trip+ work

一直听说Duluth 是个美丽的城市，虽然离这儿不远，大约4个小时吧，在美国是酱咯，尤其这个地方，无论到那个景点或大城市都要最少3个小时。。去Duluth还蛮临时的，maggie , steven 和台湾来的雨容，在取得前一晚才开始找房间和租车。可以算是有史以来最难找hotel的一次，我们差不多打完所有在duluth的旅馆，竟然只有一间有房间，而且比起平时还蛮贵，原来我们来对时间，第二天是哪儿一年一度的Lake Superior Day, 庆祝全世界最大的淡水湖。。那个哪像湖阿，根本是海嘛！不过是淡水的海，也没有沙滩和美女。。哈哈我们租的车可神气了，车牌是Hawaii.！！ 好多经过我们车的人都问，你们怎样把车送过海的阿？那两天真觉得我们是从Hawaii 来的！之前因一位朋友而蛮常去 Dairy Queen，所以一路上我都在吃冰，最经典的还是当我们在等10分钟火车时，我为了冰而跑过去了，后面车里的人都有点吓到。。哈哈。。没办法，连名字都有彬（冰）注定和冰淇淋在一起了，还记得婆婆说我开始说话的时候， 就一直在说ice cream..-.-“ Lake superior 有一个出名的灯塔，从灯塔往下去真的好美，这个正是2天旅游的好地方，带着平静的心灵回去。。。。一路上我们的台湾美眉听到SHE歌时就禁不止禁就伴唱了，我还录了整整一段的歌！ Duluth完后又要开始工作，老板说每天要做12小时，但这4天只有一天是做满12小时，可能运气好吧，有时还好的可怕。。有两天竟然比平时找放2 个小时， 有一天还因为机器故障而白赚4个小时的工资， 就说有天提早放工，学校有人打来说再到不见两个月的钱包，之后又要去邮局，还要到银行，要在关门时做完全不是不可能的，我还已经决定找一天提早放工，每次放工后已经是傍晚了。。但不可能的事还是发生了，我不但全部都准时做到，过程还找超顺利的！　运气好到不信！我自认从小到大运气从不在我这里，而且每当好运来临时，倒霉事就会接二连三地发生。。。 Anyway,过的平安就心满意足了！

endless days

without a job, life is too bored and too much time...
but when get a job, especially this job.... now really dont have time to do anything besides fight for the sleeping time.. 无论如何，还是觉得蛮幸运的， 工资不错，现在又觉得可以安心得花钱了，不过还是过着穷人的生活。。大部分时间到Macdonald's..够便宜嘛！不然就是其他 dollar menu。。感觉蛮不错的！哈哈

开工的第二天， 受伤的伤痕已多了五条， 作这分工被纸割上已见怪不怪， 手指头的血不管留再多也不想洗了，反正可能五分钟后另一到伤口又会出现。。算算一下，总共不少过20条疤痕吧。。。

最精放工后又打球，虽然有一点累，不过还是蛮充实的！

working! Finally...

Just after came back from Miami, I've been dealing with the house and other stuffs again, especially dealing about house in New York, but anyway, this always been a damn small world, I was chilled with one of my best lad for 4th of July, at MSUM thou, there are fireworks at night by the way, anyway... he told me he was going to quit the job after few days later and I welcomed to take over his place...

well, its off campus job but as you know..if you have some connections, it would be not a bad idea to work illegally... and the shocking news was some of my Viet friends working there as well!!!

Look, my bud is from Ethopia, and MSUM, there are no other ways he can know them who came from Viet and NDSU....so this city is way too small!! everyone knows eveyone...

anyway, after I been to the interview at the factory, the boss told me to start the next day... oh ya, its a paper printing factory called knight priting, basically just print out the elementary books ordered from all over America.
I working at the punching department..ahhh...not that hard job actually, just put the books at the punching machine and take it out while its done, and put them back again.. paid is kinda decent compare to my previous job, so far the highest paid! Its 8!! and I could get bonus if work on Sat.. HOWEVER!! the working time is kinda funny...6am to 4.30pm!!!!

yup..it means i need to wake up 5am everyday, before the sun comes out ( umm...sun came out at 4.45am during summer actually..haha) its kinda sleepy and tired for working 10 hours everyday, and 5 days a week atleast..

I glad to get this job although its kinda insane with the hours..but its the perfect time to get back my money that spent extra for the Florida trip. Hopefully I could earn as much as I can before head to New yORK.

I still remember a special day, 7/11, its friday...and last year this time it was my first time at LA. What freaks me out a little was i got a school from Rowland High, California!!! I think its the school just opposite Serena's house...hahha..small world huh..but I so use to this kind of things already... Since I met back Wan Xin from Wan Kee.. there is not a big world for me...

