Tonight is my final night in San Francisco. Tomorrow, I’ll board the plane heading towards Malaysia. I’m heading home for the first time as a college graduate! It’s interesting the way I’ve come full circle. I started off my most exciting, most eventful, and most life-changing year here in San Francisco. I ushered in 2011 […]
Category Archives: To and From College
Back in school
Back in Jagung-land againnnn! Oh man it was a horrible 27-hour journey. Plus the 45 minutes to KLIA, the 2-hour wait to board the plane, and the 1-hour drive back to school, all in all the journey from my house in Selangor to my dorm room in Iowa took a whopping 31 hours. Then I […]
Almost leaving Home
Two more days before I leave for college again. I dunno why I have the jitters! I’ve done this twice in the past two years already! I’m not anxious about going to college, I’m actually quite excited. I’ve been reading these discussion boards in which the new students ask questions like “What should I pack?” […]
Unjoyful situation
I hate the stress that comes from ANYTHING that has to do with school. In this case, it’s transportation. From airport to campus. My flight arrives at Des Moines airport at 8 A.M. I can either: 1. Pay $50 and wait till 1 P.M. for the school shuttle (another 5-hour wait at the airport!! After […]
Last days of G-Town Spring
I’m home! I think I have figured out the best way to travel if you’re flying across different time zones. The trick is to not sleep the night before, and sleep only a few hours two nights before. By the time you fly, you are so tired you sleep through the entire flight. And hey […]
Lorax, and Home
I have a Lorax. I got my Lorax over spring break, when we were on tour in Milwaukee. My friend and I were walking around the mall, and she saw an adorably furry duck in Sears, so I bought that for her; I saw an adorably furry Lorax also in Sears, so she bought that […]