absolutum dominium

this post is going to be short. spent a lot of time emailing and settling stuff. first announcement: for my mailing address, PLEASE rem to state 'canada' below the postal code. otherwise no one will know which country to send the letter to.

today was my 1st day of school - i did, btw run in 18 degrees temperature. it's a fucking trip. the air is so cold and dry tt you get breathless easily; the air cuts into your throat, and your sinus cavities in your cheekbones actually hurt, but it's a fucking trip. you feel so good. your not perspiring at all coz the wind takes the water away from your body as soon as you do; you run on flat ground breathing fresh cool crisp air (no cars; no hills.); you look to your left and you see the sea; you look in front of you and you see mountains.

it's so surreal.

and canada was made for dogs!

and squirrels.

anyway yeah. back on topic. today = 1st day of school. had to drag self out of bed at 7.30am to get for 9.00am seminar on time. must understand tt it's a 20 min walk from here to law faculty. i timed. and it's brisk-walk somemore.

i don't like the aussie/nz exchange students. they're so fucking snobbish and cliqueish it's annoying.

was damn lonely in the morning coz i didn't know a single fucking person. but went to the student union building to wander and pass the time. bought 2 posters: a furry-faced dogs poster (which is DAMN CUTE!!!) for my room, as well as the trainspotting "choose life" poster.

which, for the uninitiated, says: "choose life. choose a job. choose a family. choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. choose fixed interest mortgage payments. choose a starter home. choose your friends. choose leisurewear and matching luggage. choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. choose DIY and wondering who you are on a sunday morning. choose sitting on tt couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you spawned to replace yourself.

choose your future.

choose life."

i love this poster. :)

it got better after lunch tho. was watching a couple of people play foosball at law school out of sheer boredom and having absofuckinglutely nothing to do and nofuckingone to talk to, and turned out one of the girls was from my earlier class. so she spoke to me and introed me to her friends. who in turn were really really nice people. esp this canadian-born chinese girl who was really pretty and friendly and bubbly and down-to-earth. and well... spent pretty much the rest of my day hanging out with them.

coz law is a post-grad here, so for once (c.f. hall) i'm the youngest! and coz they all took prior degrees in diff fields, they have diff experiences to share of diff unis, esp if they worked for a while. and one of the guys is taking hapkido, which is great coz i want to take up hapkido! and this guy is from montreal, worked for a bit in new york, and visited singapore before! haha how cool is tt?

anyway after tt went back to hall to join housemates for dinner at the cafe. watched a little bit of 'improv', which is like the hall version of "whose line is it anyway?" then came back up to settle my admin matters, send out emails, etc. so yeah. tt pretty much settled my day today. i still need to do some readng for thurs, so i gotta run.

*muakz* and yeah. i worried my baby last night coz i was really upset and he had to counsel me again. so he gave me a scolding. hmm. tt actually worked. good for snapping you out of self-pity mode. yeah girls. thanks for asking. me and the boy are good. :)