Project research of Earthling schools

The first thing that went through my mind after looking at the school was "it looks just like any other building on Earth". I walked right in, following the directory and the location on my timetable. And of course I had to walk around the whole place twice before actually finding the right place. I stood right outside the door waiting for someone to open it for a while before realizing that my entire class was sitting right there, along the corridor near the currently empty classroom.

I randomly selected someone to ask if I had come to the right class, I closed my eyes and opened them; the first one I spotted would be the one whom I asked the questions. And after all that talk, yes I was at the correct class. "Now, all we have to do is wait for the teacher", I thought. I was proved right when the teacher came by and opened the door for us, and I choose a seat near the front, and yes there were people around me too. Halfway through the lesson, someone asked me something about what the teacher said. I decided that the teacher was not saying anything important, so I did not mind helping out.

From the example I quoted above, I decided that Earthlings were more willing to interact in a classroom setting. But I did not know the reason yet.

And no, I have not been talking to many of them yet. Maybe I will when I have settled down in this school.

But a few things I have learnt about Earthlings.

1. Most of them will approach you cautiously at first, as if you are some crazy person who will jump out at them and shout at them the moment they say something.

2. Teachers who talk a lot are more popular than those who don't talk at all. Those who don't talk at all look very fierce.

3. Earthling teachers like to talk about the rules and regulations on Earth, I know a lot by reading the book, roughly translated “how to make Earthlings think that you are normal”, but they insist on repeating it over and over again.

A summary. My Earth Project

As the title says, I am here to talk about my project, the write-up on earth. I have already seen possibly quite a lot on your planet, and I think that I have got the report on Earth and its surroundings, buildings, toilets and food centres done.

And now, what is left for me to explore is Earthling psychology. The way humans react to pain or attention, something like that. The people on my planet say that Earthling psychology is the most difficult part of the entire project. I don’t see how different they can be from us, but it would be interesting I hope. Besides, I will not be able to explore Earthlings emotional behaviours until I go to school, almost a week later.

My teachers back on my planet say that I should not use any “special abilities” that Earthlings do not have, but it is not a rule or anything. If it helps with my research, I will most certainly use them to assist me.

If there is anything more to write about Earth’s surroundings, I will post again. But if there is no more of them that I see, I will come back to tell you about how the first day of school is like.

Earthling toliets

I have to use the toliet too you know? Well, I had to find one and it was not a very good experience.

As soon as I stepped in, there was a strong and terrible smell. The floor was black and wet, and the sinks were filled with toliet paper. The smell of cigarette smoke was all over the air.

Oh well, I just went in and out quickly, telling myself that it was just an experiment and all that.

Earthlings and their need for language

I was walking through the newly opened shopping mall (as usual, I did not like the heat) and I was getting a lot of stares. I was getting suspicious, so I tuned in to their minds and tried to listen to their thoughts. I did not expect to read their thoughts so easily.

Ok let me explain, back on my planet, we could read minds, but we started to block our minds against intrusion, and so we invented our language. But as children, we used this ability when he wanted only a specific person to hear us, so this skill never got rusty. But we still guarded our minds when we did not wish it to be read, and I never thought that Earthlings never guarded their minds, and it was so easy to read.

Well, I think it was my clothes. I did not know what was wrong, and everyone's clothes looked different from each other anyway. When I first came to Earth, they gave me a few types of Earthling clothing, and this one gave me the most stares. They called it something like 'the wedding suit'. And I did not know what it was for, but now, I know from the people's thoughts what it is, and quickly went to change it.

When I go to the Earthling school, I should be safer. But until then, I can just keep exploring, and hope that Earthlings are as forgetful as the rumors say.

Earthlings and their music

I heard a scream as I entered an earthling shop, but I was surprised as it did not stop, but continued, moving on to higher pitch and volume. That was when I first discovered Earthling music.

I had thought that someone was not very happy with the shop assistants when I heard the music from the speaker, or at least, that's what I think you call it. But to come back to the point, I did get a shock at first, and surprised to hear that this was called 'great music' as said by the people talking behind me.

