20th October 2008

Woke up about 7.30am. Got to go to Toa Bayou to open my bank account. That morning, my cousin uncle bought a SingTel simcard for my phone. Haha. Got a Singapore line d. haha.
Sitting in my cousin uncle’s car on the way sending cousin jr to his kindergarten. Haha. Then we are on our way to Toa Bayou or whatever it is called. First, we made our way to the POSB (POS Bank-a government bank) to open a new account for the scholarship. Besides that, I too got an ATM card, take out money when I whan, where I whan. Muakakakakakakakaka!!!!!!!!!! First Atm card. Lol. Haha.
After the bank-opening-process, we went to a nearby food court to consume some local food. It wasn’t bad but big portions are served. Unlike Malaysia, haiz……… kiam until dun wan kiam. Haha. Even prawn mee also giving prawn shells. Typical Malaysian….. haha.
After that we made our way to McNair Lodge. I fell asleep in the car. So never knew what we came across during the journey. After all the twists and turns around the lodge, we finally arrive at the lodge in one piece. Haha. Joking joking…… we arrived at the lodge and were welcome with warm hands. Haha. I registered and checked into my room. After loading down the luggage, I met my roommates.
My roommates are Sim Jun Hong, Tinesh, Nicolas, and Isaac. Good mates. Haha. Then there is mates from the room next door, Irwin, Ravi (Chindian), Jerome and Zhan Ming. Damn good mates, jokers, steam cars…… and the list goes on. Haha. They joke, they steam and they rock. hahahahaha. After checking in and putting down my stuff, my mom and I went around the hostel. Examining every inch of the hostel. We also met some friendly seniors. Damn friendly, Eric and Patrick (JC in St. Andrews). Eric helped very much, told us he systems here and also about renewing our scholarships at the end of the year and is always on standby mode to help. Haha. Cool guy.
Since we still have time before dinner, we went to a place near the hostel, walking distance. We went for a walk and ate some local delights. After that it was time to return to the hostel. We chatted along the way, listening to mom’s safety precaution, mom’s warning and blah blah blah…..
At about 6pm, it was time for dinner. By the time, mom went home with my relatives, leaving me alone. Haha. But nvm mine. We ate dinner with jokes accompanying us. Haha. How good. Then we went in to our rooms and learn more about each other. Haha. Jokes again…….
After that we were asked to go to the canteen to attend a briefing. It was about the rules in the hostel, do’s and don’t’s and blah blah blah…….. boring. But luckily it was short, if not teruk d lor. Haha.
After the briefing, we went back to our rooms and online till 11pm. We exchanged things, helped each other out and much more.
At 12.00pm, lights out and we went to bed. Tough day…………....