August 22, 2005, 11:21pm

What about this face? I got it in a church sale for $1. It's for massage and for sure I'm trying it on my knees. It's quite painful...

I went to the counseling center and made an appointment . Will have an intake appointment Thursday afternoon. So, will let you know how it goes. (Lillian and Twiggy, I'm taking your advice seriously! Thank you so much.)

I'm a lot happier now than when I was in Hong Kong. Still, lots of stress to find my way in the campus and to adjust to my new roles. But I'm away from my family so life is a lot easier.

I rode my bike in the campus all day. Well, just not sure how I can be permanently disabled yet, I can still manage to ride the bike. Actually it's a lot easier to ride in the campus than outside... I tried yesterday afternoon and it's really too much for me to be in the busy streets. I was terrified. Good that I'm still alive.

So, I was around campus registering for courses, finding the textbooks, checking out the library, just everything. So, you can expect, my knees are very tired and swollen. And I made an appointment for Gator Lift tomorrow morning. Hope it's going fine.

Before I forget, really need to write about the textbooks. It's so expensive! I got two used ones and they cost me nearly $90!!! And for the textbook for the class that I'm the TA, it's a little bit more than $100... Good that I'll have a free copy as a TA. Just too good.

This place is so strange. I actually tried to find the books in the libraries first. But sometimes they don't even have the latest edition... and there may only be one copy of the book. Well, at LSE, students are not expected to buy books for themselves though they may prefer to. Required texts will have as many as 10 copies in the library to make sure students will have a chance to borrow. So, this is the US system...

I'm beginning to feel like, why on earth are people going to college? Well, it's a lot of investment. But I'm expecting a lot out of the university and myself.