The fact that I've left the Bay Area for a foreign land has just started to sink in.
People seem nice if i talk to them. but if i don't establish some sort of connection through eye or verbal contact, they don't seem to acknowledge my existence. A "big-city" syndrome, I guess.
Don't have a cellphone yet, 'cos i can't get one without a work visa. And couldn't find the darn DSL modem in the apartment last night and thought I was screwed--imagine life without Internet access! Fortunately, I finally found it this morning, tucked away in the last cabinet I opened of course :) Last night was a bit cold because the air-con was on, but there wasn't any bedding and I had no blankets. Woke up a few times so definitely going to buy a bedsheet and a blanket today.
Today i'm going to wander around a little and check out the area around my apartment. It seems residential and not touristy, and it's 5 minutes away from the nearest train station. There's a hospital, a high school and an elementary school nearby, plus a pretty long semi-indoor shopping avenue next to the station--not high-class shopping but more mundane stuff like veggies, household goods, cellphones, etc.
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