leaving penn

time really flies. can't believe i'll be home in 10 days. after almost 4 months (only nick knows the exact number of days, heh.) away from home. on one hand i'm ready to go home to family, friends and life; but on the other hand it feels like i've been away for so long i can stay a few more months to travel, except of course i won't have enough money. and i actually feel sad to leave america.

my last pay check came in today, wonder how much i got since i didn't work as much.

drove south to philadelphia today. planned to wake up at 6.30am, but as usual we couldnt wake up. left the house only at 8.20 and got there at like 10.01 or something, just minutes late for the early bird parking. so we had to spend $14.50 on parking for 12 hours, instead of $9. sigh.

we visited independence hall, the very room where the declaration of independence and the constitution was adopted.
did u know that john hancock was the president of the declaration of independence; while george washington was the president of the constitution?


saw a man telling stories under a tree, but we didn't dare to sit down cos it was all kids. heh.
it was time for lunch, we HAD to try the famous philly cheesesteak, cos we had so many fake ones in NY and Ohio.

here it is, cost us $6.10 each. heh.

visited the US mint, after i walked to the car and back to the mint about 5 times, in the sweltering heat.

trip1: debbie, ambrose and i walk back cos we cant bring our handbags into the mint, so we had to leave out stuff in the car

trip 2: we walk back to the mint, only to find out that we need photo IDs, and i had left my passport in the car

trip 3: debbie and i walk back to the car, in the sweltering heat, again. my face was all red by then. ambrose went into the mint first.

trip 4: upon arriving at the car, we realised that the car keys are with ambrose. i had to walk back to the mint to get it from him while debbie waited at the car, and fell asleep on the trunk.

trip 5: i return to the car from the mint with the car keys, while ambrose goes in for a second tour.

trip 6: debbie and i return to the mint, and we finally get in at 2.50, with only 10 mins before it closed.

mind you, the distance between the mint and the car isn't short. it's a good 10 min walk. i stress again, in the sweltering heat. (did u read about the heat wave across philly in the news?)

*crap the pics aren't loading, and it's 3.38am. we need to sleep cos we need to go to NJ tomm*

to be continued...