America called and I answered

It's actually happening. Tomorrow I leave for America and I'm kind of sitting here in shock. I'm still in shock from when my mum told me she wanted to go to America. For the first time, my parents are venturing on a holiday outside of Asia... or at least the closest variation.

Most of our holiday is with an asian tour group. :'(
The return of massive tour buses and guides who blow whistles and muster us together like as if we're cattle.

THE GREAT VALUE TOUR! Seems legit

The only 'solo' part of our trip is our brief stay in New York. But I still can't seem to escape the tour bus... However!!! There will be 2 days where it's 100% independent exploring, which I've organised so it basically = 2 days of shopping. Can't wait :)

I've spent WAY too much time in one of these buses 

This blog is basically going to be about our 3 week trip to America and I'll try my best to update as much as possible. But I'll just warn you guys in advance, when I was 10 (I think...), my New Year's resolution was to write in a diary every day. I started off well. I think I got up to 4 entries.
Nek minnet - it's suddenly June. BUT I'll actually try and update this blog :)

It feels weird knowing that I'm flying to New York tomorrow, not Malaysia or Shanghai. And honestly, I'm actually really scared simply because we're going to somewhere so different! 

Entire folder of research dedicated to New York
Dodge photo but you can clearly see that I <3 google maps 

My mum's scared that when she gets off the plane in New York she'll get instant frost bite or something - she's been frantically stuffing woolen jumpers into her suit case tonight. 
I think dad's been watching too much NCIS or something. He's under the impression that as soon as night falls, we need to bolt ourselves into the hotel room otherwise some mafia gang will come and just attack us because New York suddenly turns into this chaotic city. Think 'I am Legend' but replace Will Smith with the Zhou's. 

Me, I'm just scared we'll accidentally piss of our taxi driver or a waiter because we forget to tip. 

BUT, tour or no tour I'm just so fortunate and excited to go to the America and I can't wait to get there! :)