近日

已经，是好几天没有来这里踩踩了。

今天，难得功课都七七八八弄好了（其实还是有一点的），就来这里写些。

在这里的生活，真得很忙哦。

虽然说，现在只是第一个星期，但是assignment已经是陆陆续续的进来了。

活动，更是一窝窝的。

每天，都是早上出去，回来时都已经是傍晚了。

精神上，体能上，都属于累的情况；今天算还好了，因为回来后，还有点时间睡了睡！

补充了精力的自己，有回了活跃的情况！算是复活咯~

哈!

在这里，每星期都有五餐哦！在学校的餐厅吃的。

已经包括在学费里面了，所以，不吃白不吃嘛~

但是，都是任你吃的制度。

所以，自己应该会开始肥了哦！我不要！！！！！！！！

吃了三天，每次都是捧着4-5盘的食物，更要是没有浪费食物的说。

惨了啦~最讨厌去吃自助餐的说~怎么办~谁能打救我啊~

24 August 2009.

Class started. Getting busy.

Books here are selling in a high price, God damnit!

Spent few hundred dollars on buying books, keep on telling myself to save money and try to earn money to cover the expenses.

Feeling damn guilty for spending so many of my parents' money.

It's getting late and I gonna sleep soon.

Good night.

22 August 2009

Yesterday was friday, the only day that we didn't been assigned to any talk or event except for the night even, the Gala.

However, due to the rain the the morning, the Gala got cancelled and thus, there was zero campus event for us yesterday.

So, we spent the whole day with SHOPPING in the CoralRidge Mall.

It was our first time to put our foot on the shopping mall in the states.

It isn't a really big shopping mall and i think the only retail shop that attracts me would be GAP.

It is something like the Jusco, Bukit Tinggi; even I feel that Jusco also better than it.

For all the sudden, I miss my time in Sunway Pyramid, Midvalley, One Utama, KL Pavillion, Jusco Bkt.Tinggi, and others.

I miss Malaysia, and I really become to be more patriotic after coming to the states.

Malaysia is so damn bloody NICE!

We took 2 buses to get to the coralridge.

I bought a cheap Nike Shoe with a price of $34.99 but having an ugly appearance. There was no sales at the moment so I couldn't really get any nice and cheap stuff.

However, it was my very first Nike shoe and I like it eventhough it's really ugly looking.

After that, we spent some times in Target, a supermart.

I bought some foods there, some dry foods so that I would not need to go to the mart so often.

Besides of food, I bought 2 sweaters with the price of $10.99 which considers as quite cheap over here. The fall is just around the corner and my sweaters are definitely not enough.

Another chinese type lunch and dinner we had after getting out from Target. It was the 4th chinese food we had for the whole week and I was like getting bored of it. I chose to ate that at the first place because I thought it served with 虾姑(a big shrimp), a food that I love so much. However, it was Beijing beef and I was so regret for getting another chinese food for the meal.

After the meal, we stopped at a shop that was having a great sales for the WOMEN!

Gosh! Why so unfair?! No matter there is a sale or not, I managed to get a vex for myself at that store, with a price that I quite struggled with it.

But, I really do need it for my fall, therefore I bought it eventhough it was not as cheap as those sales item.

Until now, I also haven't feeling any regret of buying it because it really looks nice with me and normally it priced at $25-$40 where I got it for $20.

After that was a superb boring time for me. The girls went into GAP for one hour and more to get their clothes. I was sitting outside all alone and watching over the 3 trolleys that we got from the Target. It was an hour sitting, with doing nothing. Lots of Americans passed by and some of them were looking at me with a weird sight. What I could do was pretending that I don't care and I do care indeed.

I went into GAP as they were done buying and I found a jacket that I really like it. I tried to get it into promotion scale but I failed to do that. It is $98, which really not worthy buying for me. It is an luxury item and what I really need is a cheap and warming jacket. That's what I've told myself about.

It was 7pm and finally my another two seniors arrived. They said maybe there will be a mega sales slightly before the winter so what we can do is wait patiently for the winter clothes.

Another short walk we had with the seniors and the time came to 9pm, the closing time of the mall.

From 1pm and we walked until 9pm in the mall, which really amazed me. We can't underestimate the ability of women especially when they are happy shopping.

Get to the dorm, and had a nice talk with my roommate. Noted down all the expenses I've made and would try to budget everything before any spending in the future.

