Portland, after two days

Okay skang dah segor bugor to citer2..had good night sleep and i think my body has picked up the timing here. yes love! so i've experienced the jetlag yg sokmo disebut2 tu!! hahaha in fact my dear, jetlag is a topic that i frequently debated with my significant other here as he dont believe in that, he said it's all psychology to which i disagree! haha anyway yeahh he was all alright while i'm the one yg ngantuk2 jugak hohoho so was it really a psychology thing? hehhe

Neway, semalam pagi bangun lewat sampai terlepas waktu breakfast! then kuaq and guess where we went? another large, huge shopping area consist of many major departmental stores huhuuu aku bila dapat tau ja portland (and whole oregon) tpt duty free, maka aku takmau ketinggalan lah kan kan hehehe rather than buying expensive things in LA or SFO, might as well get it here. So ada la hangkut jugakkkkk....si kawan tu hangkut oakley that he's eyed for, for so long for $160 when it's aud271...he also got himself an ipod touch for $145 cheaper than in oz, both of us got ourselves few pairs of levi's 501 for $38 each...ermm ada lar beli sling bag makowsky, victoria secret items which priced less than $15, so hangkut2 la jugakkk kan hihihihi...and owh yeah issey miyake large one at $40 less than in oz...ermm so now tgh pkir nak hangkut ittew coach ker dak..i've been eyeing this gorgeous shoulder bag which is sold at much cheaper price than in aud..dah tgk seploh kali dah you! and ni nak pkir lagi seploh kali nih whether betul or not the decision to buy..so hrmm....pkir ija pkir hehehehe

Then, we just sightseeing around Portland..well, Portland is a ermm relax town if i may say...tak der la busy, and tak nampak cam ramai sgt org laa..it's either the population is small or mmg org tak kuar2 sgt.....and i dont really see that many yuppies around (young urbans)...probably they are working or probably the place i hang out these days are not theirs...but this is city centre. And as for their houses, well..kecik2 jer..tak nampak lagi big exclusive ones, the buildings are also moderate, tak la skyscrapping sgt macam sydney. Perhaps i'll see this in LA and SFO. Ahh another thing is, sini tak la sebersih and neat like in sydney...yanie said last time, to compare LA and sydney, our place looks more organized and good. Portland ni pon camtu laa...

Weather like was just nice....it's spring going into summer here..so nice nice the weather, but we still put on our jackets as it's been drizzling so kinda sejuk. Owh btw, we took bus yesterday, our first time on one..straight to the Washington Square Shopping Centre. Tak abes ronda, it was so big with so many outlets and stores..we only went to the ones that we target to buy things.

Balik hotel kejap and it was still cerah...then kuar balik to take a night walk to Powell's City of Books which located just a block away from our hotel. This place has received many good reviews and as a must go place in Portland. Well, it's a second hand bookstore and very very huge!! Few stories and takes up few blocks to itself! And yes, in it were various categories of books for sale as well as for read where they have a cute lil corner with tables and also coffee cart for visitors to sit and read. So i guess visitors who come here few days and got nothing to do, i think they'd spend their time here..especially when these whites are book people..in other words, omputeh ni org2 yg membaca. Sama ngan in sydney, kita tgk bila depa tgh lepak2 tunggu bus, atas bus, train and sorts..mmg reading takdak keja lain dah.

Owh about places to go in Portland yea, there's nothing much to go here, true. Well..ada la jugak...tp tak banyak...and city dia biasa2 jer. But tell you ppl, homeless people sini ramaiiiiii. Many of them akan approach utk mintak duit like, 'sir, can u gimme a dollar for my coffee' and sorts. Even atas train pon ada yg mintak by chic who are young and okay looking. Ada one time tu, the city tram stopped at one stop bawah jambatan, boyyyy the homeless ppl who sleep under it were manyyy!. Semalam pulak masa tunggu bus tu, ada this black cakap sorang2 and the story he told the passerbys were like a story of himself, citer masa dia skolah dulu kala and also aku ada terdengar about girlfriend and boyfriend and break off, agaknya kisah dia breakoff ngan gepren dia kot heheheh aku pasang tinge jer la dengo citer dia but dare not pusing tgk dia hehehe...

Okay, tu jer lah..ni nak check out from this cheap hotel, and nak check in to another yg mahal sket sbb conference tu held kat situ. Senang sket stay kat hotel tpt conference tu..tp amik 1 mlm jer lah..mahal hihihi. Okaylahh..till later!

~Portland, 8.30am 27/5 Thursday