As promised, this is my journey to Amerika ;)
Bertolak dari KLIA, 28 Sept, 7.30 mlm naik Emirates Airline. Perjalanan dari Malaysia ke Dubai dalam 7 jam. Transit kat Dubai dlm 3 jam..dan perjalanan dari Dubai ke Washington selama 13 jam.. so, jumlah semuanya, 23 jam.. Lebih kurang sehari semalam perjalanan. Oh ya, beza waktu Washington dgn Malaysia ialah lewat 12 jam. So, sampai kat Washington Dulles International Airport pada 10.00 am 29 Sept.
Ni lah budak2 UTP yg ikut, dan sorang hilang kat situ, Din! SWC Team 2011.. tambah 1 faculty advisor. Mr. Ridhuan Tony. Sir Ridhuan ganti Mr. Am..sebab Mr. Am ada hal x dapat ikut.. Haa, muka x mandi satu hari tuh.. tp still cantek2 n hengseng2 blake op.. huk3.
It was autumn. The beginning of fall season. Of course I'm very excited! haha.. Pertama kali rasa udara negara 4 musim nih.. Matahari tegak atas kepala tapi udara sejukk amat... X berpeluh pun..seriously! and this is where we stay-> the Eldon Luxury Suites! mewah gak.. hehe..alhamdulillah
29 Sept: Hari pertama.
Check in start at 3pm. While waiting, we go wandering around the city..Searching for any halal food restaurant nearby and finally after an hour wandering about, we found this place --> Naan & Beyond Restaurant. I had Chicken Rice and Sprite for drink.. This was my first menu here.. and yeah..delicious! Never imagine I could eat rice in Washington! haha. The cost was about $7 including tax. err, x da la susah sangat nak dapat nasi.. hehe..
At night, walking around Washington city! Most of the shops and mall here closed at 6.00pm or 8.00pm. Wondering that maybe it was a good thing.. so, their night will only be for family..Yang bukak nye, Hard Rock Cafe.. Kebetulan pulak ada concert sket... so, enjoy je lah.. hehe.. just sight seeing ;)
Wanna keep walking..and walking..in this strange city.. but..should get some sleep..yes, should get some sleep.. and I am not jetlag here ;P
30 Sept: Hari kedua
We planned to go to the south of Washington D.C. Since all of us doesn't want to spend any money for taxi, walking is the best solution.! haha.So, the place that we officially had visited were White House, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and National WWII Memorial. but still along the journey we could see lot of building there..like Ronald Reagan and Smithsonian Museum. Just that we don't have opportunity to go in.huhu.. What I can conclude here, most of the design architecture of the building there are mixed from the period of Renaissance and Modern architecture. Sir Ridhuan Tony said, every art and design symbolize the people and knowledge on that period.. and 1 more thing, it was pretty hard to find any stall roadside that sold gift or merchandise..I was thinking to buy some souvenir perhaps..but maybe because it was Washington and the rules of the city doesn't allow roadside stall.. maybe?
White House
In front of Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln memorial
Washington Monument
McGraw Hill companies
3.00pm, SIFE WC was officially begin. So, turn the focus to SWC now.. huhu.. As usual, we had an event, culture fair for about 2 hour before the opening ceremony. During the event, every country will be given a booth where we will showed and promoted our cultures and traditions. We sang, dance and greet each other and for me, the most important thing, walk around and collect gift and merchandises from each countries. hehe. This year, most of the countries promoted their food, snacks and fruits..and yeah, I want something that can be brought home la.. huhu..
Culture fair
Opening Ceremony
Live performance from K'naan, 'Wavin Flag'
New branding of SIFE to ENACTUS.."ENtrepreneur in ACtion"
Keep calm,carry on.. Enactus UTP we are now.. hewhew
1 October: Hari ketiga
The competition started. UMS, Universiti Malaysia Sabah which represent Malaysia this year was in the league 6.
me with enactus UMS having our dinner at Mayur Kabab House.
Malaysia didn't manage to semi final..but still UMS have done the best and we proud of you guys..! =)
2 October: Hari Keempat
The last day to be full utilize perhaps... so, the activity for today was shopping! Macys, Forever21, H&M and whats more? tu ja kut yg sempat pergi nya.. huhu.. and still the competition is on..so, we were like rushing in and out from the hall to shopping complex.. hehe..
I wish that I was a working woman at US right now and have some plenty of money to shop! huhu..Seriously, the price range were quite ok.. cheap for dollars la..but when convert to RM..gagaga.. The rate of money was like RM1= $3.1.. huhu
Back to Enactus World Cup. So, the champion for this year was US. Congrats tuan rumah..
After the closing ceremony, we had our dinner at Urfa Tomato Kabob and datin belanja.. yeay! (jimat duit.. hehe). Some discussion,sharing or so called post mortem for about 2 hours and then went back to suites to pack.
As usual of EWC, post party on 11pm at club ibiza. but, i prefer enjoyed my last night there to sleep.. haha. so tired for the whole day.. zzz
3-4 October
Depart from WD Airport on 3 Oct,10.55am and arrived at Malaysia on 4 Oct 9++pm. Going back to UTP with Mr. Ridhuan by bus. and my story ended here.. :)
Some sort of food stuff that I enjoyed there..Washington and Dubai.
p/s: next year world cup at Mexico~