A tiring Friday I had for the first week in the states.

21 August 2009

Today, is my registration day after been waiting for so long.

Since the early morning, I have woke up and took the shower in a glance. It was the only day that I wouldn't want to be late.

Grabbed my jacket, looked at the watch, it was 7.45a.m.

Locked the room and I started to be running. My friend had told me to be at the 1st floor and wait for the campus bus at 7.35am. And , I was late.

The lift door opened and the cold wind ran through my whole body from every holes it managed to get it from my clothes.

The road outside was wet and the cold wind was happy making everyone shivering.

It was a rainy night again, yesterday.

After putting on my jacket, I realized that they were not outside or anywhere. Worried that were they went to campus without me, and it proven my worry was unnecessary because they did the usual thing again, which was LATE again.

However, we got to the registration on time, just a minute before the check in got started.

I checked in and got my evaluation on the English test i had days ago and a degree audit as well.

39/40 for my reading test, which considers as passing with a flying color, average for my oral speaking test, and poor grammar for my writing test.

Everything is in control, in the prediction.

After that, we attended a opening talk then a guide on how to select courses by the senior student. Selecting a course was definitely a hard task for me since I do not know what to choose for my humanity course. For all these time, I have been thinking sociology is one of the humanity courses and I am wrong for that. World religion is the humanity course and taking it during my time in Taylor's is the worst decision i have ever made. It was my worst class.

Finally, after i got it done, I ran to the Pomerantz Hall, an admission hall of my uni to get to my academic advisor. It was a disaster finding a room in the hall.

James, my advisor met me during I was on my way to his room and then he led me went through all the processes before I get to meet him inside his room. A nice introduction would that be I think.

After talking for almost an hour, and after James squeezed his brain to figure the best timetable for me, I had registered for 20th Century Crisis, Intro to Linear Algebra, Intro to Mathmatical Statistic, Fundamental of Props, and Personal Fitness. English Class has been closed due to over amount of student. However, I have been listed in the waiting list. If I ever get to the English class, I would have a total semester hours of 17 for this Fall semester, my first semester.

End of registration represented the ending of the stuffs I need to be doing for today. I accompanied on of my friends to main library to register with her courses. There, I got to know 2 girls from China.

We tried to make a lunch together, but we couldn't make it since they were going to shops and me and my friend were going to meet some other friends. We met the friends at Old Capitol Mall and went to a lunch in a chinese restaurant. General Tso Chicken was the thing I ordered for my lunch and it was nice. After some chatting, I went back to dorm with some friends that were done with their stuffs as well.

I spent all my free time on making video-call with an idiot that was heading a messy hair in Aussie. It was a nice taling thou.

What up next was nice sleeping until the moment I got wake up by my friend.

When I was checking my email, I found out something that concerned me a lot, which caused me to be haven't sleep now, 2.40 am.

Guess everything will be just fine, and I'm really feeling dizzy.

God bless me.

And good night.

Oh ya. Surprising that dinner never appears? A cup of milk is the dinner for tonight and after my sleeping, 2 pieces oreo biscuit + another cup of milk is the extra dinner for me. Time to cut down my weight. Haha.

19 August 2009

又是另一个疲惫的一天。除了讲座，还是讲座。

但是，今天我喝到了starbucks咖啡了~

感觉还不赖地说~哈~

今天的大学安排的节目有去城镇的娱乐中心吃喝和跳舞。

这个舞名叫square-dance，很简单很好玩，真的玩得很开心~哈~

过后，就吃了晚餐后回宿舍。

晚餐是中餐，四川牛肉饭。

学姐说了，在这里每餐准时吃的话，还有吃完的话，肯定会肥。

所以，我这种有吃完的碗碟洁癖症的人，如果不要肥的话，最好是少吃和做运动！

加油！一天一餐就好了~哈~接下来每天晚餐就小分量就好了。

我不可以肥啊~!!!

Transcript的事情应该可以解决了吧。很开心，也能够安心睡了。

谢谢我的两位好朋友。晚安~

18 August

First time of mine, feeling that the time passed so slow.

It's first time of mine, feeling that life is so tiring.

Living in the states is not really that fun, I realized that when i was got stuck in the Chicago airport.

Being blocked by the officer makes me understand that I left my home country and now I'm in other people's country.

Having the life here makes me feel that living at home is really sweet.

