Signs of growing up

I bought a new handbag today. My first ever handbag. I have never owned a handbag as far as I can remember. Handbags have always been too girly or womanly for me. I prefer backpacks, sling bags or just about any other bags except handbags.

Is this a sign that I have finally grown up? But I only wanted a handbag because I dun wan to be lugging a heavy backpack all around NY. And now when it is sitting on my hostel room bed, it kind of look pretty. I may kind of like it after all..ok, i admit..i love it ^.^

Sayounara daisuki na hito

I miss Hot Springs.

I miss all the people that are still there now whom I never got the chance to say goodbye to.

I miss Eddie, Ki, Lee, Bianca, and May, Par and Joof (although they are in South Carolina now).

I miss you.

I wish they were here in New York with me now. Sigh...

Now I am just another face among the hundred thousands of Asians in Flushing, New York.

I will remember you

This picture deserves another post in itself..lol. It's my favourite!

The End is Just Another Beginning

3 months have come and gone just like that. The time had finally came for me to leave. I'm going to New York tomorrow! Wooohooo!


To say that I'm totally happy to be leaving here is a lie. It's sad to leave. But I can't say that I want to stay here forever either. It's not fun at all to be the last one to go when everyone else has already left.
















The best doesn't come until the end it seems. My last week here has been nothing short of amazing! I went on a picture-taking spree, take part in a crazy (and hell embarassing) all Asian party and played pool for the first time!















And I found my twin soul...all in one week. Do you know how liberating it feels to let go of all your inhibitions and self-consciousness and just have fun, go with the flow? Very!














Unfortunately, most of the time, I just went back to my old, timid self...sigh. But I am trying.

Well, good luck to me. I'll post more when I get to New York (hopefully). If not, I'll see you when I get back to Malaysia. That's on April 19, 8.05 AM, KLIA Airport, International Arrivals. Don't forget that date! See you then!

Sightseeing with the President

Once upon a time, not so long ago, we took an Amtrak train from Clifton Forge, VA to Washington DC which is 100x times more comfortable than airplanesUpon arrival, I was immediately greeted by the President himselfHe took us to the Dupont Circle Stationwhich has the steepest and most frightening escalators I have ever seen!to ride DC's world-class underground subway called the Metro (which is 100 x times better than New York's rat-infested, saliva-laden equivalent)First, we went to the National Mall, where i discovered that all those months of tray-lifting had done wonderful things to my arms! we walked beside a beautiful lake, where we could see the Jefferson Memorial from a distance

then we went to the Washington Monument, but gasp! the sky was getting dark and scary.... so, we took shelter by going to the top of the monument, where we enjoyed the view of the Washington skyline from above...
the White House was visible from here, and the President suddenly remembered that he forgot to feed his dog before he left the house!so, off we went to the White House....we went down the elevator of the monument and walked...and walked...and walked...and walked....gosh, how far is it? It could not have been that far...it didn't look taattt far when we were at the top of Washington Monument!

oh wait...there it is. I almost couldn't recognized it because the President wanted to go in from the back... but there's some sort of demonstration from people with black sacks over their faces..the President can make such bad decisions sometimesand that's not all, the President forgot his keys!! I thought we were going to be locked out but luckily, his hungry dog came and fetched him the keys..so, tat night before I go to sleep, I gave him a big kiss on his doggie face :)The next day, we went to the National Museum of Natural History on the National Mall, well where else, in the Nation's Capital of coz...we saw a huge elephant at the entrance, and some dinosaurs... and a few ancient people drawing a fat-looking horse on the wall of the museum..Next, we went to the National Air and Space Museum and boy...was it crowded...but nobody recognized the President in his disguise of coz..
we looked at various types of aeroplanes hanging from the ceiling.. and witnessed astronauts doing their thing...
We stopped by the National Gallery of Art, where we walked through a really cool-looking ceiling..and the National Portrait Gallery, because the President wanted to check out a new portrait of him there..
Finally, when night time falls, we walked to the Lincoln Memorial and paid homage to the statue of the 16th President of the US...the Memorial was one of the grandest places I have ever been too...it's so amazing...and magical..


fuwah wah wahhh yawnnn......after a long day of sightseeing, it's time to call it a day! We went back to the White House and had a good night sleep..

The best is yet to come, they say....

Mana tau, the next day, the President had his hands full chasing wild squirrels away in his garden so he asked us to walk back to the train station ourselves...

What to do...so we walked lo..

And it was not so bad, because there's a lot to see in DC just by walking..

We walked by some statues (there's lotss of these here)

and some castle...nothing unusual..haha..and at last we reached Union Station, where we took a train back to good ol' Hot Springs
but not before taking a group picture of us 4 young travellers!That's all. Hope you enjoy the story of our amazing Washington trip! hehe :-)

Note: The story above is purely fictional. No harm is done to the President in the making of this blog post. Any similarities to real persons, trips or experiences are unintentional. But one thing is for sure, the pictures are real! :-)

A White World

It is snowing very heavily now outside the Chamber of Commerce where I am going online. I love the snow....they looked so beautiful. I hope it is still snowing when I get back later because I want to know what it feels like to walk in the snow. But I hope it won't be too cold.

Days are long here. Everyday I wake up wondering what to do for the rest of the day. It is easier when I have work but when I'm off, I end up having to spend all day in my room. I know I should make more friends :(

I love mornings better than nights. But it gets dark very very fast. By 5.30pm, the sun has already gone down. If I'm in Malaysia, that would be the usual time I take my naughty dogs out for walks. How different things are on different sides of the earth...

Skiing

Skiing is scary! Especially when it's your first time and you don't even know how to deal with those extra things that u have under your huge metal shoes but u followed those experienced people to the top anyway and there's nowhere to go but down, so down u went with those things called skis before u even got the chance to ask them how to stop those skis! It was the scariest thing that I have ever done in my life...ever...and I wanted to do it again!

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Don't worry dad....I have learned how to stop..

Rode this wonderful machine to the top of the mountain....not exactly the top...more like the middle

Those slippery things under my shoes

Look what's under me! I think that's the snow-making machine

Up, up, up!

That's me....the bottom one!...haha...nola, they are snowboarders

I'm over here la