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airy's Journal
nothing to be ashamed of
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vacation sucks and rocks
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July 19, 2008, 02:28:am
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hey sorry, just got to be online on vf just now.
it all started with some fight. we were going to the airport but my big brother hasn't showed up. half an hour later, he did. my mom and dad was scolding him for being late because he wanted to pick up his hoodie at his friend's. he said it would be 15 minutes but no it wasn't. my parents tried calling him but he never picked up because his phone was broken. and so after all those mess, we took off.
we made it to the airport without being left. first we had to go for transit for 1 day in taiwan. i found a tiny night market near the hotel. and there was a shopkeeper who actually speaks a little indonesian, and my mom chat with her. it was really fun buying traditional snacks there. next morning we went to taipei 101 which is the tallest building there but we didn't went to the top because i know the view will be the same if you go up to the national monument in jakarta.
in the evening, we caught a plane to the US. we landed there at about 10 pm in newark, new jersey, the home of mikey and gerard way haha. in the morning we joined our group in another hotel and then we went to new york. the tour guide couldn't finish his sentence with the word "ok" at the end of it, which is really annoying and his grammar was bad too. he looks like a chinese praying mantis/dragonfly to me. after listening to his mumbling for about half an hour or more, we were in new york. we went to the times square. i'm really sorry i can't remember the places i visited because he didn't let us to explore more of the city, so we only took pictutres for about 5 minutes and then move on to the next place.
the next day, we went to philadelphia. we went to see the liberty bell. and so on. i can't remember either what we saw. the next day we went to washington. we saw the white house, the parliament house, lincoln memorial, and the other memorial. it was pretty interesting but it rained a little bit so it was kinda not enjoyable.
and the next day, if i'm not mistaken, we went to the hershey chocolate world. we bought lots of chocolate and candies. and it was sweet to look around but we didn't have much time. so we took of and we headed to niagara falls.
we arrived there really late so we rested immediately. and the next day, we crossed the US-canada border and see the falls. the mist was drizzling everywhere, it got to like several feets away from the falls to where we stood, which is pretty far. i got on the maid of the mist. it was fun only during the mist sprinkled. and after that, we went to the imax theatre but i didn't, we just sat around. and the we had lunch on the revolving restaurant, the food was great, really great.
after that, we all headed to toronto. the lake was beautiful. we had a cruise there. but we only saw that and we had to go to ottawa. we had a cruise to on the lake there but couldn't remember the name. nothing much to see there.
the next day we went to montreal. it's really interesting that from the burger king menu until the road sign, everything was written and spoken in french. we went to see the olympic stadium but i didn't, it was night already so we went to the hotel after that. in the morning, we went to see la citadelle/royal 22e regiment museum. it was really interesting and we had another local tour guide who is a trilingual and really fluent in speaking the languages he can. my mom offered him $ 100 if he could make the royal guard (like in england) to smile and kiss her. but he didn't and couldn't. after that we visited the quebec basilica which is located on top of a hill and really big.
the next day we cruised to 1000 island which was awesome. the was a tiny island that fit a tiny house on it. it was really really awesome. after that we headed to boston. at the bus i finally talked to some kids. i don't know why i just talked to them that day, either it was because of exhaustion or what.
they thought "syasi" was a weird name so they gave me a nick name. from syasi to sissy (which i hated) to sassy cat to kitty cat and finally to kitty. i didn't talk much to them because my mom made me listen to her conversation with another lady which was on tour with us on the bus.
because it was a really long way from there to boston, it took almost the whole day to get there. we arrived at night and ate dinner in a restaurant called "no name". it was really good because they have big ass lobsters and fried shrimps. after that we went to the hotel.
it really was a torture the tour was. every morning we had to wake up at 5 am with a wake up call and we always arrived at the hotels at 11 pm. in boston the next morning we visited mit and harvard. it really was inspiring. and we cruised again there which was making me sleepy. and after that, we went to quincy market and left the tour there. we stayed for another night and day there.
i wanted to buy a lobster hat but my mom didn't let me. and i wanted to buy the celtics sweatshirts and she didn't let me (again). we walked around and i thought it was better like that, i don't like tight schedule tours.
after the 1 night 1 day free time, we went back to new york and spent 2 days there. it was really tiring to walk around the big city. we went to the chinatown and the subway station there smelled like fish. the whole street smelled like fish and ginger. oh and the hotel i stayed at, hotel pennsylvania, was freaking me out. it was huge and the rooms in the 10th floor have doors that looks like coffin doors. new york is a really busy city, maybe i could get confused and get lost there.
oh and my little brother always has his birthday abroad, so this year he had his birthday in new york. and my parents ended up buying him a new guitar. when he was giong to try some guitars, the shopkeeper gave him an eric clapton guitar which costs around $1000. but after trying that guitar, my brother said "i think i'm gonna find for a better guitar for my fans". so we moved on to another guitar shop across the street. and there he found his love, a scott ian washburn guitar. the funny thing is, the guitar was made here but isn't available here. my parents bought him that at the end, and i agree that it was cool, with a used look and some pentagram images on the fret board.
after those 2 days, we had to go home and we went to the newark airport. the airport shuttle was weird. the heater and the ac went on and off. it was really weird. so yeah the flight was at 11 pm but we got there 4 hours in advance.
we had to go on transit in alaska for 1 hour. and then resumed the flight to taiwan. we had to go on transit for 3 hours there and then resumed the flight again back to jakarta.
it was really both torture and pleasure. i hope that tour guide guy can make his english better and have a plastic surgery. his face was scary. nevertheless, i felt really bad not to go to north carolina. i wanted to but i couldn't.
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WART
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April 17, 2008, 01:19:am
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ok so today i had science test and information technology test. we all had to be quiet since it was a test. but i played with my black eraser and out it beside my nose. and then, there it is, a wart. lol
and i started to laugh, alone. but quietly. everybody was looking at me and i gave a stupid look while touching my "wart". and everybody laughed, like seriously 
anyways, the tests suck. it's just stage 1. there's still stage 2, 3, and 4.
Mood: BLAH
Music: escape the fate
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