It's like honeymoon when living at home, u no need to worry this or worry that, and everything will be done and prepared by parents. You can do whatever things you like and your parents will always pampered you and bear with you.

All these doesn't work out here. Here, I have to get everything done by myself, no matter it's living stuff or my academic stuff. No one will tells you that, "Dear, dinner ready~", "Dear, time to wake up~". My parents used to do that when i was in Malaysia and everytime while they were doing that, I would feel like Yayaya, I'm big enough to decide when to eat when to wake up.

But, after I came here, I miss those time. Those time when they were reminding me of eating dinner, time when they were pulling me out from my bed, time when they were mumbling nonstop, time when we were spending together.

Living here is really tiring, especially when you have to take all the necessary stuffs you bought in the mart with only your two hands and bring them home by taking buses for 2 times.

Dorm is like so far away from the campus area and I can hardly go back dorm for a moment and then back to campus again. The way back to dorm or to campus will takes something like 30 minutes including the waiting time and even longer if I miss a campus bus.

That's why I can't online so often since I can hardly back to my room. And, usually the time i back to my room, it will be something like 9 to 10 o'clock and sleeping will be the only thing i would like to do.

Ok, I fed up with blogging in English. My writing sucks and it can't really express what I wanna to say.

好，回到华语的世界。在这里生活还真得很累，每天就早上7点多8点出门，然后回到房的时候，已经是晚上了。回到房的时候，心里想得就只有躺下休息，什么都不想做了。这两天，买了很多东西，也办好了不少东西，生活上的东西。电话，枕头，被单，食物，厨房器具，电器，需要买的大多数都买了。这里的市场，在四天里，就去了两趟。但是，需要的，大多数都买了。花了不少钱，但是什么都有了，以后也不用再怎样花了。

这两天，都是orientation，都在去听学校的一切一切。有够闷的说，但是自己还是乖乖的全部都去，因为深怕漏了什么重要的资讯。今天，早上，就是英语考试。生涩的英语，许久没动笔，让我在30分钟里面只能写了半篇作文，心想应该得拿英文课了。过后，下午还有个面试。在面试前，我有了3-4小时的空档。与朋友在校园内走了走，然后，终于在这里吃到了第一口饭！一间华人餐厅，在校园内。价钱还不至于贵，就跟普通的一餐一样。在之前吃这里的汉堡时，觉得美国人的分量还好。但是，在这间华人餐厅，我明明就买了一份一个人的套餐，但是感觉上怎样吃都吃不完的说。第一次觉得，这里的分量真的很多。

之后，再与朋友一起去逛了校园的市镇区。很多店面，但是大多数都是吃的占多，然后都很贵的说。我们完全不敢进去。最后，跟住学校给得的资讯，找到了一间二手店。走下去的时候，感觉很像走进另外一个世界似的，有种难闻的味道，在我一开门时就冲进鼻子了。而且，那间店还是地下室的说。感觉真得很像走进了一个黑暗区的说。

在那里，只买了一双拖鞋（不是二手的），然后什么都没买就与朋友走了。在走了一会后，朋友买了雪糕，然后我就跟其他朋友会去学校里面试。等了好久，全部人都面试完了，才轮到我。进去时，并没有丝毫的紧张。也可能有吧，因为在进去后，突然对温度很敏感，很容易觉得冷，也许这就是我在紧张时的感应吧，对全部东西都很敏感。整个面试都很像聊天似的，但是发抖着的我，脑袋怎样都不是很能转，结果感觉上好像毁了整个面试。惨了~又要拿多一个英文班！我可是对我的英语会话很有信心地说。我哭~

我面试完后，就与朋友搭巴士下去镇里的超级市场购物。买了一些必需品，抱着就回了。但是，真得很累。说起来，感觉很像没有做了什么，但是在这里生活真得很累。感觉时间好像过得很慢，4天就好像1个月的说。

回到家，什么都没吃就倒下去睡了。第二个没有晚餐的一天。

太累了。

16 August

看着电脑，手表，甚至电话都显示着现在是晚上8点半，然而在美国这里，是早上7点30分左右。

昨天，我在这里的第一个早晨。

昨天早上，醒来时，是被冷醒的；没办法，前晚才刚到这里，棉被什么都没有的，就连毛巾都没有。装着毛巾的旅行箱，还没拿到地说，还孤单的留在chicago机场。我算还不错了，只好还拿到一个装满衣服的旅行箱，我其他的5位朋友，她们可是一件都没有拿到地说，全部只好借我衣服去穿。昨天醒来后，弄了弄，终于在7点30分时，从宿舍浩浩荡荡的走去学校的说。这里的早晨，很清爽，尤其是我宿舍前面就是一大片湖了，更可以看到湖里有一些鸭子在游动着。

