MUSE - US Chicago Resistance Tour 2010

At first we called it as Backpackers...

The day started on March 12, Arin one of our Indonesian buddy send us to COTA bus stop at Columbus OH.
The Megabus ticket was at 11am in the morning.. and as early as 8 we already woke up because Athens to Columbus took approximately 2 hours driving.


Arrived at COTA around 9.40. Arin speed up and we didnt expect to arrived there in an hour.. Coolness.. thanks arin.

From KL to AThens to Columbus.. I think we are now a bit kampung. Looking at all high-rise building, we impressed.. what a life. but at least we can save money to visit more big cities. for you Ohio University. We slave our life to be there..

As our Megabus arrived, we enjoy the 6-hours of journey. We left the states of Ohio and entered Indiana and finally arrived at Illinois the state where the Chicago is located.

We stop at Union Station.. I'll tell about it later.. Because we had some actions there before we went back the next day.

Then we changed our clothes and headed to Union Center where the MUSE concert was.


United Center~ Awesome MUSE!
The stage was a hydraulic and it moves up and down based on the music. So as the drummer spinning around us. There are so great!! No words can be describe!! omg~

I still remember when I was in Diploma, Muse held a concert in KL but I didnt make it because the ticket sold out 2 months before. I was so sad and yet after 5 years waiting.. its so worth it! Thanks for giving me the chance. Bak kata orang melayu" kalau da jodoh x kemana" hahah. gaya mcm jumpa je. its ok.. im so satisfied! Thanks chicago.. Thanks uitm sebenarnya.. heee~

And I also bought the T-shirt, MUSE US Resistance Tour 2010! USD 38.. mahal tapi x pe. layan je. x makan sebulan. yezzzzaaaa~~

From United Center to Union station we line up in a bus full line of people. As we waited to get in, ada budak melayu jerit...

Woi, melayu ke?
Then i sambut" Aah melayu la"

Ada jugak melayu kat sini..
so we kinda blur with the bus routes, and i yelled at them to ask for information.
Rupanya budak Melayu dari Indiana Uni. There also knew nothing about the bus. So, eventho x kenal sapa.. so, nice to meet you guys.

We planned not to stay at any hotel because we want to stay up at the Union Station. Chicago is one of the city that has a problems with Hobo or homeless. So, we knew that staying at Union Station may cause us to be labelled as homeless but we said that lets pretend elegant and smart eventhough we stay at the Union Station. While waiting at the Union Station, there were some hobos being chased out by the police. There were also few womens and children looks like hobos. we stay at one of the fountain and suddenly realized it was not a good idea to stay there for 6 hours and not sleep or lay down on the bench. From that we decided to find pay phones and wants to call one of motel suggested by our supervisor, Atnhony and the name of the motel is Ohio House Motel.

As we walked into it, one of the police stops us and said "Im not done yet' dont move" How do you get into this place? Are you break in here somewhere?

We are stonned and looking at each other. We told the policeman that we want to find a pay phones to find a motel.. he didnt believe us...

He said, Wait here, Im gonna check the door upstairs. Ive locked the door and i dont believe you guys.

He thought that we break in in Union station. Actually we were there almost 30 minutes. Than he said.. I dont believe you.. How you get in? We said that we were there almost 30 minutes.

Thank God he believe Us. If not we can be charged as Attempt to break in~ nasib x kena tangkap... mampuih kalau kena.fuh~ alhamdulillah.

Then he brought us to the entrance and stops a cab and we headed to Ohio House Motel in Chicago-(mana--mana pergi pun Ohio gak.. x da nama lain ke)

So we went to the Ohio Motel House. USD 140 for 6 of us. Ok la.. one person$25.. huh~

The next morning we went to the Millennium Park where it is a center of attraction in Chicago city. Its a place where u can find several designs and arcs made by architects around the world. This is one of my aims in Chicago trip because I have seen in before in internet. This place is beautiful.

We then went to the Union Station because our ticket was at 11am. We headed to Union station doing something else like grabbed a fridge magnetic with Chicago on it and few Chicago souvenirs.

Talking about Union Station, do you know why we are so into one of the stairs?

