at my 4th day here in saint paul, i’m beginning to get back my energy from sleeping and resting a lot. in the beginning (and even now), it’s hard to get sleep at the right time..and broad daylight at 9 or 10 o’clock pm didn’t help much! i always wake up at around 2 am, and there’s lot of moment that i just lie on my bed half-awake half-asleep. after staying for 2 nights at the hilton inn (paris hilton’s family’s line of hotels), i now share an apartment with wilson. it’s galtier apartment, 2 or 3 blocks away from the office. today is the first day of summer here, but the weather is pleasant in the morning so i’ve been walking on my way to work each day.
the apartment is a 2-bedroom, with a sala, kitchen, 2 bath, and a balcony! (which has access from my room, so great!) the view is amazing with traffic at distance, taking-off and landing planes on the far right, old bricks buildings nearby, greeny mears park in front, a bridge, and a river afar. it’s nice to feel the summer breeze and take pictures from the balcony. my room is medium-sized, with lots of storage spaces and an adjacent bathroom. it has a digital clock i’ve been looking and wanting for ages!!! (big red-led display with alarm) i have to look where to buy it here. everything’s fine so far, but the television cable is not working (’have to report), and the internet we got is wired. i ordered a router from amazon, and it should be coming today or tomorrow. we’ve been cooking our meals to stay healthy and of course to save money. the first meal we cooked is fried chicken with vegetables, and then last night (as well as for my lunch today), we have porkchop and nido soup (i brought from manila). the place has a small gym, laundry room (not free!), and a pool.
it’s friday today, and i’m not sure if we’ll go outside later. i’ll probably try the gym after preparing dinner. we went to univesity avenue this lunch time to get some asian stuff. it’s a long street of commercial shops specializing in asian good and merchandise. we went to a grocery and bought more vegetables, philippine-brand fish sauce, vinegar, and soy sauce, and a 25-lbs sack of rice. ’went there with a manager from the office, tuan. thanks.. and then we dropped by the apartment to unload the goods. unfortunately, i unloaded everything including tuan’s 2 plastic bags of 5 coconuts. from the apartment, we went back walking to the office and too bad, tuan left the office already. ‘really a shame that after his kindness, we stole his coconuts. 
