Sorry have been really busy packing my stuff and unpacking and orientation is just way too happening for me to have time to blog. So i finally got a little time so here we go!

So... Day 4! Nothing much really. Was our rest day. We went to this upscale mall. Very nice place. Had a lot of shops. Not outlet so wasn't really into it. But there was just so many nice things! So anyway i couldn't resist it so i bought something from american eagle again. Did i mention i love american eagle now? Oh and i bought a pair of abercrombie slippers. For the first time in my life, i actually forked out 30 bucks to buy a pair of flip flops... DUN JUDGE ME!! In my defense, its really comfortable... and it looks real nice. Like really comfortable nice. And its abercrombie! its like limited edition in Singapore, ok! So anyway this is how it looks like.


Abercrombie stuff are sooo nice but soooo expensive. oh well.

Then we had dinner at this place called the Cheesecake Factory. omg.. im bringing this is to singapore. Franchise it. It has the most amazing cheesecake in the world. And the food is good. I didn't bring my camera so i didnt take any pics of the food. But... i had to pack a cheesecake home. It was sooooooo good. When i first put a chunk into my mouth, i experienced what i call "food orgasm". Its when you taste such good food, you enter into a state of extreme happiness and contentment. The only other time i got this was when i ate sushi at this sushi bar in hongkong and another time when i had this amazing chocolate cake at mortons. But anyway this cheesecake is creamy. Not too sweet. Texture is right. Cheese flavor just right. and the cream they give is sooo good. Its light and not so sweet which makes it wow. EVERYTHING ABT IT IS GOOD. This is how is looks like.


And on friday, i went touring around the nice part of Philly. The touristy part where i get to learn the history of USA and see the liberty bell and hear all about benjamin franklin. At first i was like 'that guy sounds familiar... is he like a president once?" My friend was like "no... he was the guy that discovered electricity." And i went "Electricity? Isn't that Thomas Eddision?" And she said "no... he invented the light bulb." And i went "oh. oh well. not like it matters now!"

So anyway... just some shots of the city and stuff.




















Signing out - 8/27/2008 04:11:00 AM

Just a short commericial break.

You guys can contact me over MSN, or email. My school email which i will access pretty often is derricksee@nyu.edu. You can also get me on facebook. Or Skype (derrick_see) to make better video calls. Or you can simple call my cellphone at 1-646-932-1052. (1 is the country code while 646 is area code). For those using starhub, just punch in 018 before this number and you will be able to call me for free. (By free i mean no international charge. You pay local minutes) Or ichat which im still trying to figure out. But then again, most of you guys dun have macs.
Signing out - 8/22/2008 12:24:00 AM

Again we woke up early to make our way to an amusement park in Penn, also known as Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom.

Kinda like Wild Wild Wet and Escape Theme park put together then multiply the place by about 10 times. Again we drove at least an hour to get there. In America, everyone drives.

We first went to the water park which is nothing special really. Same stuff as fantasy island. Just look nicer.

However the rides were a world of a difference. Seriously. I screamed so hard for so many of them. And if i didn't scream, it was because it got stuck in my throat because it was way too scary. Let me show you guys the rides. They were so so fun. And apparently, there is another theme park called Six Flags which have rides that are death defying! So exciting! Im so going there during the hallloween month when fright fest in on!

Im just going to show you guys how the rides look. Here we go!







Just some highlights. There were a few rides that were absolutely memorable.

The first one was the Talon! It was so so so good!



It was so good i went on it twice. And i knew i had to share it with you guys. So i actually video-ed it! Just so that you can join me on this ride. Muahaha it was INSANE!

Next scary one was known as the Steel Force. It was the best roller coaster i have even taken in my life. The drop was OMG ARGHHHHHHH -Choke- ARGHHHHHH!


Then the newest and the most interesting ride and by far the best i have ever taken is the VOODOO. It was soooooo good. Imagine a U shaped track and ya just going back and forth and super high speed. Actually don't bother imagining it. I got pictures and video for it!


This was how fast it was.


