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September 04, 2006
No Classes today muahaha..
Good thing that Americans celebrate Labors' Day on 4th of September. I need this day badly to settle scores with my homework.. I didn't get the chance to do that on saturday and sunday because of endless activities on both days.. It was tiring but fun nonetheless :)
Let's see.. what did i do on saturday.. woke up admist cheerings and porcession on the road just outside my room. The exuberance went unabated until 40 minutes later when the college bands and performers finished walking past my room window (I just realized another good thing living in Wiley residence hall: free shows on the road right out of your window lol). It was the football season opening game for purdue against indiana uni. We beat them to pulp in that game man! 7 touchdowns!! Not that i watched the game, but it was happy to know that purdue's apparel shop will have discounts tomorrow! (5% per touchdown, that means 35% discount! woots!)
so what did i really do on saturday? oh yeah, i had lunch with my care group leader Andrew Lee.. belanja him lunch at dining hall with my meal swipes which i can never finish.. i explained gel electrophoresis and its applications to him, and he shared his expereince as a teaching assistant. Afterwards i followed him to the church around 2pm. There was a special welcoming dinner that day so we went early to help out. But i was neither musically-talented nor drama-orientated, so being not much of a use there i spent the afternoon at the church's library.. found a book written in 1987, but it gave me insights on communication with people and God. I dozed off an hour later lol..
I woke up just in time for the service. After that more people came for the free dinner. I met 3 japanese girls by the names of Yasuko (やすこ), Takako (たかこ), and Mikako (みかこ). Okay, normally japanese names are written in kanji form, but i haven't learned it yet, so i'll just make do with hiragana =P anyway i had fun talking to them, applying those stuffs that i learned in the japanese class. They were surprised, and no kidding i was so engaged in talking to them that my friend said i was flirting. Hey, i wasn't flirting okay! I'm merely using what i have learned! anyway i met some malaysians there too, and spent time talking with them.
Dinner ended at 11pm (with performances such as dances, drama and games). After that i went to Wal-Mart to do midnight shopping for Malaysian Students' Association callout/bbq on sunday. It wasn't my job initially, it was my roommate's. Okay, i was cool at first even when he ditched his duties for a game of soccer, but I can't help but being frustrated later on when he called me after the game saying that another committee member has already bought the stuffs. Imagine me pushing a trolley filled to the brim with 20 bottles of soda, bbq sauce, corns, frozen packets of fries, charcoal, plastic paper and cups and a big watermelon almost waiting in the line to pay up. AND THAT IS NOT ALL. THEN HE CALLED BACK TO SAY THEY WERE JOKING. THEY WERE FREAKING JOKING AT THE LAST MINUTE WHILE I WAS ABOUT TO PUT ALL THE STUFFS I TOOK BACK TO THE SHELVES. I was so pissed.
I don't know what to say but i was very tired and disappointed. My senior who accompanied me to WalMart was surprised to see my sudden change of face. I become cold and mute whenever i'm angry, but that time i forced myself to smile and talk to him about how cheap the watermelons are. Anyway we drove back and put the stuffs with the girls who generously helped us prepare the fries and corn. I reached back to my room at 3am. and HE WAS PLAYING SOCCER GAME ON HIS DESKTOP. I really had nothing to say.
Sunday morning came. I had a brunch appointment with my research professor at 11am. The day before i reminded the committee people that i might be late for the callout because of that. So i was sitting and chatting with my professor, her husband, and 5 other lab members while eating potatoes and sausage casserole with blueberry muffins (both are awesome by the way) and I received missed calls. I instinctively knew who it was from but i couldn't return the calls then. Must be asking me to do some chores again. I was having a good time for a change so don't you spoil it.
I arrived back in my room half an hour before the callout. Guess what he was doing? FREAKING SOCCER GAMES AGAIN. Like he has nothing urgent to prepare when the president has given orders to set up the bbq pit. Took the food from the girls, and went to the venue almost half an hour late. I was so afraid that the freshmen might arrive on time and went back because they didn't see anyone there. Luckily, a few seniors were there already to keep the people around.
Food came slow, people complained, but overall the freshmen orientation was fun :) Threw water ballons at them as the initiation ceremony lol, quizzed them about purdue, and collect dues from them. I was relieved that the freshmen has little to complain, thus the image of the association is not tarnished. We played volleyball, basketball, ping pong and badminton (no, no soccer please) and i was so tired by the end of the day i slept by the basketball court. Woke up sober enough to walk back to my bed. (Yet another good thing about staying in Wiley is it's so near the sports center)
Wah.. now my mind is back to mountainloads of homework! Still i have to say, happy labors' day!
(I actually didn't write anything about Malaysia's 49th indepence day sigh. Selamat Merdeka also!)
Posted by peixin at September 4, 2006 09:15 AM
Comments
U got angry... Wah, keep cool... chillman, yah, from what u said, he sounds like one of those jerks, so dun bother about him, not worth effort to b angry to him!!
*this is juz a comment, a politically correct one, come to think about it, i got freaking pissed coz of a couple who din pick up my fork, lolzzzzzzz*
Anyways, u really are having a good time in US isnt it? Lolz, really really wished can be somewhere but Singapore... Aihz, ohya i might be applying for Student's Exchange Program, going Europe, so see how lar har, i most likely going to some low-budget country like Hungary or Poland (almost 4 times cheaper than UK), so i'll keep u informed, if u wanna tour Europe, call me lar har, IF and ONLY IF i get to go, lolz!!
Keep a smile on ur face!! The world is a nice place! :) Go listen to Jay Chou songs, the newest ones coming out liao, woooots!!
Posted by: ls at September 8, 2006 08:38 PM