IL-->WI

Just like what the title shows, yup, I moved from Illinois to Wisconsin. I have only been there for three days. My room is still a mess, probably that's why I am now at Starbucks. :P First day of my grad school class starts tomorrow. My teachers already assigned TONS OF readings, generously. Still can't believe that I am back to school, again.

OK, enough of the school talk. I know it's kinda boring. 

Results of my last few days of discovering this area, I found some local coffee shops, an awesome breakfast/brunch restaurant, a Korea/Japanese restaurant, some other nice Asian restaurants, a HUGE mall, etc. The mall is the second biggest mall in this state. Thinking to wonder around there when I am free. My roomie told me that during holiday people from Northeast of Wisconsin come down to shop and it would be jammed. Also, I am close to Green Bay. During football season, highway will be busier also. I kinda reluctant to pronounce Packers. You know, I have an accent. lol. Don't wanna embarrass myself in front of all the Packer fans >.<

People are pretty nice around. After all, this is still Midwest.. :P I met some of my classmates on the orientation day. Became friends with Miah, whose parents are from Laos. She's born and raised here though. Well...I believe we are friends now. :) Being minorities brings us together. Hopefully we will become study buddy through this tough program. Anyways, I tried to find out what kind of ethnicities are around here. Hmong is what Googled told me. I never knew about Hmong ethnicity before. So they are originally living an isolated mountain. Some are Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Laos. Pretty interesting. I need to know about about them. Hopefully Miah will invite me to her family, or I invite myself? :P 

I heard we get A LOT OF snow. Naturally and geographically, we are pretty up north now. I realize all the clothing stores are selling sweaters at the end of August already. I DO NOT like farewells, including saying goodbye to summer. I just heard a piece devastating news from my roomie that winter starts in November and lasts till March/April. Oh well, I can see tons of studying in coffee shops with hot coffee or staying in with hot cocoa winter time. But first, let's enjoy next two months. I will get fall season before my Illinois friends. :P 

So when any friend come to visit, I can bring you to this lovely yummy brunch place (who doesn't like brunch?), the big mall, beautiful lake around here, local coffee shops, and much more that I still need to explore myself. :P

The adventure just started. To be continued...