Christmas

Christmas 2013

First Christmas celebrated during the Winter. We have nothing to do on Christmas Day because it's a family festival in the US, the streets were quite, shops were closed and we have no idea what we can do. Unlike in Malaysia, we have lots of restaurants and bars to hang out on this festive day. I had tried to list out the things that people do on Christmas Day and then I googled about it. Bingo, I hit most of it. In the end, we just hang around together in my room a.k.a common room. Until now I could not figure out why everyone likes to come into my room and hang around.

C'est la vie

Richmond Road

13 December 2013

I could get everything done by myself, even in a foreign land. I know I could not rely on anyone because that's life. 

p/s: He came into the picture of my life.

Change

My housing area in Williamsburg

December 2013

I had settled down myself in Williamsburg, my room, my work as a fast food crew, my grocery shopping etc etc and most importantly, I have met lots of new friends and enjoy a lot. 

Watching the change of the tree in less than a month, I was wondering how much America will change me after 5 months. 

Autumn

Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

November 2013

I was born and raised in Malaysia, whereby I only got the chance to experience summer, windy summer, rainy summer or just summer. The change of four seasons for me was something I learnt in school, seen in television and many other sources yet strange.

For the first time, I experienced autumn - chilling, windy and surrounding with earth tone colored trees. 

I looked at the mixture of fallen leaves, every leaf is like a flower and began to wonder, what's the story behind these leaves. I think those leaves tried to tell me their stories. Through the crunching sounds under my feet, through the autumn winds or maybe through their colors. I don't know but I know I fall in love with the colors of autumn, as if a wise elderly man telling me to keep calm. 

American Dream

Airport

11 November 2013

From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I took the longest flight of my life, flew all the way to United States to participate Work and Travel USA. For the first time, I traveled to a place thousand miles away from home alone. I was extremely excited for my upcoming adventures in US yet missing my family already. "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."Keeping Andre Gide quote in my mind, I was physically and mentally readied for my five months odyssey in America.