Flight delay REALLY SUCKS! Here's the story:
I was flying back from San Jose to Honolulu 3 days ago. At 6:35am, my parents drove me to San Jose International Airport. Instead of going 3-4 hours early because of the terrorist incident at JFK, I took a risk and went 2 hours early. When I arrived to the airport, there was no line for ticketing and security gate! I got through in less than 10 minutes. So I sat around with my parents until 7:40am and I went for security gate check. Blah blah blah...I went on the plane. Everyone was on the plane at 8:30am and I thought we could take off early. Waited, waited...then through my iPOD, I heard the pilot talk about a radio thingy malfunctioning. The radio thingy is supposed to let us land in Honolulu Airport. After half an hour, he said SFO doesn't have a replacement. Another half hour passed and they finally found a replacement at LA. Then we had to wait another half hour for approval and paperwork to actually borrow that thing. At 10:30am, we took off to LAX to pick up the replacement. My butt was seriously hurting from sitting too much! At 11:30am, we landed at LAX. Everyone popped up and stretched, went to pee, steal food, etc... It took them half an hour to replace the radio while more food was being stocked on the plane. At approximately 12pm, we finally took off to Honolulu. I sigh of relieve but my butt was still hurting. During the flight, they fed us good and gave us free movie. I drank lots of tea, juices, and water. From LAX to HNL was 5 hours and 40 minutes. We landed at HNL at 5:40pm(PST) or 2:40pm(HST). I was officially off the place at 5:55pm(PST) or 2:55pm(HST). I walked to the baggaged claim area and waited another half hour for my luggage. ~SIGH~ I was freed from the airport at 6:30pm(PST) or 3:30pm(HST).
I was so glad to see car traffic, the trees, the buildings, and my apartment. I was so tired, my back was hurting, my butt was numb, and my head was dizzy from the the natural sun. I cleaned up for a couple hours and we went to the Made in Hawaii Festival. That night, I only slept for 4 hours because of all the freakin tea I drank on the plane. So out of 24 hours, I was up for 20 hours straight! Flight delay really sucks!
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Friday, August 11, 2006
Lots of fun!
Hi hi my dear readers. Sorry for the nonexistent blog updates. I have been...at home, resting, sleeping, and eating. As you already know, my home is in California and whenever I return home, I become more piggish than ever.
For the past week, I went on a tour with my parents to the East Coast. I am not a big fan of the East Coast and this tour made sure I am never to return, well at least to the crowded cities. The tour began with New York City. It was disgustingly crowded with air that smelled like humans and gas. Times Square is a small portion of New York that resembles Las Vegas at night. The FAO became a huge ToysRus with a miniture ferris wheel ride inside. We also visited many other popular tourist attractions such as: Ground Zero of Former World Trade Center, Wall Street, Federal Hall, Trinity Church, Empire State Building, United Nations Headquarters, Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenue, St. Patrick Cathedral, and Rockefeller Center. My dad loved Wall Street and he actually bought a miniture statue of the bull on Wall Street!
A gum commercial I saw at Times Square.
Nathan's mouthwatering cheese hot dog.
From New York we went to Philly. I thought I could savor the taste of a delicious Philly Cheesesteak but I couldn't. We only went to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in the morning and off we went to Washington DC. DC was a bit boring partly because of my disinterest in the politcal world and that I have visited the place before. Places we visited were: Capitol Hill, Ford's Theater, White House, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korea War Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
The fourth day was the second best day of the trip because we visited the Hershey's Chocolate World in Hershey, PA and the Corning Glass Museum in Corning, NY. We each ate a strawberry and chocolate ice cream at Hershey's and I bought a whole bunch of crap to commemorate my busy 1 hour and 15 minutes of touring the entire factory. At the Corning Glass Museum, we saw glass making demonstrations and lots of weird shaped glass items.
Hershey's Chocolate World sign.
The best day of the trip was at Niagara Falls. We saw the night view and the morning view of the falls. They were majestic. Pictures do not reveal the beauty of the falls. You have to be there to hear the roar as the water comes crashing down on the rocks below, feel the mist that forms a pure white cloud, and smell the freshness of the air around it. With our blue rain coats and non-waterproof camera, we took a boat ride and went under the falls. I have never felt so refreshed and fullfilled in my life! We were very lucky since the day was beautiful, sunny, and without rain. We also saw not one but 2 rainbows peeking out from the American Falls with the Horseshoe Fall in the background. We also saw a couple mini rainbows during the boat ride to the Horeshoe Fall.