So anyway today i had breakthrough in my life. I became more secure with my body. For the first time in my life, i took off my shirt and went barebody and didn't feel ashamed. You know how in Singapore its so malu to take out our shirts at the beach because everybody's body is like sooo good with six packs and stuff. Psh. But here! IN AMERICA! EVERYONE IS SO FAT! American TV is totally giving us the wrong impression. In about 40 people, maybe you will find one with a really good body. And i means both boys and girls. The only people that were fit that i saw in the park were the workers(esp the cleaners) and like 2 guys. Yah thats all. EVERYONE ELSE WAS GROSSLY FAT and they all took off their shirts. You know what! Just to prove my point, i will post a picture of me barebody!

oh btw the other 2 are friends of my friend, My. Their names are Ricky and Anne. Great bunch of people.

We left in the evening after completing all the scary rides.

It was a fantastic day. I absolutely love roller coaster rides. I wish you guys were here with me. So maybe make arrangements and come to the states and we will go on these rides together. Im telling you. Its totally worth it. It is NOTHING like our crappy escape theme park. Seriously lor. Escape makes me want to ESCAPE from Singapore! oh man... im sooooo loving America! and i have to say, my photography skills are really good! Hehehe...
Signing out - 8/21/2008 10:14:00 PM

We woke up really early to start our drive to Delaware. Delaware is a state nearby to Philly. It is about a 2 hour drive. The agenda for today is SHOPPING!

You are probably thinking... why go all the way to delaware to shop? Because in Delaware, its tax free! Means you dun have to pay the 7% tax like how we pay for our GST. And not to mention, there is a huge outlet mall there with many brands such as Ralph Lauren and A&F.

After a grueling 2 hour drive and messing with the radio and listening to Jesse Mccartney's Leaving and Leona Lewis's Better in time and Chris Brown's Forever about 5 times each, we finally arrived at the Rehobeth Beach Outlet Mall. It was HUGE. Huge in a sense that there were soooo many stores, to the point where there is no way we could finish them in a day so we had to choose particular stores we want to go to.

Of cos i went crazy. The first store i went in was the Ralph Lauren Store. In there i spent an hour shopping. I left the shop buying 3 collar shirts, 1 sweater vest, 2 bottles of cologne (explorer & blue) & a handtowel. So lets see how much i saved. In singapore, it will probably cost 140 a shirt. The vest probably 170. Cologne are 90 each. handtowel maybe 10. So all together, i bought a grand total worth of 780 dollars worth of stuff. I paid 300 dollars. A SAVINGS OF 480 BUCKS! WOOHOO! Not to mention when i get back to Singapore, i will be looking all rich and fashionable in my Ralph Lauren Clothes. REAL Ralph Lauren and not the fake ones YOU PEOPLE buy in Thailand. PUI!

Lunch time! We went to this really interest place called IHOP.
Apparently it stands for International House of Pancakes. I was like why is it called international when i have never heard of it! Anyway the pancakes there are AMAZING. The Syrup they give, i can drink it! Their butter pecan syrup is OMG good... a must try. I ordered a cinammon apple crisp pancake breakfast set. And the servings are HUGE. No wonder Americans are soooo fat. LOOK AT THIS!


This is what they have for BREAKFAST! Amazing... Anyway i managed to control myself and not finish everything, but seriously, the food was good... You know how in Singapore the only good pancakes we can ever find is the hotcakes in Macs. How depressing is that... Anyway these pancakes were YUMMY!!! Better than those at macs. And the syrup was about 20 times better than those at macs. So So good.

I then headed to the American Eagle store and there i went crazy again.

I never knew American Eagle had such nice clothes. Not to mention affordable. I bought 2 berms and 2 jeans there. The jeans were really good quality and cost about 50 each.

Walked a lil to the converse store and bought 2 pair of shoes. They were selling at 30 bucks! And i just love converse shoes.

The highlight to me was the Calvin Klein Store.

