I've settled in...

So I did settle into my room last night. However, my documentations (to stay in Italy) has not been done yet, only can be done today or tmrw and thereafter, I've to settle my scholarship matters. It really can be cumbersome especially when you have classes back to back most days. For me, I just want to get all the documentation stuff out of the way.

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Anyway, my housemates are Marco and Tomasso, both Italians, about a year or two younger than me, students in the 'university for locals' (I am in the university for foreigners). Marco is doing sculpture art and Tomasso is doing Political Science. Extremely nice people, always offerred to lend a hand even before I can ask.

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After I settled in last night, Tomasso took me to meet Marco and Francesco who were watching live game between Juventus & Arsenal in their uni's bar, it was funny but Juventus lost, so Italians were upset.

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Then we walked or rather climbed the hill to go to the city centre to meet more friends. At this point, I don't remember the names, there were so many of them, got introduce to one after another, and all were nice. Tomasso walked me around the city showing me where to get what and etc. Marco don't really talk to me cause each time he speaks to me, I go 'scusa?' and he don't speak English, so it's a bit difficult, but I will learn in time I guess.

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They are so great! I cannot tell you how lucky I am to find Italian housemates, what more nice people! I was even offered dinner last night. I gotta tell you, I get my slice of pizza here for Euro1.30, it's so good!

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I don't exactly have friends from class to hang out with yet, it was either the Chinese clan or the European clan or the Korean clan. I'm stuck nowhere. The one guy I speak most to in class is Jay, used to be a Halloween costume designer in Taiwan, now here to study fashion design, that too I struggle cause my Italian is bad, and same goes for my Mandarin. No help at all.

I joined the theatre workshop, there I met my apt neighbor, Connika, told me to ring her if I need any kind of help at all.

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Isn't life great?

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Anyway, I have about 3 days of half day classes, and 2 days of full day class. And theatre workshop meeting in some far side of town on Tuesday & Friday. Don't sound too exciting cause if it's anything more than 100m walk away, be sure it's more than one hill to climb - but I will still go cause this is my one chance to get involve in Italian theatre! Yesterday Tomasso took me on the best route to get to the city centre from our apartment, it's half of Batu Caves stairs and this.. I have to get use to.. Because that is where the gelateria is. They have more flavours than Baskin Robbins, the gelato you can find here is CRAZY and they taste sooo good!

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In Perugia, people hang out at the staircase in the city centre, so I was introduced to that and the etc that comes with it (drinking, gossiping), I'm so glad I'm sharing an apt with Italians, cause otherwise in other apts, its usually 3 different floors comprising of 5-6 bedroom share a kitchen and that's it. You don't hang out with your housemates cause there's no living room. But where I am, allows me to do everything with them and this guys are in full-force to make sure I pick up Italian fast. (the language)

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By the way, my phone is down, I can't hear callers but I can receive SMS. Anyhow, email me if you want my phone number. Not sure if it works with Digi but I think it works with Maxis.

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Will get my new phone when Tomasso comes back from hometown on Monday. Going to some big supermarket or wherever that has cheap mobile phones. It's the election weekend, and people get to vote from age 18 onwards, so most students are going home to cast their vote.

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Will post some pictures on Sunday or so...

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Ciao!