In USA already
Well.. Hello ppl. Long time no blog & who would’ve known that the last time I blogged was in Malaysia & now i’m here in Bemidji State University’s campus (temporary room), typing my blog. I miss everyone back in Malaysia… I do… Very very much especially when I think back of scenes at the airport.
My experience of sending ppl off & me, myself going off is actually 2 kinda whole different feel. I reached early at the airport just to make sure I had enough time to prepare for check in etc & also prepare myself emotional wise. I may have sounded & looked all jolly at the airport but wheneva the whole laugh was out of system, I jsut felt a sudden drop of heavy stone in my heart. Hard to describe all those mix feelings I had. The worse moment came (anticipated it) when we had to depart at the escalator… Truthfully even before that , i had strong urges to cry already. Was trying very very hard to hold back tears. I don’t think I would’ve cried so fast if it weren’t for my mom. (One of my college frens actually bet that Val would be the 1st one crying but I ended up being the 1st haha…) Then, all the crying & hugging began. Each & everyone of u guys have played roles in my life so much that it’s impossible not to even be emotionally moved. Then again, maybe there was a crying spell (similar to yawning spell - when one sees another yawns, one would eventually yawn) The last person whom i hugged was the person that I think i’m gonna miss most. He’s occupied practically 70% of my life & have always been very closely connected to me. These past few days as I was talking/ discussing with him bout my leaving, it was hard to even control our tears, moreover at the airport. Didn’t wanna let go… But I had to… Going down the escalator with eeveryone looking. Gosh, the feeling was so heavy… I knew when i looked back, I was crying. Looking at him, down, silence n all, I felt very sad. So I chose to not look back all that much. Just kept walking forward. Oh My God… (Call me emotional but I’m tearing now as I’m thinking back)
The flying experience was totally new to me. Was so lost when they wanted to check my luggages. Oh ya! Rily regretted not having a back pack or a trolley bag for my hand luggage. The stupid thing was sooooooo heavy that my hands ached so much carrying it. Plus with my laptop n all… The first flight was from Malaysia to Singapore. Val & I looked & felt so "jakun" Haha… Quite smooth take off & landing. Reached Singapore. Again was lost. Didn’t know what to do next. Changi airport had lots of shops - branded shops. So we could only afford to see from the outside & I forgottent to bring any sing dollars… Issh… Was walking around when we found a free internet spot. Naturally, everyone of us went online. Went to Deb’s blog. Made me hold back tears again. Lame Deb.. Haha… Hardly slept. It was 12 am upon arrival at Singapore & the next flight was at 6am. Checked in at 3 am. Had to go through somesort of interview concerning our bags n luggages & Yi actually forgotten to bring her I-20 along. She had to go back all the way to the luggage area & korek the paper out. Thank god everything went well… The next shocking thing was when we were going through the beg checking to board in the flight. Everything was kinda in a rush & "luan" - had to take out laptop, pouch, phone etc… & my passport slipped into my winter jacket. So kan chiong when I coulnd’t find it. My boarding pass dropped on the floow while I was frantically searching for my passport. Thank god at the other end, my passport was "enclosed" with my jacket. Phew… Cold sweat there for 3 seconds haha… Yup, call me clumsy..
The first NorthWest Airline flight was good. Service was good. The back wasn’t occupied. So, I slept on 2 chairs. Got personal tv sumore Haha… & the flight only took 6 hours or so. THe scenery from the window seat was damn damn nice!!! The clouds looked like roles n roles of cotton candy & sunrise was awesome… The bad part was the landing wasn’t smooth. Almost vomitted.
Reached Narita, Tokyo. Advanced country. But the things weren’t cheap. Took a picture or 2. Boarded in the next transit. This time, the seats weren’t all that spacious & it was packed! Wasn’t as comfortable as the 1st but what the heck… The tv’s shared… The whole flight took about 11 hours. Damn tiring. Couldn’t get enuf sleep. Uncomfortable position. Torture!!! & we ate & we ate & we ate… Can u imagine eating dinner at 4.30pm Malaysia time? & breakfast after 7 hours later? Yaiks…
Finally reached Minneapolis. Managed to contact my parents & hc after losing contact for almost a day. The checking was thorough. Luckily they didn’t ask me to open my luggages. I would’ve a hard time repacking… Boarded in the last domestic flight. The aeroplane was a small one, very very small… & very very noisy… There were seniors (previously HELP students) & an ang moh man waiting for us when we arrived. Yi & I "lost" one huge luggage each but they say it’s kinda normal. We’ll get it back eventually. Lucky for me I had my clothes luggage. The other "lost" one was filled with kilik kalak… Haha.. Pray hard it comes back to me soon…
The temperature was below 0 when we arrived at Bemidji. It’s a small quite town but quite dispersed. There’s marts n malls here. McD & KFC too… The tallest building here is about 12 levels high haha… Slow pace area. The seniors cooked dinner for us. More like some "ka hiong choi/ jia xiang chai". Felt terribly dizzy & sleepy. Finally, had a chance to talk on phone with parents & hc. Saw hc through MSN too… So happy…
First night sleep here & now i’m awake blogging. Miss u guys very very much… Will be going out in the snow today. Should be quite an experience. Btw, snows aren’t actually all that white n clean. There’s black ones too haha…
C ya ppl… Take care… Will blog again pretty soon…
