About Shabu Shabu and being Strong

warning.. it's going to be a slighty emo post..

today I found out that it cost about $44,000 a year for a student to study at Bentley..
and probably about 50% of the school population pays for that on their own..
either by scholarships (only for the privelage elites who are smart), working, loans, internships..
And I used to wonder why there are so many students working on campus..
and how come some of them can hold up to 3 jobs while studying..

huge change in perceptions..
tsk tsk.. the media really potrays bad sterotypes..

I really dun know.. on one hand, u have the usual
wah heng ar.. My university fees are all covered by my parents..
I should be thankful and not take things in life for granted..

on the other hand..
it kinda of emphasizes wat a country bumpkin I am..
Singapore is really really small..
there is like so much more out there in the world..
different people, different cultures, different stories..
but at the end of the day.. there are similarities too..
same problems.. same human-ness
(haha.. it sounds like I'm an alien from another planet on exchange..)

This is today's weather..
cold.. I'm starting to see it in a different light thou..
More snow.. more snow balls..
And if it snows heavily tonight.. Chris is going to teach us how to make a snowman tml..
btw.. I still suck at making snowballs..
on the other hand, I am really good at getting aimed at by flying snowballs..

pretty tree..
Chris is like 1.84m lah..
But I guess he was just making me happy by lowering himself in the picture..
haha.. he doesn't like being tall..
*jealous*

We went out to a Japanese Shabu Shabu resturant for dinner..
Shabu Shabu (Steamboat) is sooooo good for winter..
Chris is really good with the chopsticks..
here he's just showing off.. with a squid head..
about a year ago he doesn't eat seafood.. not even fish hor..
but he's more adventurous now..

(note: I wanted to order Cow Tongue.. but I was overruled.. Cow Tongue is nice lor)

The 3 of us at the resturant..

After dinner we took a long stroll from Chinatown to North End (Italian neighbourhood)
long = almost 3-4 train stations away

Went in to an italian cake house, "Mike's Place"

This is the *drum rolls* *clash* *bang*

Presenting the Boston Cream Pie..

It rocks.. yum

And of course the lovely Cappacino to go with it..

caramel, chocolate syrup, cinnamon and mocha powder..

and the wooden stirrer with crytalise sugar..

enough said..