Feb
25
What an Experience - US Immigration~
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I don't know if my colleague was trying to scare me off or if he really was worried about the immigration checking when we were entering US.
He said that the last time he went to US, he was interrogated for nearly an hour before he was released. They asked things like your family background, the purpose of your trip again and again and all sort of questions (to confuse you and to see if you are giving the same answers). Sometimes they even asked for evident and documents like bank statement, etc. Another colleague said his friend was asked to show his company financial statements when entering US as he was doing accounts!
Most of the Malaysian especially the guys would be picked up to go for the second inspection at the immigration counter. Perhaps they are more careful about terrorism especially after 9-11. But they are quite lenient to the girls, or so I was told.
On Jan 11th 08, I finally reached San Francisco after 11 hours of flight from Taipei, eagerly stepping out from the plane, toward the long queues of immigrations. I stood behind the last long queue, which I soon realized were served by two officers; one look like a Korean guy, another one was a young white guy.
I was hoping to go to the counter of the Korean guy. Asian would be more lenient to Asian rite, trying to use my logic thinking. And after a long waiting and feeling rather worried as I saw many Asian guys being directed to the second inspection room; the girl colleague who was standing in front of me, was free to go to collect her luggage after her immigration checking. It was soon my turn. I got the white guy officer. 
I smiled nicely and gave him my passport. He asked me to put my fingers on a small device for my fingerprints. And after that, he took my white immigration card, wrote something and asked me to go for second inspection room!!!
I was like, WHAT THE HELL!!! I didn't see a single girl being directed to that room!!!
Miserably, I took my passports and walked to the second inspection room, which was full of guys. Only one girl was sitting there. Man, why does it always have to be me? What am I doing here, I was thinking. My visa was pending during my application, a nerve wrecking experience. Now, I have to go through second inspection. Don't I look harmless enough to them?!?
And I waited. Soon, the guy colleague of mine joined me in the room (at least he expected himself to be there). After waiting like 10 minutes, the same Korean officer (oh, have I mentioned that he's rather good looking?) called my name from my passport. So, he led me to another interrogation room.
I sat sheepishly in front of him, trying to be in my best behaviour. He asked me the reason of my visits and have I been here in US before. I was here for product training and it was my first trip, I said.
He started to type some data into the computer, while looking at my passport.
"This is your first trip?" he asked again.
"Yes", I said.
"This is weird. You have never been to US before?" he asked again.
This time, I felt uncertain and started to think, hmm.. I have never been here, have I? I don't know why but under the circumstances, I could doubt myself whether I have been to US before!!! Ridiculous but true!
"No", I said, starting to suspect myself too.
He looked at the computer screen strangely as if trying to figure whether to believe me or the computer. At last he went 'Ahhh..', leaving me with many question marks in my head.
He asked me to go to the immigration counter again and he talked to the young white officer. And I was told to have my fingerprints scanned again. The Korean officer (obviously superior than the dummy white officer) was a little annoyed at the white officer for not taking my fingerprints correctly and somehow the records got jumbled up (or so I thought, by interpreting their communications).
After that, back to the interrogation room and well, it was just a little mistake after all. The super-nice-Korean-officer cancelled the remarked on my white card which I think meant that I didn't have the second inspection (or else when I am flying off from US, I need to go for another session of interview and to take picture and perhaps have to go through the 2nd inspection for every single time I come to US again, which was super frustrating, no?) and I was released! Yay!!!
I was practically floating out of the room, glad that it was over and NOT to be sent back to Malaysia! 
Somehow, I really feared that they would do that, thanks to all the scares from my colleagues.
Next, I was grateful that they didn't ask to check my luggage’s when I walked out from the custom as I saw some people have to open their luggage to show the custom officers. Uhh..
And yeah, that's two of my obstacles of entering the big-and-mighty-USA and it wasn't such a pleasant ones. But I guess US made it up to me as I had a really good & memorable trip there. 
