okay, sorry for not having too many updates durin the last few days.

ive been writing mails to friends, managin online accounts, etc. took a lil bit more time than expected.

anyway...

went to my bro's sch, talked to advisors n all. my god, his sch is huge. they've got a football field wit stands, two separate baseball fields, couple more fields for dunno wat, n a whole buildin dedicated to freshmens (grade 9, sec 3) i think its way bigger than HCJC campus. n its only a high school.

my bro would b enjoying his time i guess. in a way, i kinda missed out on the fun, but at the same time, JC has more or less prepared me for wats to come in uni. so i hav an edge, since we've gone through so much shit, uni would b easy stuff for me, whereas many from the high schs might find it a lil challenging.

couple of days ago had dinner at my uncle's colleague's place. the family's japanese, but hav been livin in america for a long time. they were very nice to us, prob coz we were more japanese then they ever thought a foreigner could b n all. its my uncle's idea. since my mom isnt tt gd in english, he tot he get my mom to know the japanese community first, since she would hav an easier time communicatin wit em n all.

went to get a cellphone. american phones kinda suck, to b honest. since we wanted a one tt could b used even if we went to sg, we got tt sony ericsson one. the one denise has. tts the only one tt is compatible wit 4 bands. 850, 900, 1800 n 1900. sg uses both 800 n 1800. us operates on 850 n 1900. the conversation of comparison between TMA, CDMA n GSM networks has been the main focus these few days. america has been overloaded wit CDMA networks. but slowly the tide is changing to GSM. AT&T has succesively been replacin all their communication towers to GSM n tt has made the network more efficient n all. but the rates tt they offer is ridiculous. we're gonna pay quite a sum for the hps. we got two hps, sharin about 950 mins per month, unlimited weekend calls, unlimited cell to cell calls n shit like tt. tons of things i never heard in sg. they hav different plans for state wide plans n nation wide plans, naturally. its a whole new arena for communications technology.

but we gotta get a house line soon. tt would save us the trouble of the cell. i cant believe the amount tt we're payin for the cell per month. its crazy. we wont use tt much since we only know couple of ppl here, its not like we know so many yet. we're gonna pay like 100 per month or somethin. possibly more. but this company tt we subscribed from, called Cingular, rolls over unused minutes for max of a yr. which is v v appealing. but then again...

its 3 degrees today. when we walked from my bro's high sch to the stores nearby, the wind practically froze my face. my body is well protected, but the face is somethin i cant protect. but its a nice feelin, in a sense. accordin to the papers, we'll hit 50 degrees fehrenheit, prob 10 degrees celcius on wed, first time in chicago since jan 4th, so im lookin forward to the hot sun. it still feels sub zero most of the time.

while we were gettin items from the store, i found out there's a drivin sch right there. gonna go back in the evenin to sign up. i should b gettin the licence in two months or so. ive seen quite a lot of beetles around n feel like wantin one. my uncle told me its bt US$14k. tts not bad. but then again, seatin's gonna b a prob. most prob get some 2nd hand jap car or somethin, but im ok either way. i'll get to drive around n explore the place anyway.

yea, tts it for now. nothin much else than wake up, surf, go places, buy stuff n come back. plain life for now.

heard results r out on 4th march? boy... it doesnt matter but i cant help not b bothered.