random ramblings

My brother Lung2 visited me last weekend, and he has a highschool friend (from Singapore) here. Ivan is going to a local community college here and he has to transfer out to a university very soon… so they’re talking about where he’s going / applying to…

these are real exchanges between my brother and his friend last week at my place… as I remember it

Lung : “Udah transfer ke Indiana aja, IU .. pasti keterima deh..” — translation : “why don’t you just go to IU?”

Ivan : “Aduh tapi tempatnya itu… *muka n suara serius* Tau gak, gua denger ya di sono tuh bener2 ga ada apa2, anak2 kalo hangout itu ke Wal-Mart!!!!” — translation: “Errmm… but the city… there’s nothing there…*serious face* do you know?.. I heard that the guys over there usually hang out at Wal-Mart!!!!”

*me* ROFLMAO huahahuahuahuahahua

Lung : huahahaua iya tuh dulu cici gua senengnya emang ke Wal-Mart — translation: “LOL hahaha yes that’s what my sis used to do back then”

Ivan at this point was surprised.. he didn’t know that I went to school in Indiana hahaha

me : “Yes I lived in Indiana for almost 9 years, went to Purdue and worked in Indiana for 5 years”

Ivan : “Jadi bener ci?” — translation : “So that was true??“

Hhahahaa ya unfortunately it was.. I think Purdue now has more to offer than 8-9 years ago when I was there.. But regardless, I think the fact that the town was such a kampung made our college life more special .. and us who went there definitely had much higher appreciation for things.. even small things like ethnic restaurants (closest dimsum was in Indianapolis, an hour away, and there was only that 1 place in the city), bubble teas (closest was Chicago’s chinatown), .. cus we didn’t have all that. I know it’s pretty sad hehe but ooh it’s quite memorable