因为昨天是星期日，校园巴士只有在12点后才运作，我们只好选择走路去学校。才走了没十分钟，就开始感觉到毛毛的细雨降临在我们的身上了。虽然不是很大，但是朋友们还是选择了在一间教堂前避雨。等了好久，看见了一些过路客都淋着雨跑步，走路，骑脚踏车，我们才发现到雨很像不可能会停，只好淋着小雨，往学校走去。走着走着，我才发现我的脚踝后有点刺痛，原来运动鞋已经将我的脚踝后面磨损了，只能一面慢慢走，一面后悔没有带胶布。淋了差不多整20-30分钟的雨，终于跟住地图，我们到了IowaCity的地标，OldCapitol。那时的我，并不知道我已经到达了学校的范围内，只知道我到了学校附近。

不知头不知尾的我们，只好又淋着雨，找我们得报到的地方。幸好，又一位朋友已经到了，我们才能在快点到达。

报名后，拿到了这个星期的行程，好忙，我晕。

等了好久，雨很像闹别扭的，不肯停地说；我们只好上了一驾taxi，以5USD整车人7个人挤进车，到另一栋楼开始迎新会。学校送了我们第一个午餐，我第一个有蔬菜有牛油有牛奶有面包有cinnanmon有蛋的午餐。除了Salad，其他都还不错的说。迎新会就好像其他大学这样开始，介绍学校，解释我们这个星期的行程，带我们到学校和iowa downtown走走，一连串闷闷的讲义，过后就晚餐。学校的一个机构赞助给我们的晚餐。在美国的第一个正式晚餐，是美国人的最爱，pizza。我终于了解到美国人怎么都会这种身材了，因为他们超喜欢吃薯片地说，就连pizza他们也可以放chips给我们。当然，吃不吃是我们的选择，食物就摆在那里的说。当时的自己饿坏，总共吃了3片pizza，一点chips，感觉还不错的说。

由于，我们遇到之前再Taylor's的同学，比我们早过来的他们，在听到我们的遭遇后，就在吃晚餐后，叫了一架taxi，与我们一起去比较远但是规模大点的superWalmart超级市场购物。感觉超像Malaysia的Carrefour的说。买了很多东西，很多日常用品，花了不少钱，但是想到再也不用挨冷，再也不用拿书和大衣来当枕头睡，感觉就好了。只能在接下来的几天，省回花费的钱。

