1 MONTH!

Three cheers to me! I've survived for a month. And from the looks of things, I will survive for the next 8 months. Unless I get frozen to death. Erratic air conditioners + shorts are driving me to my comfy bed. Goooonites...

Have you ever...?

Have you ever...

...walked into a church late...

...had the pastor in a long, serious, black, batman robe turn to stare at you...

...jump up and down and scream...

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..."YAY! WE'VE GOT VISTORS!!!"...?

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I have.

Welcome to Oklahoma City!!

Today I went on a Oklahoma City tour...with some international students...and it was pretty fun. Finally got to meet some black haired people. >.<

Anyways, let the pictures speak for themselves...

1. STATE CAPITAL BUILDING

Me in front of the State Capital building.

Me challenging the Red Indian dude to fight. He didn't dare.

2. OKLAHOMA CITY ART MUSEUM

Me in a weird pose with colourful glass sculptures behind.

3. THE VIEW FROM THE TALLEST BUILDING IN OKC

Notice how flat it is here. Me thinks my nose was modeled after OKC.

4. BRICKTOWN

Honami and I being posers.

This duck is for Hannah to squeal at.

Honami (Japan), Jennifer (Korea) and Sean (also Korea).

5. BOTANICAL GARDENS

Me acting like a kid.

6. Horse Race

I didn't get any pictures of the horse race because I was too busy betting on horses...

Anyways...I took this picture on my way back. We get pretty awesome sunsets here, mainly because its so flat that you can see for miles and miles...

Thank you...

After all the stories about MCKL's super passion CF Camp...I did a little bit of reflection myself, and I remember again how God has used CF to transform me.

I guess it started out when I was in Form 2...the day one of my classmates was suprised to hear I was a Christian. Man, that hurt. That day, I realized that not being bad wasn't enough. That day, I realized that God wanted me to live my faith out loud. And that was the begining.

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Next thing I knew, Kaylee, Peako-boy and I were conspiring to revive Lower Sec CF...and then it was Upper Sec CF...and CF camp...and then another year of CF...and CF camp...And then MCKL's CF...and the passion that I saw in each and every single one of you. Yes. Every single one of you.

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Four years ago, it started out as "What I can do to serve You Lord?" And ended off as "Who am I to receive all Your blessings?" It has been 4 amazing years of lessons of faith, humility, courage and love. And I'm still taking long distance lessons from all the testimonies that I hear. >.<

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So I guess I want to say thank you to all the people who have been placed in my life. It has been an amazing journey so far...

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Here is to you guys...and to the Almighty One above...

(I MISS WMS CF!!)

(I WAS THERE! HONEST!)

Random stuff....

Okay, time for a really random post...

I love my laundry bag...don't you?? I learnt (the hard way) that laundry bags are not meant to be washed...because they shrink by like 30%...therefore, I achieve nakedness at a more rapid pace then others...

The guardian of Hannah's handbag, Mr. Ermmm....oh look, mum's feet are in the upper left hand corner...

I'm still all mushy from all the g'bye cards...and notes...and CD...

All 5 of my boarding passes...
My army of dove hair stuff from home...i wonder how long they will last...
CHAR KUEY TIAO...my first satisfying meal in USA...
My first view of OCU...

That's me in the airport...looking all blueish-grey...with my brains cut off...

Me in my room...with cow watching over me...

MIA's here...

MIA's here...finally...cow was so happy that cow recorded the whole entire unpacking process...

So now that MIA and I are together...I can finally blog about my flight...

5pm, 14 AUG, 2008

I left home...and...rat...loaded Mr. and Mrs. Bag into the car...and drove off to KLIA...

6pm, 14 AUG, 2008

I checked in...and sat at McD's...And had McBubur before I left...

8pm, 14 AUG, 2008

..said my goodbyes...and boarded the plane to Singapore...landed there at I forgot what time...and waited for 8 hours for my Singapore to Hong Kong flight *faints*...but then...how can you be bored when there is coffee?

At about 4 am, the United Airlines counter opened, and I tried to check in, but they informed me that my Hong Kong - LA flight was delayed, so they put me on the Hong Kong - San Francisco - Denver - Oklahoma City flight. Fine. Then they tell me: "System error. We tagged your bags wrongly, please correct our mistake in Hong Kong." Ok. Not like I had a choice right? All the passengers had boarded except for me.

Hereafter, I lost track of time and date

After about 3 hours of flying I reach Hong Kong. I sort out my bags, and they reassure me that everything is ok. Yay! Next thing I know, I'm on my 14 hour flight to San Fransisco.

I am in a 3-4-3 seated plane. I find myself sandwiched between a huge white guy and a skinny chinese man. Sometime after take off, they give out customs/immigration forms to fill out. The flight attendant assumes the skinny chinese man is my father and doesn't give me a customs form. I have to shout at him to get him to understand that I need one. *embarrassing nya*

Then I settle in for a long, long, awfully cramped journey. Hooray. I had 2 amusing things that happened to me over the course of the journey....

Amusing story #1

Airplane food. Did you know that the first bite of airplane food is the best thing you ever tasted? And the second bite, is the worse thing you ever tasted. Funny how it switches tastes on you so fast.

Amusing story #2

The skinny chinese guy next to me needed to pee. The guy on his right was sleeping. I was on his left, but the huge white guy was also on my left. So the skinny chinese guy decides to stand up on his chair, climb over the guy on his right and jump over unto the aisle. Not a bad plan for a acrobat. Anyways, the skinny chinese guy was in the middle of his stunt when the guy on his right woke up. No doubt he felt the presence of an unusual being hovering over him. I tell you, the look of shock and horror and amusement and mirth on the poor man's face was enough to make ME want to pee.

Anyways, I survived the journey and landed at San Fransisco. I found Mr. and Mrs. Bag, managed to yank their fat butts off the conveyor belt unto my trolley, and cleared customs.

Shortly after found my boarding gate there is an announcement that my flight was cancelled. I find myself at customer service, getting a new boarding pass from San Fransisco - L.A. - Oklahoma City. By the way, that was my original flight route.

After that, nothing interesting happened. I was so dead tired dosed at the terminal and slept in the airplane. I even slept during the safety instructions (which I had heard 4 times before) - right under the nose of the flight attendant. How wude...

Then I reach Oklahoma City airport. It is 12 midnight. And I find out that Mr. and Mrs. Bag are in Denver. Huh? How did that happen? Anyways, my dad's friend's friend sorts out the problem with the bags and brings me to the hotel where I stayed my first night in USA.

The next day, he brings me to Oklahoma City University. It's really pretty here.

And that's my tiny cubby-hole of a room...I'll post up pictures of my roomies when blogger has decided to forgive me for uploading so many pictures...

First week of Classes...

A few memorable bits of my first week in university...

1. Some graduate Malaysian students invited the poor undernourished undergrad M'sian students for chicken rice! muahahaha...
2. I went to class...when there was no class...oops...wrong day...
3. I tried to find the right classroom in the wrong building...
4. I worked out in Weight Training class and paralyzed my entire lower half of the body. Nah...still can walk...but I'm in pain...was in pain...now I'm fine...
5. I got 'asked out' by a random Chinese dude off the street. EWWW. NO I WILL NOT GO OUT WITH YOU!