Chicago :)

During the Good Friday holiday, my roommate, Navina and I went to Chicago for 4 days 3 nights vacation.

(Shhh... Actually we skipped 1 day class :P)

On April 17, we took 7.35am Amtrak train from Flint to Chicago. (ps : Thx to Navina's bf for waking up at 5am just to send us to Flint Train Station). We took around 5 hours to Chicago. OMG. It's really a long journey and my ass are freaking bad and pain sitting for 5 hours without moving.

Photo that we took in train. (she is my roommate, Navina)

Around 11.45am (Chicago's time) we reached Chicago's Union Station. :)
We are so tired as we just slept for 4 hours only. :'(

This is the Chicago's Union Station :)

We stay in one of the American's house who rent their house or room just for the traveler. (more information please search airbnb). 

We stay in this house. Don't be shock. We are just staying at the first floor. 

The owner allows us to use his kitchen and everything. So, it is super convenient and nice.

We are super hungry when we got here. After settled everything in our "new home", we walked around the housing area to search for food. 

Finally, we found a restaurant selling Ukrainian's food and the food is super yummy.

I forgot the name of this dish. But, it is beef with mash potato. It really taste nice!

After our lunch, we take public bus to the city. Public transport is very convenient in Chicago. If you plan to travel to Chicago, you can choose not to drive, cause the public transport can send you to the destination. Compared to Los Angeles, the transportation in Chicago is more convenient.

Here we are, Downtown of the Chicago. :) Chicago is full of tall buildings.

Day 1 -  We plan to visit John Hancock Center, which also known as 360 Chicago. This is the place where we can observe the whole Chicago City in 360 Degree. The entrance fee is $28. This is a MUST GO place in Chicago as the scenery is really very nice.

Photos of the city that I took while in the 360 Chicago. The scenery took my breathe away.

Although Chicago is a city, but it also located at the lakeside. 

This Michigan Lake was so huge that we can't even see the end of the lake.

 We never failed to take a selfie before we leave. 

(please forget about my panda eyes. cz I just slept 4 hours only )

 Next station will be the cheesecake factory. OMG!! Cheesecake is one of my favorite cake! We plan to have cheesecake as our tea time.

Here we are, Cheesecake Factory.

The whole design of the restaurant is like a cheese. <3 p="">

 We ordered this milkshakes and we are so shock as we didn't expect it came out to be so big.

Key Lime Cheesecake

30th Anniversary Chocolate Cheesecake

We are so excited to have cheesecake in US as we didn't eat cheesecake for 3 months. ==

However, I don't recommend Key Lime Cheesecake as it is very sour. Navina and I can't even take it and we just eat half of it. 

Around 6pm we went back to our room and rest. At first, we planed to take a nap and woke up at 9pm to have our dinner.

However, we are too tired that we slept for the whole night until the next morning. LOL

Day 2

We can't start our journey without a proper breakfast. So, before we went to the city, we had our breakfast at one of the coffee shop.

Scones with a cup of mocha.

Aww.. it boost up my mood ♥

Mocha ♥

 Day 2 plans are Lincoln Park Zoo, Millennium Park and SkyDeck
Let's start our journey by taking the bus again. :D

Selfie again while waiting for the bus. :)

The weather is super cold although it is a sunny day. :(

Here is the Lincoln Park Zoo. The entrance is free. So, you can pay a visit anytime you want. There are a lot of animals in the zoo.

I just uploaded some of the animal photos only. HAHA. It's really a great place to visit especially with kids.

 After visiting the zoo, we walked around the Lincoln Park. The scenery is super nice.

It is a sunny day, but I still need to wear a coat :(

 Next destination is the Millennium Park. The bean, which is the famous architecture, is located in this park.

Cloud Gate, also known as The Bean.

This bean is so famous as it can reflect the whole city. 

Can you see the reflection of the city?

Crown Fountain, which located in Millennium Park too.

This fountain is famous as there is a face reflected on the fountain.

 Chicago is full of artistic structure. The following photos show the statues in Grant Park.

Art Museum.

We came all the way to see Buttingham fountain, but ended up no water. =.=

So disappointed.