For the first time in history, i can actually afford Calvin Klein. Shirts were going for about 55. Graphic T about 20. Unfortunately, none of the sizes fit me! Can you believe it?! Even the S is too big for me. I concluded that Calvin Klein only produced clothes for models which is why even the S is too big for me. Damn it. Sucks being a small asian kid! Anyway i bought a pair of pants and a wallet there. The wallet was going for less than 50 lah! In singapore, it will probably cost 100+!

Next stop, Abercrombie! So so exciting!!! But this one was a major disappointment. The guys section was like 20% of the store and they only sold some nice t shirts. It was like walking into an esprit store and having difficulty finding the men section. But anyway i couldn't resist it not buying an A&F shirt so i bought a pretty tight shirt which made me look so so slim. Muhahaha!

And before you know it, it was evening already. AND I HAVENT DONE MY MAIN AGENDA! I have to buy my macbook pro!!! This was a 3k+ transaction so the savings are close to 300 dollars! We rushed our way to the apple store and made it just on time. Chose my stuff and made the payment. Walked out of the store with a Macbook pro and a mighty mouse, AND my free Ipod Touch and Printer!!! And the amount i spent is less than the 3099 Apple singapore quote for a macbook pro. SAVE SAVE SAVE! Ok that just made me sound really aunty... macham at the shop & save advertisement. jian jian jian! I imagine myself smiling and xiang yun and her mother... OH did i mention i saw xiang yun and her family at Astons the other day? Her husband Edmund Chen is CHEAT. My god... he looks soooo young. When he was standing with his son, he look like a brother lah! He looks like he is under 30 with his pink complexion and slim and built body. CRAP! Isn't he like 70?! He has been on TV ever since Lee Kuan Yew cried on national TV during the malaysia singapore break up la! ok fine i exaggerate... but seriously... He is soooo cheat...

Again i digress... And after that we called it a day and drove back to Philly. By the time i reached home, it was close to midnight. And again, i totally knocked out till the next morning.

Just to sum up my day!

And say hello to my new macbook pro! The reason why im blogging right now!

Signing out - 8/21/2008 09:07:00 PM

On sunday night, i dragged my luggage into the airport and checked it in. Soon after, people started to crowd around me. I just want to thank everyone who came down to send me off. I realise changi airport is very very far away for most people so it really meant alot to me.

Unfortunately, we were unable to set a guiness record for most number of people crowding in T3 to send one person off. Just as we were trying to make more noise to seem more happening then some other gang, we looked to the corner to see about 100 people snuggling together to pray for one person. Psh... and we only had like a party of 20 at most? Failure... Sorry folks.

So anyway i can't believe i started tearing and actually broke into tears saying my farewells and giving my goodbye hug to everyone present. I was so sure i was going to be all excited and happy to leave Singapore. But for some weird reason, each time i hugged someone and said thanks and good bye, all my memories of that person just came flashing pass my head and the gratitude is just overwhelming. It was soooo malu when tears started to form and words started to get choked at my throat. It's like watching a movie in the cinema and when the sad scene come, you try to suppress your tears because you don't want the person sitting beside you to know you are crying.

But then again, i get teary easily. Sheesh i cried while playing final fantasy X because my dear yuna had to leave me. I even cried during Gundam Seed Destiny. Why exactly, i can't remember... too many robots being destroyed or something. OH and not to mention i actually teared when i saw my pink IC on my ORD date in the army. I remember i used to tell people its just a card lah... no big deal... its the freedom that mattters. But for some weird reason, when the card was given to me on my ORD day by some low ranking clerk, tears started to form in my eyes. It was like being stuck in a dark tunnel for 2 years and finally seeing light. The feeling is indescribable... And ever since, i have never looked back.

