hiii!

well, i knew I would be slacking on updating my blog but i didnt think it would happen this quickly :). Sorry. Anyways, things are incredible here. I love it. Every day is a new adventure...whether it involves a physical journey--like finding classes or trying to order food, an emotional journey--bridging gaps in social understanding...understanding the concept of being a minority etc... Just for updates sake, these last couple of days have involved ALOT of exploring...Singapore itself [the city, malls, surrounding islands-paula ubin], NTU [the campus, my school, classes], food [this has been the hardest, i have subway at least twice a week haha but i am working on it, i reminded myself that I never know until I try it..no matter how weird it sounds..i most likely have never tasted it and if i dont like it..i dont like it. no harm done. its a daily process].

The last couple of days have by far been my favorite...like i mentioned before we went to a place called Paula Ubin which is a little rustic town off the coast of Singapore- about an hour and a halves journey. Everything is described as 1950's-60's coastal asian town. Its one of those places that have never and probably will never changed. I love it...the people just live off the land mostly...and uses necessities..nothing else matters. I didn't talk to too many of the locals...more observation than anything (I kinda wish i did talk to them a little more now that I think back on it). It was here that Nicole, Heather, Jeremy, Charlie and I went bike riding around the jungle...it was soo pretty and it was an amazing workout. haha. Did not see much wildlife, well actually lots of wild dogs..and apparently Jeremy saw monkeys but I am pretending he didnt because I want to see them so bad so its better that they never existed than to think I missed it. haha. After our bike ride we ate at one of the 3 little family owned restaurant...this one was called the 'first stop restaurant'- couldn't resist that. It was like a family style chinese food establishment..it was really good. We tried an ostrich meat and ginger dish...it was pretty good (once I ignored the fact that it was ostrich)...i liked it.


What else...oh yeah we did the touristy thing of the week and went to the Birdpark at Jurong Point- which unlike everything else...is pretty close to our school. It was like a zoo with just birds...the best part was that we got to feed these beautiful lorey birds. anddd they were on my shoulders and arms and it was sooo cool. although initially one almost headbutted the heck out of me when i first..everyone thought it was hilarious... i beg to differ. haha. oh and by the way..shane went with us..and she is terrified of birds (some traumatic childhood incident) so that was pretty entertaining.

Those are my stories for the day...but yeah just so you know, everything is going great..im looking at joining a club or two- one is a business club that focuses on corporate social responsibility which is what I want to do when i get out of school...and they have projects that focus on Cambodia which is pretty awesome...and the other is a Christian club so I could meet local believers and have an amazing time in fellowship while im out here. so far things are looking great :)

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