yearning to venture beyond the horizons

the past week has been rather unpleasant (or darn unlucky).

first, i fell ill half way through the day at work on monday and had to stop work for 1.5 days. the diarrhoea that came after my fever was so bad that i felt like putting silencer at my buttocks.
second, i couldnt enter the office on wednesday cos i dont know how to open the door, even with the key.
third, i couldnt find my bus home after meeting shuwen on wednesday.
fourth, i got stuck outside of my house as i didnt know how to open the house door.
fifth, i got stuck outside of my ROOM as it was locked from within.
sixth, i got stuck outside (AGAIN!) just after i had help to open it. mind you, all these door problems happened in one day! i think i offended some door-god, if one existed! well aunty and i just had a good laugh together but their son kept suaning me and asked what uni i went to.
seventh, i took a wrong bus home on friday and ended up at another mtr station. so i ended up taking the taxi home.
lastly, when i reached home, they told me i didnt lock their main house door when i went out.

that was how exciting my week has been for me. oh man, i just cannot wait to settle down proper and sort out the public transport. also, communication has been tedious for me. even though you can try speaking english and chinese to the locals, you cannot help but feel like a third-class citizen living in their country, alienated from their normal daily street conversations.

well of course, things werent all disastrous.

first, i manage to catch angels and demons movie with their son on tuesday (albeit a full-tank gas stomach, it got really bad during the movie).
second, i met up with shuwen with her friends for some shopping at mongkok (gawd, it is superrrr crowded). the clothings are god-like cheap but please wary cos you tend to splurge and buy more instead. i didnt spend a lot of time catching up with shuwen, hopefully tml!! (:
third, my boss and the people in the office are pretty nice to me. one even ferried me home on monday to make sure im safe. thank you, uncle larry! also, the only lady there kept asking me to eat more and make sure im doing okay. in the office, it's pretty much only me and the lady as the rest are often out on the worksite.
fourth, i have been pigging out at home, lazing on their couch and watching dvds with their son. last night, we even drove out at 12plus am to get macs supper (dont worry mom, i didnt get any fries, not yet :p) and watched the departed dvd till 3am.

ive gotten the green card (yay! i dont even think they marked the tests hahaha) which will allow me to enter worksites. so i will be following some of the workers to the worksite and see how they test their machinery.

it's raining pretty much lately and you cannot possibly go to many places in such a rain. so today, im staying at home and aunty will be going to teach me how to make tiramisu cake and maybe lemon cheesecake tomorrow. she can bake and cook really well. mom jing, i will make for you all when i come back alright (:
the law school that their son attends. his university is really convenient, unlike ntu and nus. it is linked to a really big shopping mall with movie theatres and a skating rink.

on my way back home from work. the place i stay is the 2 brown towers on the right.

the view from the office

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