Digressing... Anyway my best friend Mr TAN QIAN JIN had to make a scene on that day. Had to make the whole thing so drama. You see, he was suppose to deliver me a CD. But on his way to the airport, he fell asleep. At the interchange, he rushed out of the train, forgetting about the cd that he left on the seat. Anyway he chased after the CD all the way to pasir ris before making his way back to the airport. And he said on the phone "YOU BETTER NOT LEAVE BEFORE I ARRIVE". My flight was at 1150pm. 1100. Not here. 1105. Calling. 1110. Still not here... 1115 He should be here by now... 1120. I see a mad man running at top speed across the airport and towards me. That mad man crashed into me and gave me a hug. This was after about 10 times of "derrick, im not kidding. ya going to be late for your flight. just go in now." So anyway, after that drama appearance, i rushed into the gate and to the plane. Thank God i made it on time.

Then the plane took off. OH YAH. Ok recently i have been talking to my friend about SIA girls. They told me the girls now really cannot make it. And OMG... so true... the woman serving my aisle... her hair was like a cone on top of her head and her face had so much make up on, it was hideous. Not to mention her voice was loud and shrieky! Everytime she came and said "orange juice?" or "tea or coffee?", i cringed. It didn't help that my stupid entertainment system was down.

Yes just my dumb luck. Why do bad things always happen to me? Its not like i do bad things... im a good person you know. If you look hard, you can actually see a halo hovering over my head. nod nod nod. So anyway initially i was assigned to sit in front of the plane but i didn't want to be sitting in the middle of 2 people so i moved my seat to the back of the plane where it was much more comfortable. Unfortunately, the last quarter of the plane could not get the entertainment system working so for the entire 12 hours ride from Singapore to Frankfurt, i had to force myself to sleep the entire journey. So so miserable. Especially when there is sooo many good movies available. And to compensate us, they gave us a 75usd voucher to do inflight shopping. I was like ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! JUST 75?! I paid almost 1k more to take Singapore airlines over Cathay Pacific and you give me 75 dollars to make up for that 1k?! I was hoping for a business class upgrade voucher but it didn't come... sigh... maybe i should make a big hooha... Oh well. On my flight back to singapore, i will be getting 2 free bottles of duty free alcohol then since i couldnt get to use my voucher as everyone used it before i could. Sucks sitting at the back of the plane...

Thank God the flight from Frankfurt to New York was alright. The entertainment system was repaired so i could watch my movies. But as you know, things are never nice for me. The indian guy sitting in front of me was TOTALLY DISGUSTING. He sneezed and had mucus hanging out of his nose. And he just threw in on the floor beside him. (history: we were both taking window seats but there was a space between the seat and the window. Big enough to put a bag) So for like half the journey, that disgusting glob of mucus was staring at me. It was totally gross. And he didn't bother cleaning it up. And the best part was that he actually took a pillow to cover it at the end of the flight. EWWWWW! Good luck to that CMI SIA girl...

So after being on the plane for about 20 hours, i continued my journey on a cab to a train station in manhattan to make my way to philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And finally, after about one and a half days of travelling, I arrived in Philly!

Here are some pics i took.



Me being lost in the train station in Manhattan, joining in the crowd to stare at that huge board. Apparently, we are waiting for the train to arrive.

Arriving at pretty philadelphia train station.

We headed straight for Chinatown. I got some fake chinese food. Singapore vermicilli noodles and thai pineapple rice. The Singapore noodles(i know.. there is no such thing in singapore...) was alright. Was just beehoon fried in tomato sauce. The pineapple fried rice was just plain fried rice in a pineapple. And we had roti prata too. But it was only alright... Forgive me for forgetting to bring my camera along.

Shopped for a phone and a phone plan. Then went shopping for my bed sheets and stuff before heading home. Loooong looong day. Havent slept for almost 24 hours. dead tired. Heading to Delaware tomorrow!
Signing out - 8/21/2008 11:11:00 AM

Woohooo! It's time, people! I am finally leaving the sunny island of Singapore to pursue my American dream in Manhattan NEW YORK CITY! Stay tune as i blog my happenings in the states. Im sure you guys will enjoy the next phase of this blog as i bring you around the big apple and many other states in USA. I will touch down in US on Monday night so come back around wednesday (after i have shopped for my laptop) to check whether i survived the super duper long 23 hour flight to Frankfurt then JFK. So in the mean time, you guys have a great week ahead. I know i will! NEW YORK CITY, HERE I COME!
Signing out - 8/17/2008 03:33:00 PM

Sorry have been really busy packing my stuff and unpacking and orientation is just way too happening for me to have time to blog. So i finally got a little time so here we go!

