Great Start

Well, last night as I was preparing for the following morning's class, I freaked myself out because I looked at the schedule and it said that there was a quiz in class. Well, I knew there was a quiz, but what I wasn't sure about was if the 50 page handout we had been given was going to be quizzed. I was all thinking "shoot!" and stuff, so I read about 10 pages that night and decided to read the rest, or most of the rest the following morning. So I set my alarm to wake me up at 7:15AM since my class didn't start til 9, I'd have a decent hour and some to read. So I wake up when my alarm goes off, and I'm wide awake and thinking how sunny it is outside and how I don't know why the people here mow their lawns so early, etc, etc... So, I do my reading, even take a nap before my alarm clock tells me it's 8:45, time to head out for class. Well, as I'm walking up the steps to the road, I look at my watch and oh freak! it's 9:50! Somehow the time on my alarm clock had been pushed back an hour. This was definitely not a good way to start out with your first quiz. I pass some friends on my way to class, and they were like, "hey, are you alright? you look kind of sick.." To which I could only reply, "I am" and explained the situation.. Well, they all made sympathetic sounds and gestures, even offering to give me a hug (how very nice :) ) and so I went to class. I was able to make up the quiz without any difficulty to my relief and the quiz was pretty simplistic, so no difficulties. Also the reason for all this mishap, or one of the causes anyhow, turned out to not have had to been a problem. The quiz wasn't over the handout. Go figure.

So yeah, it rained today. The first time since Orientation Week that it's rained. It was nice for a bit, cooled things down, but yeah it does become an inconvenience when walking to the library to print something or check out a textbook becomes a feat of you and your umbrella against the tumultuous tempest. And well, let's just say the victor is clear when you get back, your umbrella a complete joke that does not hold up in the winds and you're soaked.. so yeah, I didn't go to the library. I opted to just do some Pilates, eat dinner, watch a movie, and type up my notes so I could print everything out at once. There's always tomorrow...

Mosquitoes here are quite blood thirsty and some are much larger than the variety I'm used to back home. I usually have to spray myself with repellent every morning before I go out if I wish to go through the day unscathed. However, this morning I forgot, and I can count at least 5 new bites in addition to old ones. These are in such inconvenient locations (neck, thumb, shoulder, chin, etc)...

Still no refund check... and my mailbox is way above reach. I actually tried to reach it today to get a better idea instead of just assuming I needed a chair, and yeah, I have to stand on my "tippy-toes" just to reach the dial. Now just because I'm Asian, doesn't automatically make me short, but even my giant of an Asian self was too short for the task. And I mean, the mere fact that they have a chair for that purpose tells me that I'm not the only one who has difficulties...

My box is the 5th from the top right corner. If you look closely you can see a counter in the bottom right corner of the pic. That comes to about mid-torso, if that helps give you a better idea of how high the boxes go... but yeah, I took the pic right next to the counter, so perspective is another factor because the bottom of the boxes don't start from the top of the counter, obviously.

Here's some pics of the view from campus, courtesy of my friend Ken... very nice, eh? Don't you all wish you were here? Yeah, I know you don't but you have to admit, the view and such is spectacular.


The tiles you see are for roof repairs from hurricane damage.