O Canada!

29 Aug 2008 (30th in M'sia)

After almost 19 hours of agonizing flights and transits, I finally touched down in Vancouver, Canada at roughly 12.35pm (GMT -7 = -15 hrs from Sg n M'sia). Yays!!!

As everyone on board the plane was taking their baggage down, i was feeling a little nervous about Canada. It was a kind of strange feeling not knowing what the future holds in a foreign land. Anyways, i got all my things and got off the plane.. and as i walk n walk, i kept looking behind for Joeyin.. but she wasn't there! Something told me i forgot to do something.. but i just couldn't think of at that moment. So, i waited in between the arrival gate n plane area for her. And when i saw her.. it finally struck me that i've left something important on board!! You'll never guess what i left behind.. It's kinda embarassing to say, really. But for the sake of my readers.. i shall tell u all the truth...

I forgot to smuggle the SIA blanket!!!! hahahaha... It's this very nice baby blue fleece (i think tht's wat it's called) blanket. And it's from Givenchy!! Well, that's besides point. The point is.. that blanket was suppose to be my one and only blanket! That is unless i buy a new one here.. But for the first few days, that blanket is to be my only shield at night!! So, while everyone else was departing the plane, i made the incredible journey back towards the airplane and told the air stewardess that i left my watch behind so that she would let me back in. Well, she believed me and said i could go in, but she told me to leave my big hand carry at the entrance while i squeeze my way in. OMG..plan kinda ruined, cos i only have space for the blanket in my hand carry.. But there wasn't a choice as there's really no way i could carry that bag in the opposite direction of everyone and not attract attention. I left my bag there and prayed my backpack would expand magically. I went right back to my seat.. pretend to look for my watch.. and quickly stuffed the big blanket into my already sardine-packed backpack. Surprisingly, it fit! Though you could see my bag almost exploding at the seams. haha.. Whew~! Happily i walked back out the plane beaming from ear to ear knowing i have stolen a treasure from SIA. hehehe.. I know it's a very cheapskate thing to do, but i'd like to think that desperate times calls for desperate measures.. And it was a desperate time then! lol..

To think the first thing i did in Canada was to steal from a plane! Gosh.. HAHA!

Anyways, we went on to immigrations clearance. It was a long queue... So many ppl were coming into Canada! There was even one special room just for students on study permit. And that room alone had like 4 counters in there. Well, too bad i wasn't one of them in that room. I was categorised with all the other visitors and residents of canada. It was interesting though, that almost half the long line was Asians! It's like we stepped into a mini Singapore of some sort. Odd. It wasn't exactly what i expected.. but there were many good looking ppl nonetheless! hehe.. Many of them were tourists that just came back from China. And that's very obvious, cos they were all carrying some sort of Beijing lympics souvenir. I wonder when will i have the chance to go watch an Olympics event in person..

Another weird thing is... Canadian immigration will slash your Canada visa once you enter!!! Stupid ppl.. They used a black pen to cross out my visa.. so hard.. that my visa tore! Ok, not tore into two.. but there's a small tear. But still...WTH! Sighs.. now i can't show a beautiful Canadian visa when i open my passport. Damn!

Went to collect my luggage... and what a shock and disappointment i got. My luggage was "mishandled"! What i meant was it was spoiled!! The handle where i can push and pull up to pull the trolley bag, was missing! Well, not the whole handle gone.. but the very crucial button to push it out was gone!! The whole part gone just like that. Now how am i to pull the super duper heavy bag?! *wails* Luckily i just have to push it on a trolley.. but the bag has become practically half useless now! WHY does this happen to me la?? I don't think i could make a complain to SIA, cos i couldn't find any of the office there, so i just gave up. Sighs.. Please don't tell me they would have compensated me with a new bag.. cos i don't wanna know. Sighs.. =(

Out the airport.. and onto a gloomy Vancouver day. It was raining before we got there.. and still drizzling when we came out.. What luck we had.. But the weather wasn't really that cold. It was like being in a windy aircon room.. hehe.. Not that bad.. (at first).

