Today was my first day of orientation. I admit it was so different from CalSo as an undergrad at Berkeley. No bright-eyed freshmen who was away from home for the first time. Yet I was almost disappointed that people weren\’t that immature. I guess I shouldn\’t feel that way. I am pretty sure some people from the program will find the existence of this blog since I am currently third in google for \”cmu mhci blog\”, but we\’ll see.

What surprised me was that half of the people in the program are originally from the west coast. Two people are from Hong Kong. And what\’s more is that half of the program…almost half of all the people…are asian. All my housemates now are coincidentially asian. I thought Pittsburgh would be predominantly Caucasian, a return to how Lafayette is like. I guess that\’s what happens in graduate programs. :) I am also very happy that the majority of my housemates have a MAC. And a lot of people in the program use a MAC. I am not alone. Although I am sure nobody has a dented powerbook like mine. I think I did see someone with a cracked screen. Ouch. :(

Anyway, I am now sitting on the floor of my room. It looks like a tornado ran through here. I slept on the ground yesterday. I also used the yellow plastic crates as a pseudo desk and shelves. There\’s a girl in my program who is selling a twin bed, but I don\’t have a car. I am going to die. It\’s $49 to deliver furniture from Ikea to this house in Pittsburgh. So much to do. I think I left my PNC debit card in California. Whoops.

It feels so strange to be in a city where I don\’t know anyone (that well). And strange that I don\’t know the bus routes. I don\’t know where everything is located. I am not sure how to get to the closest Best Buy. And especially living in a city where the word Fry\’s does not exist… :(

2 thoughts on “

  1. Aw, you won\’t *die*… This is an adventure =) Proof that you can make a place for yourself a million miles from home.

  2. hehe.. did you see richard\’s (the new rcc @ u4) powerbook? that thing has some dents too, haha.. it looks like it\’s been through some abuse.

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