So... Day 4! Nothing much really. Was our rest day. We went to this upscale mall. Very nice place. Had a lot of shops. Not outlet so wasn't really into it. But there was just so many nice things! So anyway i couldn't resist it so i bought something from american eagle again. Did i mention i love american eagle now? Oh and i bought a pair of abercrombie slippers. For the first time in my life, i actually forked out 30 bucks to buy a pair of flip flops... DUN JUDGE ME!! In my defense, its really comfortable... and it looks real nice. Like really comfortable nice. And its abercrombie! its like limited edition in Singapore, ok! So anyway this is how it looks like.


Abercrombie stuff are sooo nice but soooo expensive. oh well.

Then we had dinner at this place called the Cheesecake Factory. omg.. im bringing this is to singapore. Franchise it. It has the most amazing cheesecake in the world. And the food is good. I didn't bring my camera so i didnt take any pics of the food. But... i had to pack a cheesecake home. It was sooooooo good. When i first put a chunk into my mouth, i experienced what i call "food orgasm". Its when you taste such good food, you enter into a state of extreme happiness and contentment. The only other time i got this was when i ate sushi at this sushi bar in hongkong and another time when i had this amazing chocolate cake at mortons. But anyway this cheesecake is creamy. Not too sweet. Texture is right. Cheese flavor just right. and the cream they give is sooo good. Its light and not so sweet which makes it wow. EVERYTHING ABT IT IS GOOD. This is how is looks like.


And on friday, i went touring around the nice part of Philly. The touristy part where i get to learn the history of USA and see the liberty bell and hear all about benjamin franklin. At first i was like 'that guy sounds familiar... is he like a president once?" My friend was like "no... he was the guy that discovered electricity." And i went "Electricity? Isn't that Thomas Eddision?" And she said "no... he invented the light bulb." And i went "oh. oh well. not like it matters now!"

So anyway... just some shots of the city and stuff.

Just a short commericial break.

You guys can contact me over MSN, or email. My school email which i will access pretty often is derricksee@nyu.edu. You can also get me on facebook. Or Skype (derrick_see) to make better video calls. Or you can simple call my cellphone at 1-646-932-1052. (1 is the country code while 646 is area code). For those using starhub, just punch in 018 before this number and you will be able to call me for free. (By free i mean no international charge. You pay local minutes) Or ichat which im still trying to figure out. But then again, most of you guys dun have macs.

Again we woke up early to make our way to an amusement park in Penn, also known as Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom.

Kinda like Wild Wild Wet and Escape Theme park put together then multiply the place by about 10 times. Again we drove at least an hour to get there. In America, everyone drives.

We first went to the water park which is nothing special really. Same stuff as fantasy island. Just look nicer.

However the rides were a world of a difference. Seriously. I screamed so hard for so many of them. And if i didn't scream, it was because it got stuck in my throat because it was way too scary. Let me show you guys the rides. They were so so fun. And apparently, there is another theme park called Six Flags which have rides that are death defying! So exciting! Im so going there during the hallloween month when fright fest in on!

Im just going to show you guys how the rides look. Here we go!







Just some highlights. There were a few rides that were absolutely memorable.

The first one was the Talon! It was so so so good!



It was so good i went on it twice. And i knew i had to share it with you guys. So i actually video-ed it! Just so that you can join me on this ride. Muahaha it was INSANE!

Next scary one was known as the Steel Force. It was the best roller coaster i have even taken in my life. The drop was OMG ARGHHHHHHH -Choke- ARGHHHHHH!


Then the newest and the most interesting ride and by far the best i have ever taken is the VOODOO. It was soooooo good. Imagine a U shaped track and ya just going back and forth and super high speed. Actually don't bother imagining it. I got pictures and video for it!


