Pre USA trip...

2013... a year with many possiblities...

The new year came and went... and in case you were wondering... the stuffs I promise to do before I turn 30 did not get done... hahaha don't ask me which one because I refuse to look at the list that never got done!  :P It's the new year after all... time to start a new list wouldn't you say?

Anyhow... this year is the year that my parents-in-law are going to take our little family on a long holiday... hehehe long awaited hols to USA... ahhhhh.. been wanting to go there since goodness knows when! I can't believe it has been almost 15 years since I was last there... never appreciated the time given to me that time.. and now it took that long for me to finally find a way there.

I still remember when I went there when I was 14 years old... I bought Doritos (still my fav) from a vending machine.. and watch a few boys playing basketball at a nearby court (was staying at Ramada Inn then). The air was brisk since it was spring.

Now I'll be going there with my hubby and baby girl... and I am super excited... hehehe of course I must add that shopping would be great too! :)  So many stuffs that I love here that we can get a super cheaper prices... heheheh

But I must say... getting the visa for our stay was super hard... hahaha... ok it wasn't that hard... just a lot of that and this... for starters... before even setting foot to USA we needed to pay the visa application fee and one application is USD160! So the 3 of us was a costly sum of RM1.5k ++.... then we needed to get our pictures taken and we needed to be careful because they have a lot of do's and dont's on this one... Of course little Miss Shiya has decided that she doesn't like having her picture taken and no amount of Minnie Mouse or pringles (yes.. guilty) can make her sit quietly and look straight at the camera. We had to go to the photo shop twice! In the end luckily the girl was quick to snap a somewhat straight face pose of shiya (her body was tilted towards me) and Alhamdulillah... the picture passed.

After numerous trips to the photoshop because hubby did not make sure that the girl gave us a correct softcopy (which we need to upload in the application)... we were able to settle our application the day before our interview... hahahah there's a another mistake.... we should have completed it BEFORE we set our appointment... unfortunately we overlooked that part (seriously I feel so immature and speechless about this bit). We had the interview scheduled before we started our application... tsk tsk..

We had the interviewed schedules at 10am.. though we got there before 9.30... imagine it took us almost 30 mintues just to step inside... First you gotta queue up to get a number...this is where you leave your IC and show your appointment letter.. next you have to queue up to go in... and they only let it 2 at a time at the guard house... because this is where they scan you and your bag... all digital things will be taken away from you... so if you are scared you'd get bored inside... bring a book. ;)

The first thoughts me and hubby had as we stepped out was.... "wow... hehehe... feels different in here.." (hubby's words) hahaha... yeah... it felt different... though I must say that was silly cos... goodness.. it's not like we were in  Narnia...  :P  I think we were just into that moment... hahaha very like a Japan tourist with a big old cammy taking pics of KLCC... we were enchanted... hehehehe

Inside was more waiting.. oh we had to take out a number... then when the number is called we pass our documents... passports... and waited again... when they call out number again... our finger prints were taken... hehehe... and more waiting... then they call us for an interview... I was really nervous by then... hehehe.. but the guy was nice and didn't ask funny questions... but he scanned my application so many times I was sure I failed. But....he said.. "Maam, you and your child can pick up your visa tmrw.."... I was so happy!!!... Then I was like... errr..... hubby??

Unfortunately hubby fell into one of those 'random' buckets that they needed to do a background check first so he can only proceed to pass his passport when they call... Basically he got the pink slip...  :(

Oh dear...

Both my bro in law and mum in law had to wait so long when they got the pink slip... but hubby got his call  today...! yeay!... so USA here we come... or rather... we'll be there MARCH!  *big smiles*

This is darling Jellybean's 3rd trip... first being the trip to Jakarta... 2nd to Penang... hehehe... 20 hour flight... hmmm.... :)

For more info on the visa... go to...   http://www.ustraveldocs.com/my/