LETTERS FROM THE LIVING
Friday, January 05, 2007
Early morning, which is like 10am as most were recovering from jet lag, we headed down to Krispy Kreme, a local donut franchise. Late last night we actually went there to search for food, but they were closed. Then we settled for Papa Johns pizza which taste really great! Or were we famished?! Back to the New Year’s Eve special, the donuts were super sweet, a sugar overdose! Small they may be, but they are a dynamite loaded with deadly calories! We had leftovers and soon broke into a game of zhong ji mi ma!! It was a helluva icebreaker too! It was then we can break into more small talk among ourselves and truly get to know one another. All in all, the next few days of traveling around in Atlanta was a fruitful time of bonding and building friendships!
As it was New Year’s Eve, we decided to go to the Underground, a popular hangout according to the hostel admin staff. Then we headed down to Mid Town via the Marta (Atlanta’s very own subway/metro/MRT/u noe wat I mean), and decided to walk around. The sky was pissing rain throughout the day but our moods were hardly dampened by it; as we were driven by the adrenaline of exploration. At the Underground, we were overwhelmed by the Hip Hop culture over at Atlanta (60% Blacks)! Everywhere, the people, dressed like they are the extras or even the stars on MTV. Armed with countless bling bling and baggy fashion, you’ll feel alien wearing normal clothes. Or course, for a metalhead like me, I’m like a fish out of water!
The culture may be a bit hard to swallow, but I am coming to terms with it as other places were not as bad as I thought. First, we went to CNN, Atalanta, the founding place of the news network. It is the junction where journalists from all over the world would stop or gather for so news making. We also went to the coca cola museum, as Atlanta is also the place where Coca-Cola was created! A few of us did not join the tour though. The only thing you get was an elaborate history of why Coke is so famous and you get to try all kinds of weird flavours of Coke all over the world, plus, you can drink all you can!
i can't really be bothered with captions for the photos... but enjoy them anyway cos the Guessing game has just begun!!
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Laid to Rest at 11:45 AM;