Its Sunday now, a day for me to relax...but this week I watched a lots of movies at night after work with some friends. A friend who came from Taiwan, Maggie's cousin!
I think we watched more than 8 movies, well..if you think I paid all of it then you wrong...smart people always get advantages from anything possibly.. We got one ticket and watched 2 movies... and most of the movies we watched are dollar movie, means movies are kinda go down before releasing DVD.

Life is so busy after work!!!!

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在3个星期的行程中，因为每个人都没做足功课（老师在讲有没有在听，去玩当然也要准备嘛！）变成我要每天都留意哪里有什么好玩，久而久之且找回了学习的精神。。老实说，final之后一直没有学习动机，不是不想，但脑子且一直受不进新的知识。。但现在且变得开始很留意身边的东西， 感觉生活又变得好充实！！

year 08 = marriage year???

OMG..i think 08 is really good year to get married.. right now 5of my cousins are going to marry soon!! One is Perth and others at Puchong...and I saw the news that my cousin at Johor also getting married too! My brother here is getting engage in mid July, in the beginning I was planned to exchange to Korea, and stop at japan for extra few days to attend their wedding since I need to transit at Japan.. but well..

ANYWAY.. hope they all doing great and have a happy marriage!!

p/s: gonna spend some money for wedding present already..lol OMG..wait a MINUTE!!iF they have children after a year..means I will become uncle for few children all of sudden!! Fell so old now.. -.-"

back to fargo

When we were driving up to North, I feel like the time and the sun really become crazier… like yesterday the sun was just going down at 10pm!! I miss the weather in Florida now, kinda like Malaysia… I mean, I am so used to guess the time by using the sun, I trained this few years ago, when I was playing basketball… I can tell when shall I stop playing and get back to Dinner… and I seldom go back home after 7pm… and most of the time was within the range of 10 minutes!!

Anyway, the weather also killing me, it was kinda chill and you can feel the cold already in the summer! Are you kidding me! It’s still summer man!

tips for travelling at Miami

As other trip, MUST ATLEAST plan for everything, everything
Get a GPS if possible, its very easy to get lost in the big cities, we still get lost sometimes even we do have one. Just a typical GPS is good enough; I realize the most expensive GPS doesn’t mean the best one.

Instead of lodging in area that close to Miami Beach, a.k.a south beach, I recommend staying in a city named Ft.Lauderdale. 20 miles away from Miami, but there are a lot of inns and suites along the beach, and the price is affordable. You can just go to the beach by yourself every morning if your friends are always get up 1pm.. Recommend trying out the seafood at the restaurant across the beach, the atmosphere is awesome if you dinning with a glass of majito, and some seafoods, looking at the beach and listening some Jazz.
Spend 30 minutes drive to Miami to look around for a day, esp South Beach. It’s worth to hang out especially by the evening. Miami Ink is one of the attractions in that area. Although it is small, tattoo shop, but you can see a lot of people busying taking pictures (duh.. it is a world-wide famous tattoo shop, just like Manchester United fans have to go Old Trafford one day)
Another place there is a lot of people taking picture are a private bungalow. I’m still finding out who is staying there, but for sure is FAMOUS person!

a night at Kansas City

My dad told me that one of Sekinchan neighbor was coming to Kansas City for working. I should go to visit her, even my grandma said...haha and luckily I did! I didn’t see her for a long long time, we were planning back to Fargo driving over the night, but that day was thunder storm! So we just chill at her brother’s restaurant until everyone get off. It was a BIG Japanese restaurant! One shop for sushi and stuff and another is Terriyaki.. I felt so paiseh all the time! When we arrived there already like 9.30pm, we had been starving for 4 hours after the drive. She was so kind cooked us some fried rice for our stomach while waiting for them..
They brought us to an authentic Hong Kong restaurant about 11 pm. I surprise that restaurant open until 1 am! It was rare especially in America! Most of the restaurants close around 9pm! This restaurant made all of us feel like at home for a sudden! Paiseh moment again when ordering the food… there are so many dishes but we have no idea what to get… suddenly one of my friend said belacan kangkong, we were just kidding but surprisingly they do have that!!!! OMG… the dinner was like Chinese wedding style! First was 咕噜肉，kangkong belancan (gone within 5 minutes!! ) ,麻婆豆腐 ( Hong kong style I guess but I think mine is better lol) 扣肉, salt fish with eggplant, fried squid, fried ikan bilis (MUST TRY!! The anchovy melted away when u put in your mouth! ) and lastly a steamed tilapia… (Finally got to eat steam + fresh fish...i almost cry….hahaha) I finished most of the fish, and as usual… im the MPPJ of everything… This restaurant might not be a good restaurant in Malaysia or Asia, but I would definitely said that it was the best and most authentic Chinese food that I tried in all over America, perhaps there are some good restaurant in New York, but I definitely recommend this one which in Kansas City! We all had a really blast time that night, especially me! I felt so warm when I heard teochew again…haha its kinda sad I seldom heard people talking in Teochew or Hokkien here… all I speak in this 2 years are Chinese English Malay Cantonese and maybe Korean… that day when I called back and talk to my grandma, I barely can speak but I can understand well… I feel so guilty! Especially when I tried to talk but my mind keep interpreting me to speak Cantonese to her….>< anyway, congratulation to her brother that getting married soon with a viet girl! She looks so kind!
That night, I think was the first night I slept for fully 6 hours without waking up in the middle of night, its feel satisfaction sleep after you had a great meal! Haha… I know its not good, but I didn’t have this kind of feeling in US but this, this meal really make me wanna go back Malaysia again!!! Hahaha…