This was how fast it was.


So anyway today i had breakthrough in my life. I became more secure with my body. For the first time in my life, i took off my shirt and went barebody and didn't feel ashamed. You know how in Singapore its so malu to take out our shirts at the beach because everybody's body is like sooo good with six packs and stuff. Psh. But here! IN AMERICA! EVERYONE IS SO FAT! American TV is totally giving us the wrong impression. In about 40 people, maybe you will find one with a really good body. And i means both boys and girls. The only people that were fit that i saw in the park were the workers(esp the cleaners) and like 2 guys. Yah thats all. EVERYONE ELSE WAS GROSSLY FAT and they all took off their shirts. You know what! Just to prove my point, i will post a picture of me barebody!

oh btw the other 2 are friends of my friend, My. Their names are Ricky and Anne. Great bunch of people.

We left in the evening after completing all the scary rides.

It was a fantastic day. I absolutely love roller coaster rides. I wish you guys were here with me. So maybe make arrangements and come to the states and we will go on these rides together. Im telling you. Its totally worth it. It is NOTHING like our crappy escape theme park. Seriously lor. Escape makes me want to ESCAPE from Singapore! oh man... im sooooo loving America! and i have to say, my photography skills are really good! Hehehe...

We woke up really early to start our drive to Delaware. Delaware is a state nearby to Philly. It is about a 2 hour drive. The agenda for today is SHOPPING!

You are probably thinking... why go all the way to delaware to shop? Because in Delaware, its tax free! Means you dun have to pay the 7% tax like how we pay for our GST. And not to mention, there is a huge outlet mall there with many brands such as Ralph Lauren and A&F.

After a grueling 2 hour drive and messing with the radio and listening to Jesse Mccartney's Leaving and Leona Lewis's Better in time and Chris Brown's Forever about 5 times each, we finally arrived at the Rehobeth Beach Outlet Mall. It was HUGE. Huge in a sense that there were soooo many stores, to the point where there is no way we could finish them in a day so we had to choose particular stores we want to go to.

Of cos i went crazy. The first store i went in was the Ralph Lauren Store. In there i spent an hour shopping. I left the shop buying 3 collar shirts, 1 sweater vest, 2 bottles of cologne (explorer & blue) & a handtowel. So lets see how much i saved. In singapore, it will probably cost 140 a shirt. The vest probably 170. Cologne are 90 each. handtowel maybe 10. So all together, i bought a grand total worth of 780 dollars worth of stuff. I paid 300 dollars. A SAVINGS OF 480 BUCKS! WOOHOO! Not to mention when i get back to Singapore, i will be looking all rich and fashionable in my Ralph Lauren Clothes. REAL Ralph Lauren and not the fake ones YOU PEOPLE buy in Thailand. PUI!

Lunch time! We went to this really interest place called IHOP.
Apparently it stands for International House of Pancakes. I was like why is it called international when i have never heard of it! Anyway the pancakes there are AMAZING. The Syrup they give, i can drink it! Their butter pecan syrup is OMG good... a must try. I ordered a cinammon apple crisp pancake breakfast set. And the servings are HUGE. No wonder Americans are soooo fat. LOOK AT THIS!


This is what they have for BREAKFAST! Amazing... Anyway i managed to control myself and not finish everything, but seriously, the food was good... You know how in Singapore the only good pancakes we can ever find is the hotcakes in Macs. How depressing is that... Anyway these pancakes were YUMMY!!! Better than those at macs. And the syrup was about 20 times better than those at macs. So So good.

I then headed to the American Eagle store and there i went crazy again.

I never knew American Eagle had such nice clothes. Not to mention affordable. I bought 2 berms and 2 jeans there. The jeans were really good quality and cost about 50 each.

Walked a lil to the converse store and bought 2 pair of shoes. They were selling at 30 bucks! And i just love converse shoes.

The highlight to me was the Calvin Klein Store.