I was not able to see how people screaming are called music, I was getting irritated by the senseless blasting and decided to leave, but I knew that I would have to get used to it to survive on Earth.

Perhaps I should leave a page for Earthling music in my project.

Earthling and decision making

Today, I turned invisible in a supermarket, those places that sell almost everything imaginable, and tried to catch Earthlings in a discussion. I wanted to find out how they discuss about non-formal objects. Well you Earthlings really have little need for talking I see, it took a while of waiting and sighing before I finally found someone deciding between a bottle of some drink.

There was two of the almost exact types of drink. But they were of different brands. Probably thats how the debate started. But still, they were arguing against themselves. I heard that they have tried neither bottle, and the bottles were taken off the shelves and put back frequently. After a while, they tried a coin toss, but they forgot which side of the coin represents the bottle, so the put away the coin. After that, they tried to take the two bottles to the counter to ask which one is better. But they decided against that for whatever reason. But when they got back, they realised that one of the bottles was only one of its kind on the rack, and they decided that it was the better one.

From today's exprience, I had an idea of how Earthling make decisions.

1. They toss a coin and decide.

2. The item of choice would be the one that is the only one or lesser in comparision on the shelf because the better item would be more popular and more people will purchase it.

Human Food

I stopped past a fast food place on my exploration of Earth, and it was filled with many different wonderful smelling things called food.I read in one of my textbooks that food is one of Earthling's lifeforce. Which means that they can't live without it.

And I of course, stepped in and ordered some of those things called food. When they came, the smells became even stronger. I grabbed a spoon and began to eat. And if you must know, my lifeforce is air, and your food is so tempting.

After I had finished, I took a look at the reciept. Ok, so Earthling food is not that cheap, and I decided that I could do without it.

I have heard about fatness, the condition that comes with too much food, and I thought that it was another reason to stay away from it, or at least, too much of it.

The country I am in

I have found out that the country that I am suppose to be in is called singapore. I am told that most of the countries are quite similiar.

Maybe I should also post about online games on Earth, or else this post would be too short. I have been downloading a kind of 2D RPG game or something like that, it is called MapleStory. I think that it is much better than the games on my planet, which is all puzzle games of different types. I have only got infomation about computer games cause I was only given a laptop. Maybe I could a research on television next time.

Taxis today, should you ride them?

Today i rode on a taxi, and I think I should start from the beginning.

I was itching for a ride and I know that I told myself that I would try it one day, and when was a better time to try it out then now when I was still itching to do so? So I went to the side of the road and raised my hand. Like magic, the taxi stopped right in front of me, and I hopped into the back seat. It was like a kiddy ride back on my planet. The sights outside the window were changing constantly and cars flashed past. In the end, I asked him to stop at a shopping center.

It was when I went off that the shocks came. The taxi driver asked me to pay him three dollars. That was a short ride ok? Well, I asked for a reciept, which I was quite entitled to do so. Hopefully that would make the ride worthwhile. How much did reciepts cost?

I think I should wrap the whole taxi thing. Without traffic jams, they move faster than almost any other Earthling transport I have heard of. But they don't come cheap.

Earthling public transport

A few things I noticed about Earthling public transportation. There are three modes. Taxis, buses and trains. And for them all, there is a certain waiting time. On taxis, you have to wait by the side of the road and wave at the drivers. For the trains and buses, you have to wait for them to come and then board, stopping at every station until you reach your own stop.

 I myself had my first trip on the earthling main mode of transportation, the train. And it was  crowded. I hardly had space to move. I had to stand very still, hitting someone whenever the train jerked and I caught myself thinking of the teleporting machine back home on my planet. No long minutes of waiting, no bumps and no payment either. 

There was also a lot of noise in the trains. People, seemingly asleep with headphones cranked up to full volume was audible even a few meters away from themselves. So many functions, like a device to talk to the driver was available too. But since nobody was using it, I decided that I would not either. Besides, a bold "2000" was printed there and I decided that it was safer to just leave it be. 

One thing I learnt from my ride in the train, is to use my teleportation device if I had to travel. Earthling public transport was too troublesome. 

But maybe, I would try the taxi next time. I would be alone in it and it should be much more comfortable than taking the trains and buses.