I guess its just a matter of getting used to the new environment.
so far I've been adapting well in Berkeley!
The climate
yeah it is really cold although its considered summer, but the residents said that it is one of the coldest summer they have experienced and it will get warmer in June or July. The unexpected rain was caused by the tornado in other states and it was raining these few days. and cold. When the wind comes it feels like the exam hall aircond blowing right at your face.
I have to wrap myself with a thick woollen blanket every night to go to sleep and i hate waking up in the morning coz its so comforting to sleep in. HA
I LOVE to bathe in the hot shower but i hate stepping out.
I LOVE a cup of hot chocolate in the cold morning.
Its a love-hate affair with the weather. But I'd choose this weather over Singapore's anytime. At least I wouldn't sweat even if I ran a few hundred meters. but my finger and toes are cold all the time.
The Town
Well, Berkeley is a really small town. The supermarket, Target is 40 minutes away (imagine you have ride 40 minutes just to get your groceries) and everything is so sparse. Talking about groceries, Ben n Jerry's is SO CHEAP! 2.99USD for 1 pint!!! OMGGGG. we bought a lot.
(huiting! there's ben n jerry's in FROYO!!!!!!)
There's a train called BART but its really expensive, like $8 a ride to San Fran.
The bus comes at 30 minutes intervals.
It made me appreciate the small city of Singapore even more, everything is right at your footstep - Train, NTUC, Malls, Cinemas, clinic, everything is just so convenient.
oh the view from my house is really amazing.
The People
They are really friendly and random. I always have interesting bus rides. Once I was waiting for the bus and some random lady came and asks me for relationship advices. WHAT? do I look like a relationship advicer to you? But she's really friendly anyways.
There's a train called BART but its really expensive, like $8 a ride to San Fran.
The bus comes at 30 minutes intervals.
It made me appreciate the small city of Singapore even more, everything is right at your footstep - Train, NTUC, Malls, Cinemas, clinic, everything is just so convenient.
oh the view from my house is really amazing.
The People
They are really friendly and random. I always have interesting bus rides. Once I was waiting for the bus and some random lady came and asks me for relationship advices. WHAT? do I look like a relationship advicer to you? But she's really friendly anyways.
The School
UCB is really proud of their bears.
Their cheer is Go bears!
Their student link is called bearfacts
Their STARS is called telebears
Their edventure is called bspace
and they even called their wireless airbears
who would get a name for their wireless networks!? and they even have a UCB merchandise store right in front of the school, selling everything UCB and bears related.
Oh I've met many international friends along the way! My HRM groupmates are french and mexican, we love to learn each other's vulgar languages.
In one of the supermarkets, I met this cute taiwanese girl who used to live in Malaysia studying at a british international school, currently studying at Beijing University, doing an exchange here now. And she introduced me to her friends, 2 Hong Kong guys and another cute Japanese girl who loves gundam as much as me!!
She promised to visit me in Singapore and bring gundams along. HAHA
San Francisco
Its just a 45 minutes bus ride and its free for all UCB students! So far I've only explored the CBD and the shopping district Union Square and fisherman's wharf. I haven been to other places, but its a shopping heaven here. I wanna buy everything back!!
I'll blog about my weekends next up. Now its time to study for midterms. hais.
I'll start on my video project soon.
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