Just got back frm WaWa wif Ken, Nafiur, Mel and Joy...stock up on my supply of cup noodles, milk, bananas, bread and lip vaseline (for my cracking lips...trust me it can be that cold here in summer)...it's 2 a.m now in Wildwood, New Jersey, exactly 12 hrs away and 12000 miles away frm Singapore...


Day 1

Finally after 6 months in the making...interview at speedwing, US embassy visit, Ticket Booking at Gasi, Orientation at CIEE, days of shopping for backpack and items to bring over...hundreds of online and paper work documents, thousands of lecture break conversations, hopes and fantasies wif ken...all the waiting and anticipation for May 7th this day...the day both of us looking so eagerly to and mark down frm the start of the sem...has finally arrived!!

Woke up at 4.55 a.m...aft 3 hours of bare sleep...pa and mummy have already woken up...saw ying sleeping on the sofa and i knew she has woken up early juz in case she overslept...took a short bath and do a final check before lifting my 17.0 kg (i only knew it at the check-in counter later) backpack and with heavy heart and footsteps, my whole family acconmpanied me to the lobang at 662 where ken say will pick me up at 5.45 a.m...while waiting saw ying's eyes were already red...i juz knew it since young be it i go for a 3-Day chalet or ah ma's hse in malaysia during the hols, she will almost certainly cry before it...still can remem how she refused to go sch during my enlistment day and insist on tagging along to tekong wif me...hahaha this silly girl...

ken arrived wif his parents...and i knew it's time to go...hug ying, rested my hand on hong, hug my crying mum and saw that pa was fighthing back his tears as he walked back and i step into the car...i was fighting back my tears and swallowing hard...i knew if i cry i wun stop...and i dunwan my folks to worry too much too...i will miss them badly during these 3 months or so...my feelings gradually stabilized as we reached the airport...

met up wif JK and we checked in together...aft saying byes to their parents...we were on our own...had a quick breakfast at kopitiam for we knew it will be a long time before we have some decent chinese food...juz as abt i was to step into the departure hall...saw my NJ 1st 3 mths frien huiling...she came to send her frien off for work and travel...wah she really change a lot i tell u and i almost could not recognize her...really always amazed at how fellow peer girls can change sometimes...

Ken, me and JK minutes before departing at Changi

JK and me posing for the cam on the plane to Taipei

Gadget Display on air...nabe my mp3 spoil even b4 i reach NY...On with new batt den show Creative logo before dying...knn mustafa

S'pore to Taipei

Wah really impressive when i walked into the plane...totally diff frm wad YJ has been telling us the whole sem...that bugger keep on saying we will be swimming in the Pacific the whole sem...nabe will get back to him when i see him when he come back frm sweden...food was good...personall inflight entertainment with even Brokeback Mountain and King Kong...air stewardess not too bad and the whole trip to Taipei was rather smooth with minimal turbulence...watched the movie "Match Point" starring scarlett johansson...my 1st romantic and passion film in months...wah lau eh sj is super hot and chio lah...those dangerous curves...silky hair and perfect smooth skin...wah i really wish i was the one rubbing body cream on her...the oni thing bad abt the show is that it's censored...WTF!! the whole bloody film was censored lah or shud i say the whole damn movie catalogue was censored including Brokeback (nvm lucky i watched it liao...remem quek? haha)...they shud tink of pple like us loh...full-blooded alpha males looking for some relief on air...hear this China Airlines!!

The quality and taste took me by surprise...aft all it's the cheapest airfare that i can take

Taipei to Anchorage

Reached Taipei ard 1pm...walked and fiddled ard...made 2 more friens Daniel and Lester and i called home trying out the Worldcard...mum answered and sounded pleased...we played daidee and before we knew it almost time to board the filght to anchorage...our nxt stopover point...eagerly anticipating my nxt show

I could not believed what i saw when i went in...NO personal flight entertainment in the Business class??!? u can imagine abt economy den...wah lau sucks lah really...this is the long haul flight across the Pacific leh and no personel inflight?? they siao or they juz wan to torture us...wah lau how am i going to endure the nxt 8 hours??

my dulaness was rather overcomed by the quality of the air stewardess this time rd...wah lau all like damn chio loh...and maybe it is a tradeoff for some live entertainment...andden there was her...as i slowly opened my eyes...i saw an angel...her smile and sweetness totally swept me off my guard...i struggled to act calm as i totally fumbled when she asked me whether i need a wet tissue...i wud have say YES a million times if she asked whether i wan her number...ken was stunned by this air beauty too and we gave her nick Fiona coz she looks rather similar to Fiona in some angles...oh my God...i juz could not help looking at her when she walked towards me...and her petite frame when she walked back...beyond words really...my source of inspiration for the strong turbulence ahead...i will do anything during that 8 hours juz for her to smile at me...oh man Fiona Fiona...Love is in the air...Love is in the air...