When we were on the plane, that Nizar guy told us that there was a shuttle bus service to Downtown where YWCA is... but when we got there, we were told that we should take a cab instead cos the price don't differ that much, plus the bus doesn't really go there. So we took a cab instead. The service was pretty efficient i'd say.. And all the cabs come equipped with a metre, a GPS monitor, AND a security camera! hahaha.. it was weird.. As though seeing ppl drive on the left side wasn't weird enough, there's even a camera watching our every move at the back! ahaha... But it's cool.

On the cab.
We're finally here!!

Our taxi number.

Mr. Lube - an interesting shop.

OK, the first thing i noticed about Vancouver besides the cool weather, was the cars! Almost everyone here drives a really good beautiful car! Mini coopers were everywhere. BMWs were abundant, like Protons in Malaysia.. Convertibles like Kancil! Gosh.. What a feast for my eyes it was on our long journey into Downtown.. Took a few pics of the cars at first.. then realised there was no need for it.. cos they're practically everywhere! Siens..

One of the many convertibles n sports cars around.

It was quite a sight all the way to our destination. And finally we arrived at YWCA! The place we were gonna stay for one night. It was prettier than what i expected. Like a 3.8 star hotel in Malaysia. haha.. Service was great. The receptionist welcomed us warmly on that rainy, day. And gave us pretty useful directions and suggestions on where to take a bus n find cheap good food. The room was well equipped too. Love it!




After freshening ourselves up, we planned to drop by UBC's International House that evening itself to report in.. So, in the rain we took a bus all the way to UBC.. it was nearly 4.30 pm and still raining when when we got there. We got off the bus and realised we were kinda lost. The campus was sooooo huge... we didn't know where to find ihouse.. After looking at the map, we considered it was too far and too short a time to risk it.. and just took the bus back to downtown. hahaha.. That was a $2.50 wasted trip. Sweats.

Back in downtown.. we sort of got lost again. haha.. Because we were told that the nearest bus stop to YWCA was Pender St. We thought we should get down where we got up the bus previously. So we took the same #4 bus... and waited for our stop.. But our stop never came. It was scary.. we thought we had missed our stop, cos in between i did dozed off a little. But i was awake when the bus passed through the other side of downtown (according to our little map) and i swear we didn't pass by Pender! So we quickly took out our map and starting looking at where the bus's going. As we turned and turned the map, this kind guy sitting next to Joeyin asked us where we're heading to. When we told him we were planning to get down at Pender.. he said, "Oh no, i think you have missed your stop.. this bus doesn't pass by Pender anymore. Right now you're like waaay over here (points to an invisible area off the map)". OMG!!! We were like, stunned on the bus.. then we asked him if the bus would turn back later.. he was like "Er.. yeah i think the bus would probably turn back a few blocks from here.".. Well, it wasn't very convincing.. but it was soothing to know, we could be turning back.. And before he got off, he wished us Good Luck! haha.. As it turns out, the bus was stopping at the last station.. we went to ask the driver and he said, "yeah this bus does go to Pender, but later." Meaning, we had to wait on the bus till the bus makes the turning back towards UBC. Sighs.. Luckily we weren't completely lost. hehe..

In the end, we managed to get our way back to the familiar Pender St. Since it was dinner time, we went to search for food.. But SIA had fed us tooo well, that we weren't really that hungry. Plus it was the first day, and everything seemed so expensive to us. haha.. So we entered the first 7-Eleven store we could find, bought water and a muffin. Canadians have a huge thing for muffins. Then we headed back to YWCA in the rain.. The rain wasn't exactly like the rain in Malaysia. It's very very tiny that u can't see it.. yet u'll definitely feel wet.. And with the wind blowing.. you'll feel more cold, than wet. haha.. It was a good thing i heeded Kimly's advice and brought my umbrella to Canada. Or else, we would have been soaking and freezing! =D


30 Aug 2008

Packed up our bags again and headed to UBC. Had to call a cab cos there was no way we were gonna carry it all by bus.. Reached our Thunderbird residence office at around 11.30am. Luckily our room was ready before the check-in time of 12pm. =) Received our big bunch of keys (5 keys in total!) and proceeded to drag (n i mean literally, since my stupid luggage had no handle trolley handle now) our luggages across one block of buildings.. When we finally reached our residence.. it was bliss! Well, apart from the house's messed up condition, our rooms were perfect. We played detective and found out our single housemate is a lady, who speaks portuguese, loves to cook and has lots of stuffs! Gosh.. you should have seen her things..

