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It’s a long delayed posting. Was rushing around like mad last week and feeling very down. This flu is bad to have in the middle of winter. Sigh. Plus, the throat isn’t feeling all that well. Urgh. Was speechless and hoarse over the weekend. Thanks to TheraFlu, my throat and nose is on the way to recovery. Although, the coughing fits are making me break out into sweat each time. Sigh. Oh well.
Anyway, let’s start from KL. Boarded the plan at around 11 p.m. at nite and we took off to Dubai, enroute to Newark Airport, New York. Airline meal wasn’t too bad but it could have been a lot better.
On the way to Dubai, supper was :
Smoke Chicken with Cream Potato Salad
Szechuan Chicken
Banana Strawberry Gateau
Wasn’t too bad. I enjoyed it. Then, it was a tiring time of tossing and turning for the next 8 hrs to Dubai. Couldn’t really sleep that well.
The stopover in Dubai was about an hour. Had to take off a lot of things as the alarm was going off every other second. Didn’t dare take any pictures of the airport in case the camera was confiscated by the security guards everywhere.
Supper (again) was :
Nicoise Salad
Nile Perth with Tomato and Corn Salsa with boiled potato wedges in parsley butter and mixed seasonal vegetable. Very nice but then again, I luv eating fish.
Chocolate Fudge Cake
The bread was kind of funny so didn’t take it.
Another tossing and turning session. Been on the plane and in transit for nearly 24 hours and rest is not so forthcoming. Am definintely not going to enjoy the flight back home to Malaysia. Anyway, the sun was rising so it was time for breakfast.
I had the creamed mushroom omelette with hash-brown potato, chicken sausage and tomato. Decided to play it safe.
We were nearly there and I was getting more and more anxious. However, kept falling asleep due to exhaustion. It was not an easy flight, I can tell you that.
Beautiful scenery everywhere. Got some videos so here they are (right-click and Save As… into your computer!):
An interesting spotlight amongst the clouds (1.61 MB)
Below the clouds (2.24 MB)
Landing in Newark Airport (2.89 MB)
Arrving in Newark International Airport, I cleared customs with no problems at all. 🙂 Note to travellers to New York, do not look at the centralized airport departure times. They’re not updated regularly. Look for the TV screens dedicated for each airline. Also, couldn’t find a single CLOCK in Newark Airport. How to know if one is catching the flight on time?
Anyway, was feeling a bit cold and hungry so was looking around for some breakfast. Had some at Famiglia. Needed something hot hot hot. Bagels? Another day I guess. Probably on the trip back.
The final leg of the journey was a 3-hr flight to Dallas-Fort Worth airport. No food served on the flight. Most of the time, I was fast asleep on the plane. Too tired. Anyway, got in into Dallas and saw my sis! Hugs hugs and laughter at the airport with me cursing at the cold. Grab the bags and off we went to eat dinner! Yep, had mexican food at On the Border!
I luv corn chips with salsa sauce! Luv it better with Queso sauce, courtesy of Donnie, my sis’ bf. Pics of that homemade sauce will be up later.
I tried out the Border Sampler which is ‘sampling of chicken quesadillas, steak nachos and chicken flautas. Served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and queso’ as mentioned on the website. Confirmed that I luv quesadillas now. Gotta find the recipe to making tortilla from scratch. Don’t think I can find it back home.
Jas had the steak fajitas. Again, I just love the tortilla. Something about unleaven bread that makes me addicted to them.
Snapshots of the restaurant.
And of course, my sis, Jas. Haven’t seen in something like 3-4 yrs. Time really flies.
Anyway, more pics up later. Still got a lot of KL pics to be posted up but thought I’d post these up first. Am now off to sit on the Homedic Therapist Select Shiatsu Massage Seat which we got at Bed, Bath & Beyond for USD99.99 (about RM400). Granny’s Christmas gift and it’s definitely a lot cheaper than the OSIM Medic Chair (RM14,000!!!).