Sunday, September 03, 2006
not quite myself
so here i am in princeton. and i'm kind of miserable. which really shouldn't be the case, except that i'm here all alone and sick and have no one to talk to.i always thought that i was independent and not that reliant on my parents, so i'm surprising myself by missing home this much. i know that things will be great when everyone's on campus and classes actually start and i get too busy to miss people, but right now i'm somewhat depressed. the 19-hr flight here was a drag (it's really no fun to be stuck in a plan for that long, trust me) and i've stomach flu now cos i wasn't used to the weather here, which happens to be abnormally cold and rainy due to a hurricane. so i was going to go hiking, but now i'm stuck in my dorm all by myself because i'm not in the best physical condition and they actually took me to a hospital and i had IV-drip since the university medical centre isn't open yet. ugh. i'm kind of moody because of that. and today a bunch of other freshmen for some other pre-orientation program moved in and everyone was merry and having their parents help them doing up their rooms. and i just think, goodness. my parents are a few continents away and we have a 12-hr time difference. and i miss them.
the only wonderful thing is that princeton is breath-taking. it isn't remotely like anything you can find in singapore. i feel as if i'm living in a fairy-tale castle, with brick walls and gargoyles. and people here are so amazingly friendly. so those are pretty great. but i'm still blue.
hopefully the next time i post i'll be my normal self and i'll post photos of the sch so you see how glorious it really is. my camera's not with me at the moment so. sigh.
ray at 12:27 PM
