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Hey peeps! I'm BACK!!!! Hahahahaha. And blogging at some god-forsaken hour of the day (2.22am). Well, new york is 13 hours behind singapore time after all =) Whee. It's great to be home, excluding the excruciatingly hot weather, heh, but yeah, talk to my friends and see chars and all. Oh yesh, and the dogs! So cute, kyuu has grown furrier, maaaaan, so fluffy and squishable. Hee. Ok, so I have a block nose now, probably due to the change in weather *bleaugh*. In america there's certain instances where you're SOOOO cold, and then u walk into a building and it becomes soo hot. Then have to peeel off your jacket and stuff. Bleaugh. That's one thing good about hot weather I guess, you can wear really little clothes, and have very minimal putting on and taking off of jackets and sorts. Ah heck, ignore me. Sooo, well, arrived back in singapore at like 6am yesterday, a much better flight then the one I had while going there (explain later), then realized thaaaat... WE LOST A LUGGAGE!!!!! Horrors. Yeah, it's true. Coz we originally flew from pittsburgh, where my brother's uni is, then transitted in new york then flew back lor. So we checked our luggage all the way to singapore, so probably the people lost it while transferring it from one plane to the other. Obviously it's safer to collect luggage in New York, then recheck in to Singapore la, but we trusted them enough to help us transfer without losing it!!! Damn. I think in that bag was mostly the new stuff we bought, like clothes and shoes and stuff. Yeah, mostly my mum's la. i think. So anyway, here i am, struggling with i-learning *bleaugh*. I've successfully done finish physics, and geog (only the online stuff, report haven't, which is like 75% of the geog i have to do!!), er, halfway through chemistry now. Yeah, decided to take a break after studying ionic and covalent bonding. Yeah, so have to hurry up finish all the i-learning, and just now realized to my horror that the english forum had closed liao. Must go tell ms quah some story that I only read finish the book on friday so when i went to the i-learning then it close liao. Hmmm. You think she'll believe? Heh, but it's true la, i haven't read the book yet, and it's the start of friday, i could rush it and the story would be true! Coz i only acessed it today!! Yay! Haha. Ok moving on.

Day 1. What was the date? ah yes, 12th March, Saturday.

Well, flight was at 12, so took the flight, and it was horrible as i mentioned. Coz right, we sat first row of economy class (while my parents had the luxury of sitting business) and then the footrest is like those come up from the seat la, then only support the calf there. Your feet have no backing or anything there. Sooo, when I was sleeping, then like my legs keep slipping off, so damn uncomfortable lor, so irritating. Then the bagpack they have to put up there, coz in front there's no seat in which i can put my bagpack under (quote: Please put your carry on luggage in the overhead compartment, or under the seat in front of you.) Yaa, so it was an ultra long 18 hour flight, non-stop to new york. Finally we landed, can't remember what time. But basically took a taxi to the hotel and then daddy bought pizza for dinner. (it's still 12th march there due to time difference) Ya, so actually our room was a suite. Probably the best "suite" we ever got in our entire stay there. You know suite is like those living room, then one bedroom and one toilet right. That hotel ok la, the living room small and stuff, but all the other hotels we stay right, a suite is one where it's just one slightly bigger room with 2 beds, and one toilet. *shakes head* An executive suite is then the one with living room. But u know, the standards of hotels in like europe and america are like crap la. Unless of course u stay at like really really good 5* hotel or something, or not it's very lousy standards. Hotels in asia are like 10 times better man. Yaa, so first night shared a bed with my sister, it was a sofa bed, hmph, so small. haha. Yep, so first day over!

Day 2, 13th march, Sunday.

Well, my parents have a friend who is working in new york la, so they called her then she was supposed to like bring us around that day. So we went to visit like the statue of liberty, see the site of the world trade centre, called ground zero izzit? Dunno la, i know there's a zero inside. Er, went to see like some statue thingie that was in front of the WTC last time, and the only thing that wasn't destroyed in the fire. So what else ah? Oh yeah, we went to visit the empire state building, looked at new york from the night view (it was already evening by then). Yaa, so i think that was about it for new york lor. Well, that night we got a roll-away bed, so i slept on it, and my sister took the sofa bed (which was in fact HORRIBLE to sleep on, though it was bigger). The matress sink in at the centre one lor. Haha.

Day 3, 14th march, monday.