We didn't forget to grab some popcorn from Garrett popcorn shop. We tried the Chicago mix, which consist of Cheese popcorn and caramel popcorn.

At 6pm we took bus to Willis Tower, which the SkyDeck was located. SkyDeck is very popular as it is 103 floor and we can see the city through the transparent floor.

We waited almost 1 hour for our turn to the skydeck.

SEEE!!!! The city is just below my butt!!

HAHAHA

Night scene of Chicago.

At night, we take a To-Go order as our dinner from one of the famous sushi restaurant near our house.

AWWW Sushi... ♥ I miss you so much

Aged Toufu with 5 rolls of sushi :D

♥

Day 3

Today we are going to outlet store in Chicago.

WEEEEEEeeEEE

OOTD : D

I didn't take photo in the outlet as I am too busy shopping around there. :P Paiseh. However it is a very good place to shop. ^^

 Here's my catches from today ^^

I am so satisfied and happy

 Next, we will be heading to city again ^^

One special thing about Chicago is, there is an underground shop. ^^

It's cool

 My first try of the frozen yogurt ^^

YEAHHH Chicago!!! ^^

It's dinner time. We went to a popular pizza restaurant to kill our hunger. Giordano, which is super famous and a lot of poeple. We waited one and a half hour just to get our table.

We ordered Lasagna and it taste really good! ♥

 This is the deep crust pizza. It is very special as its crust is so thick

Yum yum :9

 After our dinner, we went to the navy pier. The night scene of the navy pier is super nice. However, it is too cold that my fingers are almost frozen. =.=

Navy pier

Let's try the flying swing! ^^

Ready to fly!!!

It's is fun, but the wind is so cold and strong. ==

My hairband almost fly off ==

 YAY!!! 

That's all for Day 3. :)

Day 4 - Chinatown
Well, we woke up very early and take train to the Chinatown just to eat the Dim Sum.

 Selfie while waiting for train ^^

Here we are, Chinatown. We tried the Dim Sum from Cai restaurant ^^. 

Most of the people in Chinatown speak Cantonese. HAHA. So, we didn't face any problem communicate with them

This is the restaurant where we had our Dim Sum.

^^

Aww... Long time didn't drink Chinese Tea :)

Dim Sum that we ordered ^^

The Dim Sum here is very nice with reasonable price. One plate of Dim Sum is around $3.00 to $4.00

Yum Yum

♥

We walked and shopped around the Chinatown to buy some Asians food.

I was so shock that they even sell seafood here.

And we managed to buy peanuts and lotus root. ^^

HEHE I plan to make a lotus root soup when I go back to Michigan.

:p

Before we leave Chinatown, we went to one of the famous Hong Kong restaurant to drink its bubble tea.

^^

I miss bubble tea so much.

After visiting Chinatown, we went back to our room to pack our stuff. Haiz. Time to go back home. T.T

Photo taken when waiting for the train to come.

Anyways, Chicago is a very nice place to travel. I love the structure and building here. The breathtaking city view make me reluctant to leave Chicago. If I have time and money, I definitely will pay a visit to Chicago again.  There are so much food that I haven't try yet.. 

Aww.. 

Now I need to back to my University Life that full of assignments and homework again :(

Helping out in Easter

I had mentioned in my previous blog that I will be going to help the event that organized by my club. Well, today is the day. I volunteer myself to lend a hand in organizing the event. What's the event actually? Upon the Easter, our club collaborate with other clubs to organize a Easter egg hunt. (not for college student, but for kids aged 2-12.)

I was required to reach at the Student Union where we suppose to gather at 12.30pm. When I reach there, I feel so lonely. (cause there is no one want to talk to me.) They even shock when they see me here. However, some of them is nice and they talked to me. I still feel awkward when I was together with them as I expect that they will ask me something or talk to me. (haiz, i was there macam sa po, shok sendiri there ==) Normally, when new people join the club, the reaction should be welcoming and talking to the person right? BUT what I face was totally different. NO ONE will talk to you, and they even look at me differently. **sad**

During the whole event, there is a guy who ask me to work with him. So, both of us work together in the game station. TADAAA.. This is the game station that I in charged.

