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we arrived at vegas on schedule, and ate joann fetched us at the airport.  even from there, slot machines litter the place already!  we took the shuutle to the polo towers (easily the smallest hotel in the vicinity), and tried to settled for the night.

joyce and i decided to still wander around that night to buy dinner, and we landed into this foodcourt where she bought subway and i ate wendys.   no wonder americans are big, the somewhat regular burger i ordered was triple-layered.  obviously, some of it went straight to the trash bin.

we decided to take some pictures already, so mgm grand, and the new york new york area were made backdrops that night.  we then took the long route around mgm grand (unintenionally), and got back to our internet-less hotel. (continue reading…)

1730 local time. we are now waiting for the boarding call for our connecting flight to las vegas!  nothing big happened from when we lined up to board the us flight from seoul.  oh, except for joyce being stopped at the inspection and got her shoes, clothes, and whole body scanned for the presence of who knows what! ) then when we got to our plane seats, she got excited because the likes of little panda, forbidden kingdom are going to be shown as in-flight video, only to find out that our seat type only shows iron man, indiana jones, movies that she already saw! ) plus her remote control was stuck on its place, while mine was easily retracted from its compartment! )

anyway, having a book to read, i proposed that we exchange seats.  while reading the book, trying to sleep, and eating korean sambapp bulgogi properly, i tried to think of the immigration interview we will be facing (oh, i also managed to see a japanese movie starring who i thought initially to be itou misaki but she turned out to be another actress, who i’ve also seen before).

we got interviewed by this guy (mexican) named meneses, and thankfully the whole process lasted no more than 10 mins! after a little blooper with the automated check in machine, we find ourselves where we are now, munching on a regular cheeseburger from mcdonalds.

we’re back in america!

my three week vacation has officially started!

joyce and i have deplaned in the south korean city of seoul 30 minutes ago.  joyce just bought a sandwich and 2 cans of coke (what else?), using my credit card (7300 won! converter says its 306 pesos) we are now waiting for the boarding time of our connecting flight to los angeles, which is 1 hour from now (departure is 20:20, local time).

my sister said that the airport is just like what she sees in the koreanovelas (as it should!).  i think  it looks like centennial terminal 2.  the only diifference is that the people here have chinkier eyes, hehe.

the flight to los angeles will take 11 hours, and then it will be time to face immigration and the expected questions on why we are travelling to the us of a only now that our visas are about to expire.

joyce just went off to explore the airport.  i guess i’ll think of that problem later.  want to see what there is to see in this airport, too!

was there anything bad said about the combination of the element water and the zodiac sign cancer this year?

seems like most of my mishaps recently has got to do with contact with water. yesterday’s did not exactly start with water contact problem (i mean, i took a bath, and nothing bad happened!), however during the span of the day lots of bad luck happened culminating with – what else? – a watery conclusion.

i guess enumeration would be the best way to dole it out: (continue reading…)

… or with any written language exam for that matter, is that they don’t really cover one’s capability or grasp of the language in its entirety.

i’ve just received my internal jlpt score, and while it is more than what i expected (especially since i was not able to study, and that the night before the exam i spent the wee hours creating a monthly report!), i didn’t get the least bit elated.  i’m really not that confident that i am almost at the 二級 level (yes, my career high stil does not meet the company target!).  my main concern is that i could not really speak nihongo when the need arises (as compared with some of the people here).  i really wouldn’t mind my score if not for how some view the meaning of its value.  unfortunately, i believe there are those who would think that since one is able to get a certain amount of score, one should be able to read, write, and speak in a certain level.  the life of a japanese-owned company employee.

on the bright side, my ever-increasing score disproves my idea that i can’t progress with my japanese.  progress is slow, yes, but at least there’s still progress!

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