Whee! We went shopping today, at this factory outlet place. Factory outlets are like one level buildings and like rows and rows of them, all sorts of brands la, quiksilver, nike, adidas, nautica, gap, guess etc etc. Got FCUK also =P Yaa, so spent the whole day shopping, bought a pair of shoes, I think it's like those adidas superstar, just that the 3 stripes are different colour, like red orange and blue? Izzit blue, i can't remember. Then from the front to the back is like got one gold stip. Ya, the rest is white, nice pair of shoes =) Adidas. Bought clothes also, which i think are lost in the baggage, i really hope we get it back lor. Yup, so these factory outlets are placed usually right in the centre of nowhere, along the highway, like that time in LA last year, the drive from LA to las vegas, in the centre of the desert got the factory outlet, haha, so last year also did shopping!! Yup, so this one was like 1 hour drive from new york, we went by bus la, shuttle bus. Yup, so went back to hotel, went to eat Yoshinoya I think, oh ya, day 2 we ate TGI friday's for dinner. Haha. Bathe, slept, and whee! Day 4!

Day 4, 15th March, Tuesday.

Woke up rather early I think, went to airport, and took a flight to Washington. Haha, flight was supposed to be at 11, but coz the 10am one had space (it's a shuttle, every 1 hour have one flight) so we were put on that one, and went to Washington 1 hour early! So it's a rather boring place, more of history la. After arriving, went to check in, then walked around, went to see the white house, which was in fact like 3-4 blocks from out hotel only? Very near, then all those different war memorials la, like vietnam war, korean war, then see the Capital, Capitol? Dunno how to spell. Basically it's like our parliament la, and it's the tallest building in washington, and it's not very tall. I think maybe 8-10 stories high? It's built on a hill too la, ya, and all buildings in washington can't be taller than that building. So basically washington is really short. Hmmm. Ok so anyway, we walk here walk there, by the time evening didn't mange to see the air and space musuem la. So decided to go and see it the next day.

Day 5, 16th March, Wednesday

So woke up, took taxi to air and space musuem, and damn cool!!! Well, obviously u can tell why =) Walk here walk there, learnt many new stuff about aeroplanes and all those la, spent like 2+hours there? My mum was so bored, just sit there i think reading her book, luckily entrace was free. Haha, mummy's so nice. =) So we went back to our hotel, checked out, then took taxi to airport, where we ate lunch, and took a flight to pittsburgh! Get to see my brother after like dunno how long. 6 months? Maybe more. So he's such a twit lor. Nevermind, say later. Oh ya, must tell u one thing funny. Coz of 911 right, they don't allow you to walk around the plane for the last 30 minutes of the flight if you're flying in, and first 30 minutes if you're flying out of washington. So since the one from new york to there, and the one from there to pittsburgh were only like 30 minutes, so we couldn't even get up and walk around. So lame right. Haha, ya, so they also say that the stewardesses also can't walk around, so they can't serve us food and drinks. -.- So everyone just sit there and stare out of window. Haha. It's like we take off, go to 25000 feet, then cruise there for 5 minutes, then start descend liao -.- So anyway, when we arrived, went to collect the car that we rented, and drove the 45 minutes to pittsburgh. Haha, the car had GPS, so just key in the address and it'll lead us to the destination, damn good la. Ya, so at first it's like pittsburgh is rather mountaneous, a bit la, then drive drive drive, so horrible, everywhere the trees all dead, then like countryside la. Then went into a tunnel, and emerged from the other side of a hill, and then TADA! All the tall buildings and there were lights all around. The 4 of us like really "wow" at the same moment la. Then summore exactly after the tunnel is crossing a river, so like got reflection of the lights and everything (since it was evening and was dark la, enhanced the effect) Yaa, so it was really nice, then ok drive to our hotel. Then our dearest brother, was busy playing a soccer game! What a twit right. Didn't even come to see us. So it was damn obvious that my parents were very upset la, yeah. So we had to find our own dinner, ended up eating at our hotel, luckily that 3* hotel the food was good. Haha, called holiday inn. Yaa, so later on, after dinner, and after his game, dad and i drove to his place and picked him up, and the stupid GPS gave us the wrong location lor. Haha, we key in everything correctly, then brought us to the wrong place, then wait and wait and wait, then finally my brother told us that it was at some junction of this road and that road, then managed to find him. So very happy lor, went back to hotel, mum was delighted, cons was sleeping -.- Haha, I went to shower, then we just sat there talking and talking till like 12 midnight? Then he went over to his friend's house to study. So mugger. Haha, but I think he had work due the next day la, so yeah..

