At Yale

I haven't written in quite a while because I've been busy. To many people, that's already a sufficient excuse, but to some, there needs to be an explanation. Bah.
I don't want to get specific, because this blog is not supposed to be an outpour of my soul, but just a venue for me to spill my thoughts.

I am currently at Yale University in New Haven and enjoying it. I'm writing this blog, standing up inside the SOM building, so forgive me for any incoherence.

My classes won't begin until the next few weeks, so I'm helping David settle in and sort things out first here before he begins his MBA at Yale SOM. He's got a great apartment (a house actually), complete with washer, dryer, full kitchen, bath, a/c, whatever!... and is staying with 2 other students. When I got here, his room didn't have anything! No bed, no table, no nothing! It was so pretty difficult, yet fun to slowly unpack and furnish his place. Life in the US is a total turnaround from life in Manila. You really have to fend for yourself here, otherwise you will be left with... errr, an unfurnished room and will have to sleep on the floor!

Random bits of what I have learned in the past couple of weeks:

1. I learned more how wonderful David's family is, and how they lived a simple but rich life.
2. I learned that most of the US of A is not all glitz and glamour like what you see in movies.
3. I learned more about David's wonderful childhood - and how I love him all the more for that.
4. I learned how to put up blinds using a drill - as in the hardcore D.I.Y. kind.
5. I learned to not feel awkward driving an SUV in the US.
6. I learned that New Haven is not New York, but not a bad place to live in.
7. I learned that Yalies are very warm and partner-friendly.
8. I learned that I can never live without DSL.
9. I learned that a trip to Ikea with your partner is an unofficial "dry run".
10. I learned how to iron clothes. (the laundry part, I still need to perfect! Tie-dying and doing laundry are entirely different things... hehe.)

As both of us are grad students, the next two years will definitely become a slew of uncertainties and adventures, I'm sure. But I'm really up for the ride.