2 Weeks In!

Hi all!

Just thought I'd post in an update, hahah!

Well, its safe to say that all is going reasonably well here.. Adapting to the surroundings, university, accommodation and people..

Hahah, And personally, its not exactly what i expected! People here are friendly enough I would say, and even more so with my podmates(flatmates)! This time I'm staying at a catered hall so I don't need to worry too much about looking for food.. Though in all honesty, the food in this hall isn't as good as i expected.. In particular the breakfast... Generally just toast, cereals and some canned fruits that has been opened up for us... Had this expectation of getting sausages, bacon, and eggs every morning like Brandon had in his halls back in Manchester before this XD. But I guess Im just expecting too much...

Anyhow, besides that, everything else is going good, bought almost everything for my room to make myself comfortable enough... Glad to say that my room here is slightly bigger than my last room in Manchester! or maybe its just the lack of items I've brought with me to here... XD Well I was in Manchester for 3 years, and loads of stuff got stockpiled in my room at the end of my degree... Anyhow, My room is good enough I would say, and Im happy to say that the windows here can open much further out wide, and my parents bought me a fan as well while they were here, so am feeling really comfortable in my room (Tau la,sa ni kan 'pemanas' XD).

On another note, its a little bit tough here to watch football and even play the sport. Its all rugby here and some basketball, which most of you know isn't really my sport. What with my height and size, I wouldn't be able to stand a chance. Watching football here is a bit tough because of the massive time difference. At the moment, we're 13 hours ahead of UK. So that match yesterday where Arsenal beated Liverpool 2-1 was from 1.45am-3.45am. And that was the afternoon kick off, which would have been around 8.45pm back at home...

Another thing I am also quite disappointed with is the internet, it can be really fast at times, but it would all depend on how many people are using the internet at the time, at one time it even went up to 10MB/s which is craaazzzyyy.... but at others, it could go even slower than back at home... And also, the latency to any game server anywhere isn't as low as i was hoping it to be... Regardless, I've been playing HON again with 1 of my awesome podmates. And he is tonnes better than me (I think I just suck in the game, even more so seeing as I haven't played in more than a year).. But I do feel the latency issue if its not on an Australian server, or maybe I just suck... XD

Oh, and there's another thing that just pissed the hell out of me, well not a thing, but a person. But that's a story for another time as I'd rather not dwell into that at the moment. XD

Anyway, its 11.49pm here now, and I think I should be heading to bed. 

Good night people! Pleasant dreamz!

~Jerom J.~