Quickie...

This is intentionally going to be a quick post. I'm gonna meet my counterpart at 1:30pm, so I better get myself ready. I couldn't sleep last nite. I slept at 12:00am, but woke up at ~2:15am.

However, I managed to get extra sleep at ~9:30am & woke up at 11:30am. I had a weird & clear dream during this 2-hours sleep. I dreamed about being mad at some people. When I woke up, I still felt mad & see... I wrote about it. It just that I don't have time to go into details now. It felt like Leonardo~DiCaprio-in-Inception planted the emotion/idea in my dream.

Ok... enough for a quick post.

Finally the journey has over....

Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah. Syukur sangat2.

The stressful journey has ended. Now I'm in the hotel at Corvallis - the pit stop of my amazing race ;). Even though I arrive late (~11pm), still I feel like a winner. Yay, at last!

Finally at USA...

Not yet arrive at the destination though. I'm at the SF airport (SFO) rite now, waiting for the domestic flight to Eugene. I'm on the waiting list... hopefully I'll get a seat. Too tired to wait for the next flight.

24 hours since I departed from KLIA. Really tiring... the problem is not just physically, but mentally as well. It's a very stressful journey. Even rite now, I feel stressed waiting for the seat confirmation to Eugene. Actually the flight should be departed at 4:57pm (SF time). However, it has been delayed to 6:12pm. In Msia now is Sunday morning, here it's still Saturday Nov 27.

I'm pretty sure I'll arrive at Eugene tonite. Just hope that I'd arrive at the hotel tonite as well & manage to get a real sleep on the bed.

Btw, the custom check was ok. I didn't face any problem with the federal inspector. Since I'm a G2 visa holder, I don't even have to scan my finger prints.

I guess that's it for now. If everything's going smoothly tonite (it's ~5:20pm but already dark), maybe I'll post something before going to the bed ;-).

Stranded

Devastated. Stranded at Hong Kong airport. Gonna miss the original flight to Eugene. Don't know when will I arrive at SF & the onward flight to Eugene will be. Wish I don't have to be stranded at SF airport instead because no flight to Eugene left for the day. Have to send this post from yahoo email since the blogspot website is in Chinese.

Live from Hong Kong airport

Yes, Hong Kong, not US. The flight to SF is delayed. I'm worried since I have another flight to catch at SF airport.

Btw, we didn't know about the delay. We landed at the HK airport at around 1:15pm. Then as usual took time to get off the plane. So we only got 40 mnts to go to the departure terminal by train & pass thru 2 security checks. Somehow the departure terminal is quite far.

There were 6 of us, guided by a flight attendant. We really rushed. Only to find out when we arrived at the gate that the flight has been delayed.

Ok.. Need to go. Just got a news that the flight has been delayed to 6pm. Bye.

Sent from my X2

Something about...

Phewww... I guess now I can have a rest. Somehow today seems like I have many small things to do besides packing.

My flight will be tomorrow.

27Nov KL 9:30 --> Hong Kong 13:10 (3hrs 40mnts)
27Nov Hong Kong 14:05 --> San Francisco 10:00 (11hrs 55mnts)
27Nov San Francisco 13:01 --> Eugene 14:32 (1hrs 31mnts)

I will return to Msia on Dec 11. However, I'll stop at San Francisco for about 2 days.

11Dec Eugene 15:40 --> San Francisco 17:07 (1hr 27mnts)
Private stop
14Dec San Francisco 00:05 --> 15Dec Hong Kong 06:45 (14hrs 40mnts)
15Dec Hong Kong 09:00 --> KL 12:45 (3hrs 45mnts)

My friend asked me which part of US Oregon is? Somehow I haven't checked a map until last nite. I just assume based on the flight tix that it's near California, so must be at the west side of US. I was rite.

The time difference between Oregon & KL is 16 hours! I add the clock for Oregon at the sidebar. Check it out.

My senior told me that Oregon is a good place for shopping. He told me that it's the only state in US without tax charged over the shopping items. However the nearest big city is Portland, which is about 3 hours from the place that I'll stay in Oregon. He recommended me to go to Portland. For me, 3 hours is quite far.

Feel sleepy already. Hope I could get a good night's sleep.

So I guess my next post will be from US ;). Wish me a safe journey. Bye.

Yada, yada...

As usual, I have so many things to write, but don't have enough 'extra' time to do so. It has been quite a busy week for me. I thought once I obtained the visa last Friday, I'd be less busy with the preparation. However still I got to settle a few things. I was busy making calls, faxing & emailing then.

How I'm gonna watch final TARA4?? Ada ke kat TV US? I'm relief to find out that the spoiler that I've read in a forum last week is not true. The winner could be any team. I don't have any pick among the top 3.

I haven't finish packing. By hook or by crook, I have to finish packing tomorrow since my flight will be on Saturday morning. What a boring task.

