2nd day (26th Nov, thanksgiving day)
we got up at 9-ish/10-ish...then we planned to go for the ridiculously priced roti canai at Peninsula, a malaysian owned restaurant...even though a PIECE of roti canai is charged USD4, we still want to try....you cant blame us who drove 6-7 hours from a KAMPUNG!!!
but all the shops were closed on thanksgiving day...
too bad...no roti canai...no ice kacang/cendol or whatever they served there!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
so we end up at the nearest vietnamese noodle place for brunch...was reluctant to go but there were no other choices cz we have vietnamese noodles in lincoln too!!!! >.<
but but but!!!!
it was far far far better than i expected!!!
woot!!
*prison break 2* = Duck meat + duck wanton fat noodles soup
have been contacting wan yi see how we should meet up but still fail...cz i dont even know where were we...and what are we going to do....
everywhere we sit down together, i'm the secretary to jot down our "itinerary" but everytime till where should we have our meals we sure stop and wandered off....
so in the end i decided to meet wan yi at MOA (mall of america) after our visit to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden...
it's like a must you visit this in MN cz in almost every students' trip to MN, they will visit this place... :)
there's actually a fish sculpture inside the building
then we went to MOA hoping to do some early shopping!
OMG
car park is empty, shops are not open...
so i tried to contact wan yi again but my phone died on me! wtf!! when i get to contact wan yi she says 30 more mins!
okay so i told all of them to wait for another 30 more mins then we can leave MOA...
when 30 mins come, i called wan yi again!!
and she still cant get a bus!!!!
omgwtfbbq!!
communication breakdown!! =.=" i thought she was on the bus and will be there in 30 mins! i didnt know she hasnt got on to the bus yet...
so we decided to not meet at MOA and leave to tour downtown....
from bloomington we went back to the hotel and parked the car at the hotel and WALKED to sight see the downtown of Minneapolis...
and i just knew that TWIN CITIES of Minnesota consists of MINNEAPOLIS and ST PAUL...Minneapolis is the modern city and St Paul is the old and traditional city... OMG LOVE!!
the city was empty as probably families were busy having their turkey dinner at HOME...unlike us roaming around in downtown...
and one thing i fell in love with this city was the buildings in the city were all connected! they have sky walks connecting every building in the city...WE DO NOT NEED TO WALK IN THE
COLD!!! woot!!!
but at some points we have to get out from the building and walk on the streets because it was thanksgiving...some gates were closed....
BUT we were just a bunch of lucky people to have a good weather to walk in....
then we reached the tram!! OMG LOVE...
okay i sound more and more like a "jakun"..crap! who asked lincoln to not have such cool stuff
so we were there figuring out what ticket should we get...so we end up with...
the 50 cents one!!! HAHAHAHHAHA
and get off the next stop which we could actually WALKED there!!!!
LOL
WE JUST WANNA GET THE HANG OUT OF IT! *treat us as some kampung folks arrive in the city, can?*
so we walked along Nicollete Mall (a street) which was supposed to be quite happening but again thanksgiving day! no shops were open...so we end up back to hotel to grab our cars for dinner...
the dinner place was PACKED....a table of malays!! hmmmmmmmmm...that restaurant serves PORK!!! i wonder why are they even there....?!?! :p
*prison break 3* = PAGODA
see roast duck?!
after all the phone calls with wan yi, all the changes of location to meet
we finally met up at pagoda with yijing and the bunch of wisconsin people! they were supposed to be at peninsula and apparently they managed to book a table there when they planned to close on thanksgiving day....LOL
the familiar faces that did not appear in this blog for more than a year! :)
the nilai intians :)
then we head back to our hotel for a quick shower and left for our shopping "war" at the Albertville Premium Outlet at 930pm...
we checked online that the sales will start at 12midnight...assuming traffic jam and search for a parking and etc, to leave at 9.30pm, 45 mins drive, we should be " in time" for the sales rush...
see the long small little head lights bee line? cute... see how kiasu (scared to lose) we are! we are so much in front! :p
oh wait not very kiasu cz...
there are even more kiasu people on earth! crazy k! line up just for...
COACH!
they brought blankets, chairs, etc just to queue for this coach handbag!!! and they only allow certain number of customers in the shop...
sorry, michelle lam is not that kiasu plus i'm kiasi (scared to die) cz it's freaking cold just to stand there ok! =.=
i know we're mad enough to do midnight shopping and that's what we should experience ONCE IN A LIFETIME but not for handbags...
walking around in an open air outlet, wearing only fall jacket, when the temperature hits single digit or maybe slightly below 0C is really an experience you cant buy!
we ended our shopping spree at the outlet by 5am...and back to the hotel for some rest....
:))))
stay tuned for thanksgiving trip day 3
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