Feb
22
Nice scenery at Fisherman Wharf..
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Here are some of my favourite scenery pictures taken at Fisherman Wharf, San Francisco. I love the colour of the sky and of the sea, looking so peaceful and lovely.
I am using two of them as my wallpapers, a nice, warm memory..
Click on them for a full size picture.
Feb
2
Unlike the last exciting Saturday I have in US, my last Sunday was pretty lame. It was practically the only weekend we have with no plan whatsoever. Reason being it was going to rain and we knew it and we have to spend it together (I mean my US housemates and me). 2 of them were hardly talking to each other; so you can figure out how fun it is to be spending the day with two of them together, not speaking.
So, it was not until 12noon that the guy finally asked us where we wanna go (we spent the morning surfing and watching TV with no plan =.="). So after some googling and stuffs, we decided to go to Mystery Spot at Santa Cruz and Wichester House at San Jose.
It took around an hour to reach there with the rains and it was like a jungle path for 3 miles before reaching the place (also like a jungle).
See the lanky greenish tree.. It looks a little horrible to me.. wicked..
The trips for 3 miles.. and we wondered if we were on the right track!
The 45 minutes tour was mostly outdoor and cost USD5 and the parking was also USD5 (the first parking we have to pay in US!). The girl decided not to join us and waited in the car! So the guy and I went for the tour, with me wearing poncho (rain coat) and look silly but dry.
Our tour guide, quite a funny guy, standing straight outside the slanted cabin in the middle of the Mystery spot.
Me in my poncho, standing straight up! But it looks crooked..
It is a place with weird gravity (or don't know what) with house at weird shapes. The mystery thing is when you stand at certain place you'll be taller than usual, or shorter than usual and he showed us that. And in the small, crooked cabin, you would feel the force pulling you to the other end! It was true and I have to hold tight to the rail as I really felt the force pulling me to the other side and nearly fell down twice!
The people standing straight for pictures..
And the ball rolls to the higher side when it is put at a piece of flat wood! It was odd. The trees which was suppose to be straight was crooked in the circle of the mystery spot too. They dont know the reasons for the mystery though. It was rather interesting albeit the rain.
The ppl original standing position, over quite a flat and even height wooden plank.
After they switch, the shorter ppl seems taller! And vice versa!
Next we went to the Winchester house which is near to our office. It is rather expensive for USD23.95 per adult tour entrance at the Mansion. The tour guide was a young white guy which was rather disinterested in his own tour as he speak so fast (like reading) and have no expression whatsoever.
The mansion was built by Sarah Winchester, the widow of a president that owned Winchester Rifles. When his husband died, he left her USD20 million and daily salary of USD1K a day! That was a lot of money in the early 1900s. She kept building rooms to her house, which explains 110 rooms in her house/mansion when she died.
The mansion was a very large and beautiful Victorian style and many odd rooms. For example, some doors open to nothing and the designs were very unique. One of the special thing is the unique stairs that were very low so that she could climb in her older age. It was like 77 steps to go to the next floor as each step was so low.
The so low steps!
Sarah's beautiful room, which she died here too..
Another part of the room and yeah, she played piano.
One of my fav room that looks so cheery and happy!
Nice huh?
I love the tops of the house..
It was said that she was so rich and no one could question her ideas or opinions or they would be fired right away. It seems that she got the idea for building the rooms from spirits which she communicated with in certain rooms. After the death of her husband and only baby daughter, she built those rooms for the spirits so that she wouldnt have the same fate as them. Some said the rooms designed were so complicated to confuse the spirit killed by the rifles (which her husband made.) She died in 1922 of health condition.
It was a pretty but complicated and confusing mansion. Due to the rain, we didnt really get to see the gardens which suppose to be beautiful too.
The beautiful door decor, it costed a lot..
The grand ballroom.. which was very expensive..
Part of the house from outside..
