Sunday, December 30, 2007

dah sampai.

thank you to those who came to the airport. thanks to my very supporting and 'sporting' family :p and to my friends too :) your presence definitely made the farewell easier for me (yeah right, lol).


si kacak.


queuing up to get into the plane at KLIA.

the flight from KLIA to LA was ok. took 4 hours to get to Taipei and another 12 hours to reach LA (supposed to be 14 hours, but we experienced some turbulences during the flight which made the journey faster, according to the pilot lah). the best part about the flight is the plane was half empty! in average, there are only 4 persons in a row (in a 3-4-3 seating). so basically we got the seats all to ourselves. I took a window seat altho I'm supposed to be seating in the center near the aisle. had 3 seats to myself, sedap giler tido, macam kat first class, hoho.


at Taipei International Airport.


freaking empty seats from KLIA to Taipei and from Taipei to LA.



before touch down in LA.


first view of LA.


typical Malaysians at LA International Airport.
all of us were actually waiting for Haidar Aizat who was interrogated when we were about to pass the immigration. he was suspected a terrorist so the airport people did a full background check and interview on him. cost us around 3 hours for that. luckily our next flight to Chicago was 5 hours away after we touched down in LA. pity Haidar, he's so innocent. should've been me instead, lol.

Chicago O'hare Airport.

flight was delayed for half an hour, bangang betul. and biler dah naik on the plane, it took another half an hour to wait for them to carry in the luggage into the plane. lembab. oh, we flew with United American Airline by the way. sempit giler seat dier. MAS is definitely a lotttttt better.
and, found some magazine lelaki main on the racks of the bookstore in Chicago airport. 'someone' suruh kirimkan untuk dia, haha. nanti nantila.

waiting for our next flight to Detroit, Michigan.


on the bus on our way to our hotel in Ann Arbor.

so all of us are staying in a hotel for 1 night before checking out tomorrow to go to our own respective housing. we wandered in Ann Arbor for 2 possible housing today. the 1st one is too small for 7 of us, and it's kinda far from the campus. and the 2nd one is very very nice, but it's too expensive and unfurnished. so entahlah, will be checking out another house tomorrow. if we can't find an off campus housing on time, I think I'll just stay on campus which will cost me $1076 per month, ngeh.
it's so freaking cold todayyyyyy. was 0 degree celcius kot? and still the people here say it's warm today. takde otakkk aper...hahaha I really can't stand the cold. now rase macam nak demam sket, but baru je makan panadol, so it's getting better. :)

Thursday, December 13, 2007

important dates

Flight date - 28th December 2007

KLIA - Los Angeles (via Taipei) 1515/1650
Los Angeles - Chicago 2300/0451
Chicago - Detroit 0735/0950

Estimated Departure Time/Estimated Arrival Time (according to local time)

then will be heading to University of Michigan - Ann Arbor by bus with another 39 people + 1 JPA officer. might be spending some nights in the uni hall (if we're allowed) as on campus housing will only be opened on 2nd January. andddd I haven't settled my housing yet, lol. visa is done, finally.


University orientation - 2nd January 2008

Class starts - 3rd January 2008