New life in Chicago I moved to Chicago on Aug 8. I’m going to attend to university to purse an MBA. For me, living abroad is the second time since I lived in Singapore for three and half years until t

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New life in Chicago I moved to Chicago on Aug 8. I’m going to attend to university to purse an MBA. For me, living abroad is the second time since I lived in Singapore for three and half years until the end of June, but setting up new life is really tough. On the arrival day at Chicago, I went to IKEA and bought some furniture, but it turned out that the delivery date will be Aug 16… So, I stayed at my friend’s house for 4 nights and moved in to my condominium on Aug 12. I will do unit share with two roommates in three bedroom unit. One of them already arrived earlier than me and he was so kind that he lent me his mattress on the sofa in the living room, so I don’t need to sleep on the hard floor. I hope to receive my furniture successfully tomorrow. The classes will start from Sep, but there is a trip event in mid Aug. Incoming students can choose their destination from about 30 countries all over the world. You can list 5 destinations in order of priority and one of them is assigned as your trip destination(most likely your first or second choice). I chose five countries in central and south America because I moved here from Japan (I’m Japanese) and it doesn’t make sense that I will go to countries in Asia. As my wish, my destination was decided to Argentina. These days after arriving in Chicago has been really busy but I have to leave for a trip on this coming Sunday. By the way, jet lag is horrible. After coming to Chicago, I haven’t been able to sleep well. I can fall asleep at night but I wake up several times midnight, and after I wake up in the early morning, I cannot fall asleep again. So, everyday I wake up at around 5pm. This is maybe because I take a long nap, like three hours, everyday. Based on the internet, if you go to east side, your jet lag can be very bad, so I think the reason of my jet lag is that I came to the US from Japan, which is the east direction. I hope the jet lag to be cured soon. Today, I was considering which classes I will take and had Chinese food for dinner with future classmates in China Town. I’d like to write about these stories another day.

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Corrections: Part 2

The classes will start from in September [4], but there is a trip event in mid August for incoming students wherein/where/in which they can choose their destination from about 30 countries all over the world. You can list 5 five destinations in order of priority {I think you mean "preference" here} and one of them is assigned as your trip destination_(most likely your first or second choice). I chose five countries in Central and South America because I moved here from Japan (I’m Japanese) and it doesn’t make sense that I will go {or: it doesn't make sense to go..."} to countries in Asia. As my wish {better: As I wished}, my destination was decided to as Argentina. These days, after arriving in Chicago, it has been really busy but I have to leave for a trip (on) this coming Sunday.

By the way, jet lag is horrible. After coming to Chicago, I haven’t been able to sleep well. I can fall asleep at night but I wake up several times at/around midnight, and after I wake up in the early morning, I cannot fall asleep again. So, everyday I wake up at around 5pm. {I think you mean 5am (i.e. in the morning)} This is maybe because I take a long nap, like three hours, everyday. Based on {better: Reading from} the internet, if you go to east side, your jet lag can be very bad, so I think the reason of my jet lag is that I came to the US from Japan, which is the east direction. I hope the my jet lag to be will be cured soon.

Today, I was considering which classes I will {more grammatical: would} take and had Chinese food for dinner with future classmates in China Town. I’d like to write about these stories another day.

[4] The abbreviation is "Sept.", but in this case, you need to write it out because it's the object and therefore, an important part of the sentence.

Corrections: Part 1

A New Life in Chicago {Main words in titles arecapitalized}

I moved to Chicago on Aug 8. I’m going to attend to university to pursue an MBA. For me, this is my second time living abroad is the second time since because [1] I lived in Singapore for three and half years until the end of June, but setting up a new life is really tough. On the arrival day {better: my day of arrival} at Chicago, I went to IKEA and bought some furniture, but it turned out that the delivery date will would be Aug 16… So, I stayed at my friend’s house for 4 four [2] nights and moved into my condominium on Aug 12. I will do unit share with two roommates in a three bedroom unit. One of them had already arrived earlier than me {more grammatical: than I (did)} and he was so kind that he lent me his mattress on the sofa in the living room, so I don’t wouldn't need to sleep on the hard floor. I hope to receive my furniture (successfully) [3] tomorrow.

[1] Using "since" here would mean that *after* Singapore, you lived abroad two other times.

[2] Numbers up to ten are written out in English composition.

[3] "Successfully" sounds awkward. I suggest omitting it entirely, or saing "I hope to finally receive my furniture..."

I came in Chicago, one year ago. I didn't know about anything that time. But it is a very good place to live and study.You'll need to do some important stuff such as avaluation of your previous degrees and send them to university. I wish you good luck.

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