7/1/08
We arrived at Wichita finally, and we stayed here for 2 more days for one of my friends, he is going back to Malaysia so he has enough time to say goodbye to all his friends at Wichita. Oh ya, some interesting fact before arrived at Wichita, it was more than 13 hours suffered sitting in the full-of- stuffs car. I was kinda surprise and happy cuz 2 of long time no chat friend called me..haha..and funny is, after talked to Yanru , Cindy called me like minutes later..Sounds like pakat but actually they never met each other.. Before started the road, I webcam with Jia En, wow.. Didn’t see her for so long already..Didn’t meet her even back to Malaysia that time, she was not in town I guess.. Anyway, still the same face and trademark! Hahaha.. Had a great chat with her…
We back to Malaysia Café one more time, since that is just the only Malaysian restaurant.. this time I order mee goring mamak.. umm, taste was just fine, not the same but still dielicious though..haha If not mistaken, I had all the leftover dinner for breakfast the next morning.. the food was huge!! We also tried a restaurant that one of Malaysian friends that is working there, it was a Japanese restaurant and we had a good feast! My second legal drink, Blue Hawaii!! I think Zil asked the bar tender to add more alcohol in our drink, cuz its was too strong, everyone felt little buzz after that..haha
That night, we went to the strip club in Wichita, don’t get me wrong!! It’s the attraction in Wichita, and 18 and above is allow getting in ONLY on Sunday night. After got there I understand why they say have to go (although is kinda pricy compare to the club in Dallas..Its 20 dollars just for entrance! ) There is a Viet strip used to be gymnastic, she did a great performance at the steel post, it was just awesome, you won’t believe what she can do! However, strip club is a devil place! Everyone smoking, drinking and WATCHING.. And I don’t think will go there again.. SICK OF IT!!

day at wichita

After more than 22 hours of driving from Miami back to Wichita, we finally got a day off from travelling. My friend had some problems with his own car so we wikk stay here for about 2 days before heading back to Minnesota. Wichita is a place full of Malaysians student, but I didnt have the mood, or should say lazy to meet up. Like today, it was the first time I spent most of the time in the hotel room and just on the net. I had missed a lot of stuffs since I travelled and today was the day for me to catch up. I was trying so hard to get a room at Buffalo, called tons of numbers already but most of them do not willing to rent the room out for me, because they prefer those who can meet face by face and sign the contract.

As for my case, how can I meet them on person if I still at Minnesota or Wichita?!!
that is impossible to fly there and sign a contract and fly back, the only way i can do is just try to get someone who willing to trust me and hold the room for me until I fly to New York on 8.8.08. ( Nice date huh?? purposely picked that day,hahaha.. )

Its understandable why they not willing to rent out the room for me, who will trust a stranger who just call u and said he wants the room after next month without any deposits? They also afraid I might not rent the house as I promise.. but eventually, there are 2 agents who willing to give it a try, im not sure about that yet, but atleast I still got some hope. After that, a friend that I just knew, Malay from Malaysia too, brought me to Beijing Bistro, a restaurent that serve awesome chinese food, the beijing duck is so nice...haha..and the waiter was so suprice my chinese do no have any accent..umm..speechless for that..

My daD told me recently that one of the aunty at Sekinchan is at Kansas City now, about 3 hours from Wichita, we might go through that city and meet her if everything going fine...but I dont think will meet her if we are going back earlier...

I got a great news after watched the movie, 'get smart' when i got back to my hotel again, one of my friend at Minnesota suddently texted me that he will do master at New York, some more at my place too!!! He is finding a room at that place....it was really a good news came at the perfect time! I dont have to worry too much now, I can get 2 bedrooms with cheaper price than single bedroom. And most important, we would have more alternative ways to settle down the life in Buffalo.

Right now finally can kinda chill with the situation at New York..kekke