System Flush

First morning at 327 Laurier Avenue East. In the attic. It's cold. As if the heater wasn't working. I switched on the electric stove to heat the place up quicker.

This is how living alone is like. At least for the beginning. Imagine you life like a play. No, a dvd. When you go to sleep, you've pressed the pause button. And then you try to go to sleep, the refrigerator comes on (applies to me only), the cat jumps on the couch and steps on the remote. Resume. Shit, then you force yourself to sleep again, no signs of people around you. Just you and the bloody fridge. When you wake up, it means the cat jumped on the remote again, just that this time, it's on time. Get up, get going.

My first morning devotion. It tells me, obey the Holy Spirit. I can already tell that this is not going to be easy. At least for the beginning. The whole morning was spent indoors, planning what to do later. Nothing, rien. So the laptop was highly utilised. Two occurrences. Two. The blue screen of death popped up and force restarted my system.

I'm planning for a VAIO already.

So while waiting, I thought I'd give you a view outside of my two windows.

The back yard. Over looks some ghostly playground that's only used three quarters of the year. If I see anyone playing there, I should be afraid. This platform leads downstairs if ever there was a need to sneak anyone in, or out. But that shouldn't be needed at all. I'd be using it as a freezer this season.

The main street. Nothing much, over looks into the other houses.

Okay, laptop's up. But hunger can't wait.

Thankfully, Aunty Ai Wah gave me 5 sub sandwiches, which lasts up till now, I've got three left. And the noodles from Uncle Kim.

NOTE TO ALL: If ever you're feeling stuck and constipated, do this. In the morning, drink water. Brush teeth, eat 2 grapefruits, one glass of plum juice, and just the the sake of being torturous to yourself, noodles with lots of chilli.

I've been shitting the whole day. 5 times and counting. I'm totally emptied out. I'm sick of wiping my ass. Jie tells me to drink up, because this is the easiest way to get dehydrated. So heads up to those having diarrhoea.

I know, T.M.I.

Well, the whole afternoon I went out to explore the area around me. The shops nearby, the laundromat that I'll be using, the office supply shop, the convenience store. I forgot to check out the university pool.

The snow really makes you want to stay home. But I went to Rideau Centre after that. It's just like Eaton in Toronto. Indoor megaplex of glorious shopping. Walked around and around for so long. Then carried on outdoors to Byward Market area. I bought some stuff to send to Singapore. Won't tell you what you're getting. Wink.

Lucky I had my recyclable bag with me. Detoured to Loblaws for eggs, milk and apples. CAD 11.55, crazy right?! Groceries so expensive... So 4 kgs of milk, 18 eggs, and 4 green apples. And one long walk back in the snow.

The evening was spent talking to Ma and Kor on skype, and Jie on phone. And msn chatting. School's started and not many are online or bother to talk. So mostly I was shaking to the music. Keeps the mind sane. While moving about, I stuck the photos to my wall. I'm going to print much more tomorrow and fill my walls with photos.

TOMORROW I START MY COURSE. I can't wait! More later! Stay tuned!