Jalan2 ke Amrik (day 5)

udah hari ke-5 ya ... hmm ... mo bilang ga kerasa, kayanya kerasa deh, banget malah ... ga bisa tidur lagi dong ... pagi2 kebangun nangis sendiri ... homesick, bo! heuheu ... kalo inget, jadi malu ... but anyway, msh ada last day of the conference ni ... jadi, ya berangkatlah kita pagi2 ... eh tapi sebelumnya breakfast dulu deng di hotel, abisan gak kenyang ama sarapan di tempat conference, apaan, cuman fresh fruit sama assorted pastries gitu ... perut indonesia niii ... or maybe particularly me kali ya, yg ga bisa dimasukin makanan manis2 kalo pagi2 ...

after breakfast, we had a nice walk to the conference hotel, and as usual, a cup of starbuck's decaf coffee in hand (yum!), we began this last day of the conference with a keynote speech ...

and with no closure of the conference, we decided to take a trip to the local mall by ourselves, using the bus, of course! after asking around for direction, we went straight to the so-called mall that is the closest from the downtown area ...

selama perjalanan ini, ngelewatin komplek2 perumahan yang ... wow ... so ... foreign-like ... (i was going to use the word "spectacular" or "amazing", but i don't think those can be used for housing) ... sebenernya ga terlalu aneh sih kalo diliat dari model2 rumahnya, cuman, apa ya ... so neat ... so clustered ... with no fences on each houses ... sangat sangat homy ... the neighborhood ... so peaceful ... (from the look on the outside sih ...) maybe the weather also contributed to this scenery ... the cold winter day ... i wish i had pictures of this ...

setelah sampai di mall, liat2 dikit, eh kok laper ya? ya sud, makan dulu aja ... cheese burgers ... hmmm ... enaaak! perut kenyang, lancar deh liat2nya ... yaa, it was a typical mall like we have it in here ... cuman yg menyenangkan adalah, lg pd diskon! woohoo ...! langsung deh kita memuaskan diri melihat2 ...

tapi ga bisa semaunya juga sih window shopping-nya, list titipan msh numpuk soalnya ... jadi sebelum malem, kita cabut dari mal (tanpa beli apa2, yg ternyata turned out to be an advantage later on), kita ke bookstore di tempat lain utk beli titipan buku2 ... naik bis lagi lah kita ... nyampe di toko buku udah malem, mana ga tau di mana turunnya bis, nanya2 ama orang, dikasih tau jalannya pake motong2 taman segala lagi, gelap, dingin, basah pula kaki, sebenernya udah capek banget, tapi dipaksain aja jalan sampe ke toko bukunya itu ...

fiuh ... akhirnya sampe juga di borders ... and as i expected, great place to explore ... sayang lg ga kepingin beli2 buat sendiri selain buat titipan, jadi ya nyari2 titipan lah judulnya ... setelah dpt apa yg dicari, dan setelah puas liat2, kita putusin utk pulang ke hotel naik taksi aja, soalnya udah terlalu malem utk jadwal bis, ga ada yg lewat lagi jam segitu ... tapi sebelumnya beli dinner dulu sih ... wendy's ... original wendy's of usa ... hmmm ... enaaak ...!