LETTERS FROM THE LIVING
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Was fully occupied throughout my stay at Georgia Tech so far and was dead beat enough not to blog constantly. Guess I won’t bore u with much essay-styled entries. So here’s a brief summary of what I did before moving into my apartment at Georgia Tech!
2nd Jan 2007, Tuesday
The head of GIP administration, Miss Chua, met us and brought us to Target supermarket to shop for necessities like pillows, comforters and many more. We ended up looking like a bunch of fools carrying bundles of stuff using public transport! Had lunch at a restaurant called Macy’s Mac; which has a truly southern flavour and feel to it. It was a big place and was like a museum with all the memorabilia collected through the decades. Pictures of famous people from President J. Carter to the late James Brown were put up as they had patronized the place! Here in the south of US, I’m glad to announce they like tea too! They call it the wine of the South!! Miss Chua then met us up after lunch to visit ChinaTown, which is located quite far from the main city area. Only a few shops were opened and the food looks normal but expensive.
3rd Jan 2007
Finally, we got to leave the rather cosy hostel at Ponce De Leon, and check into the Georgia Tech residence. Then we went for a short orientation by the international relations officer, Zeb. We then went for our lengthy wait for our medical checkup and that basically wraps up the day as we begin to unpack at our respective dorms. Met my first of my three other roomies. His name is Tommy, he’s heavily tattooed, muscular and I was pretty intimidated when I first saw him. But our small talk soon revealed our common interest: sports, video games, gym and listening heavy metal!! Cool chap!
More to come… Gotta go for an exchange student party now! Ciao~~~
But before that, more pics!! I've enlarged them as requested from some ppl...
The last pic is not from somewhere we visited, it is found in Georgia Tech!!! Where? Stay tune for more embarassingly backdated pics...
Laid to Rest at 6:19 AM;