My room.

My most precious possession - the SIA blanket from Givenchy. =P

The view from my room's window.

The entrance to my room.
The room opp. is Joeyin's room.

Our house's foyer.
Only the shoes on the rack belongs to Joeyin n me.

Sancha's bike

The kitchen

Our neighbour's things between me n Joeyin.

The bathroom

We have a bathtub! =D

Anyhow, we couldn't delay longer.. so we headed to ihouse and reported ourselves in for GALA orientation. We were fortunate, cos we were just in time for the GALA BBQ lunch! hehe.. So, we headed straight to the Flag Pole PLaza and took our lunch.. and searched for out group. We saw every other groups, but ours. In the end, when we found our leader, she told us.. we were her only grp members now, cos she's lost the rest. hahaha.. Her name's Chih-Yu - a very good-boyish-looking girl who reminds me a lot of our convent junior, wat's her name i can't rmb. I think it's Allison's st.john junior, tht's very good at rapping n hip-hop, then became a model de leh... ah! my memory's failing me! hehe..

Flag Pole Plaza

Our first orientation program was "Canada Eh?". The talk was to introduce us to Canadian n UBC's culture and apparently, the term "eh" was coined by canadians! It was pretty interesting. Learnt a lot of new things from there - like how to pronounce some canadian words, how UBC has their own Royal Canadian Mounted Police, how ppl in Canada don't really wanna know how are things with you when they say "Hi, how's it going? *sweats*.. They also had sketches to show us how a student life is in UBC.



UBC Vancouver's campus is really huge.. almost double the size of USM and slightly bigger than NUS. It's a place lined up with beautiful plants, amazing architecture and has lots of squirrels! It seems that on Facebook there's a group that says, "UVic may have bunnies, but UBC has squirrels and a respectable degree!". haha.. Really funny. And it's so true!! Everyday i'd see at least 2 squirrels.. and let me tell u.. the squirrels here are very very well fed. And so are the crows and seagulls.

A UBC squirrel eating nuts.

A UBC crow.
This pic doesn't do it justice. It's really suppose to be very fat!

My student card and UPass.
The pic is so ugly cos i was having a bad hair day. lol.

The first night in UBC - view from my room.
I just love the houses opp. LOVERLY!

Our housemate didn't' show up the first night at all.. We were home-alone on our first night. haha..

31 Aug 2008

I was awoken by sounds outside my room. the next day. I opened my door and found my new housemate chatting with Joeyin! Her name's Sancha, a final year student here.. and she's a (half actually, as pointed out by Joeyin.) Portuguese living in Canada. A very friendly person.. Was getting to know her really well, but we found out she's moving out soon! (That explains the mess.) Such a pity.. She was real nice and she bakes! She offered us some of her self-made chocolate zucchini cake. Delicious!! And she learns Capoeira! How cool is that..



Last Day of Orientation:

The last day started with an early morning walk from Thunderbird to ihouse for pancake breakfast! Thoughts of pancakes was the only thing that made me woke up so early on a saturday morning. It was a bright sunny day.. and so on the way, i took many photos.. After breakfast it was exploring UBC by ourselves time.. and then the final meet up with my group at the flag pole again. We sat there, suntanning, chatted and made new friends.. =D

random shot with joeyin in it

A very european/gothic style building.

Koerner Library - one of the biggest arts library in UBC

Main Library

Main Mall's walkway to Flag Pole

A little glade behind i-house.

Maple leaf!

dandelion


i-house's pancake breakfast!

my group - Jervis

my group leader - chih yu

my group members who turned up for the last day.

