Trip to America! #PartOne

Many people know that I went to the states during the 2014's year-end school holidays, and most of them questioned me about the trip, how was life there like & so on. Without a clue, I started to realised that I actually didn't take any time off to blog or share this rare experience to the curious ones, especially for someone who used to junk her blog 24/7! 

Well, without further ado, here's a collection of much rather random (and ugly) shots my uncle and I took during my one-month stay in the US.

Flight delayed. (3rd from top)

Flight ticket! 

In the cabin with a bunch of French monsieurs & madames.

See any Malaysians? I DON'T THINK SO. D:

I remember myself going insane when in the morning of 28 November, I realised my flight was departing on the night itself! (I thought it was on 29..) Asking me was it a scary experience? - It was terrifying. For someone who doesn't travel abroad often, it's like swimming in the middle of the ocean. But trust me, once you get over the wanna-pee-your-pants phase, it's all good after that. Just follow the signboards & ask for assistance (also learn a little French), and you'll be fine! The 13-hour flight from Malaysia to Paris was literally a pain in the ass though. Luckily I had the aisle seat or else I had to communicate with authentic French people so I could visit the restroom. Hey, a French girl actually sat on my left & I swear I couldn't understand a single word besides excusez-moi. 

Reached Paris! (Paris De Gaulle Airport)

Had to fill this scary form before heading onboard.

This glaced waffle was delicious! Costed me £1.

Once my plane hit the ground of the chilly Paris, I rushed my way to another terminal to catch my next flight to Chicago. The shuttle bus I took gave me a brief view around the airport, including the foreign plants & scenery my eyes wasn't offered in my birth country. Cool vending machines were everywhere - the waffle above was bought from one of them! Before even able to relax my ass in such a country I adore, passengers of the next flight was called to board the plane.

Airplane snack during the transit flight to Chicago. (Savoury & Sweet)

Reached Chicago O'Hare Airport! My uncle's whole family including my cute cousins came to pick me up (not to mention, I gave my Aunt a pretty good scare). We had dinner at a restaurant opened by Malaysians, visited a grocery store then head to a nearby hotel for an overnight stay. Of course, jet lag kicked in as I spent my snoring times on Pac-Man & Tetris on the plane. Next morning, we head to Chinatown for brunch at Wong Kok's after stuffing myself with bacon & eggs. Before the 3 hour drive back to my Uncle's home in Michigan, we hung out at the long walk near Adler Planetarium where we took pictures of the Chicago View & the Zodiac Statues. To be frank, it was FREEZING cold even my fingers were shivering & 'smoke' breathed out from my mouth while I spoke, but the scenery was just too fascinating I could never afford to miss.

Circle of Animals / Zodiac Statues in Chicago.

Some statue outside the museum. (It's Copernicus I think)

Chicago View aka ignore my ugly face.

Chinatown in Chicago.

Snowy view from the hotel we stayed for a night.

To be continued!

Stay tuned for part two, Alanis xx.

Trip to Melaka

Hey! Today was an exhausting one as I just came back from a one day road trip from two different states in Malaysia - Melaka & Negeri Sembilan! I went to Melaka to attend my cousin's wedding somewhere in Merlimau, and Negeri Sembilan was an unexpected one, just went to check out the resorts & beaches there. Tiring, I would say!

Before heading to my couz's wedding, my family & I went for a short walk around the Stadthuys and A'Famosa. The atmosphere there was pretty cool as I love world history (well except my country's..) so the British-ish monuments & signed contracts kept me excited & interested while my brother drowned in boredom. Somewhere near the Stadthuys, there was also a Dinosaur statue out of nowhere which I was so obsessed with, and of course we became close friends (I even named him Milo).

Don't we look alike, Milo?

And usually tourists would pose for pictures or observe the monument when they reach A'Famosa, right? Well, this is what I do when I first see the monument. Pardon the Paws.

Is this loaded? No? Boo :(

Later, we went to Jonker Street just to look around for five minutes (eyyyy poor time planning). We were shock to see a lot of people lining up in front of what seems to be an old-looking restaurant, turns out it's the famous authentic Hainanese Chicken Rice restaurant! Argh too bad we don't have time for this Melaka's delicacy. But at least I found something that made my day just right after I left the restaurant! Bet you can't guess it, IT'S A CUTE ORANGUTAN WALL PAINT! Surprisingly it's from a cafe, all cafes should have something like this!

Y U SO CUTE YOU NEED A KISS 

After the tough time leaving Milo & the cute monkey, I proceeded to my cousin's wedding. Nothing to say about it though, I barely know the people there. Hmm, I guess the food's pretty delicious? (Yup food's the only thing I care) The awkward chats with unknown relatives went horrible as I didn't really had the mood to tolerate their egoistic brags of their kids scoring good results in school or getting a job or whatsoever. Luckily I brought along a book to keep me company.

3 hours later, our family left the crowd & drove off the scene. Since it was still early, we decided to head to Port Dickson in Negeri Sembilan to check out the resorts & beaches for our upcoming vacation plan. So we went. My butt had to deal with sitting in the car for two hours straight, it sort of became numb (too much details, woops). When we reached PD, we visited two resorts - Avillion & Thistle to check out the rates & environment. While the adults do their thing, my bro & I ran to the beach to entertain ourselves. I shouldn't had wore skinny jeans today, they got awfully wet from sea water..

Forever alone.

After having a finger-licking seafood dinner, we went straight back home at 7pm. In the car, I tried to persuade my mom that it'll be super late when I reach home so it's better if I skip school tomorrow to study for the test this Tuesday. Unfortunately, I got grounded pretty badly and end up needing to skip TV time tomorrow. Yikes! I shouldn't had say that..

So this is how my one day trip went. Hope it'll be more time-organised next time so we could visit more places and actually reach home early for school tomorrow. (All the excuses, I'm actually staying up writing this blog right now) Aites I better hit the sack before the sack hits me! Goodbye! :)