Looks pretty yummy, isn't it?
The mansion from the outside.
By 4pm when we finished the tour, I was very hungry as we didnt have lunch yet! So, we went to Valley Fair Shopping Mall for the first time and headed to Sushi Boat (recommended by collegue) and, man, it was really the best sushi I have in my life! It was really yummy-licious, perhaps the high point of my day! I had 3 plates, like around 7 to 8 pieces of good sushi and a plate of greenery (seaweed I suppose).
Unagi!
I dont know what's that but I think some salmon inside but it tasted damn good!
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Of coz I must have the raw salmon, rite? It's good too..
Greenery.. dunno what izzit called..
We hang out in the mall, individually, all of us going separate ways and met up after an hour. I managed to suppress my need of spending as I have already spent extra 25% of my initial budget and have very low cash in pocket.
Home by 6.25pm and surfed and TV for the whole day. Here goes my last weekend in US. =)
Feb
1
Goodbye, guys..
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Today marks the second last day here in US and somehow, I felt rather sad to leave. I am so going to miss this place that I have started to get used to. And like. Very much. Yeah.
The chilling cold weather in the morning and night, sometimes even in the afternoon too. But it is okay to be in the buildings as there are heaters and so it’s warm and nice.
There are many Indonesian Chinese in this US office as well as from Taiwan, Pakistan, Russia, US and others, which I am not very sure of;, around 30 over ppl in this office. But I mostly mixed with the Indonesians which are very friendly and nice. They brought us to different of places for lunch almost everyday. And to Tahoe too.
I just feel a little blue the whole day and I hope it doesn’t get worse tomorrow. I’ll be flying to Taiwan around tomorrow midnight (Friday’s midnight in US) and reach Taipei at Sunday early morning. It’s a dreadful 13 hours flight that I am so not looking forward to. I'll spend two days in Taipei and fly back to Malaysia on Tuesday morning.
Well, yeah I don’t know if I am coming back here in the future. So, goodbye colleagues..
Till I see u again.
p/s : So don't feel like Chinese New Year is coming!!!
Jan
30
The Fabulous Snowy Day Trip..
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I didn't think I will have a chance to go there for this US trip for various reason. First it is 4 hours drive away. Second, my US-housemate-cum-driver only fancy San Francisco and everywhere else is too far (and boring for him). Third, I will never be that lucky (or so I thought).
The place I meant is Lake Tahoe, which is surrounded by the mountains, 4 hours north from the place I am staying in California. It is the second deepest lake in US and a place for skiing and snowboarding. My friends actually recommended me to go there but I kept my expectation very low. I am happy to settle for San Francisco.
But, another dear Indonesian colleague here was so nice to offer to take us to Monterey Beach for a day in Saturday, which is 1 hour drive away. But since the rainy and cold season started on my 2nd week here, we doubt if we would really enjoy the nice scenery with the rain.
But hey, AD got a better idea, let's go to Lake Tahoe! It would be snowing and nice up there at that time. It wasn't confirmed until Friday and I didn't set any expectation too. After all, 4 hours drive is too far for a day trip and we were not close enough to them for being so nice to us, right?
And he really was being so nice to us and gave us heaps of advice on what to wear and to buy (I bought another water + wind resistant jacket at around USD19 at Target). So, on Saturday the 26th Jan, 5 of us (me and another M'sian colleague, 2 Indonesian colleagues and their Indonesian friend) and his black Mazda3 made it to Lake Tahoe!!!
We left around 7.25am from my place at Fremont, took wrong way to San Francisco, back to the correct route, have quick breakfast at "Jack & the box" and back to the long drive and reach there nearly noon.
My yummy breakfast; croissont with ham, cheese and egg. It looks ugly but it tasted good!
It's a loooonngg drive…
It was fun to see the trails of snow getting thicker and thicker on the ground and tree as we went up the mountain. Well, our first snows! (at least for me and the M'sian girl)
Snows on the way! Gee, ain't we excited?