For the first time in history, i can actually afford Calvin Klein. Shirts were going for about 55. Graphic T about 20. Unfortunately, none of the sizes fit me! Can you believe it?! Even the S is too big for me. I concluded that Calvin Klein only produced clothes for models which is why even the S is too big for me. Damn it. Sucks being a small asian kid! Anyway i bought a pair of pants and a wallet there. The wallet was going for less than 50 lah! In singapore, it will probably cost 100+!

Next stop, Abercrombie! So so exciting!!! But this one was a major disappointment. The guys section was like 20% of the store and they only sold some nice t shirts. It was like walking into an esprit store and having difficulty finding the men section. But anyway i couldn't resist it not buying an A&F shirt so i bought a pretty tight shirt which made me look so so slim. Muhahaha!

And before you know it, it was evening already. AND I HAVENT DONE MY MAIN AGENDA! I have to buy my macbook pro!!! This was a 3k+ transaction so the savings are close to 300 dollars! We rushed our way to the apple store and made it just on time. Chose my stuff and made the payment. Walked out of the store with a Macbook pro and a mighty mouse, AND my free Ipod Touch and Printer!!! And the amount i spent is less than the 3099 Apple singapore quote for a macbook pro. SAVE SAVE SAVE! Ok that just made me sound really aunty... macham at the shop & save advertisement. jian jian jian! I imagine myself smiling and xiang yun and her mother... OH did i mention i saw xiang yun and her family at Astons the other day? Her husband Edmund Chen is CHEAT. My god... he looks soooo young. When he was standing with his son, he look like a brother lah! He looks like he is under 30 with his pink complexion and slim and built body. CRAP! Isn't he like 70?! He has been on TV ever since Lee Kuan Yew cried on national TV during the malaysia singapore break up la! ok fine i exaggerate... but seriously... He is soooo cheat...

Again i digress... And after that we called it a day and drove back to Philly. By the time i reached home, it was close to midnight. And again, i totally knocked out till the next morning.

Just to sum up my day!

And say hello to my new macbook pro! The reason why im blogging right now!

On sunday night, i dragged my luggage into the airport and checked it in. Soon after, people started to crowd around me. I just want to thank everyone who came down to send me off. I realise changi airport is very very far away for most people so it really meant alot to me.

Unfortunately, we were unable to set a guiness record for most number of people crowding in T3 to send one person off. Just as we were trying to make more noise to seem more happening then some other gang, we looked to the corner to see about 100 people snuggling together to pray for one person. Psh... and we only had like a party of 20 at most? Failure... Sorry folks.

So anyway i can't believe i started tearing and actually broke into tears saying my farewells and giving my goodbye hug to everyone present. I was so sure i was going to be all excited and happy to leave Singapore. But for some weird reason, each time i hugged someone and said thanks and good bye, all my memories of that person just came flashing pass my head and the gratitude is just overwhelming. It was soooo malu when tears started to form and words started to get choked at my throat. It's like watching a movie in the cinema and when the sad scene come, you try to suppress your tears because you don't want the person sitting beside you to know you are crying.

But then again, i get teary easily. Sheesh i cried while playing final fantasy X because my dear yuna had to leave me. I even cried during Gundam Seed Destiny. Why exactly, i can't remember... too many robots being destroyed or something. OH and not to mention i actually teared when i saw my pink IC on my ORD date in the army. I remember i used to tell people its just a card lah... no big deal... its the freedom that mattters. But for some weird reason, when the card was given to me on my ORD day by some low ranking clerk, tears started to form in my eyes. It was like being stuck in a dark tunnel for 2 years and finally seeing light. The feeling is indescribable... And ever since, i have never looked back.

