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I is down with frequent dizzy spells and stayed home for 2 days.

CG thinks its because of an iron deficiency and has given me some iron pills.

Whatever it is, I hope it is over soon.
I hate being down.

Som Vatten

“Rain licks the whole city
Like a damp, cold tongue
Everything is pavement dirty water
For the lanterns to be reflected in
Going, going past!
All people are shiny like ice
And you get stuck under the light
like a photograph

I see you
I see you
I see you
And I know that you are afraid”

It rained at night just before bed.

Boston 14 June 2008

The maddening thing is that we are strongly discouraged from working on weekends or after working hours, but my group somehow decided to schedule a meeting tomorrow (on a Sunday) at 6.00pm, therefore making it both on a weekend and after working hours =_=”‘

Anyway, today we caught the pride parade! It was so fun and colourful!
Now I have a pride necklace and a condom and lots of decals and paper! Yipeee!

And I wasted a lot of money today.

Bought:
1) a top from Urban Outfitters
2) 2 T-shirts from Life is Good (one for me/sis, one for my aunt)
3) a pair of 7 For All Mankind jeans at Filene’s basement
4) a Extreme Couture t-shirt at Filene’s basement
5) MX book from Borders (to read when I’m doing laundry)
6) Night and Fog DVD from Borders. This movie is great 🙂

Filene’s basement is a shop that sells off-price branded goods, i.e. you can get branded stuff there cheap 🙂

Damn, need to cut down on spending.
And my prepaid card is outta money too 😦

Had my first meal at Wendy’s today.
I had a salad.
The strange thing is, the salad has a medium-sized piece of chicken in it and it is so large that you can’t order anything else. However, it is too small to keep you full and you end up munching bread in your room at night.
Damn.
This is really going to discourage me from eating vegetables next time.

Boston 13 June 2008

Well anyway today I bought a Fox T-shirt 🙂
When people tell you that the portions in US are very large, they also conveniently forget to mention that the portions are also very expensive.
Had some cheaper food today from the food trucks. A mutton kebab wrap for around USD$3+.
In the US most everything is meat, lots of it, and hardly any vegetables. Luckily I managed to clear up my constipation by eating an apple every day.
The “chinese food” doesn’t taste like chinese food at all :s

Going to the Pride Parade with my fren’s mentor and tomorrow! I hope I’m not too short to see anything lol

Boston 12 June 2008

Went over the Harvard bridge to this place called Newbury Comics. The CDs here are cheap!
1) The Dark Ride Helloween USD$9.99
2) Kent Kent USD$19.99 (but not carried in Singapore)
3) No World Order Gamma Ray USD$7.99
4) One random present 😉
Total (after taxes): USD$48++

The food in the food courts here are either fast food or “economical” rice thingys. We had 2 slices of pizza shared between three people. Each slice was the size of three slices!
And there is only either fruit juice or soft drinks to drink at food courts.
Elsewhere, you can get those plus coffee or tea or sometimes milk.
They sell green tea with ginseng here in this really Chinese-y Chinese-looking bottle.

Now we are having lectures, lectures and lectures. Formally starting work next wk.

Boston 10 June 2008

Hi, I’m in Boston now.
For those who don’t know, I’m here for an internship and will be back in Singapore on early August.

Only reached my hostel yesterday night as the flight from Chicago to Boston was first delayed, then cancelled. We had to put up at the Days Inn on Sunday night and only reached Boston on Monday night, just in time to have no dinner :x. Luckily we had instant noodles that my housemate brought.

The weather in Boston is even hotter than Singapore. Ugh. At least that’s what we experienced on the first day. It’s worse in the room cause the walls here are thick to keep out the cold in winter. Everything here is freaking expensive

Our hostel rooms are in a suite format, with multiple rooms attached to a kitchen and dining area. We have two toilets, with a total of 3 bathing cubicles so no issues about waiting. It’s quite spacious at least. The bad thing is that the dining area is infested with little flying bugs and there is only a pot, a saucepan, a frying pan and 3 pot lids, totally no cutlery, hangers etc. (That changed cause people bought some)

Yesterday we didn’t work, just went exploring round Cambridge. I had a stomachache from constipation (no fibre so I bought apples). My roommate wasn’t feeling well too and she’s been sleeping since we left for dinner last night (she didn’t go with us).

Hope you guys are fine over there in Singapore.
And hope you guys not in Singapore are fine wherever you are 🙂

See you in Boston!

Leaving for Boston, MA tomorrow early morning.

Will have my laptop with me so expect some posts while I’m there 🙂

Responsible Dirt Biking

Interesting article: Tread lightly!’s Tips for Responsible Dirt Biking

People who ride at TM, please don’t throw your trash at the trail entrance. I would go down with Knut and a sack and pick up the rubbish myself but my time is rather tight right now. Maybe I’ll do that when I come back from Boston.

TM trail ride 1 Jun 2008

I’m blogging from my sis’s laptop now. It has bluetooth! Therefore we have photos!

Today I had my first encounter with a steep climb and a dropoff. I crashed a few times (as usual) but did not break anything 🙂 However my back hurts now…. and I have lots and lots of washing up to do.

If you go trail riding, it’s worth it to invest in a pair of MX boots. Today my leg got trapped under my bike and I rolled a few times before stopping. If I hadn’t been wearing MX boots, I’d probably have a bad sprain or a torn tendon. Instead I was able to walk away from the bike and later get on it, start it and continue riding.

Here’s a photo of lonely Knut. I didn’t include the photos of the rest cause I didn’t ask their permission.