First Days in America
The first thing that struck me about America as we were flying in was how low-lying a lot of the buildings were. It was a tremendously huge difference from Singapore whereby you'd see row after row of flats and high-rise buildings. And the transition from the farmlands to the city was something to behold as well - wide empty expanses of varying shades of brown with a smattering of buildings here and there gave way to incredibly neat rows and clusters of houses and mansions in the suburbs, before finally exploding into multi-storey buildings that heralded the city. Honestly, I felt like i was watching a real-life simulation of SimCity; irony being that SimCity is a simulation of a real-life city, heh.
Sitting in the cab felt like bizarro world as well, as, apparently, left is the new right in the States. And I think i finally appreciate how cheap taxis in Singapore really are. A quick drive from Wal-Mart to our hotel/residence-inn-thingy would have cost us around USD5, except that every extra passenger adds USD1 to the fare. And it was pretty hard to get a cab too.
Speaking of Wal-Mart, the place. Is. Ginormous. In fact Giant needs to turn in its name cos compared to Wal-Mart, Giant is a fucking midget. There was seriously a lot of things that you can find in Wal-Mart, from books to clothes to toys to food, and that was just the tip of the iceberg. Honestly, I think I could go crazy shopping for groceries, haha.
Aand the Marriott Residence Inn is absolutely beautiful. It's a two-storey suite and it has everything - an oven, stove, microwave, fridge, dishwasher, etc etc. And the staff are incredibly helpful and polite. Honestly, if I were to ever come down to Oklahoma City again, I'd love to stay at the Marriott Residence Inn again.
So that was the first day here in the States. Many more to come :) God, I hope I can survive the weather.
Sitting in the cab felt like bizarro world as well, as, apparently, left is the new right in the States. And I think i finally appreciate how cheap taxis in Singapore really are. A quick drive from Wal-Mart to our hotel/residence-inn-thingy would have cost us around USD5, except that every extra passenger adds USD1 to the fare. And it was pretty hard to get a cab too.
Speaking of Wal-Mart, the place. Is. Ginormous. In fact Giant needs to turn in its name cos compared to Wal-Mart, Giant is a fucking midget. There was seriously a lot of things that you can find in Wal-Mart, from books to clothes to toys to food, and that was just the tip of the iceberg. Honestly, I think I could go crazy shopping for groceries, haha.
Aand the Marriott Residence Inn is absolutely beautiful. It's a two-storey suite and it has everything - an oven, stove, microwave, fridge, dishwasher, etc etc. And the staff are incredibly helpful and polite. Honestly, if I were to ever come down to Oklahoma City again, I'd love to stay at the Marriott Residence Inn again.
So that was the first day here in the States. Many more to come :) God, I hope I can survive the weather.