Today marks the end of my first week in Stanford.

And today is a good day. Not just because the weather was impeccably perfect (sunshiny, warm and breezy), or that the food today was nice (chicken soup, fried claypot rice, krispy kreme and naked juice), or that we went clubbing-style karaoke and I had a tonne of fun screaming "fuck you", but because I'm very contented with where I am today. AT risk of soudning hypocritical, I'll be brutally honest and admit I'm dimwitted, and at best average. No reason why I get a full, padded scholarship to live it up in the Golden STate. ANd here I am, soaking up every morsel of this experience. It's a time for positive reinvention!

ANyway I realised three things.

First, that I really love singing. Second, that stepping outside your comfort zone you'll realize it's much wider than you actually thought. Third, that everything will fall perfectly in place.. as long as you're not fussy about what "perfectly" means. (Right, so for now it has to mean not making it through an audition for an acapella group I REALLY wanted to join.)

You could travel the world
But nothing comes close
To the Golden Coast
Once you party with us
You'll be falling in love
Oooooh oh oooooh