Summer Break: NY and DC Trip!

Happy Sunday everyone!

So I went on a graduation trip to the east coast with my family. IT was their first time here so we were all excited for the trip. We departed a day after my commencement and flew to Buffalo, New York to see the world famous Niagara Falls. We went to the American Falls and Horseshoe Falls. The view was stunning. It was very cold when we went and everyone was freezing because we thought it would be warmer :( We enjoyed the trip except for the bad hotel front desk service.

Gorgeous tulips at Niagara Falls state park

American Falls view from top

American Falls view from the boat

Took the Maid of the Mist boat trip

American Falls at night

Top of the falls

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After a 3D2N stay at Niagara Falls, we took a plane to Washington DC. The first time I came I visited many museums and it took up a lot of time so this time I'm gonna go see the beautiful buildings in DC. We had the chance to stay in brownstone apartment in Columbia Height, DC. The apartment was beautiful and clean. We bought the Big Bus tour so we can tour around DC and it came with the ticket to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. What a deal! We had a very pleasant stay in DC.

US Capitol

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum DC

The White House

Lincoln Memorial

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Now the fun part! NYC yay!! This was my second visit to NYC and I will never get bored to this city that never sleep. There are tons of good restaurants and stores. We took the bus up to NYC from DC. Our stay wasn't that pleasant this time. We stayed in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn, in some ghetto neighborhood. Have you ever seen a gated counter in KFC? Yeah, they have the gated counter in this neighborhood, that's sketchy! Other than the unpleasant stay, everything else was good. We did a lot of shopping at Times Square. We also went to Woodbury Premium Outlet Mall and my family went crazy shopping there lol. We also watched the longest running broadway show The Phantom of the Opera. It was still amazing even though it was my second time watching. Statue of Liberty was closed due to the damage from hurricane Sandy so we didn't get to visit. We can still kind of see the statue at Battery Park. We visited a lot of places and it was pouring the dat we were gonna go to Central Park so we had to cancel it. We had so much fun in NYC, will definitely revisit!

The Phantom of the Opera

Times Square

Wall St. Charging Bull

Grand Central Terminal

Fifth Avenue shopping!!

NYC view from Empire State

MoMA

Thanks for reading guys <3

Class of 2013 Commencement: The End of 4 Years

Happy Saturday everyone! 

GUESS WHAT?!?!

I'm officially graduated as a boilermaker! My commencement was yesterday and we went around the school to take some pictures, okay, tons of pictures! 

Finally my 4 years of college has came to the end. I can't believe I have came this far. I wanna thank my family for coming to my commencement all the way from home. I know the 20 hours plane ride wasn't easy. Thank you for all the supports, mentally and financially. I wouldn't be able to study abroad and finish my degree without you guys. I will always be thankful for what I get from my fam. After all these years, I'm here, becoming a better me. I will always strive and one day I hope I make you proud.

At Millennium Park with my favorite tulips! 

Graduated from Purdue University :)

With John Purdue and bf <3

Mommy 

With our alumni Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon.

I'm done with school!!!

Officially a Purdue grad.

Fam pic

Class of 2013 Malaysians :)

Churro <3

@ Cloud Gate

Purdue Memorial Union

Engineering Fountain

Family <3

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Loeb Fountain!

Loeb Fountain

Bell Tower

Engineering Fountain

Boiler up!!

We are alumni of Purdue!

One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Hail Purdue!

Officially graduated!!

Family Reunion in Chi-chi-chicago

Happy Tuesday everyone!

I'm here in Chicago again but it was different this time. MY FAMILY FROM 10,000 MILES AWAY CAME TO VISIT ME!!! No words can describe how excited I'm.

So my bf, I and of course Churro, my dog went to O'hare airport to pick up my parent and big sista. I was so happy the moment I saw them walking out the gate. Big hugs to all of them. It has been a while.

We went to the hotel to check in and drop off the luggages. It was literally next to the airport. Decent hotel, nice and clean and FREE PARKING! Then the journey started :)

Four Points by Sheraton

Churro becoming so asian lol

We had late lunch at Gyu Kaku, a japanese BBQ restaurant in downtown Chicago. The foods were amazing, order any BBQ meat on their menu and you will not be disappointed. Their green tea ice cream was by far the best green tea ice cream I've ever had, even better than Haagen Dazs one. Downside was a little pricey tho and portion was small. But you get the good foods! We spent around $200 for 5 of us and we didn't leave with a full stomach.

Gyu Kaku

Green tea ice cream!!

Since we were at downtown, we walked along N Michigan Ave. The weather was kinda chilly. We went back to hotel after so my family could get some rests since they flew almost 20 hours to get here.

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After we got some good sleeps, we had brunch at Yolk, one of my favorite restaurants in Chicago. The food portion was huge, we always have some leftovers to bring home. We then went to the Skydeck in Willis Tower. Although it was my 3rd visit, I'm still fear of the height, not as much as 1st and 2nd visit tho, I guess I'm slowly overcome the fear :)

Yolk!!

Skydeck @ Willis Tower

Next stop was Millennium Park and its famous bean, Cloud Gate. Flowers were blooming and it was so beautiful here. I took some graduation pictures here with fam. We then went to Crown Fountain and Buckingham Fountain. Too bad it was too cold to play in the water. We had dinner at Lao Beijing in Chinatown. We were gonna go to Lao Sze Chuan but it was too crowded, line was about an hour wait. Foods was okay.

Crown Fountain

Cloud Gate

Buckingham Fountain

Millennium Park

Cloud Gate

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Third day in Chicago, we had brunch at The Cheesecake Factory. I love their red velvet cheesecake, I think I will never get bored of it. We went to Water Tower Place after brunch then headed to Art Institute of Chicago. We got the discounted price ticket for only $10 because it was the last hour before they closed.

The Cheesecake Factory @ N Michigan Ave

Red velvet!!

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Went dinner at Pizzeria Uno. Love their deepdish!

Pizzeria Uno deepdish pizza