hello hello. My internet connection is finally up and going. wow. sorry for the long absence. and sadly, i still have no one to talk to online since its only 1050pm here, but 5.50am in Singapore.

I cant believe we have been here for less than 3 days actually.  From leaving to here, it was a damn long journey. A flight from  Singapore to Amsterdam then to Copenhagen. Then a two part train ride to jonkoping. That was painful, cause we had to lag over 30kg of stuff each up and down the train. -_-. Plus the cold weather. it was like watching 6 lumbering ba zhangs trying to find their way. And the evil train master still blew the whistler to hurry us!!!

 but ok la..we met really nice people along the way. The air steward on the KLM flight was really friendly, the lady at the train station was really patient with our questions, the nice guy who helped pick up my luggage again and again as it fell, and the jonkoping uni student that we met at the train station who was coming back from her own exchange in aust. The people here are all real patient you know. No one has ever shown any sign of irritation at our silly questions. haha

In terms of accommodation, it really was a bit of a let down. Because we got our third choice. It was Grashagen, which seriously, is the most anti-social place on earth! Each apartment has its own kitchen and toilet and so there is really no need for interaction as compared to the other two hostels that has a common kitchen and toilet. The corridors are so quiet at night, its creepy. Oh, but i’m rooming with daph la. And when we got over our disappointment, we were glad to find out there are two more ntu students with us and two smu students, and maybe another 2-4 hongkongers around.  I dun know what to expect of this place with all honestly. Just a few minutes ago, this dude knocked on our door and asked if we wanted to join a group of them gathering upstairs in the common room. By virtue of being an gung-ho exchange student, i should say “yes!”. BUT, instead i said ”maybe next time la”. I had just began my blogging. It also didnt help that gatherings were made up of drinking and well..the guy reeked of alcohol. lol.

so yes, enough of my depressing accommodation. It was never in our wildest imaginations to end up here, but since we are here, we shouldn’t spend too much time moping around!

ok, so after arriving, on sunday we went shopping! The temperature was about 2 degrees and darkness descends before 5pm. It’s terribly novel at this point of time. haha We rushed like mad to get our groceries and go to Ikea and when we were done, it was 5pm. Outside, it was dark dark dark, and there was like NO ONE on the streets. The wind was blowing, we were burdened with lots of heavy stuff, clothed in many thick layers, and hopelessly lost. There was supposed to be a connection from the supermarket to A6 which is the city’s largest shopping centre. But everything was closed, SO the connection was inaccessible too! It took abit of walking and asking the FEW passerbys we saw before we made it to the bus stop. Never has a walk at 5pm felt so dark and dangerous. haha

and of course, that would explain why im aching so terribly today.

oh yes, today was the first day of orientation. The school of education and communication has a pretty small number of international students as compared to the business school. I think the four of us are the only Asians there. It takes getting use to, being the minority, but so far it has been ok. Amanda and Chian Hui were telling us how there is this group of Hongkongers and Malaysians that hang out tgt in their hall. I guess where ever we go, its hard to break out of the norms that we are used too. That would explain our excitement too in seeing a Chinese supermarket. haha.

and seriously…where is the snow? There was supposed to be snow games and quiz night tonight, but it was partially cancalled cause of the lack of snow. Instead, we decided to try our first group cooking, which was quite a success!

 I have to admit that with alot of things in school still very uncertain and trying to fit in this very foreign place, i still dun feel totally at ease. The weather in itself is a adventure. I stopped taking photos after awhile cause how do you feel your fingers through gloves, look after your scraf, hat, down jacket all at the same time! oh, but im glad that there are the nbs students as well, cause they are really nice.

okok photos after all my rumbling!

send off at the airport! with much love to all. <3

blue cheese(thats its name) hiding under my plane blanket. 

daph feeling cold in the plane. haha

My first meal which cost me 10sgd. and mind you, the sandwich i only got half of it. haha

the lovely view from the plane window. Our flight to copenhagen got delayed for an hour. I was so worried we would have missed the train!

the amazing amount of luggage the 6 of us had. hah. this was us waiting in the cold for the 1.36pm train.

some shots of jonkoping town.

okok..im really tired now. Photos are a pain to upload on wordpress. haha see you guys soooonnn