In Transit and Settling Down

I met Jon Kao at during transit at Tokyo Narita! I didn't know that we were at the same plane until I saw him in a parallel queue for luggage check. What a coincidence. I had not expected to meet anyone I know on the journey here, so it was a pleasant surprise. He's going to Queen's, but before that to join Ben and his Aunt in Toronto. At least we could take turns to look after the belongings while the other goes to the toilet.

Detriot Airport is a fairly big one given that it mainly services Northwest Airline only. There was a stretch of travellator connecting concourse A to B and Cans there it was an interesting tunnel with galaxy-like swirling lights and music. I was quite impressed

Taking a cab to my hostel was so expensive! CAD$29 for a 20min ride. I can't understand that. However the driver was quite nice and helped me with my luggages.
The Guesthouse is really as described, tranquil and prim. It had been snowing so the view outside my balcony is a snowy one. Why did I ever think that seeing snow is fun? As I trudged along the snow covered grounds I wonder: why am I here walking on snow when I could be walking on the clean and easy walkways in SG? It just felt somehow surreal when it occurred to me that I have been transported to a different world. No more warm weather and easy life.

I went to Masonville Place today and what I was told to be a 7 min walk turned out to be at least 12min. But I pressed on because I had to get a laptop charger adapter! My 'universal adaptor' got burnt when I inserted it into the socket here. Having a goal in mind can really keep one going. And looking around for the adaptor was not easy. Luckily I met a very helpful staff at Zellers (their equivalent of our Giant) who said 'hello' to me first. She directed me to go to the Access store instead and that's where I got the right one. 'Gui ren' in a foreign land is a blessing. I took a bus back as it became too cold to walk back to the hostel. I've been done a shopping that is more tiring and depressing. Even as I was about to leave, I didn't even know where to look for a bus stop. I had to ask around and was lucky to have been guided by a Jap man who was with his family.