Still a long drive after seeing the snow, towards the mountain…
We had yummy buffet lunch at the hotel casino, which was one of the reasons that motivate the driver to drive us 4 hours there! The bacon was crispy & good and it was an enjoyable meal at around $19 (after tips and tax).
The casino there, it is weird that there is no checking on the door for visitors, unlike in Genting.
The buffet restaurants with various cuisines for selections.
Pretty view from the restaurant, overlooking the beautiful lake and snow mountain..
Next, we proceed to take the Gondola up the mountain for a scenic spot at USD28 for two ways (some sort of cable cars) and the view was really amazing. We took many pictures and now, looking back at those pic, the background seems to be like fake one as it is too pretty to be true!
The gondola, heading toward the mountain with two stops. The first stop is for the scenic view and second top is mostly for ski-er and snowboarding.
The M'sian colleague that travelled with me from M'sia, AD and me!
Isn't the view fabulous?
Me, my Indonesian colleague, her friend and M'sian colleague.
And yeah, we try eating the snow..! Just taste like shaved ice~
The brave snowboard-er who plays at slopy areas with many trees around.
House covered by snow, like in the movie.. ^.^
After that, we drove to another beautiful scenic place where we could view the lake clearly and stepped on the thick, powdery snow and throw at each other. We made snow angels too, which was silly but very happy ones. The snow is powdery, and it doesn't melt in your hand (or gloves as I have two layers of gloves on each hand as it is very cold!) I think the weather was at border 0 degree Celsius! We couldn't stay too long out of the car! It's freezing!
The drive was pretty dangerous one with curvy roads and not covered at the edge. And you could easily drive down the valley!
I love the view, simply amazing, isn't it?
Look ma, snows!!!
Snowfight?
The big man started it, making snow angel! More like a challenge from us.
Pretty soon, all of us want a snow angel too. Laid back on the cold snow and move your hands and legs.
See my snow angel?? Nice??
The five of us~
Passed by the casino on the way back and this lady won USD1000 jackpot!!! Lucky her!
We left around 5.30pm and had a long drive back, hunting for cheap gasoline (as the price for different petrol station differs at different stations and locations) and we finally settled for USD3.15 per gallon, only to find USD3.09 per gallon at the nearby! Life's always like that, isn't it?
We had late dinner around 9.30pm in Berkeley and it seems to be one of their famous pizza, which is extremely thick, guzzling with cheese and tomatoes and I never had better pizza in my life! Seriously.
The pizza place..
The pizza! Yum yum~
Finally reach the residence around 11pm and was very happy with the trip. Got to know the colleagues better and they're really friendly and fun people, not the pretentious kind. It was a good day and I am grateful for them. =)
Jan
29
After 18 days in US, I am already quite numb here; everything is a routine especially on a weekday. Wake up around 7.15am, showered and get ready for breakfast around 7.50am which is served at the hotel. The breakfast is almost the same everyday with slight variations but nothing much is different.
After that we leave for work around 8.35am and reach office around 9.15am, depending on the traffic as it is around 18 miles to work using the 880 highway. Training usually starts around 9.40am but recently we are given QA task to do. |
Lunch is around 12.30pm and if the colleagues here didn't bring their lunch, they bring us out for lunch or else we normally eat somewhere near office. There is a Chinese restaurant and Burger King which serves the best fries I had in US~ But the burger is about the same in Malaysia. Usually they bring us to different places/cuisines for meal and it's mostly very nice..
We leave work from around 6.30pm to 7.15pm depending on the workload we have. Reached home, showered and eat dinner (either leftover from lunch or frozen food and sometimes we eat outside before going home). Next I'll enter expense claim, surfing, watch a little TV and sleep.