Niagara Falls with rainbow.
The last day was a short tour of Harvard University and Quincy Market. Of course we ate lobster and it was okay. Not a great as I expected but I am satisfied. Lots of cool red brick buildings in Boston. The undergrad campus of Harvard University was beautiful of course. Oh and there was a statue of John Harvard that if you touch his left shoe, you will become smarter. You can guess if I touch it or not :)
Harvard University undergrad campus.
The tour schedule experienced a little change due to the terrorist attack in London. We had to fly home from the Logan Boston airport when the security alert was raised to orange. It was a bit scary when they said we couldn't carry anyting with liquid content. So we had to quickly rearrange our luggages so that all our liquid items were in the check-in luggage. Poor people in England had all their laptops, iPods, and cell phone confiscated! Imagine how much people have lost because of this incident. Some students or researcher may lose years of research in the laptop computer! Anyway, our trip was very nice and a bit surprising at the end :)
For the past week, I went on a tour with my parents to the East Coast. I am not a big fan of the East Coast and this tour made sure I am never to return, well at least to the crowded cities. The tour began with New York City. It was disgustingly crowded with air that smelled like humans and gas. Times Square is a small portion of New York that resembles Las Vegas at night. The FAO became a huge ToysRus with a miniture ferris wheel ride inside. We also visited many other popular tourist attractions such as: Ground Zero of Former World Trade Center, Wall Street, Federal Hall, Trinity Church, Empire State Building, United Nations Headquarters, Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenue, St. Patrick Cathedral, and Rockefeller Center. My dad loved Wall Street and he actually bought a miniture statue of the bull on Wall Street!
A gum commercial I saw at Times Square.
Nathan's mouthwatering cheese hot dog.
From New York we went to Philly. I thought I could savor the taste of a delicious Philly Cheesesteak but I couldn't. We only went to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in the morning and off we went to Washington DC. DC was a bit boring partly because of my disinterest in the politcal world and that I have visited the place before. Places we visited were: Capitol Hill, Ford's Theater, White House, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korea War Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
The fourth day was the second best day of the trip because we visited the Hershey's Chocolate World in Hershey, PA and the Corning Glass Museum in Corning, NY. We each ate a strawberry and chocolate ice cream at Hershey's and I bought a whole bunch of crap to commemorate my busy 1 hour and 15 minutes of touring the entire factory. At the Corning Glass Museum, we saw glass making demonstrations and lots of weird shaped glass items.
Hershey's Chocolate World sign.
The best day of the trip was at Niagara Falls. We saw the night view and the morning view of the falls. They were majestic. Pictures do not reveal the beauty of the falls. You have to be there to hear the roar as the water comes crashing down on the rocks below, feel the mist that forms a pure white cloud, and smell the freshness of the air around it. With our blue rain coats and non-waterproof camera, we took a boat ride and went under the falls. I have never felt so refreshed and fullfilled in my life! We were very lucky since the day was beautiful, sunny, and without rain. We also saw not one but 2 rainbows peeking out from the American Falls with the Horseshoe Fall in the background. We also saw a couple mini rainbows during the boat ride to the Horeshoe Fall.
Niagara Falls with rainbow.
The last day was a short tour of Harvard University and Quincy Market. Of course we ate lobster and it was okay. Not a great as I expected but I am satisfied. Lots of cool red brick buildings in Boston. The undergrad campus of Harvard University was beautiful of course. Oh and there was a statue of John Harvard that if you touch his left shoe, you will become smarter. You can guess if I touch it or not :)
Harvard University undergrad campus.
The tour schedule experienced a little change due to the terrorist attack in London. We had to fly home from the Logan Boston airport when the security alert was raised to orange. It was a bit scary when they said we couldn't carry anyting with liquid content. So we had to quickly rearrange our luggages so that all our liquid items were in the check-in luggage. Poor people in England had all their laptops, iPods, and cell phone confiscated! Imagine how much people have lost because of this incident. Some students or researcher may lose years of research in the laptop computer! Anyway, our trip was very nice and a bit surprising at the end :)