10 things I learnt in USA

1. The carts in US airport are not provided for free.

At first I was shocked when I saw Seattle Tacoma Airport actually charge people 5 bucks for using those cart to pull their luggage. Same thing in New York, they dun offer carts for free in JFK airport as well.

2. US people say excuse me instead of sorry

When I was discussing about how to differentiate between Canadian and American, the only difference we found was that they dun say sorry when they accidently bump into people, they say excuse me instead.

3. New York is not as pretty as how it is potraited through media.

In Chinese proverb we say "Gold outside, bad things inside"(I know its a bad translation)

I was hoping to see like the real "New York City" as what it looks like on TV, and I failed. Everything town or city has its own flaws, even the biggest city in the world.

4. Count down in Timesquare is overrated

Maybe people just enjoy the crowd, but I am not really enjoying it. I would prefer more show on the stage rather than just show the crowd some ads and MTV

5. Washington DC might be the city that I will end up living in someday

Some town have its own kind of attraction, this one just fit me best.

6. US people appreciate their history a lot

People can queue for like two or three hours to see a piece of constitution made 200+ years ago.

At some countries, people will only queue up to buy lottery or toto.

7. Travel to some boring places can be fun if you are with the right people.

8. In Malaysia, talking about politic and government is what you wouldnt want to do, but in US and Canada, its the only thing they do.

9. People in US are generally fatter
The result of consuming too much fried food. You can see an overweight people in every four person I guess. Thats why size XXXXL is never too large for them.

10. The tenth and the last one, 路遥知马力，日久见人心.

You will never know someone enough until you really get to know them. lol. Both good and bad side. :)

Turning 21 somehow means a lot to me
I think its time for me to think about my life now.

Past
Present and
Future

Choice to be made and fear of everything to be lost.
The brave action to be done, the glory song to be sung

Its late in night and I cant sleep.

Christmas night makes people miss home. And I am here in New York blogging

Merry Christmas people :)

More update on New York trip soon.

When you compare the last year you and this year you,

you will always find a difference, or differences.

Its not until this year that I found I had actually settled down

I am not again acting like a little kid who miss home every moment abroad.

I somehow already get used to what I had here.

Not that I forgot how my previous years were like, but its just that I recognized something new into my life.

Waking up to study, going to class, meet new people is like a daily routine for me here.

Truth to be told, I will definitely miss here if I am gone.

I mean of course there is a reason why Vancouver is one of the best city to live on Earth.

The first year me was a totally novice of how to live out a life here.

Second year I start to get something from what fate had brought me to.

And I am sure for the next year, next next year, I will learn more and more

Like what the proverb said
"Learn for yesterday, live fore today, hope for tomorrow"

I just realize that there is actually someone who hacked into others account trying to get some money from that account owner's friend. Seriously I think the conversation of the hacker is stupid. Like seriously stupid kind of stupid

6:57am Pamela
hey
are you there ?
6:58am Lee
yes?
6:58am Pamela
how are you ?
6:58am Lee
pretty good
6:59am Pamela
am not too good
6:59am Lee
having rxam or something?
*exam
7:00am Pamela
am stuck in London
got mugged at gun point
7:00am Lee
you at london now?
7:01am Pamela
yes
7:01am Lee
is it like on a vacation or?
7:01am Pamela
vacation
all cash,credit card and phone was stolen
7:01am Lee
thats too bad :(
u alone?
7:01am Pamela
yes
7:02am Lee
wow, so u went there alone eh
have u contacted embassy yet?
7:02am Pamela
It was a Brutal Experience but Thank God i still have my life and passport saved
7:02am Lee
yea, it sucks
7:03am Pamela
my return flight leaves in few hours but having troubles sorting out the hotel bills
I need your help /
7:03am Lee
if u still have ur passport why will u got stuck in london?
o, ok
7:03am Pamela
wondering if you could loan me some few $$ to sort out the hotel bills and also take a cab to the airport
I promise to refund you tomorrow please
7:03am Lee
lol
do u think its possible that i will do that for you?
i mean no offence but i duno you at all
7:05am Lee
And i know its a new kind of scam
so fuck off and stop being a jerk trying to get money from other people
cant you get something better to do instead of being such a punk?
You don't have permission to chat with this person.
seriously u need to do better than that
its so stupid

The next thing the hacker blocked me out from talking to the account owner anymore. Poor Pamela.

Post this up so that you guys will be aware of such scam. Sometimes our friend might really need help but please be sure who are we really talking to before we helped.