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20060815 - Ahhh what a way to start life in Bloomington

Ahh! An eventful start to life in Bloomington! Before i get to the bad stuff, lemme stay on the good stuff for awhile.

For starters, woots, campus is pretty! Ahh didn't really get many pictures of the campus because....you'll soon know. Bloomington's a really small town, if anyone watches Smallville..yeah picture Smallville kinda look. Streets, with 2 storey buildings on each side. That's off campus. Once ya get on campus, ah its like stepping into the past! woo everywhere's green (that's gonna change soon cos once fall's here, the green leaves turn brown/red..and that should be quite a sight to behold i guess). In between certain buildings there are lil 'parks' that look really romantic cos its kinda quiet, empty and has got lil streams flowing through. That's for some of the scenic plus points.

Hmm then there's the buildings! All campus building's got the..old english/victorian feel for the interior of some buildings. Yannoe? The high ceiling with quite alot of wooden finishes. With mosaic images on the ceilings, statues along the hallways. hahahaa. But not so drama la...i tryin to make it sound sooo nice that more ppl back home will wanna join me man.

Yeah for the exterior, let's see...its got the Greek/Roman era kinda feel. Tan-coloured sandstone finishes like the colliseum and/or those greek buildings u see in the movies. dunno whether can picture not..but aiyah just know that it's real pretty. Woots ya'll gotta come visit me asap then u can see everythin for urself. Then you'll know why the college is voted Top 5 most beautiful campuses in the USofA!

Got to meet fellow Singaporeans studyin here with me. Not so surprisingly, almost all of them are doin business, cos the Kelley School of Business is top 10 in the US. Music here's pretty good too..school of music's top 2 in the US too. (woots boast abit! advertising time). So at least now i'm quite settled in and i don't have to go walking around campus like some blur toot alone and weee, i've got friends now. But i still miss everyone back home!

ok down to the bad stuff. Lemme get to not-so-bad things first. ahhhh it's down to the gnitty gritty already, choosing courses and stuff. Pain in my small ass. Owells it's supposed to be bad as it gets here, according to the lecturer. Soo..always remember -- PAIN IS ONLY FOR AWHILE.

okay down to the really really really bad stuff. I haven't mentioned it but ahhh security & check in at JFK was a BITCH. Messy, hectic, chaotic & disorganized is the few words that come to mind when i look back at what happened man. Seriously..now i know why the terrorists target the airline industry in US. Ok firstly, there was no proper check-in counter. All domestic passengers had to self check-in.

Self check in = Swiping your boarding pass at some machine and then, u'll get checked in -.-

For baggage, there was this baggage lady goin around asking for flight number and what not, then she just tags your bag on the spot! (*Note: No weighing, no checking baggage onto conveyor belts) So cos of the recent terror plot thing, many gancheong spiders decided to come early to check in so it was a madhouse at the airport.

Cos of this, different bags for different flights were just chucked together in one corner. had a super bad feeling bout it. And yuppppp when we touched down in Indianapolis, my n mom were right. Almost half of the passengers on my flight stood at the baggage claim, blur...no baggage! Wah best..so yeah all of us didn't get our baggages. So we were told the baggages would be coming in soon, but they didn't. Its been 2 days and still no word. Other uni students i recognized on the plane said they haven't got theirs either. Wahhhh best.

All my clothes, TENNIS RACKET, shoes, winter clothes and shoes, tennis shoes, jeans all gone. My main baggage for my stay here in Bloomington gone. HAIS.

But fret not, i managed to keep most of the cards/gifts with me on my carry on bag. Had some new clothes n dirty clothes in the carry on..but not too much. Just keeping my fingers crossed that they find the baggage eventually. Oh and my dad lost his too. Mom got hers. Oh yeah! no pictures cos camera no batt..and charger in dad's baggage.

Eh sorry for long post, thought i'd be lazy to type but aiyah..too angry with DeltaAir. But lookin on the bright side...

New wardrobe!