a new beginning. or not.

First exchange party!

I'm so positive that my alcohol limit has risen by leaps and bounds! That's good news right? ;) I probably owe that to the cheap alcohol here. Price of a bottle of wine averages around 2 euros! So is the price of beer in a restaurant. Same price or cheaper than water or coke! So light drinking has become quite a common practice!

Went for my first exchange party on tues! It was kinda fun cos they played r&b! Amazing huh. But well, as usual i got damn high. Had a malibu shot, followed by heineken, a vodka lime shot and lastly a bacardi 151 the one of the nus got for us cos in my drunken stupor i said "get me anything"! Ok. So i definitely was very high but amazingly i was still RATHER awake and i wasn't puking. Just that standing up and staying entirely sane was a challenge! I now know how embarrassing it must be for my friends to see me drunk! Cos there was another smu girl, jo who was entirely gone. And she only had 3 drinks - malibu shot, white wine and barcardi 151! It was freaking hilarious. She totally couldn't even stand up! At one point in time she was sitting in the middle of the road and couldn't get up. Then jj was trying to piggy-back her back and she let go of her hands and fell backwards to the ground. Then lastly at one point in time 5 guys had to carry her back! Thank goodness for jj who kinda took care of jo and myself! Or we might have been easily taken advantage of! Well, for me, i managed to control myself all the way back to the hostel. But after i reached my room i totally conked out and started sprouting nonsense and doing stupid things! But anyways still THANK YOU JJ (if you ever read this!): you've been great company and fun!

I'm surprised that i'm settling quite well in Maastricht. Still miss home, family and friends but i kinda like it here. Shops close at like 6pm and everything's closed on sundays except for the 1st every month so it's quite boring at night but we've managed to pass time by cooking and washing up together with episodes of greys anatomy. So usu by the time everything's done it's past midnight and time to sleep. I've concluded that i could be a good housewife with all the successful cooking and washing up! :P Groceries are really expensive here though. I think i've spent like 50 euros within 3 days! It's really a big change from everything being done for you to having to do everything yourself! And also when the most common mode of transport is your own 2 legs rather than 4 wheels and a steering wheel. It's a close to half an hour walk to school everyday and a close to an hour walk to the railway station. But apart from the frequent showers and the cold (it's like 7 - 17 degrees and it's supposed to be summer!) this place is really nice. It's like old buildings with modern ammenities. Shopping here is EXCELLENT. I'm totally turning into a shopaholic. There's like zara, h&m, mng and lots of other shops here! There're also a lot of other european brands here. I spent the WHOLE afternoon in h&m yesterday and bought lots of accessories. And the day before, I spent the afternoon in zara AND h&m and bought some tops and a jacket! To the point that i was late for class! Class was at 4pm and we only realised AT 4pm in h&m that we were supposed to be in class! Well, but after all Maastricht is supposed to have the best shopping in Holland. I think it might actually be true!!

Countdown: 6 more days to when i go back to Singapore! I'm so excited! I just dread the coming back! Once I go back i'm gonna miss home the WHOLE lot all over again!

posted by just me @ 4:32 PM