Day of negative energy - May 13th
Finally back from the Twin cities - Minneapolis & St. Paul after 4 days & 3 nights. Tiring… But quite a fun experience especially all i’ve been exposed to is just life in Bemidji (a small town) thus far.
May the 13th
Went to the cities. A day i consider filled with "negative" energy. Y? It started off solemn for me cos the seniors were leaving. Some back to Malaysia while others with their own plans. Too much memories. So sad to c them go…
Later after that, called Hc & found out that his grandpa passed away. He was down. I felt bad for not being there for him. There was nothing much that I could do besides assuring him that i’ll call him & accompany him more often through the one way which is through phone.
Then later we were waiting for the bus at John Glas Fieldhouse. It was drizzling, heavy & light at times. We didn’t have a shade except for the area under the stairs. We weren’t sure whether the place we were waiting at was the place where the bus would stop. The bus was suppose to show up at 1.30pm but it didn’t. We waited n waited till 1.45. Yi and Fang decided to walk to another entrance just in case the bus might stop there. Then, Val saw the bus passing through from a far end road. I ran to the other side, wanting to inform both the gals but there was no connecting pathways. I had to run back to Val. She then went the other way to inform them while I waited to spot the bus. The bus, however, did not show up. So, yi n fang went to Pine Hall to make a phone call. During that time, the bus passed by our waiting area. I was chasing behind, trying to catch the driver’s attention but it was useless. The bus just zoomed by. Again, i had to run back, shouting from far towards Fang n yi to call back the bus service so that the bus would turn back for us. They immediately called & the person on the phone said that the bus would turn back. Phew! Running up n down in the rain… Seemed that the bus was running late. We waited at the side of main road while waiting for the bus. Slept through the way. The driver was new & he got lost quite a few times (despite the fact that he was 30 minutes late already).
Reached Minneapolis at about 7.30pm. Took the light railway transit to Mall of America. From there, a cab to the hotel. Went over to Walmart to get some stuffs that i forgotten to bring. Sneaked in the hotel with 4 or 5 (including Cassie) girls in one tiny room. Not bad room though…
At night, went out with Hans. Went to the park with the "cherry on the spoon" trademark sculpture. Darn cold. The car broke down at the gas station. Something was wrong with the battery. Han’s dad came to the rescue & we switched cars. That’s when the last unfortunate thing happened on that day - MY CAMERA! What happened? By next morning, i realized that my camera was MISSING! & we all assumed that it would be safely residing in han’s car…
Sunday - Shopping at Mall of America. It’s the biggest mall in America. Spent quite a lot. Hehe… Ate chinese food in the morning at Mandarin Kitchen. We ate DIM SUM! Hoorah! After 5 long months without proper Chinese food, we were eating to our hearts’ content. A friend of ours recommended that place & he told us to be there by 9am. We got there at 9.45am instead. The restaurant was only opening at 10am. Then, something strange happened. We were at the door looking at the time when suddenly there was a stretch of cars coming in to the parking lot. We could see alot of Chinese/ Asians coming down, walking towards where we were standing. Then, they started forming a line. We were soooo blur. I heard the guy behind us saying on his handphone "i’m second in the line". We were actually the first to arrive & there were more to come. The cars came in one after another. Finally the restaurant opened its doors. In less than 10 minutes, the place was packed & people were still lining up outside while the front cashier area was congested with peopl waiting to be seated. We had siu mai, ha kau, porridge, chee cheong fun (shrimp/beef), chai tau kuei, durian puff, tau fu fa etc. All the food that we couldn’t possibly have in Bemidji. A filling breakfast…
Went to the so called "Asian street" after that. Bought a lot of oriental stuffs - glutinous rice, sagu, noodles, shrimp paste, century eggs etc. Another shopping spree. All these things (again) are not found in Bemidji… Ate mexican food for dinner. Nice food, nice environment & sexy waitresses…
Monday - out with Hans. He brought us to the wildlife refuge but it was closed. We just walked around the "hikiing" area. Visited the national cemetery. It’s a place where soldiers or people who serve in the army were buried. It’s neatly arranged & well kept. Rily cool place… Didn’t even look scary haha… Ate Vietnamese food for lunch. Spent 1 n half hours in a book store. We bought darn lotsa books. There were alot of cheap books & there were psychology books that were hardly sold (if yes, they’d be expensive). Bought serial killer books as well…
Como park was the next destination. It’s like a small zoo. The weather was weird. Drizzling & sunny at the same time. The conservatory was cool. Loved the Japanese garden. Can hardly see huge roses back in Malaysia. Just beautiful!
Went to Han’s house after that. Tried finding for my camera. Tot it was in the car but no… It wasn’t… It was no where to be found. Not in the car, not in my bag, not in the hotel, not anywhere! It was rily hard for me to accept this fact… My camera was gone… for good… Dinner at Chipotle. Nice place. Intersting food… Liked the experience…
Checked out from the hotel early in the morning. The guy didn’t charge money for the 1 extra night we stayed. We just kept quiet about it. Took a cab to the airport (cos it was free hehe…) Then from there, the light railway transit to downtown n walked over to the bus station. 6 hours… & i’m back at Bemidji.
Can’t stay or even clean up our new house yet. It’s so darn messy… New things to "fan" about…
Summer, here i come…