Quite routine, eh? I hope to go out more on weekday nights rather than staying at home all the time but I ain't got much choices. So, only get to go out on weekends all my weekends are gone! >_<
I'll be flying to Taiwan this coming Friday midnight and spend two days there! ^.^ After that, I'll reach KL, Malaysia on the 5th of Feb and back to Malacca on 6th Feb, yeah, Chinese New Year eve! But hafta be back on Sunday itself coz no more annual leave!!!
The pic of my studio apartment. More pics here..
Jan
28
Tax!!!
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There are things that I like and don't like over here in US. The thing I dislike most is the tax! Yes, everything is taxable, from the food and drink you ordered to the every single products you purchase, everywhere, small or big shops! Yes, everything!
The annoying part is that they don't display the products' price after tax. The price is normally before tax and thus rather misleading. The very first time I pay, I thought I was wrongly charged, only to discover that it was the tax. It was rather embarrassing as it happened at the shopping mall.
And well, it happened again and again and the tax is like 8.25% which is rather high! If I am to spend USD600 here
(which I personally have spent), I would spend like USD50 on tax and that is about RM136! Geez.. that's a lot of money for tax. And why do I have to pay tax again?
Jan
25
Glorious food!
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I try to have more different varieties of food while I am in US. The thing is Asian foods are pretty common in US and you can get it almost anywhere. But of course there is no 'wan tan mee' or 'pan mee' or I have yet to see them so far. Some food are better than Malaysia's and some are not. Thai tomyam food is good though, or was it because the weather was cold?
My almost same usual daily breakfast..
I am pretty done with American food for sure as it is mostly about deep fried or burger and of course fries too. But I like their sausages especially the pork as it is so tender & really yummy.
Fried Seafood Platter..
"In and Out" Vegetarian Burger (coz all others are beef and I couldnt eat beef!)
Cheese and hams (layers!) sandwiches with fries.. Very oily fries!!!
Free light evening meals (doesnt seems to be light at all, huh) at our residence/hotel but only up to 7pm. This is the first and only time we manage to have it.
I have tried other food which is rather good like the Taco (Mexican food), Greek food, Italian, Taiwanese and their Pakistan curry. Quite yummy. Even the BBQ Korean here is delicious and the Japanese food in San Francisco was good too. But the chinese food here is not as good.
Japanese Shrimp Fried Rice with extra big portions and generous amount of fresh shrimps!
Vietnamese Cold Noodles with BBQ Meat.. Quite nice but huge too!
Chinese Food, don't really like it..
Another chinese food..taste so so only. But de one plate of meat is one serving for one person!!! Damn large!
Taiwanese Food. Look at the amount of the pork! Freaking big size for one person!
I couldn't believe the pork so I took it home and have it for dinner the next night, with instant noodle (and fruit juice), still looks good, eh? And yes, ppl here takes home what they cannot finish..
Wonderfully yummy Pakistan (I think) Kebab & Curry for only $8 buffet lunch!!! Love the lamb & chicken!
One of my favourite meals, the Mexican Taco with spicy pork and bean! I love de small serving too!
The buffet dinner which only cost around USD12.xx (without tips) and de salad was good. I didnt eat as much as I would normally do in Malaysia's buffet.
Italian meal at Olive Garden, de salad is huge (meant to be for 1 person but we share), de soup was good and I was too full for the main dish (pasta filled with mushroom) which was quite nice too..
Mexican Burrito, wrapped with beans, rice, chicken and corn (all u can choose by urself), quite good but very filling!
Darn good Korean BBQ food, especially de pork! Best meats I ever have in US! De taste is heavenly! Though in very big portion too..
Greek food, I dont know what it is called. But quite nice. Something different..
The really-delicious-seafood-thai-tom-yum! With rice..
Haagan Dazs ice cream is pretty cheap here for only USD3.60 for a pint (around 500ml) which sells around RM28 in Isetan, Malaysia.
