For now…
It’s au revoir, United States of America.
When it comes to travel, everyone has a story and here is my first story in Orlando, Florida.
I don't see myself as the adventurous sort. I am picky, extremely picky and spoiled. I have no clue how to read a map. I am scared of dirty places. I have no clue how the bus schedule works etc. There are probably 100 lists of things that will piss me off but somehow I survived. Learned a lot and it is truly one heck of a journey.
The first thing I notice upon arriving in Orlando, Florida is the roads and traffic. The roads are so wide, there are no high, and I mean really high rise buildings. Its just shops lots everywhere and they are so far apart. Trust me, it feels like Ipoh, Perak. Wait! It is worst than that. In order to travel from one place to another you have to walk more than 15minutes under the hot sexy sun. If you don’t have a car, everyday will scream for the word “mother chucker”. Pretty much that is what I do everyday once I wake up. From one ulu place to another more expensive ulu place, I guess.
Of course, no doubt the people from the more expensive ulu place are very friendly. Practically everyday, they are all bright and hyper. Sometimes I think they do fake their friendliness.
See what I mean. I am picky and I love to grumble.
Sea world. It is like a mini zoo-theme park. I love the dolphins, Shamu, penguins and my all time favourite the Beluga! The very first thing I will do once I start my shift is to check out pictures from the Shamu show and the Beluga Interaction. They are amazing!
My typical day for the past three months was something like this: wake up, tv-cook, work, and internet-cook/take out then head to sleep land. Sometimes I do hang out at apartment 5103, have late gossip session, movie night, grocery shopping at 12 in the morning and etc. Sometimes I get back late and all I want to do is jump on my bed.
The job is almost the same from my previous jobs; just that the people and culture are a little different. No big changes, it is nothing like what I expected. Afternoon shift. Duh! I loved my shift; I am never a morning person. During winter, it is pitch black at 6pm and I usually get off at 7 or 8pm. Like I mentioned, no-car-dilemma leads to my-heart-stops-every-minute when I walk back home, alone at night. Fine, I hated it. My hours can’t cover- zero part of my living and travelling expenses.
On top of that, I am not really close to any of my co-workers (the local) due to the constant changes of work area. I get to work around the park until January. You must be wondering, what about the Malaysians that I worked with? I prefer to not talk about it. Later in December I think, I meet friendly and funny Brazilians. There is Robson the cute one, Tamara my gossip buddy, Jorge the funny guy and Renan the serious one. I did enjoy working with them. There are times where we don’t understand each other, but still it was fun. Oh! and one from South Africa, Nthabi. She’s a darling, sometimes.
Love them to bits.
The good thing about the movie theaters in Obama land is, you pay once to watch everything. We often go there in the evening and head home in the morning. That’s our favourite hang out spot. And our favourite makan spot is Sizzler! It’s a cheap buffet and edible. The food? Nothing to shout about.
There are many places to go around Orlando but the only place you would want to avoid going is probably down town. It is scary. I remember every time, okay twice maybe? I went to this shopping mall, Mall at Milennia. There is a shooting reported the next day. I was speechless.
Okay, here is a summary where I’ve been. I must say, I spend most of time in the malls instead of going to interesting places.
1. Disney, the four main theme parks. Magic kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Disney Hollywood and Ecpot.
2. Universal studio
3. Islands of Adventure
4. Busch Garden, Tampa
5. Discovery cove
6. Disney downtown
7. Pointe Orlando [movie+shopping]
8. Prime outlet [shopping]
9. St. Augustine
10. NBA games, downtown
My 10 most unforgettable memories in Orlando:
1. Grocery shopping at Walmart and Publix with the boys.
2. Late gossip nights in 5103, Felix and Darrell room.
3.Gossip night at my place. Swirl and Queen B woke up my house mates.
4. Eating Chinese take out with the boys.
5. Movie marathon with the boys. Best experience is Marley and Me. It was classic.
6. Crashing in the bak kut teh session.
7. Watching Dead Silence, horror flick in the dark with happy people.
8. Insane shopping and bobba tea hunting with the girls.
9. Waking up at 5103 and shocked the residents
10. 6 people screaming at me because I want to buy a $1,500 Burberry bag
Shane, Lee Ming, Darrell, Felix, Charmaine, T-Yee and bing.
Gosh! I heart them.
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