Some random stuff
Just blogging randomly. If you don’t get me, it’s ok.
There’s this thing on campus called the “Freshman 15,” which means that entering Freshman usually gain 15 pounds on average after their Freshman year due to the… food?
I need to pay a USD 500 deposit in order to get a phone line with AT&T. Well I guess I’ll just pay it, since I would still get it back anyway…
I realised that even though JPA is sponsoring my studies, it does not provide enough to cover my accommodation and lodging fully, so my parents would still have to fork out quite a bit, albeit considerably less than without JPA.
Met quite a lot of international students here today at the international orientation. Met a Malaysian girl who studied in Hong Kong previously. And quite a number of Indian and Singaporean and Thai people, some of which were on an exchange program. Not bad for meeting new people.
The Admissions Officer for Internationals revealed that this year 3840 international students applied to Berkeley, of which 694 were admitted, but maybe not all decided to attend.
The campus is pretty big, so walking can be quite tiring. Still considering whether a bike is necessary or not.
And yeah the plan to get an iPhone and build a PC would have to wait. It’s quite painful to pay that amount of money when I can use what I already have for a lot of savings. So no to those now…
The amazingly cheap (compared to Malaysia) Kensington notebook lock which I bought from Radio Shack for USD14.99 failed me. Have to get a refund… annoying. Hope the money doesn’t go to waste.
Yeah random statements. Goodnight.
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Haha, it’s normal to spent a lot at the beginning of the year, because of clothes, textbooks, accomodation, deposit and all… watch your spending for now. It will get easier later on. (Not easier to spend I mean… easier to keep track of your monthly spending since what you spend on won’t be one-time things…)
@Ome: hey bro thanks for dropping by so regularly. As for myself, didn’t really blog hop that much these days.
yeah i’m tracking down what I spend these days to the last cent. often some cents go missing but i’d just adjust them to the amount in my wallet. some things are well, more expensive but then again it’s necessary at the start so like you said it is more like a one-time thing, hopefully.