Monday, September 29, 2008

its been awhile...


hi friends!


okay i know we have been abiiitt too quiet on this side of the world.well ive been asking zhicheng to blog but he said its my job so here goess...since its beeen waaay too long since we last posted, il just give you guys a gist of what we have been up to all this time.




oh before i start, i know this is dam freaking overdue but i saw the birthday posts for me! THANK YOU SO MUCH DARLINGSSS, esp pegs for the damm sweetish entry dedicated to me heh.heres a hugeassss tightish huggalicious all the way from puebla muackkkkssssss:)




school has been real hectic! okay actually i admit ive been skipping sch quite a bit, especially my 10am morning marketing classes. no dont get me wrong i really do enjoy listening in class i mean its marketng after all! but im really getting not used to waking up at 9am, even though it has been worst in smu with all the 830 classes! hahaha sucha pig i know. okay apart from that, ive been busy with quizes for 2 modules but guess what our mad-rush-studying-the-day-before actually paid off cos zhicheng and i scored like 90 over for our quizes!! i can't even rem whens the last time i actually got 95 for an exam, probably in primary sch?? haha but well the smell of distinction was sweeeeet:) as for spanish, im stil borderline passing it (do rem passing mark here is 75) :/ urghhh learning a language definitely ain't easy but yes we are trying!!




okay apart from school, theres also the poker sessions (5usd for buy-ins hahah) with the mexicans, chilling at cafes that play english songs (cant be any happier for that!), sushi delights (they got fried sushi stuffed with avocado and cottage cheese.exotic stuff hurhur), and on other nights going to the usual clubs along the stretch of road off our dormitory.basically it is really normal to bump into international students/mexican friends along this stretch of our road cos its almost like a whole street streamed with cafes, bars and clubs catered for the UDLA students. well its been pretty safe so far, considering the fact that winny and i can actually walk down the streets at night alone. but apparently i've heard that there was a kidnap case (the kidnapper eventually got caught by the police) at this 7-11ish place just 2 mins from our dorm.other than that, contrary to all the horrifying rumours abt kidnapping/intense drug trafficking ive heard, its been great so far.and well it better stay that way!!




as for travelling plans, im sure some of you have been updated abt what we have been up to. well basically we have signed up for this club alpino thing where we go to different parts of Mexico to do rafting, mountain hiking, repelling etc on 5 of the weekends. so far we have gone for the mountain hiking one already, and the next one coming up is repelling.can't wait for that cos it sounds really exciting! and well i have never done it before so hope it goes well.




as for leisure travelling, so far we've been to Oaxaca, Cacaxtla, Acapulco and Taxco.okay i know the names all sound dam gui but seriously theres really so much to see in the different parts of Mexico. each lil city/state tells a different story cos of the varied cultures. im really immersed in the worst of my procrastinating nua mood (which explains the absence here) so check out all the photos on facebook instead okay!hee hee. theres definitely stil plans on going to other parts of Mexico, cos theres really too much to see! oh oh i might be heading to Mexico city to watch Maroon 5 concert in November, so thats something to look forward to! well now il leave you with some of the more interesting shots!




there, a photo of the fried sushi



our Japanese friend cooked us some katsu don for dinner one day, major satisfaction!


my 2 favourite rommates




celebrating the Mexican style!




my virgin experince at backpacking hee hee




Nadine, one of my closest girlfriends from Netherlands





one of my favourite shots!:)





back by popular demand! hurhur hyuk





2 of our Mexican friends that we hang out with:)





Winny, Anis, me and Mon! the closer Mexican girlfriends

more Mexican friends and Zhicheng playing poker with drinks

oh this is quite an interesting technology.most of the Mexicans have a Nextel phone and it works just like a walkie talkie.apparently they can use it to call to anyone whos staying in Mexico, Canada and USA, providing the person has this walkie talkish phone too! WOWWOW WEE WAHH and who says Mexico is lagging in technology ;)

and finally presenting the view from my room:)

adios chicas and chicos! im going to take a shower now, cos i just came back from a jog on campus.feeeling reaaallly healthy right now, time for some food! til the next time xoxo (acting gossip girl hahah)







Awesome Americanos @ 5:21 PM


Sunday, September 28, 2008

80000 bottles of beer, 6000 people, 500 policemen, 56 arrests, 18 hours of madness, 1 street (Aberdeen) - Queens Homecoming 09


This post was brought to you by: Queens Homecoming 09.

hello everybody.. just want to share with you the wonder that is homecoming over at Queens!! we are supposedly (in)famous in Canada for our homecoming and just a little background information.. we are in Kingston but riot police from Toronto and horseback policemen from Quebec are here to celebrate with us as well!! =)

The day started with an awesome homecoming match! American football is really one boring game with lots of stops and change of teams (though Jason would disagree being the semi-pro he is by reading some Japanese comic on it! HAHA) But all in all, it was an entertaining one where you get to swear at the referees, curse at the opponents and of course be part of the Homecoming crowd at Queens! Also, homecoming gives a warm feeling to the heart as you see all the students cheering for the "seniors" from many many years ago!

Highlights of the match include:
1. American football
2. Streaker
3. (Where's) Wally
4. Cheerleader whom did a great improvisation when he needed a drum with but had none
5. Purple Engineers






Then came nightfall and this is when Kingston as a city single-handedly gives beer executives in Canada their bonuses for the year!! hah.. the streets was just littered with beer bottles / cans. The crowd estimated at 6000 will usually crowd Aberdeen Street and just flood the place.