It was then time for lunch! We attended the World Cafe lunch program at ihouse conducted by the International Peer Program (IPP) for us newcomers.. Another free food event not to be missed. Ever since we got to UBC.. anything FREE is a MUST GO! haha..

the queue into "World Cafe" lunch

the 'international' lunch
(subway sandwich, portuguese egg tart, sushi, cookie)

another squirrel

joeyin busy taking professional photos

At last, the orientation ended... we then headed to the bookstore to check out our textbooks but alas, the store was closed. Nevertheless, we managed to explore and did lots of stuff on our way back.

a walkway near music school

joeyin


joeyin and the "asiatic face"
(that's the name of the statue)

do we bear any resemblance? haha

an art piece named 'Vincent' hehe..

Cast of Dark Knight in UBC!
(Batman had to save 'Gotham City' from Joker and Scar Face. lol.)


Rollerblading is one of the popular ways of getting to class here.

canada's fire hydrant

lavender!
(which we took a few to put in our room. hehe.)

joeyin at work again.

My residence (right) and the neighbourhood.

Home at last.

And lastly, i shall leave you with a picture of the lavender and pine cones we picked up on the way back and is now proudly being displayed in my room. hehe.. =)

*****

*p/s: O Canada! is the national anthem of Canada. ^^

Leaving On A Jetplane

"All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go. 
I'm standing here outside your door. 
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye. 
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn. 
The taxi's waiting; he's blowing his horn. 
Already I'm so lonesome I could die..."

Oh ok, my departure wasn't exactly that dramatic, but it was sad nonetheless. hehe.. This is the story of my departure journey...


25 Aug 2008, 8.30pm

For me, my departure started the minute i stepped out of my house's front gate. It was as though i'd be stepping into a whole new world really really soon. Whatever happens from then on in Canada is really beyond my imagination...


From Permas to Larkin...
My bro and his gf actually rushed home from OT just to send me off. My dad, mum, bro and his gf all became my entourage to send me off that night. It was heart-warming. We all squeezed into one car together with my super duper heavy bags, as well as my heavy heart. =( I sat at the back with my parents and all the way down, they kept asking me if i've left anything behind. Passport? IC? Phone? Documents? Winter clothes?... [10 seconds later] Passport? IC? Phone?.. and it goes on and on... Parents will always be this naggy i guess. It can't be helped. And yet at that moment, i was actually wishing they'd nag more.. i won't be hearing it for the next 4 mths.. so, i was actually glad they were nagging at me that time. I wonder if i'd miss their voices soon.
Kimly told me to take lots of family pics before i left. So i did. And i think it really helps lessen my loneliness here in Canada. Thanks Kimly! =D

Taken from the bus

Oh, and my sis did ask me to take pics of all my beloved soft toys at home, which i did. But sorry guys, it's too embarrassing to show you. So i shall keep it for my sis n myself to see. hehe.. =P

Oh, oh, and Aug 25th is also a very significant day for Vince n me. Sighs.. wish i didn't have to leave JB so soon. Ah well, at least we get to meet up before i leave and i'll be seeing him again when i transit in Sg. So yays! It's not too bad huh. =D

Larkin to Sg. Nibong...

It was a long loooong ride back to Penang. Tickets were running out when i bought them a week ago, and so i was sitting right at the front of the bus with little leg space to stretch. My super big backpack was also there to make the space less bigger. And the temperature in the bus at night can be comparable to winter! According to Kimly that is. I didn't thought so before that.. but after that night ride. I will now strongly advise anyone to bring their down jacket, gloves and watever they think is necessary during winter, the next time they take a night Konsortium bus for more than 4 hours. I was so tired due to the whole night of packing my endless clothes and stuff, that i slept right through the journey. In the end, i was awoken by my phone ringing. It was bee chin who was coming to pick me up from the bus stop. When i woke up i checked my watch to see that 8 hours have passed! I was happy cos it means i shd be arriving in Pg soon.. but to my horror.. the bus was only at Ipoh!!! AHHH!!! 8 aching hours and i'm only slightly more than halfway through. Damn... It was raining.. n the bus got colder.. But i managed to sleep while shivering nontheless. haha. When i finally arrived in Pg, it was 10 hours long past 10pm, the time was 8am already.. -.-"

Penang...
Immediately after reaching Penang, bee chin took me to have breakfast. Pan mee!! She fed me so much like i will never taste M'sian food ever again. haha.. It was good. Oh, and i was told that it was a Public Holiday in Pg that day, due to Anwar's election thing in Permatang Pauh. How convenient.. Now i couldn't go to IO to ask about my scholarship!! Shits.. All becos of that election. Sweats.