Posing with Taiwan lao Chiobu at the transit lounge

The 3 muskeeters of Alaska...look at those snow-capped mountains behind...they are awesome i am telling u

Damn Heng...manage to see one bikini girl sun tanning on the snow in Alaska

Anchorage to New York

Quickly queue up to board the flight again to see Fiona...her smile and her perfume smell evertime she walked past...WAHLAN leh they had a change of cabin crew...WAHLAN where is Fiona?? wah lan wah lan...i never going to see her like that...wah demoralising...andden worse found out my mp3 not working...how to tahan for another 6 hrs like that and the 3 mths ahead?? i am already shagged lah...had a damn bad migraine juz abt to land in Anchorage...and the same thing happened again in NY JFK airport...something wrong with my head or wad?? and worst of all...JK lost his 5gb mp3 on the plane and we suspect the groundcrew took it liao...the loss announcement was made but we tink most likely gone liao...damn suay really the woes if creative mp3s...

New York JFK Airport to Wildwood Moreys' Pier

Landed at 10.30 p.m. local time and met up wif the group going to Moreys...now there are 7 of us...aft much hassling from the local cab drivers, we decided to go ourselves using the instructions they gave us...went up to the air train and we saw John, a friendly and nice American Black driver...he was to save the day for us...charging us a reasonable rate...and sending us all the way to Wildwood...really nice chap and interesting one...very well-learned abt almost everything frm religion and international politics...it took us 3.5 hrs to reach wildwood and the sky was showing signs of opening up...wanted to check into local motel at 1st but realised that it's oni 3 hrs more before moreys opens up...camp outside WaWa, a local 24-hr mini-supermart joint on this chill and windy night...and we decided to walk to Moreys instead of waiting for the morning sun to rise to try our luck...true enough, the security guard let us into the recruiting office and taking into consideration the shitty conditions we r in

Managing a bright smile despite the tough initial conditions

I certainly want to be up der when the winds die down

Finally...Melissa the recruiting officer entertained us and we were brought to our accomodation...me and ken checked into a double-bed room while the other 4 guys, JK, Steven, Eric and Nafiur checked into the 4-bed room in apartment 5 Mag 2...we immediately set off to pour out our backpacks...had a good bath aft 36 hours...went for lunch at an Italian Pizza Joint nearby and the Jumbo Pizza is freakin Jumbo...no joke one person who can finish it can dun eat for at least the nxt 3 wks or so...went back to sleep for a solid good 9 hours before going to meet Mel and Joy who have juz arrived...had my first brush with black gansterism in the neighbourhood...was queueing up to pay at 7-eleven when this 1.85m tall Black youth with a bullet scar below his left eye who was obviously high on drugs came up to me...

"Hey u know what is Susa...u know Susa...Susa?" the Black asked me in a rather confronting manner..."sorry i not very sure" i replied gamely, summing up whatever guts i had..."U dunno wad is Susa...agro?? agro is susa" after saying finish he walked back to the store and continued shouting out at the top of his druggy voice...5 of us quickly walked out and heng they never follow...Siao who know wadda hell susa is...siao kao really...but lucky he never went on to grab me or wad for i tink i might be blogging frm the hospital now...haha...

Time to sleep and adjust my bio-clock slowly...got orientation at 10a.m (10 p.m) and better get some more sleep...sorry ah blog abit long...coz 2 days combined into one...see ya and tata...

Finally made it here spanning the South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, Continental America...Singapore, Taipei, Anchorage, New York, New Jersey, signing out here frm 5B, Mag2, Wildwood, NJ...

My bed for the nxt 3 months...took the lower one wif Ken (sleeping rite now) on the upper deck

Our stuff "neatly" arranged

Going to pick up some culinary skills in this cookery lab

The Toilet with a rather decent bathtub shared by 6

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