Intermission: Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends and those who are in America!

Thanksgiving celebration originated from harvesting festival, but nowadays it is a day for a family to get together and have food coma. Staple foods are roast turkey, bread stuffing, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and whatnot. 

Or... it is about annual Macy's Thanksgiving parade and the day before Black Friday sale, hahahaha... 

Well, at least for me lah kan, hehehe..  

Might be my favorite this year, Coach. Ada Billy Porter menyanyi kat atas tu, sambil kat bawah diorang buat aksi akrobat.

Yang ni lak Lego punya. Ada K-pop band, NTC7 ke ape tah. Sis layan je, fefeeling muda jap.

TLC! Well, i guess minus L. May Left Eye rest in peace...

Cadangnya hari ni kitorang tak masak2 pasal Cik Abe kijo. Jadi tengahari tadi makan salmon dan asparagus je lah. 10 minutes meal gitu, bila mak nye dah malas kan. Tup tup kul 3 lebih Cik Abe kata dia balik untuk makan malam. Apa lagi, kelam kabut kemas rumah ngan kemas katil. I ni kalau dah malas memang tak bergerak, duduk terdampar ala dugong. Keluarkan lamb chop, I mula buat side dishes...

Taaa daaa... meal derhaka. Kat rumah ni kitorang kureng makan turkey sikit. Kalau lamb tu memang suka, hehehehe... 

Lamb chop, corn bread, cranberry sauce and carrots. Brussel sprout sis tolak tak kena tema dan sebenarnya kurang gemar, hahaha... Aaron suka lah, dia panggil tu Yoshi (dari Mario game) eggs. 

Dessert lak kita buat kek pisang. Banyak pisang dah lebam jadi jangan membazir ok...

Tu je la cerita Thanksgiving kitorang. Nak shopping esok pun takde mood pasal takde benda nak beli. Mungkin nak cari ski bib untuk budak2 ni la kot. Kejap je diorang ni tinggi, mak nye jugak yang kemetot...

Day 1: Death Valley

Hari pertama tu, kami mulakan dengan aktiviti biasa tourist... amik gambar kat signboard, hahahaha...

Rezeki kami pagi tu, pasal tak ramai orang. Ada macam 2 ke 3 kumpulan sebelum giliran kitorang. Selalunya kat situ penuh manusia, kena tunggu dalam sejam gitu. Mungkin pasal malam I sampai tu, Las Vegas hujan. Dah sejuk2 tu orang malas nak keluar kot. 

From Las Vegas we took Highway 160 to Death Valley National Park, CA. Death Valley is the hottest, driest and lowest national park in US. Back in 1913, the US weather bureau recorded a high temperature of 134 degF which is 56.7 degC. Amik kooo... nak salai ikan mesti kejap je.

Anyhow, about 30 minutes driving, we started to see snow capped mountains. Lepas oohh ahhh kejap tup tup... we saw winter wonderland! It was snowing and all the trees were covered in thick snow. Serious rasa macam tak percaya. Macam mimpi. We drove up the mountain to experience snow, and 15 minutes after everything was gone as we drove down. Sampai hari ni I rasa experience tu amatlah pelik. 

The drive to Death Valley took about 2 hours. Entrance fee was $30 per vehicle for 7 days. On the way to visitor center, we stopped by Zabriskie Point.

It was a short walk from parking lot, so ok lah tak sempat semput. After paying our fee and grabbing the map, we headed to Badwater.

Badwater Basin is noted as the lowest point in North America, with a depth of 282 ft (86m) below sea level. It consists of a small spring fed pool of water in a sink that accumulate salts. The water is undrinkable, hence the name "Badwater". Next to the pool, where water is not always present, the repeated freeze-thaw and evaporation cycles gradually push the thin salt crust into hexagonal honeycomb shapes.

Sis rasa. Confirm masin 🤪

Bak kata Aiyu, "mommy looks crazy". Dia tak tau ini standard Asian bila bergambar 🤨.

Tu haaa sea level nya. Jauh kan?

Dari Badwater kami lalu Artist Drive.

Kat Death Valley ni bukit bukau nya semua warna lain2. Indah sungguh ciptaan tuhan kan. 

Cokelat ade, hitam ada, turquoise ada, pink ada, orange ada... tu namanya artist palette gitu. 

Dari situ kami terus ke Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, a.k.a Tatooine of Star Wars. For someone who used to work in Sahara desert, it was ok lah 😅. Get ready to take off your shoes because the sand will fill them up quick for sure. 

We were there around sunset, but the sky was cloudy so we didn't get the chance to see the shift of shadows. 

Time to head back to Vegas. We took Highway 95 and on the way back we saw a donkey by the road 🤣. Sebijik Eeyore kawan Winnie the Pooh tu. 

*to be continued*

West Coast USA

Ok, how about we start with my recent West Coast vacay? Hahahaha... speaking youuuu... dah 3 tahun tak update, tetiba je lupa asal usul kann... like nut forgetting its shell uolsss... dah 3 tahun ni pun, bahasa2 terkini dah lain kan. Ni semua gara2 dak wechat. Sis wechat pun tak pernah download, cemane?

Anyhowww... minggu lepas I ada vacay dengan hashtag #maklepaskandang. Girls trip gitu. Tak le ramai, 2 orang je. Jumpa Nana yang dah bercuti di Amerika sejak awal November hari tu. Ganas ko... cuti sebulan gitu. Nampak sangat pekerja contoh ni, bos kasi cuti sebulan. 

I started my journey with meeting her at Las Vegas. Jakun mak tau, keluar2 kapal terbang nampak slot machines kat dalam airport. Ganasss...

Lepas sewa kereta, I pergi ke Luxor untuk jumpa Nana. Dia tido situ pasal senang nak tengok Bodies exhibition. Korang pernah tengok tak? Best giler exhibition tu. Selamba je diorang potong2 badan orang, siap ada kulit manusia yang dilapah lagi macam ala karpet gitu. Not for the faintest heart for sure. If you love science and would love to see human anatomy for real, please do visit it. 

Bawah hotel ni ada kasino dan restoran2 lah. Kitorang amik2 feel je, nak main sis tak reti. Lagipun kalau nak betting USD1 mesti kena halau, hahahaha... 

Memandangkan I sampai dah malam, kitorang makan pastu tido. Esok tu banyak acara nak merewang, jadi kena rehat daaaa....

3 years...

Pejam celik pejam celik... 3 tahun dah kot berlalu. Ada lagi ke orang tulis blog zaman ni? Rasa macam banyak je nak sembang tapi tak tau dari mana. Sat haaa.. kasi fikir dulu...