so i decided to do something rare, which is to blog about my travels. no photos yet though (which means never), because i'm travelling and lazy to upload.

day 1 of philly was...interesting. left kingston at 11pm, drove to philly. amazingly enough, the approximately 700km journey only took us 6 hrs, which was surprisingly fast. which i attribute to the fact that the roads were totally empty because of thanksgiving (more on that later). first time ever that i cleared US customs so quickly and efficiently, mainly because my friend driving was american. then came the 6hr drive which passed really quickly because of the awesomely good music (please go listen to passafire, is nice!) as well as the fact that i got to drive! nobody died, so yeah, i'm not that bad a driver. and it was an exciting first drive, through rain and wind, fog and darkness, i think we commented that the only things lacking were sleet and snow. and random roadkill of course. talk about a memorable first drive in US.

then, arriving in philly at 5am, i realised it was a tad bit early to be waking up my friend, so we stopped by for, can you believe it, PHILLY CHEESE STEAK! (joel lim i dunno what philly cheese steak you eat but the one at Geno's was pretty damn good! well, except for the hot sauce, which i suspect contained jalapenos) an excellent introduction to philly. that and the hoagies. basically think subs, but with meat, cheese, onions, oil and maybe vinegar. unhealthy, but tasty. and the bread is damn nice too! oh yeah, and my friend didn't wake till 7 so i spent my first few hours in philly outside the house napping and reading law notes. abit the sad. luckily it wasn't as cold as in canada, otherwise die already.

daytime nothing much, usual touristy stuff, then my american friend invited me for thanksgiving dinner! awesome. my first ever authentic american thanksgiving. although giving thanks at the table was kinda strange. but the family was really nice and friendly and the atmosphere was fun. (the beer and wine and alcohol helped a lot too) no photos because i was too busy eating/drinking/playing foosball. food eaten includes several rounds of ribs, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, bacon, ribs, and much discussion over whose ribs recipe is better over the dining table, which led to a scheduled showdown in december ala iron chef. alas, i will not be there to judge. oh, and i sat through 2 NFL games. uhh.

and that results in where i am now, in my friend's very big room with the guitar and the TV, watching leopard seals eat penguins on animal planet, having missed my last bus to NYC, and having to wait till tomorrow morning. which means that i kinda missed the 4am black friday shopping. so sad. but the RIBS. omigosh.

p.s. eh philly is quite nice la, joel why you make it sound so sian.