped over... Dunno if one router works for 2 modem?


This is the garage and that's my car! Ok not mine but our given car... Live free or die, Buy the car plate number!! Haha but pls send me sthg if u strike k....

That's a Nissan Sentra 1.8. I never thought I could handle such a big car cos I was driving a Getz back home. Now I know I can. But roads and parkings are much larger here so that makes things alot better, which also explains why my friends have been driving without licenses. The drivers here are generally more courteous and definitely more patient and willing to give way. you seldom hear car honks here.


Quick view of my house and my room! Did I mention I love my room? It's a combination of lime green and blue colour theme. Look at the curtains! Everything hand picked and self designed. I was the one who hammered and put the shelf together! Even had to do considerable amount of sewing on the curtains. Cos it was hanging too long and I had to crop the top, fix it back together, so that it can fit my window and hence block out the sunlight totally.

This was how my room looked while I was unpacking and things were in a differnt orientation.




Then.. Tadah!!

The gathers at the curtain (right pic) are recycled from the part I cropped. Did abit of sewing to fix 2 pieces together so that the curtain can be held in place.



Placed the shelf horizontally instead of vertically to fill up the empty spaces in my room. And lastly the mini table u see here, is actually my luggage, Covered it with my throw set and there you go! A mini table to put my snacks and stuff! I have matching bowl and cup too but they're now in the kitchen! And there the quilt cover, it's actually by coincidence, bought it back in S'pore and brought it over. Happened to fit the colour theme, well hey we did have good taste ya? hee


Nice right?? How I wish I could have such a "designer's room" back home haha. Look at the blue waste paper basket now and the red one while I was unpacking! It's actually the same one Bought it (with most of the other furniture) from Ikea in Boston, I drove for almost 2.5 hours there! So I have to use it but a red basket in a blue-lime green room is too much of a mismatch and therefore I went to buy some cheap spray paint and sprayed it blue!! haha Oh I sprayed the frame of my standing mirror (not in the pic) blue too jus to match the whole team. Ok I know u'll say i'm troublesome but I'm gonna stay for 18mths so i don't mind doing some sewing or spraying! And that is to prove that I can sew too! And pretty well!! So anyone needs any advice on room deco? haha


Ok this photo is jus to show that we transported our own mattress from one state to another (our home which is like a 10 min drive away). didnt take the pic with the mattress on top cos everyone else was already seated in the car before they could tie the mattress. I made 2 trips myself, excluding the other drivers. It's quite an experience driving on the highway with mattresses tied on top and the wind was blowing so hard that the top of the mattress kinda flipped up. The reason why we chose to deliver ourselves is cos it's cheap!! The transportation fee is ex and if we wanetd to buy in our own state (which is Maine) we had to pay taxes. The state we work in (Portsmouth) is tax free.



Alright this last pic shows a huge dustbin right in front of our garage. We went home one night to discover this horrible, terrible looking dustbin, manifested with mosquitoes. That's how I got my bites! We have to pay and subscribe to some waste management to get our waste dumped reguarly. It's not like in Singapore where they go down the chute. And anyways this dumb company sent us a rubbish bin for industrail use when we are living in a residential area. We called them back asked them to remove it and replace with the small residential ones. A few days have passed and it's still lying right at our doorstep!! We call them everyday and they will tell us they'll collect it that very day and even asked for us to be patient! And you what, the MacDonald's here have smaller rubbsih bin than this!

and that's not the end, we haven got our electricity and gas yet. We're basically living on the previous owner's electricity. Good for us. But they have already cut off the gas supply and gas is for the water heater and stove to work. So yup we have been bathing in ICY cold water for the past week. And I mean it when I say icy it's not like the cold water in Singapore! My hands turn white when I bathe in the ICY cold water here!! Again, we call and apply everyday but bcos we dun hv our social security number, we need to fax them 2 IDs for proof. Then it's either they did not receive our fax, or the fax is unclear. And when we call to check if they receive they would say they have alotta fax, they're busy and call back later. And if u do apply for it today, you can only know if it is successful tml after u call. That's how this thing kept dragging on for a week! Frustrated! On sales person would tell you one thing and the other tell you something else. Basically they don't know what they are supposed to know. so much for American Service! And yah my camera too! Even with the international warranty, I was told I have to go back to where I bought it else they cant send for repair! What rubbish! Better send it back to Singapore!

Alright starting work tml! And gg for a BBQ now!!

The Move In

In my room...















Me n SC cleaning the windows. He's a Homie guy!
















There you go.
Mr. SpiderMan WY. vacuuming the cob web high in the ceiling



















cleaning the toilet(s). 3 in all!



















Locking up















Some Snap Shots, I didn'y even know existed





































Playing frisbee
















More pix on my v beautiful house and v nice fun locing hse mates! Not to forget my blue cum lime green best combination room!!

Wandering days

Along the streets of Rockingham














My fellow housemate cum Teochew Clan member ~ Lixuan











Viewing apartment at New Market
~ That's how narrow the stairway is, steep! Barely fit in. Don't say it's cos of me!

~ Low ceiling too! SC can reach it without any effort







@ Hampton Beach ~ the guys insisted on watching some ongoing Miss Hampton Beach.

My homies!! Part of the clan.












me & the PADS ~ they don't sell Whisper here! But something that looks very much like it.









Alright photos up here.

Days In New Hampshire

Leaving for New Hampshire

not all are up yet. In fact alot are not up yet. You know what happened to my cam... and others with my friends. Good news is my bro managed to find my camera receipt in my heap of rubbish and tahdah! with a scanned copy i'll be able to repair it!! Yeah Bro is the man!!

