progress.

hello everybody! haha i'll keep this one short since people have been commenting on how insanely long my posts are. two words: verbal diarrhea.

the first big event would be my first dip into the honors college... it wasn't an icy cold shock, nor was it nice and warm. i'd say lukewarm. i think because i didn't know anyone, so i kinda kept to myself for the most part. met new people of course, but like at lunch i was the kid who didn't have anyone to sit with and i felt very much like the kid in the movies who doesn't have anyone to sit with at lunch. not so nice. but then this girl that i met asked me to sit with her and two of her friends, so it got a bit better =) i would say the first session was intimidating - i didn't really say anything, more of observed and got a feel of what it was gonna be like. i think it's gonna be a challenge but a good experience.

i've also got my classes pretty much sorted out - found out i can take 400-level papers (4th year papers) already, although i have sophomore (2nd year) standing, so that's pretty awesome. i'm taking 2 of em - social development and cognitive development. i'm also doing chem under the honors college, since i have to do a science and i prefer chem to bio and physics. my fourth and last subject is honors lit, and i don't know what it's specifically about because it didn't have a course description. had to sign up for it because it was the only one available... most students could sign up earlier cos they came for orientations like in july! but i think my classes aren't too bad la. i need books tho! class starts on monday, which leaves tomorrow for books. eek.

um, i also have a job! pretty much got hired on the spot, which was really cool. think pushing my major and my work experience did it for me =) at this child center working with 2-3 year olds, which is awesome! only 6 hours a week on minimum wage tho, so it's not much. but it's a start =) looking around at some other positions, not all paid, so we'll see how those go. we're allowed to do up to 20 hours a week so i've got quite a lot of time to fill.

last thing: skype is awesome! so far i've video chatted with mel, kit, val, dav, and ping and it's been fantastic, especially since it's free! typical kiasu malaysian i am. =) oh and speaking of malaysian (this's the last thing, i promise), i cooked at adrian's today.. they decided it was my turn. so i managed to do a fried rice with stir fry that tasted very much like home, so that was nice. no sign of food poisoning yet, so yay! kay i'm off to bed now... night night!