Day 6, 17th March, Thursday

I can't really remember what we did that day, but i think it was basically lazing around. So woke up rather late, then went to some "pamela's" place he recommended where their specialities was pancakes. Very nice, haha. So then we just drove around, went to some "shopping district" which in fact had nothing much, then went back to hotel i think. Yaa, then afterwards went to pick him up after his school then went to some fisherman's place to eat seafood, it was by the river la. So yeah, the food there was great! Ate like lobster and stuff. Whee! Haha. After that we went to tour around his university, called carnagie mellon. Or was it carnegie? Dunno how to spell, haha. Took pics with him, should upload and put as my blog picture =) Pity charmain didn't go, or couldn't go, or not have all of us. Sigh, very sad lor, ever since my bro went overseas all our photos always have someone missing. Luckily his birthday falls in 22nd july, where he's back here, then we at least have a chance of a family photo then. Haha, but it's odd, in our photos, there's always some flaw. Like someone'll be looking horrible la. Like last year, during some dinner when my bro was back, then my sis, chars la, went to wow wow wet, then all of us looked damn nice except for her, coz she was totally burnt, red like lobster. haha. Ok, so after touring his uni, we went to his apartment, which he shared with 2 other people. Cosy little place la, but his roommate is DAMN MESSY. Wah, i've never seem someone messier lor. All the clothes strewn around and stuff, haha. And my bro showed us his snowboard also, he bought one. Yaa, then err. I think we went back, and just lazed around lor. Hm, can't remember what we had for dinner though. Hmm, really leh, can't remember. Bleaugh. Ya, so I think that's about it lor.

Day 7, 18th March, Friday

Shopping day!!!! There was another factory outlet like 1 hour's drive from pittsburgh. Haha, so we drove there, and shop shop shop! Bought another pair of shoes =P Climacool dialect. Haha, 4th pair of climas liao. =P So now i have like 4 pairs of wearable shoes. My skechers, the 2 new ones, and my last year's climacools. Whee, but then must shorter my pants a bit, coz i will step on my own pants if i wear last year's shoes, coz those are very low. My skechers are very high heeled, so I don't step on my own pants. Dunno la, see how first. Yaa, so bought clothes as well, blah di blah.. Spent the whole day there again, haha, coz it's so big!! The place is so big lor. Ya, drove back to pittsburgh, aaaand then, went to eat sushi with brother for dinner. I think after that came back and we did more bumming around in the hotel room. Oh ya, i tried on my bro's leather jacket, damn cool! Haha, and they all say it looks nice on me! =P So he's coming back on may 11th la, then for NZ trip can take all his long sleeves and all. Oh yeah, he also bought bose headphones, they're damn powerful, and he lent them to me until he returned to singapore. Haha, 2 whole months! Yaa, so he say can borrow his jacket even if i want when i go NZ, but have to see the weather and stuff la, he say leather jacket blocks out wind, not so much the cold. So if you want protection against cold then must wear more layers of t-shirts and shirts all those kind. But dunno leh, i wear liao feel very warm also. Dunno la.

Day 8, 19th March, Saturday

Skiing!! There's a ski resort about an hour's drive from pittsburgh la, so we drove there for the day, and skiied at the mountain. And yes, in march there's still snow, although it was obvious that they were all melting la. It was slushy and actually rather horrible to ski on. And the mountain was sooo tiny compared to the japan or canada ones. And my brother's crazy la, he snowboard just go straight down one, no wonder he never bother buying good snowboard, just some cheap 90 dollar one. Good ones are maybe 300 plus? Haha. But the slopes are so short anyway, that if u go straight down, you end up at the bottom very fast anyway. So we skiied not very long la, but my brother was disappointed la, as in, coz we still have like up to 4 hours more to ski? As in, mountain closed at 7, we stopped at like 2 plus lor. But really la, very boring. So ok lor, drove back, then my brother went to sleep, while i bathed and stuff. Ok great, once again, i can't remember what we had for dinner. Ohhh ya, one night we had room service, i think it was the night i couldn't remember what I ate. Haha. Ate some beef sandwich thingie. Ok, so i still can't remember what i ate today. Hmm. Oh yes, i remember. We went to some grill place, damien's grill i think. Ya, ate like ribs there, bro and cons ate steak, my dad also ate ribs la. So the food was great! =) After that went back, then sleep lor.

