Thursday, May 14, 2009

Perjalanan Jauh 2009 (Perkara Menarik)

Wednesday, May 13

12:04 PM - Pretty stewardess tells me "I love your hat" and winks. (May or may not have winked since she was walking away, but that's beside the point since I'm happy to believe that.)
2:55 PM - Seorang budiman offered to trade seats untuk kemudahan aku.
3:18 PM - Kapal terbang taxi guna satu enjin.
5:08PM - Tukar ke waktu CET.
5:15 PM - Pertama kali rasa bahang Austin, TX.
5:39 PM - Bas 5:20PM baru sampai.
5:44 PM - Bangunan Capital Roofing Co. tiada bumbung. Sungguh ironik.
6:18 PM - "Tempat kitorang javang below 40," says Athira.
7:14 PM - "This store sells junk, which is basically what Austin is all about--". "Junk? Austin is all about Junk?" "TAK LAH! Austin is...unique." Athira defends her city.
7:45 PM - "Kucing ni Cina. Nama dia Xiao Yee. Tuan dia Cina," says Liyana about the friend's cat diorang tolong jaga.

Thursday, May 14

11:40 AM - Terserempak dengan Liyana and Amar at Which Wich? Hazwan later on joined us. I get the feeling ni makanan ruji diorang.
4:18 PM - Receptionist at Austin museum of art is seen opening a package containing a Family Guy Season 6 DVD box set. "Sweet!" he said.

Friday, May 15

1:26 PM - "You can't sign Kobe or LeBron to score three pointers for you. It's not like that. It's all your own effort if you wanna get into Jannah," said the imam at Nuaces Mosque, Austin during the Friday prayer sermon.

Sunday, May 17

6:35 PM - Three men talking at a bus stop outside San Antonio. "So, she must've been lonely when he was in jail?" asked one guy. "That's right, but I kept her celibate. Except with me hahahaha!" said another.

Monday, May 18

2:25 PM - Danial katok. We were the only non-White patrons at Mi Tierra.
3:51 PM - "They came from over here", says an old White guy to his grandchildren as he points to the African continent on a world map.
5:29 PM - Danial sees the first Jew in our time in Texas.

Tuesday, May 19

12:45 PM - We were the only non-White patrons of Schilo's
1:02 PM - Baru sedar mustard yang sedap gila contained beer.
2:04 PM - Dua orang pak cik tua guna internet at the library. Sorang layan Travian. Lagi sorang layan MySpace; he just added some 20-someting girl and was putting her top of his friend list.
2:52 PM - Pak guard cool at the Museo Americano Smithsonian who is a Vietnam Vet (MP) talks to us about being Muslim and coming from Malaysia as well as biotechnology.
3:35 PM - Pak guard lain yang muda tells us about CouchSurfing.com.
8:13 PM - Hispanic cashier talks to his Hispanic friend. His friend said "...but then there was talk about her bein' a stripper man. And I was like...whoa. And then she like, smacked me on my dong, man."

Wednesday, May 20

12:31 PM - Terserempak taik anjing kira-kira sejengkal panjang.
2:04 PM - "Hey, some women like that!" said a TSA officer as she checked bags going through the X-ray machine. "Oh, you mean spanking their asses like this?" asks another officer as he makes gestures.

2 comments:

ysmnkml said...

your trip seems to be pretty interesting.

Shazwan Azizan said...

of course :D