Road manners and Indiana

the ppl here stick 2 speed limits for the most part... barely saw anyone speeding.. no zigzegging 2 overtake... no honking... no road rage.. there's some kind of understanding i guess that everyone just respects each other on the road.. i think it's quite cool actually!!!

Even i personally have been guilty of zig zagging 2 over take.. only on occassion though:)

Initially, i got here i felt that no one smiled at me.. altho i smiled at them.. and i though that it was coz i was indian... but now ppl r smiling at me:) maybe b'coz i'm buying stuff from them.. haha...

We went to Indiana yesterday... Saw the Amish ppl.. went to the museum... very interesting.. they all wear plain-coloured clothes... white bonnets.... and ride buggies... which r horses which pull a carriages with ppl in them... the whole place smelled like horse poop... but bsides that... it was good:) they were persecuted.. much like most othr religions.. be'coz of their faith.. and way if living...

They all believe in Jesus.. but choose to be cut off from worldly things.. so they dont have cars.. or computers or TV.... they all sit 2gether at meals.. hold property in common... respect for family life.. no contraception or birth control.. each family has 8-12 children.... The city is quiet.. it basically goes 2 sleep at about 7pm.. it only gets dark here at 10.. so there's a lot to do:)

Of dog shows and roads....

Today, we went 4 a dog show.. well... d show didnt actually start... but we did see lots of dogs!!

the dogs are huge!!!! super biG!! i've never seen dogs that size in Malaysia... i wonder wat they feed them... i also saw super small dogs... that were the size of a kitten!!!

The road is left-hand drive here.... to me it feels like they r gonna hit into something but i remind myself shut up just in case i scream and they actually hit into something!! haha...

The houses here are cute.... no gates no fences.... just small houses.. with chimneys.... driveways.. garages.... wooden floors and the houses are made of wood... o sneaking out here.. coz each time u walk.. it's squeak squeak.... haha :)

I am a TV addict.. so here.. it's like pulling the plug on my drug!!! so far i've watched 1 movie at home.. but dat's about it.. so... i'll have 2 see how I survive:)

I guess this experience will be like a foreign exchange student... kind of... ppl look at me more here coz i'm a rare species.... Indian:)

Journey to the U.S.A.!

Long airplane flights.. so nooooot my cup of tea!!!

i had 1 7 hour flight and another 11 hour....

Things I hate about flying:

1. The ear popping sound and intense pain in my ear during landing....

2. Crying babies... I love kids!! But, I pity d little ones... it's so uncomfortable 4 adults... how much more 4 the kids!! n they sry a lot... i barely got 3 hours of sleep on a 48 hours on flight!!

3. There's no space to move.. i barely could feel my left leg...

4. My earphones didn't work on d 2nd flight.. and they didnt have a personal tv 4 a 11 hour flight!!! that was soooooo crazy!!!

Now that I'm here....

I didn't have any trouble adjusting to the sleeping.. but everything was shaking.. as if though I was still on the plane.... it's better now:)

I went 2 1 store so far.. n they have Lays chips 4 8 ringgit.. so dat's cheap... n some cosmetics are cheap.... but... I haven't had A real adventure... besides babysitting... n d baby just burst out crying... eventho nothing was wrong!! ~ aiks!!

oh well....