Day 9, 20th March, Sunday

Ok, the big day. Niagara falls!! Whee, haha. 4 hours drive from pittsburgh. Not so whee anymore. So our original plan was to ski for both sat and sun, and then drive there, see the falls and drive back. But then since the ski resort was so boring, we decided to wake up later and start the drive to niagara falls later, and then stay one night there and then drive back next day la. So ok, we drove and drove and drove, and on the way past by that factory outlet again. haha. I think we bought a bit more stuff, and changed my shoelace of the new climas which had some frails. Yeah, didn't realize when i bought the shoe. So they ok la, change for us. Haha. Then i bought a t-shirt also, adidas one, then a new pair of gloves from another shop, coz my current ones were getting too small. So then continued the drive to niagara falls, and finally, we arrived there. Phew. But the falls were beautiful. And the it was winter right, so some parts of the lake was frozen, then yaaa, it was just basically damn nice lor. Haha, though there's like 3 falls in total. The american falls, the bridal veil falls and the horseshoe falls. Coz the niagara falls are at the border between canada and USA la, so the view from canada is nicer, coz u look back at the falls, whereas from the US side u can only see the falls going over the edge, can't really see it from the opposite side. Get what i mean? Ok, there's a lake between canada and US. The falls are on the US side, and they fall into the lake, so obviously from the opposite side, which is canada, u look across the lake at the falls coming down, see? Haha. Yeah, so take photo here and there la. So then the horseshoe falls are the bigger one and they're in the shape of a horseshoe la, it's both on the US and the canada side. But then right, coz it's sooo powerful when it crashes into the lake, that there's all this mist rising up into the air, that it's like a cloud, so most of the falls are blocked by the mist. So lame right. But in summer, coz it's hotter then more evaporation and stuff, so there's less mist lor, so nicer view. Ah wellz, but yet in winter, there's nobody at all, so you don't have to squeeze in the crowd and stuff, coz it's super off-peak season. So we decided, that since we were so near canada, that we drive to toronto to stay the night. Haha, totally out of our plan. So we crossed this bridge to canada, and the stupid officer go stop our car and check our car lor. Take like 20 minutes. Then go and open our luggage bag all those, then ask so many thousand questions. Hmph, think we go smuggle drugs or something. *rolls eyes* So finally got across, we to park and see the falls from the canada side, so beautiful leh. Haha. Ya, then drove about 1 hour plus to toronto, and then we didn't know the way there what, and didn't have a hotel booked. So we just anyhow key in marriots in the GPS system la, then got like 4 over hotels come out. So we chose the one that looked the best, and just like drive there, and turns out it was in the heart of toronto!! Haha, so pro right. So we just walked-in customer, then stayed there for the night. Oh yeah, it was like very near chinatown also, so ate at some chinese restaurant, food was really good too! Yuppx

Day 10, 21st March, Monday

So since we were in toronto, we obviously went to walk around there lor. So main attraction was the CN tower, Canada National tower, which is this reeeeaaalllyyyy tall tower, taller than the empire state building. So went up, and phew, the view was really nice, haha. Then got one portion is the glass floor, where u stand on it and look 300 over metres down. So very funny, coz my dad didn't know la, so he walk walk walk, then suddenly he looked down and realized he was nearly stepping onto the glass floor. Then obviously your first instict is to jump away la, so he was like "aiyo!" and jumped away. haha, after that then he realize it was the glass floor. So only i dared to walk on it, haha. Cons is scared of heights apparantly, though she seems to be able to rock climb really well. Haha, so nothing much, went down the tower and went to "world's biggest bookstore". It was just the shop name la, but it was obviously not the world's biggest. I actually bought a book there! *gasps* right. Haha. And i finally realize why i never really liked reading. It was actually the type of books that we had in my house that i didn't like reading. Know what i mean? So since i didn't find interesting books, i didn't bother reading, so i didn't read. My siblings all prefer those fantasy, science fiction books, but then i don't really like lor. I prefer those more emotional ones =P So in the end i bought some romance book. hahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahah!! Read it finish on the plane (see, within 2 days finish liao) So after that, we had to start our drive back to Pittsburgh. So drove drove drove for 1 hour plus, and then arrived back at the falls again. Haha, this time we got off and looked at the horseshoe falls more closely, coz previous day after staring at the american falls, it was getting dark so we decided to see the horseshoe falls the next day which is today. So look look look, nothing much la, as i said there's the permanent mist there, then went to eat lunch nearby, and the went back to pittsburgh! 4 hours drive man. Haha, once again, we stopped at the factory outlets, and had a drink there, and my mum bought a pair of shoes. Hahahaha. And constance wasted 2 dollars by playing those machine thingie, where u control the pair of claws, and then it goes down and picks up a soft toy, and then deposits it into the hole where u can claim ur price. But lousy one la, the claws were so weak! They obviously grabbed the softtoy liao, but when lifting it up right, like no power liddat, the claws just open up and never grab it. Ya, so she tried FOUR times leh, and still never mange to get the soft toy. Hmph, each try was 50 cents. Haha. As if they so easy give away soft toys one. She wanted this spongebob toy. Haha, so drove the remaining 1 hour back to the hotel, and once again, i can't remember what we ate. OH YES! we ate the most fantastic dinner ever. Went to eat at some fondue place. Where is like they have 2 bowls, like steamboat la, then like starters is cheese. So you choose what cheese you want, then they'll make it for you, then they give you like break cubes and fruits, then u dip into the cheese and just eat la. Then for main course is like you cook your own food, and they provide you with the oil or whatever you want to cook it in la. Yeah, i hated the cooking though, coz it's just simply horrible. Sometimes the oil splash out then kena your hand then very pain lor. Haha. So then desert. Woah! It was the best desert ever man. The thing u dip into was chocolate. Heavenly. Haha. Dip like cakes, marshmellows, fruits in all into the chocolate and eat. Damn nice lor. Hahaha. So whee, went back to hotel feeling bloated, and the dinner lasted for like 2 over hours? Coz take so long to cook and everything. So slept, and the last day of the holiday!!

