it's gonna be a bright, sunny day

my study group downloads gigabytes of movies and other pirated software, burns it, but doesn't necessarily use it.

i walked around today cuz it was a gorgeous day. i found a chinese grocery store and got a jar of korean-style kimchi. for all you doctors and nurses out there, kimchi is not dangerous. so get over it.

so i basically hiked around trying to better know my community around my hotel. funny because my brother is hiking around on the other side of the world, in Australia, doing his extreme backpacking thing.

why do people call you so they can talk to you for a bit only to eventually put you on hold. it's the new breed of people with cell phones growing out of their ears. take my advice. when they put you on hold either YOU put them on hold in return, or hangup. honestly, it saves your minutes because they tend to keep you holding for longer than you would think.

New Jersey - Day 4.

I missed the 30 minute window for my flight out from DFW (dallas int'l airport). because of it i waited for 15 hours on standby. it was like the twilight zone in a way. when i arrive in denver, my transfer stop to LAX, i was put on standby for another 4 hours. my flight out of LA to NJ was delayed by Alaska airlines, so i had to be transfered to another airline. after waiting 5 hours i arrive for the 3:59P flight, except there was only one problem. the flight was for 3:10P. how i made that mistake i still do not know. very fortuantely the airline rep. was nice this time around and waited for me. i made it, and then i arrived in NJ 20 minutes till midnight. it took another 2 hours driving around in a fake cab until i finally arrive at my hotel.

my other meals are all rations. instant-food type. just add hot water or microwave or just open and eat. im talking cup-ramen noodles, canned pickled sesame leaves sardine-style, instant prepackaged korean rice, and as of yesterday canned tuna and vienna sausages. this beats eating out every day. and because of this terrible diet my body is demanding a day or two of detoxing via some form of fasting. i think i am experiencing problems either in my liver or more likely my gall bladder. wish i had pictures to prove all this, but i forget my the cable to transfer pictures.

from East Hanover, New Jersey.

i think it's been a while, but i think i should write.

flying over the country on the night of the nation's birthday (4th of July) is pretty spectacular.
im 85% complete w/ Candice Millard's 'A River of Doubt', a true adventure story starring Theodore Roosevelt. New Jersey weather is nice and so are the people. even the fake Eqyptian taxi driver in his bogus taxi cab who drove me around town before dropping me off my hotel for 150 clams but only after getting pulled over by mad cops because of his shitty Brooklyn-style driving, even he was incredibly nice. spending a week at an all-inclusive sweet 5-star hotel in Cancun can make anybody spoiled, even somebody painfully down-to-earth like me. this hotel in New Jersey feeds me like a king, but only for breakfast. it also keeps me well entertained with its two movie channels. going to school again is fun. not sure how im going to spend my first weekend here in the big NJ. i suppose getting an early breakfast like a king and then going back to my room to study for the monday's exam isn't a bad place to start.

hasta.