Digressing... Anyway my best friend Mr TAN QIAN JIN had to make a scene on that day. Had to make the whole thing so drama. You see, he was suppose to deliver me a CD. But on his way to the airport, he fell asleep. At the interchange, he rushed out of the train, forgetting about the cd that he left on the seat. Anyway he chased after the CD all the way to pasir ris before making his way back to the airport. And he said on the phone "YOU BETTER NOT LEAVE BEFORE I ARRIVE". My flight was at 1150pm. 1100. Not here. 1105. Calling. 1110. Still not here... 1115 He should be here by now... 1120. I see a mad man running at top speed across the airport and towards me. That mad man crashed into me and gave me a hug. This was after about 10 times of "derrick, im not kidding. ya going to be late for your flight. just go in now." So anyway, after that drama appearance, i rushed into the gate and to the plane. Thank God i made it on time.

Then the plane took off. OH YAH. Ok recently i have been talking to my friend about SIA girls. They told me the girls now really cannot make it. And OMG... so true... the woman serving my aisle... her hair was like a cone on top of her head and her face had so much make up on, it was hideous. Not to mention her voice was loud and shrieky! Everytime she came and said "orange juice?" or "tea or coffee?", i cringed. It didn't help that my stupid entertainment system was down.

Yes just my dumb luck. Why do bad things always happen to me? Its not like i do bad things... im a good person you know. If you look hard, you can actually see a halo hovering over my head. nod nod nod. So anyway initially i was assigned to sit in front of the plane but i didn't want to be sitting in the middle of 2 people so i moved my seat to the back of the plane where it was much more comfortable. Unfortunately, the last quarter of the plane could not get the entertainment system working so for the entire 12 hours ride from Singapore to Frankfurt, i had to force myself to sleep the entire journey. So so miserable. Especially when there is sooo many good movies available. And to compensate us, they gave us a 75usd voucher to do inflight shopping. I was like ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! JUST 75?! I paid almost 1k more to take Singapore airlines over Cathay Pacific and you give me 75 dollars to make up for that 1k?! I was hoping for a business class upgrade voucher but it didn't come... sigh... maybe i should make a big hooha... Oh well. On my flight back to singapore, i will be getting 2 free bottles of duty free alcohol then since i couldnt get to use my voucher as everyone used it before i could. Sucks sitting at the back of the plane...

Thank God the flight from Frankfurt to New York was alright. The entertainment system was repaired so i could watch my movies. But as you know, things are never nice for me. The indian guy sitting in front of me was TOTALLY DISGUSTING. He sneezed and had mucus hanging out of his nose. And he just threw in on the floor beside him. (history: we were both taking window seats but there was a space between the seat and the window. Big enough to put a bag) So for like half the journey, that disgusting glob of mucus was staring at me. It was totally gross. And he didn't bother cleaning it up. And the best part was that he actually took a pillow to cover it at the end of the flight. EWWWWW! Good luck to that CMI SIA girl...

So after being on the plane for about 20 hours, i continued my journey on a cab to a train station in manhattan to make my way to philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And finally, after about one and a half days of travelling, I arrived in Philly!

Here are some pics i took.



Me being lost in the train station in Manhattan, joining in the crowd to stare at that huge board. Apparently, we are waiting for the train to arrive.

Arriving at pretty philadelphia train station.

We headed straight for Chinatown. I got some fake chinese food. Singapore vermicilli noodles and thai pineapple rice. The Singapore noodles(i know.. there is no such thing in singapore...) was alright. Was just beehoon fried in tomato sauce. The pineapple fried rice was just plain fried rice in a pineapple. And we had roti prata too. But it was only alright... Forgive me for forgetting to bring my camera along.

Shopped for a phone and a phone plan. Then went shopping for my bed sheets and stuff before heading home. Loooong looong day. Havent slept for almost 24 hours. dead tired. Heading to Delaware tomorrow!

Woohooo! It's time, people! I am finally leaving the sunny island of Singapore to pursue my American dream in Manhattan NEW YORK CITY! Stay tune as i blog my happenings in the states. Im sure you guys will enjoy the next phase of this blog as i bring you around the big apple and many other states in USA. I will touch down in US on Monday night so come back around wednesday (after i have shopped for my laptop) to check whether i survived the super duper long 23 hour flight to Frankfurt then JFK. So in the mean time, you guys have a great week ahead. I know i will! NEW YORK CITY, HERE I COME!