ang susunod na kabanata. . .

i'm back in cleveland here at justine's place. i'm currently doing my laundry (yey!) after a couple of hours agonizing over how to open justine's laundry room. garsh. how retarded can i get? finally got to open it. it's just that i never got used to using keys believe it or not because we never used keys for doors at our house. . .

anyway, i spent the last three days in columbus. the weather was miserable the entire time. on wednesday, which was my first day there, it rained the entire day. good thing i brought my umbrella. . . and people said it NEVER rains here. . . geez. . .

anyway, when we arrived at columbus tuesday afternoon (poor george drove for 2 1/2 hrs . . . laki na talaga utang ko doon) i signed in first at the office for international education. they're really nice there and they tell me what to do for the next 2 days. i also got my buckID (nask) which apparently gets me bus rides for free and discounts at other stores and whatnot. then i checked in to my hotel which was conveniently located next to a mcdo, a discount shop and a grocery. i got to buy notebooks and plastic expandable envelopes for $1 to $1.60 a piece which was pretty cheap. so next morning i rode the bus to school which was ok enough. but of course, i just had to disembark at the wrong stop. i shouldn't have doubted that the dozen or so chinese students holding maps were going to the same place i was. the orientation was for international students (duh). about 50 percent were chinese (or taiwanese or japanese. . . i can't tell the difference) 20% indian (or pakistani or sri lankan) and everyone else. i met a girl from ecuador and another from jamaica who both hated america and americans. it was fun talking to them. they also shared my love for rice. hehe. i also met a bunch of other people from different countries which was really cool. there was this kid from the UK who had the cutest accent. i also met a couple of people from taiwan and all i could think of bringing up was F4. grabe ang jolog pa rin talaga. then it was quite embarassing when i met a fellow filipina. i totally flipped out in glee, clapping and grinning. she must've been more embarassed. turns out she has been in columbus for a year because her husband also studies there.

it was a really long orientation which started from 9am to 5pm. there were a few interesting and important things that were tackled like counseling, immigration issues, transportation etc., but there were also a bunch of really boring stuff which i of course slept through. it was cold i couldn't help it!

i got on the correct bus home (yey!) and got off on the correct stop (yey! yey!). i bought dinner at mcdo. they served healthy (kuno) stuff there. i ordered a ceasar salad which turned out to be huge but quite good and a really yummy deli sandwich. this is not the mcdo i was used to. . .

i'm getting really bored with this entry. i'll continue later.