indy =)

i'm in indiana!!! =)

touched down yesterday evening. a very traumatic last flight. i had to transit two times: singapore-narita -- narita-chicago -- chicago-indianopolis. so anyway... the customs at chicago was FOREVER... cos the queue to check out was ages and ages... and then i happily walked out of the terminal with my luggage... then realised i have to check it in first before i go to the other terminal (i thought i could check it in at the other terminal see...) so i had to go back in and talk to the guard who let me back in. so then i was REALLY REALLY late oredi. (my flight was 350. by the time i had got my luggage in it was 335)

but i had to take a train to terminal 1 from terminal 5. oh man... the train took 5 min to arrive, which i suppose is good timing normally, but not for me! arghhh!!! so then after i got out of the train, the gate was like the FARTHEST from the trainstop! sigh... i mean, how would i have known that?!?! urghhh....

so i was running along the corridor *pant pant pant*

it was so surreal... like a scene from home alone! only i was so stressed i didn't laugh. and then i reached my gate FINALLY 5 minutes after take-off time! and there was no one there... and i freaked! then saw this guy with a badge so just grabbed him and showed him my ticket and was like" has my plane left? already? i was held up at customs! oh man... can you help me check?!?!"

well it sounded a lot more desperate than that =b but i'm glad he didn't flinch. =b heh... anyway he turned out to be a flight attendant (no engie, if you're reading this: he's not cute =b) and he very kindly helped me check out with the counter people about where my plane was. and u know what? it was JUST closing for final boarding! so they opened the door again and let me into the corridor that leads to the plane.

and i RAN...

finally got into the plane. collaped into my seat, and cried for the next 10 minutes.

and thanked God like a million times for getting me on that plane! i treasure my time here THAT much more now =b

ok so that was Day 1.

(oh yeah, had yummy dinner at bucas, an italian restaurant with a really really cool ambience. like pop art and sixties portraits and ads all over the walls. very artsy =) but i was a bit too sleepy and full to eat much.)


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woke up feeling all comfy and snug. =) but a bit disoriented at first. had a nice relaxing morning with the anderson kiddies down in their den. learnt (vaguely) how pokemon's and mario fight (nintendo). then nice lunch at cici's pizza - a pizza buffet place. =D yum yum. and colin, one of our friends who came to singapore in january, joined us for lunch! =)

then the gurls - lisa, nicole and me - headed off to target!!! TARGET!!! heh heh...it's kinda like carrefour, except it's WAAY bigger and WAAY prettier! as in the stuff is prettier. hee

went shelf by shelf, row by row... in fact, i took so long that lisa had time to take nicole home and feed her early dinner and then come back for me! hee... i think i was in there about 5 hours. and it's only one floor - one huge floor.

so anyways... very happy with my purchases. i actually didn't buy a lot of stuff that i wanted. cos some of it isn't that cheap... and also i need to pace myself a bit yeah =b but my favourite thing that i bought is a pair of strappy heels. the straps are all different shades of blue! it's so pretty =) muahaha *satisfied smirk*

then had a nice quiet dinner at home wif mike and lisa, while the kids went for vacation bible school. and then watched the princess diaries, which i've always wanted to watch but couldn't for some reason or other. hee hee... it was really sweet. =)

ok that's all for now. tomorrow, there are tentative plans to visit keynote (US CCC music ministry) office and maybe sightsee a bit. then at night i'm staying with jen, one of the keynoter's, cos mike and lisa are gonna leave with the kids early on wed morning for CSU. i'm not going with them. i'll be going on the bus with the other keynoters. heh =b

so please pray that i'll make friends easy. i know it'll probably be fun, but just a little bit scared about what they'll be like and all... =) hee...

k goin' off now! byebye!!!