finally i'm back home, after 5 tumultous flights (including cancelled flights and my sis's lost baggage) frm vegas - LA - vancouver - tokyo and home..okie, 4. i believe i can tolerate any other long haul flights after this.

well well, cant believe it's 2005. life has been good to me the past yr. besides little hiccups and undesirable stuff like O's. this yr's events really made me believe that God has His plans for everyone. and i'm more than grateful for them. who would have thought that I could be where i am now?

well, about my holiday. it was a SWELL time. besides the flights and transits and long waits at the airports. Vancouver was pretty, and like my 2nd sis says, a nice place to retire. ppl are frenly, nice weather, nice environment. we weren't with a grp then, so we got to move around ourselves, which i really prefer, becos u feel like u are really experiencing life as a canadian.

nxt was san francisco. it was still sunny when we went there. yummy seafood and mostly sightseeing. not to forget shopping ....hahah. again, all travelling on our own, so we've figured out the public transport system. sure beats taking a tour coach and stopping for 15 min photo stops.
also went on this 17 mile drive thing along the pacific ocean's coast. huge waves...awesome...simply. and as a geog student even the swash and backwash and sedimentary rocks excites me....(ms pang is SO proud of me)

next is LA where we joined the tour grp, where we went to universal studios (i like it!) and disneyland. reliving childhood :) and at disney, it was really "the merriest place on earth" . seeing children getting so happy over the simplest things, believing that mickey really does exist....makes me wonder about the simple joy of life. why do we keep wanting more? why cant we live like children, where all we need is just something to believe in that will make us happy.

went to grand canyon, once again overwhelmed by nature's beauty. (geog geog) well, will post photos sumday.......it's a lot of work

next was Vegas! (dad's eyes light up). overwhelmed by neon lights, but it was cool :) had nice buffet brunch at bellagio, the best hotel there (where ocean's 11 took place) and went around pretty much on our own. went shopping at factory outlet !!! hhaha, i wish there were some in Sg. amd we went to play at Circus Circus hotel and we won a soft toy each :) reliving childhood once again. so then our flights home started...

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