Texas-NewOrleans

Well well well....
i just came back from summer vaccation
i am officially done with ESL courses....cheers!?

So this post is meant to update some pictures taken on my trip.
I can tell u that it's definitely not a good idea to travel South in summer.
But i did.....
Texas - The Lone Star State
New Orleans - The Crescent City

1st stop: Dallas/Fort Worth

nice landscape in the water garden

@ stockyards station
the unbearable weather (~44celcius) makes u can't stay any longer

witnessed the long horns

oh yEah do i look like 'him'?

oldie train which makes the surrounding temperature even higher with all the heatsSs being released out

obviously, we are in the jail =(

with friendly uncle Lim :)
appreciate the wonderful hospitality

Rodeo show...the show itself was interesting & enjoyable
but i didn't really enjoy much coz something bad happened right b4 the show starts :(

yEe hAa!

downtown fort worth

with long horns' 'burning' sculptures under the blazing sun

kinda disappointed with this museum but at least i get to see the spot where JFK was shot & killed

Medieval Times....we get into the castle, hv our dinner while watching tournament.
i get to see some medieval-style games besides real sword-fighthing which i had only seen on tv.

these were the only utensils that we used for dinner
we had "Baby dragon, just tastes like chicken", "Dragon egg", "Dragon ribs"....& many more which i forgot the names >.<

show time!

i had fun watching this cute little kid getting his face painting done=)




2nd stop: Austin, the state capitol of Texas

i am amazed at the painting on it

different kinds of long horns are everywhere along the street

UT-Austin

State Capitol

@Congress Bridge, we wacthed trillions of bats flying out from underneath the bridge...the scene was spectacular!!!


they look like bees from far

sunset has always been my fav :)

3rd stop: San Antonio


our super elegant hotel ^^



The Alamo

us...the yellowssss

The famous tourist attraction...Riverwalk

gurls time

guys time

river-cruise

mutation? lol

teEhee playing ard with cowboy hats =P

Mexican food...forgot the name again

@Marcus Square

^^

Tower of America

i have no idea how freaking high was the wind speed...that was insanely crazy!

awesome nightview....my second fav after sunset

Tom Rider's Adventure...not impressive though :(

yeSh our candid nerdy shot! hahahaha


yesh i went in!
i am proud to say that it was the 1st haunted house that i had been to in my life!

the mirror maze

cowgirl?



4th stop: New Orleans

street car, a kinda new thing to me

French quarter

Mardi Gras tour

muaAk! lol

camwhoring with a stranger LOL XD

i love this =)

impressive artwork

muscle guy huh!?

a tired day out

the masksSss....

it's swamp tour

good thing abt it is no moisquitoes due to the non-stagnant water=)

NewOrleans...the land of not just crawfish, but jazz, french quarter, cajun, swamp, alligators, & many more

my sotong hair...buahahHAhah

let's call it a day

let's go wild!

our last group photo...:)

-d end-

They were all awesome places...but Madison has always been the awesome-est one!
I feel so good when i came home.
I am so pleased that i made the right decision to come to this place initially.
Anyway, it was a good trip overall =)

officially

i hereby declare that i am officially done with ESL classes.
Congratz me!

break

Why do we need to be born into this world?
i don't know, u don't know, no one knows.

i wish i could have a break, from school, from work, from the world, from everything...

illusion?

it's merely an illusion
perhaps it's reasonable to say, the fact that we are alive on this earth is just an illusion

"If tomorrow never comes, what would u tell me today?"

I thought for a very long time before i asked this question, i regard this question as a serious one, i would really like to know what are u gonna tell me, if i am just an illusion for u, & i will be gone from ur world tmr.
When i say "u", i mean every single one of u who knows me.
When i ask this question, i really mean it.

Perhaps everything is just an illusion...

.

it haunts me again & again
u have no idea how does it feels
i'm afraid of losing something which initially belongs to me...is this what people called as greedy?
perhaps it is
the sense of insecurity is stabbing deep into me
what should i do
keeping it to myself has always been my best policy
but it's killing me
okay i'm losing my sense now
i dont know what am i writing over here
whatever
period.

...

Here're some updates on my ESL progress:

Summary 1 - DONE
Paper 1 - can be considered DONE as well
Paper 2 - IN PROGRESS
Summary 2 - soon
Paper 3 - soon

I'm now in the midst of preparing myself for paper 2....kinda stress-up indeed.
Perhaps, i'm too paranoid...but i can't help to not feeling stress at all! >.<

Well, it's been almost a month since i started this course...one more month & i can officially declare independence. i shall keep going.

Anyway, it's 1st of July yesterday
The day i started my college journey in INTI, the day i met with my girlfriends.
Now here we are....3 years down the road, still striving hard together.
Happy 3rd year anniversary! =)