Semi-Settled in Ottawa
I'm BAAAAAAAACKKKKKK!!! Heheh... boy, not having the internet really limits your abilities! Anyways, let me start from the beginning.We departed late on Thursday morning - we were more tired than anticipated and my parents insisted we sleep enough before hitting the road. Anyways, it was all very sad when it came time to leave. I miss my family, my house, (not my bed as it came with me ..heheh), and just Freddy Beach in total.
We didn't really speed so it was slow trucking the whole way. We did end up stopping in Drummondville for Dinner (that was around 6ish) and went to Wendy's. Afterwards we stopped at their Loblaws for some milk, bread, and orange juice (severe "hot air" was settling in because of the tiredness and stress, hence the large jug of orange juice).
Upon arrival (around 12:30am - we were pretty delirious with exhaustion by then), I discovered that my phone was NOT working *growl*. Typical. Well, let's not obsess over that as my first glimpse of the apartment was sort of a dream like state. The first thing you notice when you walk in is the view from our balconey. WOW. It's really nice, especially at night with all the lights. We're living in a residential area and just below us are townhouses and across from us other high rise condos or apartments. In the distance, you can see the Parliment and the Chateau Laurier. One of the main terminals is also very nearby so you can see the comings and goings over there. (I'll post pictures later on). My room itself is also very large but I'm a bit disappointed over my walk in closet. It's not that big and there isn't much shelf space. Oh well.
Everyone was wondering why we weren't picking up the phone..hehehe. My parents were calling, our friends in Ottawa were trying to see whether we had actually arrived or not.. aiks. On that rainy Friday morning, we were trying to move in all the stuff from the truck (it was painful because we were so tired and there was just two of us (my BF, Chien Ee & I) vs. a ton of stuff. We had a 14' U haul truck that was stuffed to the max. Basically opened the door, looked in and all you wanted to do was shut it and walk away :P Anyways, we moved half of the stuff out (basically enough stuff so that when we drove around things would be slamming all over the place) that morning and decided to go to the St. Laurent Mall to find a pay phone. On top of that, my rental company says we have to find out the phone number of the previous tenants to get the phone dc.. what the!? How the heck are we suppose to get that information?? BLEH. Anyways, on with my story.. we called Bell who said that there was most likely a physical problem with the line and they would send someone in on Saturday between 8am-5pm *Gasp* to fix it.
We had lunch at the mall and I really can't remember what we did after that :P I do remember coming back to the apartment and collapsing for a nap until 4pm (which was when the service elevator was booked again). We proceeded to move the rest of the boxes/beds up to the apartment. All the moving took about ~3 hours.. pretty impressive if I do say so myself! After that, we had the issue of finding a parking spot for this large vehicle (someone stole our spot which is designated for larger vehicles). To make matters worse, the entrance key was LOST (later found that it was underneath the UHaul truck seat) which made me so annoyed and upset. My friends arrived to take us to dinner and we were still searching for the key. Not anticipating their arrival, I didn't bring my wallet downstairs and nor did CE so we had no money at dinner *hehehe*. Oh well... that's what friends are for?? (LOL, I'm just kidding!)
We had dinner at a restaurant that I've been to at least 3 (or 4?) times: Lichee Restaurant. I do believe we are going to be frequenters to this place while staying in Ottawa.. food is good and not too expensive. Anyways, it was all good.. nice little reunion with everyone. After dinner, it was nearing 9pm and Costco was closing so we decided to try our luck at Ikea. No such luck - it was closing too.
Saturday included waking up late (YEA!!) and doing not very much. One of my friends had left his cell phone with us which we brilliantly turned off to save power and couldn't get back into because it had a PIN which we didn't know. I guess by this time they must have all be ??!?! is with these two?? They never pick up the phone!! (my phone line was ringing properly on the outside end but we heard no tone and couldn't call anyone on the inside end). Just as we were about to go downstairs to report the missing entrance key, the Bell dude walked out of the elevator. Me being slightly "blurred" walked into it even though I saw this dude with a toolbelt walking out *rolls eyes*. Luckily CE knew better than to follow :P Anyways, it took him all of 10 minutes to fix the problem and we were free to leave without worries! Yuppi!
By this time, it was time to go to Ikea and Costco. Our friend picked us up again and we drove the Uhaul to Ikea. OMG, never go to Ikea in Ottawa (or maybe all Ikeas) before school starts on the weekend!!! It's a ZOO in there!! It was so packed with people and I felt crazy. It was basically see something, grab it and go.. no time to ponder.. there was no ROOM to think!! I grabbed some important goods and left. Our visit to Costco was impressive (merchandise way, but not good in the $ sense). We bought everything from toothpaste to garbage bags. Everyone was predicting how much we the cart was worth.. it ranged from $150-220. HAHAHAHA.. it ended up to be $351 (ok.. actually, thats not funny at all!!!). Oh well, its going to last us a long time.. I mean.. we're probably not going to be able to go through some of this stuff in a year anyways!
After Ikea...we went back to my friend's place and waited for another friend to become available so we could pick up some boxes from his place (I had left some of my stuff at his house on my apartment hunting trip in June). We waited, and waited, and waited til we were just too hungry to wait any longer. Ended up ordering KFC (yum, but Ugh on the arteries and the bad on the diet). By that night, we had most things collected but still had quite a bit left to purchase.
Sunday morning included going to Loblaws for groceries, Ikea for some more things (and having their $1 breakfast - not bad!!), Chinese groceries & Walmart. I didn't go to the latter two, was just too kaput. They were all led to believe that I had a headache (because CE told them I did) and kept asking me if I was OK later that night. I did get an order of #S4 Vietnamese Soup at this restaurant in China town that we also frequent. Yummy! It's got a whole bunch of greens, noddles, and shrimp + Cha Shao (pork) in it.. mmmm *drool*
That evening, they had an impromptu BBQ which was really good. We went over to one friend's house (they just bought a new townhouse about half a year ago which is in a new neighborhood) and afterwards watched Sin City. hmm...that movie was really rather interesting. The way they shot the movie and told the story was really well done. I didn't like the actually story much since I'm not all that into crazy dudes that have scary looking eyes that kill people. :P
Oh man.. this blog is going to be so long. I think I need to make this less long winded now. Ok, summary of this week has basically been more cleaning, more tidying up and a bit more shopping. It hasn't been all that eventful. I'm glad to be back online (at least we can check the bus schedule and look things up!!) and also glad to have the chance to SLEEP.
Last, I just want to thank everyone for their goodbye messages and their best wishes (and calls ^_~). I was really touched - and it meant a lot to me. Thank you guys!
Alrighty, catch you guys later. I hope this entry wasn't too tedious to read ;)
posted by jaryee @ 7:36 a.m.
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