Day 11, 22nd March, Tuesday

Woke up, went pamela's for the 3rd time this trip, 2nd was like on the morning of the drive to niagara falls. Haha, my brother told us that he only went to pamela's once the whole time he was in pittsburgh, and we all got there so few days can eat 3 times liao. haha. Yaa, so since we woke up so late, didn't have much time to do anything, went back hotel, lazed around, then at 12 plus had to check out liao. Called my brother who just finished lessons, then went to that fisherman's place again to have lunch. Haha, ate the lobster again. =P Very nice lor, and not say very expensive actually, considering it's so big and nice. =) They really cook the seafood very well indeed. So had the last meal of the holiday with my brother (hence the good food) and we went to the bookstore nearby, big one, and i bought another book. U can guess which genre la. Haha. Haven't started on it yet though, must go and read "my left foot" for english *rolls eyes*. So well, dropped him off, hugged him blah di blah, and drove to the airport!! Unloaded stuff, and dad returned the car. So we checked our luggage through to singapore, then went and bummed around till we boarded the plane. Wah, the plane was this plane that was sooo tiny lor. It's not a airbus nor a boeing plane, and it's like the crosssection is 3 people. 1 person, the aisle, then 2 people. And when u stand up, can knock your head. And then the 2 pilots right, one of them is the steward. haha. He very funny la, crack jokes, coz our flight was delayed for half hour, then sat in the plane just waiting. I mean, it was delayed coz the new york side was too busy. So they have to wait for an opening for our plane to fly there. Yuppx, so flew there, wah, that plane is super smooth, once u lift off the ground right, it's really sailing through the air la, whereas most jet planes have vibrations what, whereas this one was just pure sailing through. Whee! Haha. So we landed after like 1 hour, maybe less, then had like 4 over hours to wait before our SQ flight. Went and checked in, got our boarding passes, but like i said, our luggages were supposed to be checked through to Sinagpore lor, but oh welz.. So we passed security check, and realized that there was no food there. As in, once u go in there, cannot come out, and all the food stuff is in the main buildings. So die, no dinner. And our flight was like 3 hours more. Haha. So went to the lounge, and realized there also no food. Went to check emails and stuff, and then phew! They served meatballs! Like those ikea meatballs, hahaha, ate quite a lot of them =P Then sat there and read my book, until finally board the plane lor. So instead of sitting first row, we sat the 2nd one, and the leg rest, apart form the one supporting the calf, also have the one that u can bring down from the chair in front of you. So yay! We were very happy, coz can rest our legs against the footrest there. Yaa, so i read my book, ate dinner, slept, woke up, read more of my book, then slept and stuff i think, then watched 2 movies, incredibles and bridget jones the edge of reason, haha, watched them so many times liao. But nother better to do. Ah wellz, then we landed!! In hot little singapore. Wah, they park at the furthest gate possible lor, F60. It's like an extension from the normal building la, can tell. Haha. Yaa, so due to time change, the flight took up the 23rd of march, and when we landed, it was 24th march, 6am! Haha. U know, if you sit on the plane and stare out of the window right, you can see one day pass by really quickly. Coz like you see the sun rise, then bright, then a few hours later, you see the sun set, then it's dark liao. Quite funny la, it's like time being sped up like that.

Yuppx, so that's my entire hols. I'm now struggling with i-learning, and successfully took 1 hour 45 minutes to blog this. Woah! I wonder if anyone's free enough to read this blooody long post. Maybe split the days up? hahahaha. Ah wellz. Slept from like 5pm to 12am just now, then now cannot sleep lor. =( Haiz, better not sleep in the afternoon later on, and just take short naps, so that can sleep later tonight, better get back my timing, or not monday go school with headache, and faint. Hahahahahahah! Ah wellz, good friday everyone! =) Oooo, it's exactly 4am now =)