The bus stops at Union Station. Its one of beautiful bus station. It is popular with one of the stair where Kevin Costner had killing mafia scene in the fil called "Untouchables". Our kakak here in athens, Kak hanni told us about this. Eventhough I have never watch before the film, i just made up my mind to stop at this place and took pictures. Its in the movie tho~ so why not we grab this opportunity to go there.. (walaupun x tau pun citer tu, yang penting tempat legend uolls)




Check Out the movie Untouchables- Unio Station scene staring Kevin Costner. heeee~~

Then 11 am until 6.30 pm journey. what a trip for us. Its short i know but its enough and worth it. Chicago.. The Windy City.. I will never ever foget about it.. Till we meet again~ panjang .. x larat nak masuk kan gambar Millennium Park.. soon baby.. soon.. weeee~

Assalamualaikum!

Far far away!!

I have never imagine to go this far.
To see what i didnt see and couldn't see it before and feel it or maybe the cause of my stupidity. who am I? Is this a joke?

Everything comes with reason.
As I perceive it as a chance to know about myself, life and people.
but why is is so hard...

About my place that I have already spend for the entire of my life took me this far to know it more deeply.. Why is it happen? The more closer to the things we live, the more we dont know what the hell is all about.

Dont think that im blaming you.
Its not you. And Its not even we. Its not you neither them. Its Me.
Welcome to the other side of the world.

Athens Ohio- 1st edition

After almost a month in Athens Ohio USA, and now i have time to update my blog. Sorry to whom waiting for it. Really have tons of things to be settled first eventho im online my FB 24/7.

Before that thank you very much kepada yang hantar saya. muah2!


Ayah g solat maghrib time ni.

Mereka yang hantar saya. Terima kasih sebesar gunung~ weee


Briefly about this place.

Its a college town and at this moment full with snow. Lots of country's song bars and i feel like living in the same town with Chuck Norris. Cuma kuda je x da. maybe winter, there all sleep in a barn. Its a very small town which the most happening place to shopping are walmat, kroger and alder beerman.

Majority is White and most minority quite even of amount.

Officially felt the nature.

Wet and windy day.


Facilities

I love OU's library. AWESOME. The books and people so nice and they encourage student to study in the greatest experience. Frankly, before arrived here i've set my mind to do my intern here and back to malaysia and work to earn money money money. But since i came here, it changes because this place make me to futher study. Because it sooo different how they treat students I really want to do so but we'll see. But alhamdulillah i have an opportunity to feel this strength where i realize it become far from me before. S

Food

No way. This is the worst part. NO HALAL FOOD AT ALL. Serious a big problem. Most people that i told about this problem they said that" Alaaa senang je.. masaklah"x kan x leh masak kot.. makan tepung ke apa ke" save sikit bole diet"".... hahahahha... cakap memang senang..

This a cold place where the temperature about -15celcius until 2celcius. We really in need of meat but since there is no proper meat we ate ikan bilis we brought from malaysia and roti and maggi and nasi with shrimp and fish & chips($12). Plus, our room is package with alarm, sprinkler and fire detector. once berbunyik, bomba segala pertolongan datang nak cek. So mmg x da maknanya nak masak. nasib ada fridge and microwave.(hari2 makan microwave mau botak kepala uolls) . Im not complaining.. it just that too many people ask and lama2 pening kepala nak jawab n selalu diorg akan ckp the same response. So i tell u..its not that easy. x pe.

So usually we ate at Diner, Buffalo Wing(sport's bar) and Baker's food court. Awal2 kami selalu makan kat chinese restaurant. Most Malaysian cakap makan nasi and shrimp kungpao or vege. and u know apa jugak jual kat chinese restaurant so we just tutup mata and pilih makanan yg bole makan. but skrg da mual da tekak.

X mahu lagi makan sini. x sedap.


p/s: x larat lagi nak tulis. wait for 2nd edition.

Aufwiedersehen

Fighting with my adik~

Its been a weird day today..

Just now, i was in an emotional fighting with my lil bro.

Its a stupid cats n dogs fighting in front of our house.

n it took quite a few minutes. lama gak la.

cause of fighting: x da issue pun. but everyone is ego n x nak mengalah.

adik yelled with his man's voice while me, I yelled like my mom's voice.. U cant imagine how it is sounds like... only nadia n syefah knows.. huhuhu..

after a few hours.. now i am regret of what ive done.

adik asked for an apology first. etil didnt mean to do that.

so as u. next time mulut tu jgn cepat melahar ek~

next time jgn buat lagi. etil pun sama.

Im sorry too, adik..

Love u so much. xoxo

From Left: My adik, me n Lee.

Merapi Singgalang di Minangkabau...