Well, luckily i had a whole day of meet ups to do. First, i met up with Jun for lunch. And later, we had to search high and low from BJ to Queensbay to eventually Sunshine Sq to change my M'sian ringgit into Canadian dollars. It was a very unlucky day i tell you.. Because of tht public holiday, many money changer didn't have enough canadian dollars for me to change! And the rate was super high at 3.27!!! I was told by everyone that the one in BJ was the best money changer. But to my dismay, he disappointed me. That shop was the only one who offered me their so called "best rate" (my ass) at 3.27! Luckily, we went to check it out at Queensbay and found one kind man who gave me 3.15! But the catch was he only had CAD150 left. So i quickly changed my money two of us pretty gals had to beg him to help us call other changers to see if they have extra CAD. haha.. Alas, there were none he knew.. and thank god for Vince's dad who told me tht Sunshine Sq had a changer at 3.25. So, we took it cos we had no other choice.. Million thanks to Jun for accompanying me almost half the day just looking for money changers.

Jun! Jun!!

After that tiring and exciting race against time, it was time to meet up with the BATI gang - Adam, Azren, Jaya and Mel at KFC! Gosh.. It was really nice to see them after the break, and to listen to Mel and her stories... Sadly, Sir and Hellinie couldn't make it. But it was fun nontheless. Too bad i totally forgot to take a pic with them!!! AHH!!! I just only realised. Sorry guys. Oh and Mel bought me a baju kurung!! And i'm supposed to wear it and take a photo in the snow! omg.. how la? haha.. But still, i wanna thank mel for her lovely gift.. Love you mel!! =D

Later that evening, it was time for a dinner with Vince's family. We dined at Vince's favourite chinese restaurant near USM - Xiao Mu Wu. Too bad vince couldn't be there to join us, and finish up the food for us. haha. But we managed to finish it somehow.. although with much difficulties. lol.

Then when night came.. there was bad news. We were supposed to bunk in with Farah, the other malay gal from USM, for the first night in Vancouver. Last minute, she told me that it was impossible, cos she herself is bunking in someone else's living room. The situation was so stressful that i suggested we went for supper after everything was settled. We managed to find a place at the YWCA in the end. Thank god... So supper till 3am.. and then, it was too late to sleep. I was afraid i couldn't wake up and then i'd miss my flight! haha.. So i stayed awake the entire time. lol. Thankfully, Kimly was also online and we chatted thru the scariest moments. Well, at least he did help till the last minute when he made me panic by giving me all sort of situation examples that could make me late for check in! Ish.. haha..

Oh, and guess what?! Dr Radiah who was teaching the 8am HBT class on the day of my departure suddenly cancelled class and made everyone come to the airport to send me off! Scary.. Vince was of course jealous, cos no one did anything like that for him. LOL... See here for the announcement. I initially thought Vince was joking. But when i saw it with my own eyes.. I was speechless. haha.


Bayan Lepas, Pg...
We finally made it to the airport, after waking bee chin, melati and hellinie. Bee chin was like a F1 driver cutting between cars to the airport that morning. Though we were not late exactly, but we wanted to be there earlier. haha.. And luckily we did. The queue at the check in counter was looong. Many ppl were flying to sg i guess. Then while waiting in line, the counter ppl announced tht the counter will be changed cos the luggage belt won't work. So we rushed there with all my luggage. haha..

