EE-KEH
So I found out that a day before my arrival to Ohio, the state caught the edge of a certain Hurricane Ike, and had an awful lot of wind storms. Trees have fallen, one poor car got its windshield smashed by a falling branch, and nearly all the shops have closed due to the blackout (except McDonald’s. It’s always McDonald’s). It’s kind of a miracle that I have electricity, hot water and internet in my apartment when I came back… two blocks away and everything else was out.
Anyhoo, floor’s all vacuumed, lots of dust in the air, and I’m contented now.
Sigh
I’m back, I’m pissed, and I’m very, very unhappy.
Above all, I need a vacuum cleaner. Flies and moths decided to make my apartment their new home, so there are corpses littered everywhere. I’ll deal with it in the morning. At least I have clean sheets to sleep on tonight.
Will type more when I’m less angry later.
All good things come to an end
I’m leaving for Ohio tomorrow. As usual, I’m not going to sleep at all tonight, so I can knock myself out on the plane and hopefully not remember a thing.
Singapore - Tokyo-Narita, Japan
Depart: 6am, Arrive: 2.15pm
NW20
Tokyo-Narita, Japan - Detroit-Wayne County, MI
Depart: 3.10pm, Arrive: 1.40pm
NW26
Detroit-Wayne County, MI - Columbus
Depart: 3.23pm, Arrive: 4.21pm
NW1790
It’s a strange mix of indifference, irritability, and sadness, I think. I just feel resigned this choice is taken out of my hands, annoyed that I have to follow this through, and obviously sad to just miss Singapore in general. Julia and I have made it a point to say I’ll be back in “9 months” rather than “next year”, her computer is a piece of shit so we probably can’t chat on Skype as much as we would like to, and I hope my apartment is still in one piece.
I suppose I don’t mind going back to Columbus… it’s just the flying that irks me. I hate flying now, especially when the flights take 21 hours at the very least to get to my destination.
And I’m also as equally annoyed that I didn’t do the things I so planned to do when I came back - go suntan on the beach, go out and meet with CPC, Green Poem, straitstimes et al…. I’m so sorry! Oh well, at least I made it a point to go to Sentosa with Pea. I remarked to her the resort looks like any amusement park you would see in any other country, and it was quite ironic how tourists flock to these exact same areas wherever they go.
… I haven’t anything much more to say, really. I did want to go into a tirade of my dislike for America (guns, racism and inconvenience) but I’m not in the mood for it… distracted by other things.
See y’all on the flip side (or same side, whatever. Lawlz Laura *waves*).