Im Off to Padang jap.. balik kampung.. Nagari Kapau di Bukit Tinggi Indonesia..
jumpa saudara mara jap.. mak cik nak jual tanah pusaka arwah nenek.. layankan je..
Semoga perjalanan kami selamat walaupun da dpt tau kat sana masih ada lagi gegaran susulan every minute.. Ja wohl!! insyaallah x da pape.. takut gak sbnrnya..

Bye2
Nad: aku g kejap je.. ahad balik.. Tadi aku call ko x angkat.. da tido kot..
Farid :kalau sempat aku msg..
Syefah.. nanti kita carik tanduk yg sesuai utk syefah ..heheh
Najib: Sorry nyah x dpt pungot ko utk 2 ari last editing ni..
A.ren, Jaja, Aci, K.cc, Lee. Pari: Tolong la jeolous.. etil pegi balik nagari sekali lagi.. heheh.. woit.. tgk2 kan kucing2 etil..
Kucing2ku: Abg kucing & Jane... akak g kejap je uolls.. nanti Pari bagi makan..

to The Sasaran's..
(Ayoi, Najib, Saufi, Atikah, Mael) & x dilupakan..chef yg setia Kursya..
sorry saya terpaksa chow..
budget 1 week da siap tp lama lagi rupanya..
semoga siap la hari jumaat ni..
good luck uollss..

Ampun Maaf dipinta..
take care uolls..



~~lalalalalalal~~

Smile everyone.
Its raya time. yeahh..
eventhough assigment mcm setan banyaknya...
bersabar je la..

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Maaf kan segala dosa kami..
Zahir mahupun batin...

Semoga kesihatan dan keselamatan di jaga.
berhati2 di jalan raya walaupun kampun sekangkang kera.

Syefah, Nad & Farid.
Rindu korg sgt.
raya tahun ni still x complete lg kita semua.
maybe next time.

Classmate,
Najib Fido, Aizat, Israq, Fariza, Amai, Adda, Sarah, Mija, Dieha, Naz, Aby, Hana, Tea, Pai, & Atip.

Selamat Hari Raya.
Maaf Zahir & Batin.
Semoga kita semua grad degree dgn jayanya.

Kepada yang tidak disebut. jangan marah.
Selamat Hari Raya.
Jangan Main mercun.
Nanti polis marah
daaa

bernafas lah..

cuti tiada maknanya..
assignment berduyun-duyun menanti..
huhhh~~
semoga semua dapat menghadapinya dengan tenang.
good luck everyone.

internet curi sudah tiada lagi..
terpaksalah berlayar ke tempat lain..
oh dimanakah tempat di kawasan berdekatan Taman seri Andalas yang ada wifi?
Bantulah saya..
sekarang selalu lepak kat starbuck bukit tinggi..
konon.. duit mcm lebat ...
tp x la byk sangat .. tapi yang penting keselesaan..
tp ada ke tempat lagi murah skit??

akhir-akhir ini macam kurang sihat.
nafas macam ada something kacau skit la..
kenalah banyak minum air panas supaya tiada apa-apa berlaku..
n kena jumpa doctor esok.. insyaallah tiada apa.

gym di atas ku..
tetapi tak sempat nak pergi..
walaupun ramai kata alasan..suka hati kau lah..
Tuhan saja yang tahu apa yang sedang diaalami..
tapi yang penting... damien.. takut nak jumpa dia..

Puasa ganti
insyaallah sempat laksanakan..
x lama lagi nih.. risau pulak

Update blog.
tiada isu yang penting tapi saja je update sbb ada org bising.
sebenarnya banyak terjadi tapi tak terlarat nak tulis.

Academic Writing.
Baru jumpa advisor. lecturer baru..
En. Ahmad Faizal.. boleh tahan bapak research jugak..
orang lain da siap proposal.. aku baru nak start..
damn.. kena lebih berusaha ni..

H1N1..
adoyai.. menakutkan..
Ya Allah selamatkan la kami..
Jauhkan la penyakit berbahaya ni..
kami da nak grad degree.. sikit je lagi
Bantulah kami.

Practical.
aku plan nak pergi bernama TV..
Dr. Rahmat kata kena settle kan awal takut x dapat.
bila da jumpa dia kata suruh tunggu dulu..
org bawah buat kerja slow..
orang bawah.. x tau la siapa diorg tu..
marilah kita berusaha lebih ya!
nanti kami x dapat tmpt ...lecehla pula..

Bernafas lah...
Kalau ada salah dan silap... ampunkanlah dosa saya

Daa~~