Drove up to boston today, and it's not just Boston! It takes only about an hour to get there but we were heading to South Boston to Ikea to get our stuff. So 2 cars went and I drove down. It's a 2.5 hr drive! Got one of the guys to drive back. Thanks SC! Glad the 7 us got stuff for our rooms except poor SC who didn't have a writing table cos the table top doesnt come in black and he doesnt want white. Can't believe me n lix has the same exact taste! We picked up everything in the same design and colour but luckily we settled for different colour theme in the end otherwsie both our rooms will look identical!

Oh and Wy mentioned that we'll get 7 small and 1 large photo frames to hang on the wall, a small one for the each of us to put our faces up and a large one for all the housemates together! Not a bad idea! Stil gotta get other stuff from Walmart. U can reali get everything under the sun here!

It's a freaking 97 degree ferenheit today! which is 36 degree celsius. Yes the heat wave. It was warm the past couple of days but there was cool breeze. And just 2 days ago it suddenly turned slight cold and windy and we thought Autumn's approaching. But now it's sweat like hell! Great, that's where all my clothes can be "put into action" haha I don't really have many of those clothes for cold finer weather! Tired!! Gonna get the house keys tomorrow and home deco starts!! Can't help but feel excited!!

In New Hampshire

Haven blogged for awhile! I hope there's still people reading my blog...

Anyways the past month has been pretty busy, meeting up with friends and i guess I went through alot too. Just glad to say that all's well and thanks to everyone who made an effort to meet up, asked me out etc. FOr those whom I didn't have a chance to meet, we'll always have a chance! Thanks to those who sent me off at the airport, it was a hell timing but u guys made e effort or isit abit forced? haha anyways I un alotta ple cant come cos they had to work or etc. Oh and to my dear family too!! Miss ya!!

Alrights I'm now well settled in New Hampshire, US. Still residing in the hotel. It's a blast! Nice suite and all.
Drove from the very first day I reached here and yes Left hand drive isn't as difficult as everyone thought it might be. Pretty ok, just have to remind yourself to keep to the right side of the road. Drivers here are so polite and patient. So no worries! I'm driving a 1.8 Nissan Sentra. A gold one! Car plate 8876. Des said it's his dad's previous car plate number. So must remember to buy 4D! Pls remit me some money if u do strike... Anyways the people here pump petrol on their own so I did myself too, for the very first time in my life after driving for so long! haha Well 3 persons are assigned to a car but we don't really bother that much about the arrangement, try to car pool usually. But well for mine, outta the 3 of us, 2 of us hold licence but one of the gal is a pretty new driver with little road experience so that makes her a lil jittery and that's why I drive. I'm pretty ok with that. Cos you really have to drive to be able to get around here in NH. No public transport, I was told you can only get taxis in town. But well now that we have 2 cars at the house I guess it'll be ablot easier since 3 outta 4 of the guys drive. But I do realise I do enjoy quite abit now, perhaps cos the roads aren't congested so it makes driving a pleasure!

After many days of searching, finally found a nice house! We were almost dying cos we were so scared we can't find a house when suddenly the guys found a house for rent. Many probs in between, shouldn't mention it since we've finally found a place we like and of cos fun loving house mates! My dear Lixuan!! And siewmin, together with SC, Ben, Alexan and Wenyan. So tthat makes up 3 gals and 4 guys. Just when you wonder how the 7 of us are gonna squeeze, this is a 3 storey house with a garage large enough for 4 cars with 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms! Very nicely done up but we gotta furnish it on our own though. Promise to take pics of the pretty house once we move in! Ready for some BBQ sessions (oh there's a porch to hold them!) and party time! Our direct next door nieghbour are also people from our program and there are also friends living in the house opposite so we can always stick around as much as we like. My house mates are a bunch of pretty fun people. I mean the guys are quite funny and we already had countless talk cock sessions at the hotel lobby area and dinner and games in the guy's room for dinner and watched Alexan play FEAR. And we've got to continue to search for furniture!

Been driving around but mainly for viewing of apartments and also places near by to shop for stuff. The furthest we went was prolly Hampton beach, I haven upload my pix and that's where my sad story comes in. Ok to start with, the webcam that I bought in Singapore somehow didn't work here. I just cant get it hooked on to my com, though it's Mac OS supported. So I had to buy another one of another brand of cos here. Now the webcam can be hooked up but it's still unstable somehow. That's not the end of the story. When we went to hampton beach, ok the guys insisted we go cos there was some Miss Hamptom Beach going on, I dropped my digital cam face down onto the sand while passing the bags back to the gals when they finished taking a shot. So I guess some sand particle got stuck somewhere and the lense cant close. The sand at the beach is damn fine. So after much frustration with the webcam, (I can't use it for days and I wanted to use it badly!), I had to face the issue with my camera! I brought along my international warranty but the shops here insisted that they have to have my proof of purchase (receipt) to send along for repair. There's really nothing I can do here. Checked with several stores.. I mean in Singapore we dun hv to kp receipts tog with the warranty right? So I'm contemplating if I shud send it back to Singapore and perhaps get a new one. I'm like spending money in the wrong way. I bot both my webcam and digital cam just a few days before I fly and I have to spend money again on things I've bought! How worse can this get.... Wat's gonna spoil next?!

Orientation week's gonna start next wk for one whole wk and then actual starts. There're definitely things to learn but I guess life is more relaxing here.... Good life now, trying to enjoy as much as I can while not gettin fat!

I guess it'll be harder to chat once I start working cos the hours will be hard to coordinate. But people, kp in touch ya! Will update whn I'm not feeling so lazy ya....



Miss ya! yes u!