Friday, April 13, 2007
blogging from michigan!!!!! ann arbor more specifically, in daniel's room at baits house. it's 1am....and daniel is out doing project...still. and his roommate aint back yet, doing project outside also i presume. soyup, i've got the room to myself.arrived here yesterday morning, was quite freaked out when i couldnt contact the airport shuttle after collecting my luggage (or hannah's luggage rather) at the detroit metro wayne county airport. i should think that's what the airport code DTW stands for...after half an hour (!!!) of calling the shuttle company, i finally got through, and the guy on the other line gave me vague instructions on getting out of the airport and crossing 3 streets to wait for the shuttle vehicle number 209. the way he said it, i was half expecting a minivan with "#209" printed on the front or something...which explained why, after waiting for another 20 mins in the michigan cold, i was freaking out again because the minivans that i saw all belonged to other shuttle companies! the shuttle company called finally, after 25 mins, and asked "where are u erin". he sounded irritated, turns out that his black sedan had been waiting for almost 10 mins already and he still saw no sign of me. -_- right. And, the "#209" was printed on this tiny piece of paper stuck to the car window. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?!
nevermind that i practically waited almost an hour to get into the car, he had to drop off 3 other passengers first, which was fine by me actually, save for the fact that hannah and yingying warned me not to fall asleep in the car since i was alone, and i was already dozing off...so the driver dropped me off outside daniel's dorm at umich after i signed. (i gave them my credit card details when i made the reservation by phone the previous day) and now to my horror, i realise that there's a $60.00 debit transaction pending in my account for the shuttle vehicle. WHAT?!?!?! that's ridiculous. i'm going to call them tmr to clear this up. they cant suck money out of a poor student like me.
there i was wearing 3 layers (including thermals) under my cal sweatshirt and shivering to the bone, and daniel came out to pick me and my bag in a tshirt and berms. hahaha. and he thought i was only wearing 1 tee under my sweatshirt..that's why i was shivering so badly. he nearly fainted when i told him there were 3 layers. hahahah. spent the afternoon in his room bathing and watching the devil wears prada on his comp while he went for his exam and class.
daniel and i had dinner at this taiwanese place near the central campus, called asian legend, with his friends matthew hanes vincent and wen yi. michigan's 'asian legend' sure beats berkeley's 'asian ghetto'. as in the name...asian ghetto aint just a restaurant in berkeley, it's a collection of different asian places la, hence the name. but "ghetto" just isnt so pleasant sounding.
we had dessert after that! at this place called Stoochi's! i think that's what it's called, cant really remember. but ice cream was goooooood! before returning to the dorm, dan brought me to find kaijian, who's also from vj from my neighbour class, and we ended up chatting quite abit. this is in view of the fact that i never spoke a word to kaijian in vj back then haha.
poor dan, i know it's not a good time for me to visit him here because it's right smack in the middle of his exams...and i really feel bad imposing like that. and sigh, i told him i'm ok with the sleeping bag and he can take his bed, but he refused. kept saying that he cant possibly do that. i see where he's coming from la, but still, i know i'm disturbing him. but last night, he really surprised me. standing outside his room door, he said "i'm really glad that u came here actually" haha awww...dan i told u i'd come look for u in my christmas card to u last year!!!! and u thought i was "just saying..." -_-
he treated me to taiwanese dinner last night, so i treated him to a japanese dinner today. in the midst of watching "perfume" on his laptop now. more laterrrrrrr