SHORT VERSION: I'm alive and well and enjoying Christmas in Tejas!
Detailed Version:
- My flight over here went well.... really no issues to speak of.
- I wanted to watch 19 of the 20 movies on the flight--- yeah 20. It's amazing what becomes interesting when you've missed out on a year and a half of movie watching. After getting half way through the 2nd one, I remembered why most movies aren't worth watching the first time.... so I slept for a long time.
- On my same flight from Thailand to Taiwan was my good Thai friend, Maew. It was her first time to fly ever! We had so much fun! :) She was on her way to Taipei, Taiwan to visit her mom who now lives there..... so I ended up spending my 24-hour layover in Taiwan at her mom's house and driving around the city.
- Taiwan has the best seafood EVER.
- The morning I woke up in Taiwan.... Maew's momma ran upstairs to tell us to hurry and change clothes so we could go to the park. She made sure my suitcase was packed so we would have time to make it back to the airport for my flight in the afternoon. So, I'm thinking..... "a park. sounds good. perfect pre-10 hour plane ride activity." we drive up to the park and she hands the guard a wad of money. I'm thinking...... "hmmm.... expensive parks here in taiwan." then i see about 25 ginormous tour buses in an even more ginormous parking lot. I'm thinking..... "are ya kidding me?" There we were..... Taiwan's version of Six Flags. Upside-down rollercoasters, carousels, spinning "tea cups," cotton candy and fried chicken. Maew's mom and her mom's friend came along and made us do every ride possible in the 4 hours we had to spend there. So funny! An unforgettable layover for sure. (hence the pic above of the most interesting part of my journey to America)
- In my 140 pounds of stuff I lugged home, I totally forgot to get the USB cord for my camera to upload pictures.... so I'll be finding one in the near future to help out the blog a little.
- My first view of America? Snow capped mountains. I spent a couple of fun nights with my grampa and relatives near Seattle, Washington. It was COOOOOLD. Makes Texas feel perfectly enjoyable. I love visiting that beautiful state!
- Now I'm in Texas and have spent my moments either eating, sleeping, trying to sleep, shopping, or hanging out with relatives and the fam.
- My computer is still on Thailand time, my watch is on Seattle time, I think my cell phone is right.... and my body doesn't know what to think. The internal clock isn't quite set. Last night I was up til 3am.... wide awake. I think about calling people like YOU when it's about midnight.... like right now. In Thailand it's already 1pm on Christmas afternoon. Here in Texas we're only a few minutes into the big day! But whatever time it is for you.... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! Hope to see ya sometime soon!
