The 30 hours :-0

September 09, 2011

The 30 hours :-0

HOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :D

Fiiiuhh.. Finally I am BACK! :D

Beeen soo looooooong. Soorry ehehe:"Dv

Honestly, my head's going to break when am thinking of what story is the first to write?? TOO MUCH STORIES!! Haha. And a brilliant idea came up! I will write the stories (since the VISA things at SURABAYA) based on my photos album at facebook. LOL. Sounds good? ;)
Yeah, uploading pictures is the fastest way to update my happening-things around to my family and friends. One picture describes thousands words. Right? Ehehe. Yeah yeah, I'm trying now to tell the stories BEHIND the pictures. One word can be described by thousand pictures ;D

As you read the title of my posting is: The 30 Hours! What's that??? Yup, 30 hours of my trip from my hometown Kupang to U.S.A. What a trip!! Actually it's not really 30 hours flight, but it's the accumulation of (almost) the trip.
SO, after I passed the Visa interview. Resigned from the office. Farewell parties (a lot of them! ;D ), and heading back to my HOME TOWN: hardROCKcitie KUPANG - East Nusa Tenggara!! Fiuuuuuuuuuh.... Finally after 6 years left home, I am back! Packed all my stuffs into 5 big boxes + 1 motorbike and sent them home :D Spent my 2weeks there, enjoying my HOMIE being, culinary tour around the city (nyammiiee), swimming, snorkeling, photo session, meet families, meet old friends, souvenir hunting, being lazy at home (my fave >:) ehe..he..he ), etc etc. THOSE were really really FUN!!! Until I realized that I have to be ready again for another journey, PACKING TIME (again)! Aggghhh :'(

Yeaaah... The e-ticket to USA was sent to me at July 25, 2011. My flight was scheduled at August 01, 2011 . Jakarta to Japan to Atlanta. One week for Arrival Orientation at Atlanta and continue flight from Atlanta to Chicago and Champaign. Only two sentences to say them, but (I guess) there will be more than 10 postings to tell you all the completed stories of the journey!! WOOOOW...!! Haha. Just wait :D

OK the day was coming!!

I packed all things in one 28" suitcase, one sportbag and one backpack. 3 Bags to go :D As FYI, it's only allowed to bring 2 Suitcase for each no more than 23 Kg, one backpack/handbag no more than 10 KG, and one extra laptop bag. Please take a look what's in my bag:

ALL SOUVENIRSS!!

See?? Haha

My 30 hours trip was officially FULL of cancelled flight!! Believe me. My first flight from Kupang to Jakarta at August 31 was cancelled for 5 hours!! No Fun beib, No Fun. Yeah hangin' around at airport till drop. Until the final call for passenger to board. Fyuuuh =.=" I was almost losing my mellow feeling for leaving home. No tears. At all. Kinda fun. Hehe.

...and Finally Jekardaaaaah!! Yihay!! AMINEF gave us one night staying at Alia Hotel Cikini before leaving to US. Spent one nite with my sister, Calliesta "tata" and Bang Julius Situmorang. Had dinner together at the nite I arrived there, was really crazy with the "Ikan sebelah" LOL. Thanks for the treat Bang -- Happy Birthday anyway. Haha ;)

Aggh, Really craving for Indonesian food now :(

....and at monday morning we had pre-departure briefing at Aminef office

after briefing -- pose dulu lah ya *tetep*

...had lunch, shopping for some stuff haven't bought yet (US electricity-contact, socks, indomie, soy sauce, etc etc) and the check out from hotel to the airport at 7pm...

With Tata...

With B'Julz

Check-in stuffs :D

and finally..........

GOOD Bye Jakarta. GOOD Bye Indonesia :') ---

Here is my looong trip itinerary :D

August 01 -- 11.15pm flew from Soekarno Hatta Int'l Airport, Jakarta Indonesia
August 02 -- 08.55am LT (Local Time) arrived at Narita Int'l Airport Tokyo, Japan

2 hours different time between Jakarta and Tokyo (leading) -- it was 06.55am in Indonesia. So the flight Length was 7 hours 40 minutes.

August 02 -- 08.55am until 03.00pm LT transit (I called it exploring) at Narita Airport :D
August 02 -- 03.55am LT -- Take off to Atlanta
August 02 -- 03.35pm LT -- Arrived at Hartsfield - Jackson Int'l Airport Atlanta, Georgia --> I had August 02 TWICE in my life.LOL

14 hours different time between Tokyo and Atlanta (lagging). So the flight length was 12.15 hours.

So, 5hours (flight from Kupang) + 8hours (flight Jakarta- Japan) + 5 hours (transit at Japan) + 12hours (flight Japan - USA) = THE 30 HOURS. Makes sense everybody?? haha.

The total hours for only the flight was 20 hours --> PLUS 10 hours waiting at airport. Good news :D
AND one more! We also spent several hours to wait at Atlanta's airport for getting some of our luggage! Oh boy... I got only one of them (luckily it was my big suitcase) and got the other one day after. They sent it to the Emory University. Where the orientation was held :D I think it was caused by "bumbu pecel" from Razid inside our bags. Haha. SO FUNNY!!

Here some of the The 30hours picture :D