of rice and half naked men

Lame title i know but it's 4am here now and fuzzy is demanding an update. So here goes. Life's really good now cos true to californian style welcome week is nice and relaxed with activities that we schedule ourselves. So i managed to play frisbee at 6.30pm, go to the gym at 8.30pm and just hang out with my roommate and neighbours till just one hour ago. my next door neighbour is this 16yr old guy who looks like joel tee except he's more buff heh. Picture coming soon i hope.

so everything's free and easy, which is both good and bad. No one can understand the singaporean accent here and most of the people are Californians so they have shared interests that make them relate so painfully easily to each other. I guess that's why singaporeans tend to stick together when they're overseas. I'm lucky to have a really friendly roommate who goes around with me and since she's american she has the amazing american ability to strike up and maintain a conversation with strangers. so yeah she helps open up my social circle kinda. i'm fine with saying hi to random ppl eand introducing myself but it's quite hard to sustain a meaningful conversation i've found. except with this guy i met who wants to be a socialist, communist even. he was amazed by what i told him about singapore. one thing i've learnt is that americans are quite closed in. few care about what's beyond their country. cos it's so darned big i guess and also cos they're really individualistic. They respect individual rights like anything and stand up for who they are staunchly. That's why we think they're bullies i think, cos some cultures are just too shy to say outright that they're wrong whereas americans seem to have no qualms saying anything. and i've no idea why i'm loadin gyou with these opinions but i'mfeeling crappy at 430am.

anyway, why of rice and half-naked men? the way people eat here is terrible. i'd a protein bar for dinner. my punggolnasilemak! my chickenrice! fly to me here! don't worry i'll check out the good restaurants around berkeley soon and i'll take you guys there when you visit me. WHEN not IF.

So, halfnaked cos i'm on a coed floor and i keep on bumping into half-naked guys in the bathroom and the hallway. everyone's v buff around here so it's like free decorations for the hall and bathroom heh.

finally, i love the weather and the campus. yeah man... this is the life... until school starts on monday, then i'll start bitching about my miserable loserly life. everyone thinks i'm mad to take 6 classes but an advisor said i can just try it out first so yeah welcome to muggerdom. oh yeah and apparently i can use any preferred name in berkeley just so long as i change it right before i graduate to my official one. What do you think of Princess Apple Chim Yihui?