Ring toss station

In this game, kids are welcomed to try to toss away the ring into the stick. If they manage to win, they will get one candy as gift. Aww.. kids are so cute. 

can you see the colorful eggs on the floor? These are Easter Egg ^^

Every kid is holding a basket or plastic to come to our university.

When one of the committee blow the whistle, every kid run to the grass to collect the eggs. 

Look at them. They seems so enjoy and happy to get all the eggs.

I am happy that I can help out in this event. It's really a great experience of helping out.

Happy Easter Day!! ^^

Life in United State

To say the truth, I faced communication problem when I came to United State as English is not my mother tongue. In the first month, I do not have confidence to talk to American as I think that they will not understand me. Sometimes when I talked to them, they will show me a face that full of question or will ask me to repeat. :( It has been 3 months staying in United State, and I am use to the life over here. I take the first steps to talk to American and I talk to them confidently. Although my English is not as good as them, I still will talk to them confidently cause I won't give a shit about how people view me here. Start to take a move and we will learn something. There is a idiom in mandarin "不入虎穴，焉得虎子" means that "Nothing venture, Nothing gain".

Now, I tried my best to join the activities here. Well, We must have Life in United State! Right? : D HAHA
Recently, I just joined a club. I love to experience different stuff even it's just a club. I want to see how people run their club in US compared to my country. This Saturday will be the first activity that I will join. HOHO. Wish me good luck and all the best! ^^ It's a kind of volunteer work that I need to do during Easter. Hehe, I join this event because I want to experience how American celebrate the Easter. Have Fun~

Besides, I also work hard to try to watch more American movie and drama to improve my English. Everyday, I will force myself to watch at least 1 movie or 1 episode of the TV series. It's not too late to improve my English. I know I have English pronunciation problem and the lack of vocabulary. However, I will not give up. There is one more month for me to experience in US and I will keep fighting to achieve my goal and enjoy my life too. ^^ I think when I left US, I will definitely miss here, the people and cultures that drive me to become a more mature person.
IF you have a chance to study OR work OR go OR travel to other countries, just grab the chance, it will definitely open up your mind. Besides, you will learn to become more independent and learn to improve your interpersonal communication skill.

Anyways, there is a funny thing happen in my class. My American classmate want to learn Malay language and mandarin. During the class, they will ask me how to speak "What's up" in Malay. Then, I say "Apa khabar". Then few days later, they know how to say it and they keep saying to me. Then, Do you know what words they want to learn next? HAHA. They ask me how to pronounce F** you in mandarin. =.= I taught them bad words like "diao ni" and my friend taught them "diu nei lou mou". =.= I feel so bad. They even laugh at me when I say F** you (in english) cause they say I pronounce it in a very funny way. o.o
Anyways, they are really kind and funny person that I had met. Definitely miss you guys when I go back to Malaysia.
HAHA

-YT-

Happy Birthday Kakit

This is my third month staying in United State with a bunch of my Malaysian Friends. We tease each others and have jokes everyday. Sometimes, we do quarrel and hate each other, but we do stay together and have fun together. Today is one of my Malaysian's friend birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KA KIT!!!
Have a great birthday and may your wish come true. :)

Although I am just close with him for 3 months, he is quite a nice guy. He is a competitive kind of person, but he is confident and he knows what he want. He sets his goal and he will try to achieve it. One of his strength is his presentation and communication. His English is good enough that he can communicate well and present well with his confidence. Well, one thing bad about him is, he is not gentlemen enough :( HAHA.

And He DO love his BABY - Navina so much. You can keep seeing them kissing and hugging in front of you. (ps: it is quite torturing me as it will remind me of my boyfriend back to Malaysia. :(  )

Last night, his baby was trying to make him cupcakes for his birthday party. I offered my help in making the cupcake. (ps : I am a kind-hearted person =p)  I admit that I am not good in baking a cake as most of the time the cake that I baked will end up to be a fail products. However, I am good in helping people up.