Dreyer's ice cream - cherry vanilla flavour~
The waffle that I made at breakfast (in hotel) and Aunt Anne's Pretzel! Almost de same like Malaysia (maybe slightly better) and de price also same! USD2.90~ Expensive!
And yeah, the frozen food where you can get at supermarket at a rather small portion but there was many varieties, I really mean a lot of varieties! I have tried 2 so far and it tasted pretty good though it is unhealthy! ^.^
The frozen-and-mircowaved chicken pie, quite good too..:D
The porkchop frozen food, not too bad..
Last but not least, my favourite berries!!! Blackberries, raspberies and blueberries. The bottom is the cherries and grapes! Yum yum~
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Jan
22
On my second Saturday weekend, I went to San Francisco again, for the third time. Yeah, my life here is all about San Francisco although I really want to go to other places like the Muir Wood, Napa Valley (the winery), Monterey for the nice beach view and other places.
But heck, I am not going to complain. The last time the two of them complaining about each other, they ain't talking to each other till now! I am officially the middle-man now.. >_<
Anyway, back to the San Francisco, which was freezingly cold in the morning and night and stupid me decided not to bring the scarf and hat when I need it most. This time I went to an island which prison that kept the most notorious criminal in US! It is Alcatraz Island which is around 15 minutes of ferry ride from Pier 33 and the trip cost USD24.50! The most expensive visit so far and it is a building of prisons and all the small cells and stuffs. Pretty neat but too expensive!
The small horrifying cells..
Cells at Alcatraz Island..Rows of loneliness that could haunt you days & nights..
There are few rows, 3 floors, dark, small & scary.. I can't imagine staying here for years! Or lifetime! Some tried escaped but..
The inmates/criminals..
Next we went to the see the Arrival of Sea Lions events at Pier 39 but all the sea lions just lazing around under the sun and did nothing much! Watched for like 15 minutes and quite disappointed as I thought I could view from near and they'll do something except for napping! The fat, lazy ass..
Aren't they lazy?!?
This is a fat one!
And I love the sun, surpisingly! It's too cold!
Next, had lunch at Chowders, I have the seafood platter which was fried squid, shrimp, fish and fries. My colleague was right; all American food is about frying! And I have quite enough of it.
All fried!
My favorite visit would be the Aquarium of the Bay at $14.95 with many starfish and stingrays and jellyfish! Awesome! Definitely better than Singapore's. Took many videos there. ^.^
Look out for the shark!
Starfishes~
Big Jellyfish
Small jelly fish..
Touching leapord shark!
I had the Dready's 'Red Cherry with Vanilla' ice cream in choc waffle cone which cost USD5.50! Yum yum, but taste a bit like cough medicine coz cherry mah.. We had it outside of the shop which was even colder, while watching the many yatchs parked at the bay. Lovely!
Yum yum~
I love the yatch!
When around Fisherman Wharf and Union Square for the rest of the day which is really cold and tiring as we were walking the whole day!
Fancy a horse ride?
Fisherman's Wharf~
Mr.Bear & me~
The famous & EXPENSIVE Shopping Mall..
Finally before getting back, we had 'Taco' at Mexican Grill which was surprisingly very nice! Yum yum~
Home by 11pm and slept through the 1 hour journey, really very tiring but a good day after all. =)
Jan
19
Tipping around..
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In Malaysia, we pay only for what we eat or drink in the restaurant, according to the receipt. But here in US, they give tips at nearly every restaurants! Except for those that you buy and pay at the counter such as fast food or you take away the food.
It is new to me and unfamiliar to me. We don't have the tipping culture but yet, I have to follow it when I am here. It is around 15% to 20% of the total bill.
So when I order a food that cost USD7.70, I probably will pay USD9 for it. And even for room service, we tip the fella too.
It seems that the waitress wages is low, so it is something extra for them.
But what about me?
Another thing is people take away their food if they couldn't finish it! They just ask for a box and take away the leftover food!
