US Trip #1

First time to USA - kinda apprehensive, kinda excited, kinda worried. Apprehensive about what to expect, excited about the spree at factory outlets and worried about the stereotypes floating around and being an alien in a foreign western land.

23-hour flight is no joke, especially when I realised that I couldn't really sleep in an upright position. Sleep was apportioned into 1-2 hour segments because of my frequent nod of my head. Ended up watching movies and playing games instead. Watched 2 movies in total – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Yes Man, though I didn’t manage to finish the 2nd movie cuz I accidentally pressed some buttons and I had to rewatch the whole show again. Totally dumb. Oh, the games were kinda boring (no Mario cuz I was on ANA, how sad!). The most interesting game I could find was Water Pipes, where you had to fix up pipe parts of different orientation so that water could flow. Haha lame ah… I played this when my sis was carrying a really old model of Samsung.

Oh yes! And the most satisfying part of the flight – taking photos of the clouds!! Quite cool cuz I could experiment and get used to my new funky gadget – Panasonic LX3! It’s a cool cam; the only regret is that its optical zoom is only 2.5x :( I’m now starting to wish that I’d taken Canon SX10 with the capability of 20x optical zoom. Sigh. Nevertheless, check out the photos at the end of this post and the next few too!:)

I’m now staying at my sis’s apartment in East Hartford - a cosy little apartment with joint bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and the living room. The location is quite good as well; Walmart and a few restaurants are within walking distance. And the coolest thing is, my sis has a rented car so we can check out farther places! Haha I’m impressed that my sis could get used to left-hand drive so quickly! Woooh!

Alrights! Check out the photos below!

Satisfied me:) after taking shots after shots of the clouds. haha
And the final photo of the post: My personal favourite - Sunrise at Washington Dulles Airport :)