Once i chucked my big luggage in for check in, i felt relieved. My luggage was not overweight! It was just 21kg. haha.. So happy. ^_^ You'd think with the amount of things i brought, the bag would have been overweight. Joeyin came just in time to check in with me. haha... Then as we were heading to Coffee Bean for some morning breakfast, bee chin told me to look at one lady reading newspaper. You'll never guess who that was.... It was Dr. Radiah herself!!! Gosh.. wat a shock! I knew she cancelled class, but never did i expected her to come to send me off!! Wow.. it was weirdly surprising. And i managed to take some pics of the moment...

Mel, Hellinie, Bee Chin, Me, Dr. Radiah

The master mind and me.

Mel and Hellinie.

Me and Dr. Radiah - the person who made it happen.

Me and Xiao Shuai

I'd like to thank Dr. Radiah for cancelling her class just for me thus making the send off possible, for Bee Chin who went thru all the trouble of begging Dr. to do so, for Mel who woke up early in the morning just to send me off and in the process forgot to bring her keys out, for Hellinie who woke up together with Mel and later helped Mel break into her room, and of cos Chin Yuan @ Xiao Shuai for riding his scooter (Xiao Mian Yang) all the way from USM to Bayan Lepas. It was a really touching moment. Love you guys!


Penang to Singapore...
It was slightly more than an hour's flight from Pg to Sg. Our excitement increased as the plane took off. Because the seat next to mine was empty.. we enjoyed ourselves to the extra space.. And of cos, we could act a lil crazy without anyone noticing. haha..

Can you see Joeyin's excitement from here? hehe..

View from the plane's window. It felt like heaven..

Oh, and if you happen to fly with SQ, please do not take the Black Pepper Chicken Sandwich. It tastes really just full of black pepper! =S Not nice if you ask me, but edible lah...
haha...

Singapore...
We arrived in the fine city shortly before 12pm and was awed by the shops and stuffs we found in Terminal 2. I was expecting to see Vince with a placard waiting for me at the airport, you know like in those dramas. But sighs.. he didn't make it on time. In the end, we were the ones who went to receive him at the MRT station! hahaha..

The empty taxi line.. I just love the color dividers.. hehe.

And here comes Vince at last...

We headed to NUS at once to deposit our luggages before walking around Sg to meet ppl. I'm really glad we didn't have to drag our checked-in luggage with us when we transited in Sg.. Only had our hand-carry and laptop bag to bring around. But that alone was heavy enough. Plus, the moment we arrived in Sg, it began raining.. and that made dragging our luggages around even more difficult. What luck we have. Because of the rain and heavy luggages, we were late in meeting up with Ming Eng, Chai Lyn and Sin Yee... I'm terribly sorry for that.. I know Ming Eng hates ppl being late, but we really couldn't walk anymore faster. Sorry gals.. So from NUS, we met up with Norven and together we rushed to IMM to meet up with these buddies of mine. Luckily they waited for us to come before leaving. It would be so sad if i left without meeting them. It's been almost a year since I met Ming Eng.. And although there were times when both of us were in JB, somehow, we couldn't meet up no matter what. So yays! We finally meet!!

Chai Lyn and Ming Eng

The people who waited for us..
By the time we got there, they had finished their meals. hehe..

Me and Norven

The gals

And the thorn among the roses.. Vince, who is busy eating as usual.

Picture taken after several attempts to get the waiter's help.
We were waving wildly, but no one saw us. Super blur!!

Later that evening, it was dinner with Yu Hooi, my sis and Joeyin! We went to Botak Jones, a famous crowd packed western food stall in one of the hawker centre near Clementi. I tell u.. the line was sooooo long just because of this one small stall. The second thing i was instantly attracted to this stall was their brilliantly interesting menu (which i conveniently forgot to take a pic of. alamak..). It was a very good source of entertainment for customers as they line up to order food. The food was really good and filling tho. Worth every cent we paid. haha..

A very satisfied customer

Yu Hooi and my sis caught in action

Me, probably covering my mouth to prevent juice from the succulent fish from squirting out. lol.

Joeyin, enjoying some refreshing ice cubes after the very filling dinner.

Waiting for the bus to go back.

Marge, me and Vince.

