I nearly died...

There's SO MUCH i need to update you guys!!!! These 2 weeks have been ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!!

Was feeling super stressed the last 2 weeks with all the built-up emo-ness of losing $$ to a situation totally outta my control(final verdict $1.3k between me n wl) and my precious, precious phone :( and not being able to release all that pent up energy coz stuck with exams and presentations..needless to say the 2nd half of this sem pulled my earlier As i achieved for ALL my modules here to a B lest one surviving A module (the one with Brad Pitt). Buangz can.

*SIGH*

Oh wells. It is SEP afterall..and all that crap was pretty much redeemed by our (yet another) ROAD TRIP to Dallas and Fortworth and Six Flags (finally!!) and San Francisco to meet my dear DEAR ol' family!!!

Alright i shall tell the story of how I nearly died in Dallas..bet you guys are dying to hear that one. So we decided to take a road trip down to Dallas on the 21st of Nov, Friday this time with CAR INSURANCE, our main goal was to find this secret, in-the-middle-of-the-wilderness Stone Henge located in a really ulu place. We took 4 hours driving from Austin, and another 2 just trying to find the 'Dead End' sign to turn into a Tree Farm to find a Dark Green Gate to climb over then to walk 300m to find the Stone Henge in a middle of a field.

Seriously. Those were the exact directions given to us (see above). Super adventure man. Coz apparently no, OBVIOUSLY we were supposed to go find that in the DAY, not in the middle of the night but since we started the trip only like noon, by the time we found that dead end sign in that ulu place it was already 8-9pm. Super dark but got sunk costs la drive so long already.

It was damn freaky i tell you. We had to enter this tree farm which was private property, then drive down all the way towards the dead end. We passed by so many gates on the way and kept debating which were green or white; it was just damn funny la. Dallas is like a real cowboy country and it was pitch black and very cold when we drove through that narrow path with wild dogs barking around and all. And Justin sweared he saw this farmer wearing blue waving to him in the farm as we drove past. In the dark! *shiver*

When we finally reached the dark green gate, guess what we saw on it. THIS------>>>>>

LIKE HOW FREAKY CAN.

And we're supposed to be climbing over that?! In the middle of the night at 10pm?! Yeah right. Then the guys thought it was funny arh. Still take pics etc..Beyond this gate was a house which was partially lighted. I didn't doubt some farmer would be coming out anytime with a shotgun at all.

Then we saw a horse beside our car. A real wild grey horse! And Justin took pics with it (of course -_-) when suddenly. The farmer really came out man! WTH i was damn scared la!! Coz we were at a DEAD END remember, at the cross section between two houses - one owning the gate and the other owning the horse, and the owner of the horse came out wearing one of those cowboy hats, then he went to his HUGEASS tractor (those monstrous red trucks kind) and shone his headlights at us. Like. Get the F* outta here.


And the boys were just laughing away, ok i think Justin freaked out coz he was the one standing next to the horse when I first saw the house lights turn on and the farmer march out. Rightttt. Of course we got away as fast as we can. The whole time, my Pa was in my head. I could totally hear him say "Zhe zong dong xi bu yao wan, bu zhi de ni de ming'. ok i wish i have the chinese font but anw that means 'This kinda things don't playplay, not worth your life'. Which i absolutely agreed at that point.

So, as we didn't manage to achieve our goal of checking out the Stone Henge, we decided to set off fireworks. Haha..really! Remember my birthday post? Waikit and Justin got me real fireworks in a box and I didn't have the opportunity to set them off yet so i brought them along just incase there was a chance we found an empty field or highway we could blow them off.

Which we did. Check out this video where we set off the fireworks on some empty highway beside a RV/Caravan park at 11pm thereabouts. Freakin' Cool. Finally some real fireworks and not cheapo sparklers. :)

Alrights, so after that we drove down to Fortworth and stayed the night so we could catch Cowboy Rodeo in that funky cowboy town. They really did up the place with all the cowboy fonts and horses and almost everyone was wearing cowboy hats and boots and going Howdy! Haha ok i made up the Howdy part up but it was nearly there.

Actually i think bullriding and all that rodeo thing was really more like..Animal Cruelty? The poor bulls and baby cows had their heads banged against the gates so they got really riled up and angry enough to either start jumping and throwing off their riders or in the calves' cases, to run wildly in panic while the cowboys chased them on horses to wrap a rope around their necks and legs. Damn pain la. I don't usually support animal cruelty, but we only found out after we bought those tickets. Poor cows!! :(

Here's a pic of the poor calf that was caught..the videos of the rodeos too big to upload la sad..check out my facebook or wl's!

Yup, that was most of Fortworth, besides eating at the Love Shack which was just a really nice commercialized name in the Lonely Planet guidebook but was damn ex and not worth it.

On to Six Flags on Sunday, 23rd Nov. THAT WAS THE BEST THEMEPARK EVER!!!

The rides were CRAZY!!! I loved how all the rides were so creative; Our very first ride - The Rattler - we thought would be an 'appetizer' coz the entrance looked normal and the rollercoaster itself was a wooden structure like Genting those cheapo ones..BUT we were SO wrong! That turned out to be the scariest and the LONGEST ride ever! It had the longest downward slope i've ever taken and it was really rattley coz the wooden structure made the whole ride super shakey and very noisy. I loved the part where we thought it was gonna end, but then we dove into a cave which was pitch black and totally amplified the rattling noise. Awesome man.

Then Superman! We took that ride 3 times! Super huge spins with our legs dangling all over the place but it wasn't as pukey as the Rattler..i actually enjoyed going upside down alot. woots!

3rd best was the Boomerang. Damn cool concept..the coaster got pulled back upwards really high like a slingshot, then suddenly got released so the coaster flew straight forward and went thru a few spins to reach this peak again and stop, then release us backwards all the way to the start of the ride so we got shot backwards through the same loops and to an abrupt stop at the station. Super high can! Very different flavour! :)

So all the rides were like advanced level..almost none of them were beginners or like medium scary. Rocks la just the way i like it :)

Whew, alright long post as usual..will have to save Thanksgiving and San Franc for the next to-die-for blog entry. Stay tuned! Meanwhile, it's back to hitting the books for my presentation tomorrow and an exam the day after :(


3 days to long break before last 2 finals!!!