All Asians love Cheap Asian Goods.

Cheap Asians love cheap Asian goods. Seeing as I am an Asian/PACIFIC ISLANDER living in Norway on a budget, this stereotype might hold some validity. Point is, I found the cheap Asian supermarket! Monday, Sigrid and Endre took our buddy group to Gronland in the eastern part of Downtown Oslo (I believe) where we went to two Vietnamese produce and all-around goods stores. It was glorious seeing food prices that I thought were actually affordable! I went there again the next day and completed my grocery order. I think I found where I'll be going at least once a week...

After I shopped there again on Tuesday, I went to Majorstuen again and headed to United Bakeries for the unlimited black coffee. Don't judge, you would too if you were here! It was a nice day so I sat outside with my CUPS of coffee, and read Ibsen's "A Doll's House". After, I went home and cooked myself up a delicious chow mein stir fry with eggplant, tomato, carrots and oyster sauce. Can you say yummers?! :)

This week is the start of classes and the students bustle about, doing the normal start of term formalities: going to class, meeting the professors, making good first impressions. I would tell you all how my first days steeped in Oslo academia are but, I HAVEN"T STARTED CLASSES YET! I know, I know, get over myself. But really, having this much free time is not as cool as I thought it would be. I'm completely convinced that I shouldn't spend anymore money so that rules out lots of things. I am, however, planning on traveling every single subway route there is; like a vagabond with a trust fund. I've been mainly getting a head start on reading books for class, walking around aimlessly, doing little errands and the like. It's boring and that makes me anxious. Not having a purpose is neither riveting nor exciting: it's disconcerting. Well, I guess the adrenaline needs to pump a little faster. Maybe there's a nice, disconcerted guy like me who enjoys listening to Madonna and the occasional retail therapy who needs some chatting up... We'll see, I suppose.

:)