We went back to NUS tired and full... It was a great day anyhow. Got to meet up with lots of friends and enjoy good food. What a blessing. I think it's gonna be something i'll miss in Canada... =(

Earlier on we had planned to stay over at the airport our next morning flight check in. However, that means we had to rush from NUS to Changi before the last bus n mrt at around 11pm. We were late in doing so, so by no choice and lots of planning, Joeyin n i decided to stay over in Vince's room. haha.. Isn't he lucky to have gals in his room? lol..

It was a better idea though, cos we had better sleep on Vince's bed.. and we had someone to wake us up in the morning.. (thanks sayang for staying up the entire night) and I could meet up again with Norven n Margie!! Norven told me to go meet her, cos she has smth to pass to me...

It was a letter! i LURVE letters.. Thanks a lot Nor!

And a pack of sweets!! How sweet..
Too bad i didn't need them on the airplane cos i was fed very well in the sky.
But it's very useful when i go for classes later! =D

And Margie wanted to meet me to pass me her cutlery and smth very dear to her... Thank you so much dear. You're the greatest sis! Love you!!! Miss you too!!!!


Changi to Vancouver...

Flying from SIN - YVR meant we're leaving from the world reknown Changi Terminal 3! Yays!! It was a splendid sight to behold and really world class in everyway. KLIA is nothing compared to this, seriously. The architecture and facilities there are so much more nicer in everyway. Well, maybe i shdn't be bias. haha.. Let's just say T3 was very posh.

The check-in area
It was sooo international.. the counters alone took an entire floor!

Joeyin and i going camera crazy!

Breakfast @ Wang Kopitiam to fill our rumbling tummies.

Look at the eggs.. The yolk is bigger than the teaspoon! O.O

Vince pushing my trolley

And joeyin pushing hers! hehe..

The entrance to an exit

And so we were on our long journey all the way to Seoul n straight to Vancouver. It was a very sad departure.. knowing it'll be the last time i'll see vince till 4 mths later.. And when he called me before walking away, it felt even more harder to leave.. =(

Anyhow, to leave we must and so we boarded the plane. Of cos not without taking advantage of the tax free shopping in changi! Joeyin and I were searching for perfumes cos according to her, we'll be stinking in winter from not bathing, so we need to use some perfume to hide the smell. haha! And we bought Estee Lauder's Pleasure - Exotic. It came in packs of two, and that was the nicest so we both agreed to it. haha...

This time we had another passenger sitting next to me. His name is Nizar Harji. He's like this sort of old man who travels a lot. And guess wat?! He's from Vancouver!! So we were lucky enough to get lots of tips and advices about Vancouver from him. It was fine at first.. but then.. he became too friendly.. i dunno if he meant it or it was unintentionally.. he kept nudging me, touching my arms and all.. Omg.. i felt very trapped in between. And that Joeyin was like, "See he treats u so well! Good la!!" Omg.. i can kill joeyin sometimes -.-" Piece of advice, DON'T ever get the middle seat. haha.. Well, i cannot describe the agonising 19+ hours on the plane sitting there. I even had to resort to using the pillow as a shield. lol.. But after all that weird stuff, this Nizar guy was ok. He even made our trip entertaining! In the middle of the night, when everyone was asleep but us, he requested for nuts, more nuts, fruits, and chocolates for us! haha.. The air stewardess was kind enough to actually give us all those things - which usually are only served to First Class passengers. hehehe... So in the end, we had bananas, packets of nuts and a Snicker bar. =)


Korea...
The transit in Seoul was a brief one. We only managed to use the toilet, send a short msn msg, and then it's back on the plane for the next 12 hours. Nothing much to be said... but one thing tho, Incheon Airport has this internet area for passengers, and they even provide the laptops for us to use... and u know wat laptops they use?! MACBOOKs!! and VAIO... and all the branded ones.. Gosh.. how cool is that?! hahaha...

My trolley with the picture of Song Hye Kyo.
Pretty, no?

And that's the story of my journey to Vancouver.. Stay tuned for The Touchdown story coming soon!! =D