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Dear Diary,

Feeling super tired rite now but gotta take down my happenings as often as i can so as to keep a record of my life here in NZ, and before i go out a second time today.

Had a long but fun day yesterday! It was the international students' orientation, and had to go for the morning talk at 9am!! eww.. haven been waking up so early for a long time, but surprise surprise! i was actually the most punctual among my friends.. hehe..

The talk was rather interesting.. the mayor of Dunedin was there to welcome all the international students, and he surprised us by singing!!! and he sings rather well, i've gotta say.. another highlight of the talk was culture shock, which was given by the international students' advisors.. there are a few stages in culture shock, one being the honeymoon period, and the next is realising the differences between our homes and NZ, thus leading to culture shock and homesickness, followed by accepting these differences and etc etc.. hehe.. i know its the honeymoon stage for me lar.. since sch hasnt started yet.. but i hope the honeymoon period will last for 5 months!! or mebbe 6 months if i'm onli coming back end july cuz of some stuff.. programmers!! dun hate me if i dun get back in time k?? i may have some impt stuff on tt will onli see me back in spore juz b4 NUS starts...

Went on a free Taieri Train Ride!! the ticket usually costs nearly NZD60, but it was organised for the international students for free.. saw hills and hills of greenery.. haha.. but tts expected of NZ rite?? rmb LOTR.. and the weather yest was so sunny!!! the funny thing was.. the train left all the international students at this desert like area for 1 hour!! it was scorching hot can.. and my nose is now sunburnt.. and we had a bbq in the middle of nowhere.. the train juz stopped at this plateau which overlooked a stream way down the hill.. so scary!! but it was fun!! quite an experience i muz say.. seetoh!! bet u wanna fly over now rite?? =p

had flat meeting last nite to discuss the flat agreements and flat dinners etc etc.. i muz say tt my flatmates are great!! hope tt we can all have fun together!! =) tammy is super cute.. cooked supper for me last nite somemore.. hehe.. we'll try the battaya rice the next time!!

went to look for textbooks this morning.. the textbooks are so expensive!!! have to get 2 texts and they cost 117 and 127 respectively... eekz.. hope i can get 2nd hand ones and den sell back again.. prelim lectures starting tml!!! 3 out of my 6 papers have lectures.. but slack.. since the prelim lectures onli range from 15 mins to 1 hour.. hehe.. so i shall get my skype fixed in sch tml!! and my msn also.. lol..

ok!! time to go out with tammy now!! may go for the party tonite if i'm back in time.. hehe.. =)