I felt so odd at the first time but since everyone do so, I did few times too! Not to mention that the portion of food is really huge here! It is like double of what you can get back home. So you heat it up for dinner or lunch the next day.
And yes, nobody laugh at you or look at you one kind when you do so. They sort of expect you to do so, I suppose, not to waste the food. But if you do that in Malaysia, I suppose you'll get weird glances!
They call it 'to go' instead of 'take away'. When I told my colleague in the office that I couldn't finish my lunch, he asked me 'where is your to-go-box'?
I had my first lunch at this Japanese Restaurant at San Francisco~
Jan
18
Whenever told me that they have sensitive skin/hand and it would peel when they use detergent or soap powder, I wondered how it could happen as it never happens to me. The most is I have a little dry skin after washing but nothing bad.
I don’t have sensitive skin or allergy or anything at all, not that I am complaining but I just don't feel the pain of others. Well, except for my super sensitive nose and eyes.
But hey, the back of my hands got really dry yesterday evening, when I touched it, it feels like wood or paper! Seriously! Like I aged 30 years older in minutes.. When I got home, it was almost burning sensation and it was quite reddish!
I washed and put lotion and it feels really bad, like a sunburned. I wondered what happened. The weather was very dry here but I could cope with it so far. And then it hits me! The soap detergent that I bought at the laundry shop during lunch to do my laundry there!
Though I used the washing machine at the shop, I guess it still leaves residue on the clothes and I've been touching and folding them.
My manager told me before that the detergent in US was very harsh but I didn't really bother as I thought my skin should be ok with it.
When I wore the newly-washed-long-pants, my legs were itchy that I started to scratched till they become reddish with red little bumps. Gosh!
I quickly put lotion but it didn't help, gotta wash it with water and I wore short pants the whole night.
Next, I washed my towel, jeans and long pants with water to clear up the residue of the soap detergent. After washing, my hands' skin started to peel and become very dry and flaky! Darn!
I brought some detergent from M'sia but it wasn't much. I hope it could last for my next 2 weeks stay here or else.. I don’t know.. get a glove?
And the weather is so dry that I could wash my jeans, leave it hanging and dripping with water in the bathroom at night; the next day it is 80% dry! Normal clothing dries completely overnight in the bathroom! No smell whatsoever! Amazing… -ly dry!
And so is my whole body, hand, legs and even hair!!!
I think I used this one!!!
This is the laundry place where I did my laundry, which is just right after my office.
The front-load-washing-machine for 2 loads, I think around $2.50 or $2.75 per washing.
This is the cheap $1 top-load-washing-machine that I used as my clothes weren't that much to wash.
This is the dryer, a quarter (25 cents) for 8 minutes. We put a dollar and the clothes were pretty dried up after 32 minutes.
Jan
17
My Daily American Breakfast..
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There are a lot of Asian foods in US, apart from the American food. In fact I think I consumed more Asian food in these 5 days, if excluding breakfast which is provided by the apartment, American buffet.
I quite like it although it is the same choices every single day. The sausages that was made from pork was fabulous and I couldn’t help consuming at least one piece although it is oily and very unhealthy!
There are also scrambled eggs, toast or wedges, breads, donuts, muffin, oats, 3 choices of cereals, peach, strawberry, pancakes and some fruits. For drinks, there are coffee, decaf coffee, hot chocolate or variety of teas.
Everyday I have very heavy breakfast and I enjoyed it very much!
The place where breakfast is served, buffet..
The donuts but I never tried any of them before. Must try at least once!
I usually have one sausage (on weekend I'll take two) with some scrambled eggs and potatoes (or bread). They don't have chilly sauce so I'll eat with Tabasco sauce (which is very common here) and I really like it a lot!
Next, I'll have a bowl of oats or cereals with raisins, nuts, peach and strawberry! Healthy, eh?
If I eat cereal, I'll add on the milk. Sometimes I'll add on a Yogurt too, so really very filling!!!