回到家时，已经是晚上11点了。搬了如山般的东西进房后，才发现房间真的很乱。花了点时间收拾，洗澡，然后就看点书，睡觉。

昨天就大概是这样。是时候要准备去学校了，这里8点30分早晨了的说。

在Malaysia的大家，加油和保重哦~尤其是我的家人！

我在这里好好的，不用担心。等我弄好电话后，就会打回去了。

飞的过程

几天没有在这里写写东西了，有几天吗？就两天而已嘛~都在忙着从自己的家到美国的这里。

20小时的时间在飞机上，10多个小时在机场内等待，全部都是我的第一次。

第一次搭飞机，

第一次离开家里到这么远的地方，

第一次得这么久见不到双亲，

第一次得这么久回不到自己的家，全部第一次。

对了，还有第一次被全部朋友骂到要死~哈~

问我一句，有哭到吗？老实说，还没有。不是没有想念家，而，就还没有想哭的感觉。

也许，还没意识到会有多么久不能见到这班我心爱的人吧。

但是，我开始想念他们了。想念他们的笑容，笑声，在一起的时间，他们的关怀，更担心没有我的日子，他们会熟悉吗？尤其是我的父母，我想我在机上多久，他们就担心多久吧。

他们，应该是让我支撑下去的动力吧，当我在chicago面对所有困难时，虽然到最后并无惊无险的度过了。

从在机场那时开始说起吧~现在还很印象深刻地说。哈~

还记得，当接到他们电话时，他们想表现的自然，严重性的拆穿他们来着的真相。

我可是混得最久的家伙哦~怎样能骗的过我这个说谎天王呢~哈~

结果，他们就慢慢的出现。

吃吃喝喝笑笑，终于到了我要下去的时候。

明明就告诉他们了嘛~结果他们还远远的站着。我心里当时很纳闷的说。

职能，看着眼睛渐渐红起来的母亲，呵护说我会好好的，然后就跟朋友下去了。毕竟里面还有其他朋友在等着，我也不能做什么地说。

还以为他们都晓得我会下去的说，哪知道，当我下到时，一班人突然喊了起来，全部人起哄。

我就只能挂着3条线，向他们说拜拜，用力的努力记下他们每一个样子，然后忍心转身，跟朋友走去。没有拥抱，没有拍照，什么都没有。我也很遗憾。我都以为他们并不想跟我拍照的说~哈~

所以，当我在新加坡开启他们送我的相框时，我很欣慰，开心拥有他们这么多照片，这些即将会陪伴我2-3年的照片，解我对他们思念的照片。

问我有哭吗？还是没有。看着照片，我有的只不过是幸福的微笑着。

在新加坡，我等了我的第一次机，6-8小时，好久。

但是，我们也惊奇的发现，新加坡机场有免费的电影院~结果我跟朋友就在那里呆了整晚。哈~

在到chicago之前，全部都很顺利地说；我也以为会这样顺利的到达我的宿舍。

在chicago过关时，突然，警官要我站在黑线后面等待。眼睁睁的看着全部朋友过关以及离去，心里满不是滋味，心想怎么是我。

只能等待，心里完全不知什么一回事。

从满腔希望可以在飞机起飞前搞定，到最后飞机离去很久后，才过得到关。

问理由？我有,当然有。警官给了让我觉得无奈的答案，他说，我也不知道，就选到你。

我只能喊，天啊~你玩我啊？

在等待时，看着时间慢慢流失，从可以上飞机，到飞机离去的感觉，真得不好受。

那时的我，只能盘算要怎么办。曾经有一度想，不要进美国了，而且那时的自己以为自己进不了的说。过后，当觉得真的不可能上到飞机时，自己反而定下心，耐心的等待。

心想，怎样也好，最多就花多点钱，问题就可以解决了，并没有什么大不了的说。

而且，朋友们之前都说好了，如果有人stuck着的话，就先走了。所以，我都没抱着他们会等我的说。

拿了行李，到了航空柜台，抱着如果不还给我另一张机票的话，就买咯~结果，他们还是换机票给我，看来他们也遇到很多上不了机的事。

换了机票，就慢步的走到我等机的terminal，买了点水和snickers，就等咯。

一面看书，一面等待漫长的时间过。

原本心想着搭taxi，过后才想起可能我的宿舍里机场很远，就马上拿了零钱试着拨电话到学校办公室。

奇怪的是，我怎样都拨不到。还好，我遇到一个和蔼可亲的一位老伯，他借了电话给我，还很担心我能不能到达宿舍。虽然拨了电话还是接不到去学校，但是我真得很感激老伯给我的援手。从老伯那里知道大概的taxi费后，心里更是安然下来，担心的只有到时被的士佬打抢而已。

但是，什么都不能做的情况下，只能上机，让一切顺其自然。对，就顺其自然。

下机时，遇到了一班我大学的华人学会。他们也是到机场接机，问了我有人接吗，就这样说接我到学校去。等待时，奇迹出现了。

有一位名叫richard的uncle突然问了我，我是不是跟4个朋友失散了。

当时，我警觉性的提防了下，在他说了我名字后，我才解开防备了点。毕竟，得小心提防每个人嘛~在他慢慢诉说一切时，我更是相信他与他妻子，judith是那对接了我朋友的夫妻。

当时的我，只剩下错愕，心想我朋友并没有忘记我，更感激这对夫妇，不嫌麻烦和劳苦的再次回到机场接我。他们更是担心我，还拨电话到航空公司确认我的处境。

真得很感激他们，也感激我朋友没有将我忘了，更庆幸上不了机的是我，而不是他们任何一个人，因为他们都是女生的说，危险的说。

遇到了judith，我才懂我朋友们的行李，一件都没得到。而我，两件只得到一件。

结果，现在的我，没毛巾，没了些日常用品，只能想尽办法搞好自己。

路程大概就这样，无惊无险的到达我的宿舍。

父母也应该安心点了吧。好了，我是时候去准备上学咯。

大家要安好哦~我会在美国这里好好的，更会每天练习我的华语~哈~