April 7, 2005
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…crunch time…
Whoa, sooooo many tests in the next two weeks, it’s craaaaaazy! I only have my oral final left for Cantonese and I’m done with that class. Then I only have 3 more finals left, and then I’m free! Wheeeeee!!!
So this has been a fairly tiring week, even though it’s only Wednesday. Kuala Lumpur totally tired me out this past weekend. I had an incredible time there though, I just wish I could have stayed longer. Oh well, guess I’ll just have to visit again soon, hehe. A couple of notes about the whole trip though…
1) Flying out of Macau was fun because I got to see Macau for the first time. It was an amazing place, but was definitely a hassle.
2) You get what you pay for: flying Air Asia was worse than flying Southwest!
It was one of those things that you do for the sake of having done it, but I sincerely doubt I’ll ever fly it again. 
In all the years that I’ve been flying, only one of my flights had ever been delayed, and even then it was only for like 10 minutes. Air Asia managed to delay my flight to KL by 2 hours, and then on my way back from KL to Macau, it delayed it another 2 hours. Sooooo stupid! 
Additionally, the service sucked, as did the other passengers. They were more rude and obnoxious than some of the people on Southwest, not cool!3) Chinese people are incredibly LOUD!
After having been in Japan where everyone is respectful in regards to their volume level when they speak on the cell phone, my tolerance level for rude cell-phone-screaming people is close to non-existent. 4) Kuala Lumpur was very HOT! Despite the beautiful and hot sun, I still wasn’t able to get rid of my farmer’s tan though; maybe a trip back down to Singapore will do the trick.
5) The bois at the club were even HOTTER!!
If only the music were better, but they were beautiful nonetheless. I seriously think that Singapore, Japan, and Malaysia have some of the most beautiful men in the world!!! 6) Straight men should not go to gay bars to try to pick up girls!
Ok, if you can’t get a girl at a straight club/bar, what makes you think you can get a girl at a gay club/bar?! More importantly, if they IGNORE you and tell you to go away, why not spare yourself the embarrassment and bounce?! 
7) Traveling is totally fun, but quite TIRING!!!
Here are some pics from my latest trips in chronological order…
GUANGZHOU!!!
Here’s the youth hostel we stayed at, quite inexpensive, but also difficult to find…
A view of the Pearl River, a tad bit dirty now though…
Yes, there are a lot of people in China…
I thought this was interesting, it shows the stages of transformation that the women of the area have undergone–from ultra conservative to conservative baring flesh, hehe…
Me, Ms. Chen, and John in Beijing Lu enjoying some shopping!
Welcome to Guangzhou!
A contrast to what city life is like…
TOKYO!!!
Welcome to Tokyo…
First stop: Tokyo Disney Sea!
I couldn’t resist, I had to be a tourist!
In Shinjuku enjoying the nightlife…
At the HUUUUGE temple in Asakusa…
Yes, Tokyo is also crowded…
First memorable thing about Japan: Space is limited, look how small this bathroom was!
Second memorable thing about Japan: THE TOILET!!! I miss my bidet!!!
Yes, Japan was truly…GOOD TIMES!!!
MY BIRTHDAY @ TIFFINS DESSERT BUFFET!!!
Desserts…
More desserts…
And even more desserts!
The dessert bunch…
Ahh, the trio strikes again; yes, we’re everywhere, hehe…
Christie and Dat…
Christie showing off her talents with fruit…
Awww, looooook! We’re so straight, haha…
Ooooh, action shot. I’m actually thinking about what I’ll have next, hehe…
Wheeeee! What a concept, fruit on sticks!!!
Look, we survived the dessert buffet, albeit a bit bloated, hehe…
MACAU!!!
Mmmm, my dinner in Macau; this picture totally doesn’t do it justice though…
The architecture was beautiful!
Heh, Macau–the Las Vegas of Asia, hehe…
KUALA LUMPUR!!!
Petronas Tower during the day…
Petronas Tower at night…
Nikie, me, and Christie rivaling the towers, hehe…
A view from KL Tower, supposedly the largest tower in the world!
KL Tower at night…
Kevin, Nikie, and me taking the tour atop KL Tower…
Nikie and Matt being true tourists at the orchid garden, hehe…
Um, so we saw some monkeys and reeeeally wanted to take pictures of them: our solution–the dynamic duo of Christie atop Matt’s shoulders…
Mmm…enjoying a Malaysian shaved ice dessert…
Having lunch with some local friends (me, Matt, Ruth, Vincent, Jared, and Marcus)
Did you know that 7-Eleven’s in Malaysia actually have a slurpee machine?! What a trip!!
Ahh yes, the terrific trio strikes once again (Christie, me, and Nikie)
Comments (2)
yay pictures!! =)
hehe, yup yup! I sooooo need to get everyone else’s pics from the trip!