Rotterdam update - 1

Helo again ... I can not believe myself kalo gua udah di rotterdam sekarang and actually di Erasmus ... It feels like a dream, soalnya mana mungkin anak master yg mestinya sekolah part-time bisa pergi exchange? Maybe it's kehendak Tuhan kalo gua do 3 subjects for 2 semesters jadi bisa dianggap full-time students, kalo ga there is no way I can be here right now ...

Well, here I am still alone without any friend ... There will be a welcoming party in 1/2 hour time and I will go on excursion tour with other exchange students for 3 days and 2 nights tomorrow, hopefully it's good time ... I was juggling a little bit with many things including residence permit, opening a bank account, paying this and that, buy stuffs that I need, etc ... Actually, these 3 days felt quite long already since I had so many new things to learn and absorb ...

My house is not nice, but my room is ... I live with a guy called P.G. Ossevoort (I hope I spell this right) in an apartment just outside the city border. I can just walk to reach the city or centraal station, so It's very nice and convinient. It's not too far to the campus as well, 15 minutes by trem. Two downsides to my accomodation is I live with a smoker and there is no internet in the house, but for now I am doing everything in my power to keep my room as enjoyable as possible for me to live. My room has got everything that I need like fridge, tv, big study table and wardrobe, nice view, and bed of course.

I missed church last sunday, coz I was late in looking for church information on the web .. but I might try scots international church this sunday, close to where I live ... When I visited that church late evening yesterday, it is actually shared between 3 church denominations ... kinda like IPC and RPC ... But it's pretty close and it was recommended by friend of Ari as far as I can remember ..

In the meantime I am struggling with money, not because I am lacking money to support myself here, but I am having difficulty transferring money from Australia to Holland ... Thankfully, I am able to open a bank account at ABN Amro today and have transferred money from Australia ... Now I just have to survive with a couple of Euros for a few days ... lol ...