cold cold cold
Jan. 5th, 2008 | 06:41 am
i don't think i was adequately mentally or physically prepared for the freezing temperatures and conditions here! these are my new bestfriends.
so far things have been really crazy...a day and a half flight due to delays, puking during one of my three flights :(, making friends with this amazingly kind, intelligent and really hot black nba player lookalike guy who paid my entire taxi fare like 40 or 50 canadian to naren's apartment (I FUCKING LOST HIS NUMBER I AM SO PISSED OFF AND SAD COS I CAN'T THANK HIM PROPERLY OR MEET HIM AGAIN LIKE HE WANTED BEFORE HE FLIES BACK TO MINNESOTA), staying at naren's for the night, walking about an hour's walk including detours to dufferin mall and having my first real taste of american fastfood since i was like 14 or something, buying so many things in these huge cheapo supermarkets (think mustafa), cabbing down to my apartment and being really lost about things, being helped by this awesome guy on my floor who helped me bring up my things and then showed me around the nearby food places, spending the night without a blanket and bundled up in 3 layers, mitts, scarf, chemical warmers and 2 parkas. and still having to adjust my body clock to the time. day lasts only about 10 hours here :((((
it's only been the second day but i'm already having the best time of my life ever. like ever ever. how can i go back to sg happy again (except about the cheap great food - the food here is pretty disgusting - and taxi rides?)
every walk out here is like an adventure cos of the snow, slush and wind - a 5 minute walk can be more physically challenging than a 15 or 20 minute walk in sg. and i experienced snowing!!! AAAH it's as pretty as i imagined and a lot less cold. everything here is so much more expensive, but the service you get seems proportional to the increase in tax and tips. and everyone is so individual and independent - it's really a completely different culture here from asian societies! but still, everyone is incredibly friendly and polite. and people here are used to diverse cultures and ethnic minorities, so that's always nice. people keep commenting that my english is great though, and that really annoys me!
i'll update with more pics when i can be bothered resizing them. toooodelooos!
so far things have been really crazy...a day and a half flight due to delays, puking during one of my three flights :(, making friends with this amazingly kind, intelligent and really hot black nba player lookalike guy who paid my entire taxi fare like 40 or 50 canadian to naren's apartment (I FUCKING LOST HIS NUMBER I AM SO PISSED OFF AND SAD COS I CAN'T THANK HIM PROPERLY OR MEET HIM AGAIN LIKE HE WANTED BEFORE HE FLIES BACK TO MINNESOTA), staying at naren's for the night, walking about an hour's walk including detours to dufferin mall and having my first real taste of american fastfood since i was like 14 or something, buying so many things in these huge cheapo supermarkets (think mustafa), cabbing down to my apartment and being really lost about things, being helped by this awesome guy on my floor who helped me bring up my things and then showed me around the nearby food places, spending the night without a blanket and bundled up in 3 layers, mitts, scarf, chemical warmers and 2 parkas. and still having to adjust my body clock to the time. day lasts only about 10 hours here :((((
it's only been the second day but i'm already having the best time of my life ever. like ever ever. how can i go back to sg happy again (except about the cheap great food - the food here is pretty disgusting - and taxi rides?)
every walk out here is like an adventure cos of the snow, slush and wind - a 5 minute walk can be more physically challenging than a 15 or 20 minute walk in sg. and i experienced snowing!!! AAAH it's as pretty as i imagined and a lot less cold. everything here is so much more expensive, but the service you get seems proportional to the increase in tax and tips. and everyone is so individual and independent - it's really a completely different culture here from asian societies! but still, everyone is incredibly friendly and polite. and people here are used to diverse cultures and ethnic minorities, so that's always nice. people keep commenting that my english is great though, and that really annoys me!
i'll update with more pics when i can be bothered resizing them. toooodelooos!