Highlights of the night include:
1. Drinking
2. Seeing people drink
3. Talking to drunk people whom know me as David
4. Seeing people get fined
5. Drinking
6. Water fight with the free water that's being given out
7. Seeing people get arrested






Ok... that's all for now folks! Take care wherever you are and whatever you are doing! =)


bobbs
-For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain-
Awesome Americanos @ 6:40 PM


Tuesday, September 23, 2008

More of Niagara!


Hello puebla and kingston awesome americanos and everyone back home!

Damn it, Bobbs beat me to the Niagara post but its okay, I'm here with more photos of the falls. Niagara falls is really breathtaking. But the entire area feels like a mini Vegas, which wasn't what I expected. You know, I expected the place to be very close to nature, a bit lok kok but well, its a tourist spot after all.


There are a lot a lot of Asians in Toronto. Seriously a lot. I've never heard so much of Asian languages since I left Singapore. Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Koreans etc. And the whole place, the buildings, impatient drivers just reminds me of home. Totally different from Montreal.


That's it from me for now. Take care everyone. And update please!

pegs
Awesome Americanos @ 10:34 AM


Sunday, September 21, 2008

the wonder of the niagara falls! (loads of photos!)


it has been 20 days without a post on this blog and i somehow wonder why is it like that? Some updates from Kingston... I have gotten all my mods and is now in the midst of term... my most difficult course is this Masters of Divinity Course ( that is also opened to senior undergrad students) called the New Testament. and a typical thesis that i have to write (i have to write 4 in total) is.... (ready or not?)
"identify the structual components of Paul's letters using Philemon to illustrate each component!!???"
What the moo right???? How to write???

Ok back to everyday life.. this weekend i am all alone in Kingston (lonely hearts.. sobs) cos Jason is away partying in Montreal and Daryl is there too to attend a convention of sorts... But i had to stay cos i have some prior committments in Church.. (ok that's the official story) but jason thinks i have held a wild house party which he doesnt know about... Think entourage... HAHA

Also, i have had my first group meeting for module this week.. and something funny happened.. only the exchange students turned up and well... the Canadians were not there.. i thot this would be kinda like the oppostite to what i had expected cos our grades dont count and theirs do? haha.. oh well.. CANADA EH!!! So after a meeting with Martin from France and Joakim from Sweden (this is bolded cos i called him a German and got hit by him for doing so.. haha), we were all set and gave the rest of the 3 groupmates a debrief instead.


Alright.. so to the main title of this post.. last week.. we went to the Niagara falls to check it out and boy was it awesome!!!! It is really a spectacular sight! Although i had expected it to be much bigger... the area around the falls is highly commercialised with 1 or 2 casinos, restaurants, souvenir shops etc etc and all in all a disappointment considering the (natural) wonder of the falls!

ok.. i shall leave you guys with some pictures of the trip and till then take care everybody!! =)


bobbs
-For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain-



Awesome Americanos @ 8:49 AM


Tuesday, September 2, 2008



hey everyone!

no photos to show this time round, but its almost a week since Jason and I have been in Kingston. We have made many new friends from all over and life has been good and exciting.

Over in Kingston, "taking things as they come" seems to be the be all and end all attitude for housing and accommodations and modules. As of now, i only have 2 modules (that's a 100% increase from my previous portfolio of modules actually!) and we only just found housing after 3 days of looking. Currently we are still leaving in a motel like place.

With regard to modules, we were told to have faith and trust the academic advisers that slots will open up in the end? It's kinda sketchy but hey we are in a different country after all!

For the past week, I have:

1. Made new friends with tons of other people from around the world! (its quite cool being the minority for once)
2. Went to Wolfe Island and tried out some corn maze
3. Went to Ale House over on Princess Street and had towers (i mean TOWERS) of relatively good Canadian Beer.. KAN PEI!
4. Went over to the houses of 3 different friends to well.. drink, eat dinner and then drink some more (thanks to Simone, John and Julien for opening up their places)
5. Walked the whole of Kingston looking for a good place to leave
6. Drink more again (man i got to start to switch to wine or something, HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT LIKE THAT????)
7. Walked more again (i realize somehow that i am always being overtaken by Canadians while walking on the sidewalk, boy do they walk fast)
8. Had Chinese food at VIP Chinese restaurant 6 times (hey.. they have $3.95 lunch specials which i tell you is a God send! )
9. Noticed that there is something about French girls that is really attractive, i cant put my finger to it though!
10. Attended church @ St. Andrews Presbyterian (well.. it was quite disappointing as i had that churches here have to close down because not enough people attend church over here. I could see why: over @ St. Andrews , I was one of the youngest people, including children and kids, attending the service)
11. Found out from a friend what Eugene in french sounds like (ITS WAY MORE COOL! HAHA)
12. Found out that over in Kingston / Canada, they have Christian TV channels that teaches some weird stuff.. essentially they construct a message by taking different chunks of the bible and putting them together to deliver a message. (essentially its like taking a dictionary and picking out words that you want and constructing a essay)

Finally, just some thanksgiving to be accorded: I am thankful to God for journey mercies over the past 3 weeks of traveling where effectively i haven't stay in a place for more than 3 nights straight. For being kept healthy despite the constant traveling. Also want to say thanks to Peggen, Yiwei (and their housemates) for hosting us over in Montreal! i really had fun over there and you guys were smashing!

All right.. that's all from me for now! hope everyone is doing fine!! =)


bobbs
-For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain-
Awesome Americanos @ 7:40 PM


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