Hey... Guess what? I'm back at home!!!

Finally, i'm back at home... I survived the long-ass flight... and I survived the heat!!!

Status: Recovered from the jet-lag, acclimating to the hot-ass weather, in the mean-time turning nocturnal.

So, i'll try to relate my flying experiences... (no tremayne, no high-flyer's club that sorta thing...)

So, woke up that morning, at about 7 something (another 2-3 hours of sleep night)... after brushing up, and chatting until about 10am...(passed some stuffs to Quang), and I'm ready to go... had my room checked... it was spotless... and then, I sat at the lobby, waiting for my airport shuttle to come... Quang was there to see me off.. thanks dude... i was so freaking tired as I think I had less than 10 hours of sleep in total for the last 3 days... yar... that bad...

anyway... so, i reached the airport at about 11.30am... i got my ticket, and checked in my luggages all the way to Kuala Lumpur... nice... I don't have to worry about my checked in luggages anymore... As I was afraid that the airport security check would take a long time, I decided to get over with it earlier, and hence, I went through the security check right away...

While waiting to board the plane, I had a Quizno Sub... a Chicken Cabanero... pretty nice... and I watched a movie - Star Wreck: The Pirkinning... :) a pretty funny one... and it's an independent movie...

Boarded the plane on time... and left Detroit at 1.55pm...as it was a pretty short flight (from Detroit to Chicago), I did nothing but just stayed awake and decided to sleep in the next flight(if I could)...

Reached Chicago O'hare at about 2.45pm... did nothing much either, my next flight was at 7pm... so, i walked around the airport, looking for something to do... but couldn't find much... and damn... no free wireless internet... so, what can I do??? I settled down in a nice corner, and continued watching the movie... i'm done with the movie at about 4pm... I gave Chang a call... and then, chatted about nothing... and then later... I started watching a NBA match... and then, started reading Animal Farm by George Orwell... a really good read.. but too short... way too short as I was half way done before I boarded the plane... the plane left Chicago for Los Angeles as scheduled... and well... it was an alright flight... didn't really fall asleep, but i was pretty sure I dozed off for like 15 minutes...

reached Los Angeles International Airport at about 7.30pm... wandered around before asking for directions to the Cathay Pacific counter to get my tickets... and then, I was free for another 7 hours... sent a msg to my bro to tell him that everything was fine and on schedule, and then, I was all good.... I was kinda hungry and walked around the airport looking for food... the options was pretty bad... and as I don't feel like eating some bad Chinese/Japanese (expensive too), and I was being cheap and don't feel like tipping anybody, I ended up eating McDonald's... and Ranch BLT Chicken Crispy sandwich... pretty good... i took my own sweet time eating the sandwich... and the fries, and dang... i couldn't kill much time as it was only 9.30pm when I was done... I walked around again, and saw all those cheap alcohol at the duty-free shop... oh my goodness... alcohol is cheap and plentiful... i called Quang and told him about it... we spent a good 15 minutes talking about how ridiculously cheap the alcohol is.. and dang... the sad truth is, I can only bring in 1 litre of alcohol (duty-free) every time... sucks...

so... i couldn't kill much more time and was bored again at about 10pm... i settled down at a bench and started fiddling with my laptop again... after awhile... watching half a movie, I decided that i was not really watching the movie... but was falling asleep too many times, I went to grab a beer from the Sushi Boy... I had a Budweiser(R) - The king of Beers... it was pretty good... probably I was desperate or wat... but, it was good.. I took my own sweet time drinking that, and it was about 12 midnight when i was done... then, I decided to enter the gate that I will be boarding the plane later... and dang.. i regretted for not entering the gate earlier because they have wireless internet here... (provided by T-mobile) and it's free(because of the weekend promotion for T-mobile user)

but after like a good 15 minutes of chatting with a couple of my friends... it was already time for boarding... (well, it was a 747-400, hence, the longer boarding time...) I boarded the plane at about 1.10 am, and it was scheduled to take off at 1.55am... i took a copy of LA Times with me so that I can catch up with the news and got something to read while waiting for the supper... had supper at about 2.45am... and dozed off for 2-3 hours after... woke up and watched a couple of movies, and went back to sleep... and woke up again.. and had breakfast... and all... and 14 + hours later, I arrived Hong Kong Cheh Lap Kok International Airport at 7.30am... underwent another security check at about 7.45am... and reached the next gate to board the final plane to Kuala Lumpur at about 8am... I boarded the plane at 8.20am... and well... it took off at 8.50am as scheduled...

3 hours and 21 minutes later, I'm HOME!!! KLIA... after collected my luggages, as I was ready to meet my parents and all... I was stopped by the Custom officers... and let's just say that i was $20 poorer... (u can go figure those details out...)

it was really great to see my parents and my brother after being away from home for more than 21 months...

so... the food has been great... couldn't be better... and I'm really afraid that i'll be gaining weight... and the weather is really too hot... way too hot for me...