today was a pretty good day, actually the best by far (of the last three days heh). Really thank God :p

had my academic advising today, meaning that i managed to transfer credits of up to almost a year's off, so really thank God! and also got out my timetable, but still trying to get into two courses. emailed the professors to ask for permission, so hoping i can get in. Do pray for me, that i'll get my timetable settled asap cos sch starts on fri!

anyway was trying to find a parking space for my bike (yea, there're bike racks all over, but there are also a LOT of bikes... so yes) and there was NONE. n the nearest other bike rack was a 5 min walk away, and if i didn't park my bike n lock it up, it would get 1) stolen, 2) fined by e police, 3) towed away n confiscated. yupz, n as i went past the whole long row, was praying fervently, "LORD, gimme a space!". reached the end, and NOPE, none. turned back hopefully, still nothing. just as i was getting kinda disappointed n just as i thought to myself 'oh no!', guess wat happened? this guy came up to juz in front of me, unlocked his bike and went off. in front of me. and there was no one else who took away their bikes or anything. so that one space was juz in front of me, ready for me to park my bike. really thank God!

and then I went down to e university bookstore to search for textbooks. it really is crazy. there's so many courses offered that they haf so many books. and these are all used books, but it's like super ex anyway urgh. but that's not the point. to get into the store, u haf to keep any bags n stuff in the free lockers outside. so i put my bag in, got out my wallet n phone, locked e locker n took the locker key. i happily went down, started searching for my books, collected a pile of five books and realised that i had no more hands to balance everything! so, i put down everything onto the shelf in front of me. (and then decided that i shouldn't buy the books juz yet, at least not till my lessons are confirmed) , replaced the books onto the shelf, picked up my wallet n phone n went on my way.

at the top of the stairs, i suddenly realised that i had NO WAY of opening the locker. kinda started panicking, cos it would be tricky convincing security that the stuff inside the locker that i wanted them to open was actually mine. and there would haf been a fine. so started praying fervently. (it's always these things that somehow really really makes us pray isn't it? :) and walked back down the stairs again.

the thing was, i practically trawled the whole store. which was humongous. n it didn't occur to me that i left it on the shelf. i actually thought that i had dropped it accidentally, and there seriously was a sinking feeling in my stomach, cos if i did drop it, it would be almost impossible to find with the amount of pple walking around. as i proceeded to try to trace back my steps, all of a sudden, this thought came to me : go check out the shelf where i put down my stuff. and lo and behold! the key was lying happily there. and best of all, juz as i took up my key, this store person walked past. if he had walked past n spotted the key before i retrieved it, he prob would haf taken it and done something with it and for all i know, i would never get it.

so. really really really thank God for saving my ass. heh.

then, went for my friend's birthday party. was grouped with her for a Madison tour organised by the International Fellowship (kinda cool... it's like a ministry for the church. pple actually host students in their homes for like a year n stuff, and encourage them to go for a sort of bible study to meet new friends, practise their english, and in the process, learn about Jesus :) so went down early, and planned to leave at 7 for the International Fellowship meeting. However, her grandmother, mother n herself REFUSED to let me go, so I stayed on till almost 10 (there were a couple of guys, so the guys walked us all back cos the mother n the grandmother was staying at a nearby hotel) but wat I thank God for is that she agreed to go with me to the meeting next week. hoping that she will stay on, and that God will touch her. kinda like mini alpha heh.

speaking of which, wonder if my friend can make it for e intro dinner. really hope she does go!

and coming back, i juz had an hour's chat with my room mate, juz finding out more abt her and stuff. out of the 3 americans, she's the one that doesn't party. kinda like me haha. i'm not adverse to them partying, but i certainly dun want to ever get drunk (although she assures me it's not a complete college experience without getting drunk. but, it's an experience i could do without. dun think i ever want to experience the hangover. sorry, but pain is not my game, even if it's fun before that...)

things are looking up. if i use my comp abt 7am in the morning, most pple are online so i do get to talk a bit with my friends. my bed's cozy, i'm more or less settled in. now juz waiting for sch to start on friday... and hoping that i can get into the two classes i want (intro to acting, and intro to the city)

so yea, really really thank God for a great day today!

getting a super fake american slang, cos they juz can't get what i'm speaking! and starting to pick up the terms they used. urgh. americanized. can't resist the force. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :)