Soar and S'more.

During my time in America, I visited California for about three times. And I can't deny that I do like the place a lot. I don't remember too much of the details, but I'll just write everything that I can remember. Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica I like this area a lot. It's like an outdoor shopping mall - where you can dine in and shop for clothes. The atmosphere is just very relaxing as it is also near the beach. It is also another favorite place of the street performers to show off their talents. If given a chance I would definitely walk around this place for the entire day! I remember having dinner at a Middle-Eastern restaurant in the promenade with my host mum and sis. Geez, pita bread dipped in hummus is bomb! The Pier, Santa Monica This looks like a best go-to place for teenagers. There are ferris wheel, mini thrilling rides and so on. If I remember it correctly there was a mini concert or like a rave when I was there. Tons of booth selling souv...

Another morning spending in the gym in Vegas- I was working on an abs bench, all sweated out and exhausted. An old man sat on the bench next to me. He seemed like he just had a great workout too. We made eye contact and smiled. "Hey, how are you?" he asked. "I'm good, thanks! How about you?" "Good, just waiting for my friend to complete his workout. Are you new here? I've never seen you around." "Well, sort of, I am a foreign exchange student here in Vegas so yeah.." "Oh wow, where are you from? How long have you been here?" "I'm from Malaysia. Been here since February. Are you a local here?" "Oh actually I just moved here from [a place that I can't remember] after I retired.. Las Vegas, it's a crazy place!" "Oh wow cool! Do you like it here?" I asked. "Yea I like it here. It's a lot of fun!" "It sure is! Tons of casinos and slot machines.. Do yo...

Hello peeps. As you know (or maybe you don't), I used to write journals almost every day when I was in Vegas. I'm not entirely sure why I don't really write journal nowadays, probably because I'm too lazy to hand-write it all, so I'm just gonna post more here. You know, sometimes I really appreciate that people view my blog. (Yes, I appreciate you who are reading this, though I have no idea who you are.) Thanks for passing by even though there's nothing much helpful - unlike any other blogger, I don't write about recipes, or fashion trend, or life hacks, I just simply like to share my thoughts. I swear I would be the richest person on Earth if I get paid for every single thought that passes through my mind. That one thought that still haunts me for almost 8 months and I believe that it won't go away for the next 5 years - I want to go back to Vegas. I'm sure many people out there are annoyed. A part of me is annoyed too. Like geez, En Qi,...

"She's ridiculous. She lived in Malaysia for 17 years and left for a few months and now she thinks she doesn't belong here anymore. Bitch please." "Please. It's not like you lived there for years. Wake up." "So you think you're half American now? Please. You're born and raised as Malaysian. Don't forget your genes." They don't understand. It's not about how long I've stayed there but how much I've made out of in that few months. "It's not a few months in life but a life in few months." It's not about United States. It's about the people I've met there. It's about falling in love with their culture. It's about how my lifestyle was when I was there. It's about who I am when I was there. Honestly, I don't look up to USA. "The best country.. first world country.. well-developed"  That's true but that doesn't mean that we need to think highly of the...

Counting down 9 days till I leave Vegas... Yes, I'm excited to go home and meet my beloved family and friends, but I'm really sad to leave my wonderful host family and my amazing friends. I still remember how I felt during my flight. I was nervous but super excited that meet my host family. I was thinking how should I call them and what I can say if things get awkward. And yay I arrived. I remember the first thing I saw when I arrived at the McCarran International Airport - slot machines. Dang. It's Vegas being Vegas. *laugh* (And guess what? There are slot machines in the pharmacies too! No idea why but it doesn't matter. It's Vegas. That explains it all.) I remember my host mum was looking smoking hot at the airport :P And we went to... (Let's just skip it. I swear I can tell you every single detail that happened on my first day here but I don't know how long I will take to finish it.) My exchange journey had been amazing. It's full of ups and do...

I can't believe that I had already lived here for more than 2 months. 53 days until I leave Vegas!! *cries* I love this place, or to be more specific, Summerlin. School had been super duper  kinda easy to me. (Apparently, most of the exchange students agree with it - American high schools are easy.) I mean, I am still struggling in Mythology (currently we are learning about Beowulf which is so confusing I wanna die) (or maybe not) and also English (we are reading Frankenstein and it gave me night mare - I dreamed about a dead body came back to live after struck by a lightning and it chased me) but at the same time I am really getting so bored having tons of fun in Chemistry and Algebra II. My projects for Ceramics I were kinda really bad. Basically the process of making a project is like this: Given a task > have a great picture of the project in mind > start working it > it cracks/falls here and there > try to fix it > still couldn't work > try again ...

Some cultural differences between most-but-not-all Americans and most-but-not-all Malaysians: 1. You don't answer 'never mind' when somebody apologizes to you unless you hate that person. 2. There is a big difference between paper towel, napkin, tissue and toilet paper. 3. You don't call toilet 'toilet', you call it bathroom. 4. 'I'm good' instead of 'no, thanks'. 5. 'I don't care' means I don't mind. 6. Usually, the drivers yield when a passenger wants to cross a road. 7. No service charge but you are very welcomed to pay the waiters/waitresses tips! 8. *this post is to be updated*