Here's his baby who make him his birthday cakes :)

Meeee - helping up ^^

Go cupcakes! :)

TADAAA - cupcakessss ^^

Besides, we went to an  Italian restaurant (super expensive) last night to celebrate his birthday too. I ordered Futti de Mare, which is a fettuccine cooked in spicy tomato sauce with shrimp, oysters, scallops, calamari and squid. I felt so happy when I ate it. Awwww... finally I can eat seafood!!! Those seafood are so fresh and yummy! However, it causes my heart to bleed too! It is SUPER EXPENSIVE!  ($21) =.=

But, at least I satisfied with what I had ordered! ^.^

Here's the group photo in the restaurant! :)

Then, tonight his baby helps him to organize a birthday party. I was late to that party because I had some works to do. We played Mafia games with all his friends which included Americans and Canadian. I just felt a bit pissed as there is no one who believe me and I kept getting killed in every round. =.= HAHAA Anyways, it was a great game and I swear that I won't be killed in next round again! =p

This is what happen within these 2 days. :)

HAVE FUN IN AMERICA!

-YT-

New 2014 - New Layout

Hi. 2014. Finally, I start to revive my blog.

I had changed the whole design and layout of my blog to a totally new design that can represent my characteristics and personality.

Although I don't have any fashion sense or creativity in designing, I used up 3 hours to change the whole layout of my blog. So, please don't tell me that it is not nice. If not, I will kill you!

I change my background to a picture of a sky because I love freedom. I like to do things that I want to do and I will use my own way to do what I want, without seeking help from others. I know I am a thick- face kind of person, that's why I don't like to beg people for their help if they are not willing to help me. 

I think birds can represent myself as birds have wings and they are free to fly to everywhere they want to. Through my working experience, I know that I don't like to work under people as I have my own thinking and planning. Thus, I want to be the manager or boss that lead the people to work. I don't like people order me to do their stuffs, instead, I love to do stuff that I want to do.

Besides, I love to travel. Hot air balloon is a things that remind me of my dream - travelling around the world. I want to step out from my comfort zone to see world and learn their culture. Life is only once, just do what you like and what will benefit you the most.

I was in United State now. I was thinking to have a tattoo at my back. The tattoo that I want is a feather, which will remind me of the freedom and my goal. Tattooing in US is a very common thing, however, if I go back to Malaysia, I bet people will look at me differently as Malaysian has stereotype towards people who have tattoos. Thus, I need to make decision carefully whether want to tattoos at my back. It will not be obvious if I make a tattoos at my back unless I wear a singlet or bikini. Life is just once only. So, I came to US for 5 months to experience it and I should not regret of what I did.
Ps : I scare it's pain. =.=  

举办 event

最近，正忙着筹办三天两夜的生活营。老实说，虽然这个 event 很小，但是我还是忙得团团转。@.@
最头痛的是，要面对一些不负责任的委员，我真的是不知道要如何面对。=.= 心里想 ：这些人以后一定不会成功。不是我要咒他们，而是事实。哪里有人做到一半，最要说放弃，不想在继续做。
有些人则不能参加生活营，原因是因为女朋友啦。。妈妈不给。。做工。唉，也不能逼他们去，所以只好忍气吞声地找别的方案来解决忍受不住的问题。

hehe, 身为主席的我，学了很多东西，尤其是在人际关系那方面。^^ 因为又要跟 INTI 的管理人考论，又要和老师考论，最主要的是自己的委员。说话方面要经过头脑，对每个人都要用不同的语气和方式。^^ 头脑也要转得很快，当发生争执的时候，要想办法让双方面都两全其美。但是，我承认，这点我还是得加强努力。=(

然后，不只是要管理这个event 而已，由于自己也是华文学会的副主席，加上主席balik kampung 了。结果，我得看着整个学会。华文学会不只是有举办生活营，还有一系列的活动等着我们做。领袖的责任是栽培下一人的领袖，所以在主席不在的时候，我得出席几乎每个会议，训练不同的领袖。但是，有时候，我，主席和副主席的意见很不相同，少少都会有争论。:)

hehe. 现在只希望这个生活营能成功!!一定要成功!!