It's been two weeks...
So, it's been two weeks since I left home for the States again. Wow, that's pretty quick. My tentative plan of going home for CNY next year is probably about 51 weeks ahead. Since it's exactly 1 year from today, Valentine's Day... Oh yeah, Happy Valentine's Day to all...
I've been having some problem with my laptop lately. But, since I'm only using it to surf the internet and check my email, it didn't really bother me all that much. See how long I can survive on this problematic machine, and then, I'll get a new one. I'm not sure if i should get a desktop or a laptop, considering my laptop pretty much sits on my desk 99% of the time, and I don't see myself needing the mobility of a personal laptop after college. So, a desktop, with a huge monitor sounds like a better fit for my needs.
Digressing a little. So, the trip back to the States from home was a little eventful. The 6+ hours layover in Singapore was dreadful. I had 2 huge coffee, and some Sushi to get me through the night. I did manage to study a little, though I'm about 2 weeks behind my study schedule. At the airport, I managed to catch the last 20 minutes of the Man U game, and well, Man U won and topped the table with 1 game in hand. Sweet!
The flight from Singapore to Japan was alright. Because I wanted to set myself to US time, I tried to delay my sleep as much as possible while I was on this flight, making it a 36-hour day. I wasn't too bad, as I can't really sleep much on the plane anyway. One thing that really bothered me, was how rude the stewardess on Northwest Airline acted. They don't have the pleasant smile, not personable, loud, and just miserable. "CHICKEN OR BEEF!?!? CHICKEN OR BEEF!?!?!?" "COFFEE?!" "COFFEE!?" There was this one air stewardess that was just miserable and looked like someone stepped on her tail or something... Cheer up!
Not to mention, the food was terrible, and not to mention no free booze, and the in-flight duty free shopping was lousy, and again, VOD selection was pathetic (or no VOD service for the longest leg of the flights.) Sorry for my ranting, but, that's my last international NWA flights that I'll take.
Not to mention, that one of my checked baggage was somehow sent to Detroit, and took them a day to return that to me. What's worse, they tried to send it to me during workhours, so, I need to have them sent it to my workplace, and it did look funny - me dragging a huge 26" baggage across the hallway to my car after work. And the stuff inside were pretty hammered. Losses: A cup stand, a mug, a bottle of garlic chilli sauce, a bottle of black pepper sauce and cookies. Well, the cookies are still edible, but not really presentable. Next time, I'll just bring those cookies in my carry-on instead.
So, it took me about 3 days to get over jetlag. Longer than usual I must say, maybe I'm really getting old. LOL!!! Not really, just that I got so tired the first day that I pretty much dropped dead at 6pm, after getting back to my apartment from work. I skipped dinner altogether, and woke up at 12 midnight. Sweet! The next day, rolled back my sleeping time another 3 hours, and finally, the 3rd day, back to normal...
With the jetlag, and also, catching up with work, I was finally able to find time to go to the gym on the Saturday, and that's when I found out that I gained 8 freaking pounds over the 2 weeks I was home, plus a week of not going to the gym after coming back from home. 8 freaking pounds... Unbelievable. Last week, I've been running more. It started with 2 3-miler on Monday, one in the morning at 6 before work, and another in the evening after work. Then, one 3-miler before work on Tue, and a 3-miler after work on Wed, then, so-on... a total of 22 mile from Mon-Sat. Depends on the weather, maybe I'll be able to venture outdoor tomorrow. That'll be fun. Need to get rid of those extra pounds asap, and also, to get my mileage up to start training for my next marathon, maybe in June or July. (checking the schedule, hmm... unless i want to fly to west coast or the midwest or the south, don't think there's any marathon in New England area in those months... maybe Aug or Sept or Oct then...)
That's all for now... Too bad that I had quite a lot in my mind during the week, but couldn't find time to post them up here, and by the time I find time, it seems to me that it's not that important or noteworthy anymore. Oh well...
I've been having some problem with my laptop lately. But, since I'm only using it to surf the internet and check my email, it didn't really bother me all that much. See how long I can survive on this problematic machine, and then, I'll get a new one. I'm not sure if i should get a desktop or a laptop, considering my laptop pretty much sits on my desk 99% of the time, and I don't see myself needing the mobility of a personal laptop after college. So, a desktop, with a huge monitor sounds like a better fit for my needs.
Digressing a little. So, the trip back to the States from home was a little eventful. The 6+ hours layover in Singapore was dreadful. I had 2 huge coffee, and some Sushi to get me through the night. I did manage to study a little, though I'm about 2 weeks behind my study schedule. At the airport, I managed to catch the last 20 minutes of the Man U game, and well, Man U won and topped the table with 1 game in hand. Sweet!
The flight from Singapore to Japan was alright. Because I wanted to set myself to US time, I tried to delay my sleep as much as possible while I was on this flight, making it a 36-hour day. I wasn't too bad, as I can't really sleep much on the plane anyway. One thing that really bothered me, was how rude the stewardess on Northwest Airline acted. They don't have the pleasant smile, not personable, loud, and just miserable. "CHICKEN OR BEEF!?!? CHICKEN OR BEEF!?!?!?" "COFFEE?!" "COFFEE!?" There was this one air stewardess that was just miserable and looked like someone stepped on her tail or something... Cheer up!
Not to mention, the food was terrible, and not to mention no free booze, and the in-flight duty free shopping was lousy, and again, VOD selection was pathetic (or no VOD service for the longest leg of the flights.) Sorry for my ranting, but, that's my last international NWA flights that I'll take.
Not to mention, that one of my checked baggage was somehow sent to Detroit, and took them a day to return that to me. What's worse, they tried to send it to me during workhours, so, I need to have them sent it to my workplace, and it did look funny - me dragging a huge 26" baggage across the hallway to my car after work. And the stuff inside were pretty hammered. Losses: A cup stand, a mug, a bottle of garlic chilli sauce, a bottle of black pepper sauce and cookies. Well, the cookies are still edible, but not really presentable. Next time, I'll just bring those cookies in my carry-on instead.
So, it took me about 3 days to get over jetlag. Longer than usual I must say, maybe I'm really getting old. LOL!!! Not really, just that I got so tired the first day that I pretty much dropped dead at 6pm, after getting back to my apartment from work. I skipped dinner altogether, and woke up at 12 midnight. Sweet! The next day, rolled back my sleeping time another 3 hours, and finally, the 3rd day, back to normal...
With the jetlag, and also, catching up with work, I was finally able to find time to go to the gym on the Saturday, and that's when I found out that I gained 8 freaking pounds over the 2 weeks I was home, plus a week of not going to the gym after coming back from home. 8 freaking pounds... Unbelievable. Last week, I've been running more. It started with 2 3-miler on Monday, one in the morning at 6 before work, and another in the evening after work. Then, one 3-miler before work on Tue, and a 3-miler after work on Wed, then, so-on... a total of 22 mile from Mon-Sat. Depends on the weather, maybe I'll be able to venture outdoor tomorrow. That'll be fun. Need to get rid of those extra pounds asap, and also, to get my mileage up to start training for my next marathon, maybe in June or July. (checking the schedule, hmm... unless i want to fly to west coast or the midwest or the south, don't think there's any marathon in New England area in those months... maybe Aug or Sept or Oct then...)
That's all for now... Too bad that I had quite a lot in my mind during the week, but couldn't find time to post them up here, and by the time I find time, it seems to me that it's not that important or noteworthy anymore. Oh well...
Labels: jetlag, northwest airline, run, traveling
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