Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Residence Inn Marriott, Richmond Heights in St. Louis
i've finally arrived after travelling and transiting for 32 hours. i've also lost all sense of time! frankfurt is 7 hours before Singapore, New York is 13 hours before Singapore AND St. Louis is 12 hours before Singapore. *gosh* i've really lost track of time and don't know how many hours i have gone without sleep.
anyway, a fellow singaporean studying in the same university picked me up from the airport. it was really very nice as i was not expecting him to come. he has a nice BIG MPV which he shared that it costs US$13,000. In Singapore, I believe such a car will cost Sin$80,000? My parents think it would cost much more than 80k... it was also so cool with all the gadgets - he has a GPS which gives you instruction of how to drive as well as a "police rador" sensor. So once it senses a police speed rador, it warns the driver of the presence of police. cool right!
i really need to go to sleep now as i can really feel the jetlag as well as the lack of proper rest. i'm going to the university tomorrow morning to report that i've arrived!
Added Note on 20th Dec.
Oh I must mention about our flight to St. Louis. Taking the domestic flight was really an experience. It was this small 24 seater (3 per row) plane with only 1 flight attendant and the pilot. The plane is so small that you can't really stand up straight without hitting your head! Security screening was also very tight boarding domestic flights - with thorough screening and having to remove our shoes for x-ray. ¶ 12/19/2006 12:26:00 AM
anyway, a fellow singaporean studying in the same university picked me up from the airport. it was really very nice as i was not expecting him to come. he has a nice BIG MPV which he shared that it costs US$13,000. In Singapore, I believe such a car will cost Sin$80,000? My parents think it would cost much more than 80k... it was also so cool with all the gadgets - he has a GPS which gives you instruction of how to drive as well as a "police rador" sensor. So once it senses a police speed rador, it warns the driver of the presence of police. cool right!
i really need to go to sleep now as i can really feel the jetlag as well as the lack of proper rest. i'm going to the university tomorrow morning to report that i've arrived!
Added Note on 20th Dec.
Oh I must mention about our flight to St. Louis. Taking the domestic flight was really an experience. It was this small 24 seater (3 per row) plane with only 1 flight attendant and the pilot. The plane is so small that you can't really stand up straight without hitting your head! Security screening was also very tight boarding domestic flights - with thorough screening and having to remove our shoes for x-ray. ¶ 12/19/2006 12:26:00 AM