Today I went out around 10:30am. I only got back home at 4:30pm. Spent about 3 hours in a salon. Somehow whenever I'm gonna set foot in a new place & stay there for quite sometimes, I'd prefer to have a short hair. I felt regret at 1st for cutting the hair because I did plan to keep my hair long. However, I think now I like the result. But yes, I guess after this, I want to keep a long hair. Never too late to restart growing hair ;). Another reason for cutting the hair is I think the longer the hair, the more the hair falls. To my surprise, the lady who cut my hair said that my hair isn't just thick... but VERY thick when she 1st touched my hair. She actually said "Rambut you ni bukan lebat, tapi lebat giler." I take it as a compliment. But still, this hair needs treatments.

I told you I have a lot to write. Will continue later.

Random thoughts

Ethan&Khairi team has been eliminated from TARA4. Sedih. Takde mood dah nak tengok TARA4.

Today I went to Wisma MCA to submit the visa application. Esok petang siap. Tengah berfikir ni, nak pegi amik ke tak petang esok. Kalau nak puaskan hati, better amik. Kalau ikutkan malas, better tunggu masa nak pegi UNDP office nanti. Tapi UNDP office kat Damansara. Hmm...

I want this!

Somehow, it's not available at Low~Yat but Maybank already offered 0% interest for the item. Sabar. Maybe I'd find a better tablet PC in US. Berangan macam betul2 nak beli. Tapi seriously tergoda.

Kaki kiri sakit tapi gagahkan juga berjalan ke sana ke mari. Dah urut 2x. Hopefully it'll get better soon.

Baru check email tadi. The electronic tix has been issued. It means, yeah I'm going to spend 2 nites in San Francisco. I'm gonna stay at Union Square area. Thanx Mas for the guide.

Ok lah, mengantuk dah. Yay, esok hari Jumaat.

Kalau gembira tepuk tangan...

Yay! I'm going to San Francisco you alls.

Even though only for 2 days & 2 nites... kira boleh lah tu, daripada duduk dalam airport sahaja kan. Woo!! =D (cubaan menjadi woo-girls like in 'How I~Met Your~Mother', tapi tanpa maksud tersirat. Am truly happy.)

Wait a minute, the new flight schedule hasn't been authorized. Jadi tidak boleh terlalu gembira. There's no fare difference to pay, should be no problem lah. Hopefully.

Ok, got to focus on the visa application. Should start today but I had meetings back to back, 9am - 1pm & 2:30pm - 5pm. Got a few phone calls to make. I was about to cancel going to the evening meeting, but when I called the person in charge, he was already in the meeting. So, not to trouble anyone as I already confirmed the attendance last week, I attended the meeting. I managed to make 2 phone calls during the meeting but nobody answered the phone.

Despite feeling tired yesterday from going to one shopping complex to another, I slept late last nite to prepare the internal forms. So, I feel a bit exhausted today.

Ok, ok... got to check on the visa application now. Focus as time is running out.

Btw, tomorrow is Hari Arafah. Niat puasa sekarang. Moga ditabahkan hati untuk berpuasa esok hari since it's gonna be another busy day for me.

Walk (jump?) for charity

The sneak peak is here.

Early 'dinner'.

On the way to Masjid Besi...

The walk was about to start...

& the walk begun. Left, right, left, right...

Yay! 2.5km... half way to go!

& more jumps...

Oily faces at the finishing line.

Banned!

Finally... I just finished watching 'Witch Yoo Hee'. Note to myself - no more Korean drama series. Need a lot of patience. Somehow the so called witch, Yoo Hee, I think is nicer & kinder than I am. So kind indeed. Fine, as we can easily predict from this kind of series, the hero & heroin would be together at the end. It's an expected ending for what we call a happy ending. Yes, it applies to this series as well. Oppsss, spoiler. However, I'm not happy. Somehow, the last episode is the worst episode of all. Hence, I don't even care whether they would end up together or not. In brief, whatever. What a waste of time. 16 episodes... means about 16 hours! So yes, no more Korean drama series.

Btw, the series that I previously watched - 'You're beautiful', not as bad as this drama series. However, I started feeling bored in the middle of the series which is episode 7 or 8 & I was off the hook. I have to admit that a love story's not my cup of tea. So in order not to be biased, I have to give credit to the series for being such a cute series with a series of cute actors.

I never follow any Korean series before even the famous 'Winter~Sonata' or 'Autumn~In~My~Heart'. Well, that's it. 2 are enough. Ok stop sounding emotional :P.

Let's layan the OST...

A gift for Edward~Cullen?

Last Wednesday... (means 1 week ago)

This was my 3rd time of donating blood. Whenever I donated blood, I'd remember the day when I was light... hardly qualified to do so. It was about 6 years ago. Now, not only I'm not that light anymore, but I'm struggling to lose weight. Wow, I gain ~10kg since then.

Ok back to the blood donation, for those who never do so but qualified, I suggest to try it out. Nothing to be scared of... just a couple of needles & blood draining from your system via a transparent tube, collected by a plastic bag that hold 450ml (1 pint) of the precious blood, which can actually save life. You're eligible to feel noble afterward ;).