im biologically 18...but mentally 13...

today was officially my first day of school (yesterday was just an orientation day...didnt knew my own class then...everybody was mixed up...anyways).....

when i woke up early this morning...i thought classes were gonna be suspended coz of the bad weather...but fortunately enough, it wasnt...(i really wanted to go to school)...the drive to school was kinda dangerous though coz of the really strong pour of the rain...but i was so happy to get to school safe and sound...(i thanked God numerous times each time i saw a green light!)

when i got to school....i was lucky enough to get a parking space!! (thanked God as well). i got there at 6:30am!!! and i havent eaten breakfast...so while waiting for class to start i sat at the lobby where there were tables and ate my baon...i dont like eating my breakfast at home when i wake up so early...i tend to puke it out...i dont know why...but my stomach doesnt like really early breakfast...

as i opened my tupperware of food...a girl came up to me and asked if she could sit at the same table as me...ofcourse, i agreed..(its a chance of making a new friends!!) ^__~

the girl's name is Allison...she's really pretty and speaks straight english...apparently she was raised in america and just moved here 9 years ago...i thought she was just 18-19...but i was surprised when she told me she's already 23! ahehehe...oh well...nevertheless we get along fine...she actually already graduated from another culinary school before (forgot the name) but she wasnt satisfied with how the school tackled the topic of cost control...so she enrolled in ISACHM just for that...i was impressed by her...technically, she's a real chef already!! studying again!! wow!! well, unfortunately, we aren't classmates...im in section A while she's in section C..

as expected, in my class was a mix of interesting people...some were under-graduates...college graduates...others were former business men/women...fresh high school graduates and ofcourse, the most expected group, the house wives... ^__^

when i first came in the classroom...the whole place was really quiet..i figured its just cause its really early in the morning...but when i saw the look in their faces...they were just bored and nobody really spoke a word...maybe because it is the first day...nobody knows anybody at all...so when i sat down and after i took a sip from my coffee...i took the initiative of trying to know the people around me...well if we're gonna be together for a whole year...at least i should start with the names.. ^__~

for the first day...we had first aid/red cross training...basically teaching us what to do during emergencies...kitchen safety, etc...it reminded me of my days being a medic in ACP....the class was all right...boys were the dominating group and my class only has 10 girls..and 2 are the house wives...so when the part of CPR topic came in (complete with the Little Anne dummy)...the usual green-minded jokes rose in the air care of the guys...its too early to tell where this class stands on my scale of "its ok-alright-dah best!!" but so far...i find it hard to talk with some of my classmates since we have these age gaps...i feel like the think im a nuisance when i talk to them...hence im biologically 18 but mentally 13...maybe im just intimidated since they are older...but i'm sure i'll get by and warm up to them soon enough..

i was surprised when our break time came in....most of the students were smokers!! O__o not used to being in a room full of smokers...uhh....oh well...i met up with Allison during the break and she introduced me to some of her friends who are the batch 4 of ISCAHM (im part of the batch 5)...all of her friends were guys...but i find it easier to talk with them than with my own class...they were cool and told me stuff about the school...the chefs/teachers that i have to look out for...the what-not's and what-do's of being a culinary student...really useful and funny at the same time!! ^___~

well...after classes...Allison and her friends invited me to hang out with them at the bar which was located 2 floors lower from our school!!! i went with them...unfortunately i didnt buy a drink for myself...i was going to drive home..i needed to stay sober!! so i just bought myself lunch. and they were telling me this was my welcome to ISCAHM (if only i had bought a drink) as they raised their bottles!! actually they were drinking in celebration of the end of their mid-terms...ahehehe...nice guys!! well i told them maybe i'll drink with them next time...

while they were drinking and me eating my adobo-flakes rice toppings...we just talked some more about ISCAHM and about ourselves as well...i was telling myself even before i went to school that i'll be true...meaning if anyone asks...i'll tell them upfront what i am and who i am...that is if anyone asked! (there's just gotta be catch to it..ahehehe...)..

anyways, i found out that Allison's family already moved back to the States..and i wondered who she's staying with...so i asked her...

she told me without missing a beat, "i'm staying at my girlfriend's house."

i didnt pay much attention to it when she said that...but ofcourse, in my mind i was thinking whether she meant it as a term of endearment...or...is she like me??

i wondered...but it was too early to ask for that kind of thing...maybe later on when i get to know her better.....honestly, at the back of my mind...i'd like her to be like me...i want to have friend who's like me...so some stuff are easier to talk about...i have someone to ask things about, etc..

well....who knows...its still too early to say anything...but one thing for sure is, i like my school!!!!! ^_________^