Greetings from US

It's currently 1140am here in Durham, North Carolina, and 1240am back home in Malaysia (bedtime for Malaysians). I'm home alone and have decided to do something productive with my time, hence here I am!

It's cold out, but not according to the fiance. He's acclimatized well, while my face is still peeling from the sheer dryness of the weather here. To me, it's not just cold OUT, but also INSIDE the apartment. Brrr. The heating feels like air-conditioning perpetually set to 16 degrees celsius. I can wear jeans inside and still feel chilly and stick my hands into my pockets all the time (unheard of in Malaysia). COLD COLD COLD. But I'm slowly getting used to it. Slowly. Like how my body clock is adjusting to the time here. It's my fourth day here and I still got up in the middle of the night last night. =P

Weather aside, Durham is such a pretty town. I really love the architecture and how everything looks so quaint. Duke University is really scenic too. Plenty of nice backgrounds against which to take pictures (People have to fly halfway around the world to get scenery like this for pre-wedding photoshoots - and I'm here already anyway!). Unfortunately I find taking pictures of things easier than taking pictures of myself and Jia Wern, so I don't have any of us yet. To my disappointed Facebook friends, we'll get those, one day. Patience, hehe. Here are some photos of buildings to console you. =P

Duke Chapel

Duke Chapel, again. But from a different side. :P

No idea what this is, random shot.

Another random building.
All these photos were taken within the Duke campus. I have no idea what I'm shooting most of the time, but the buildings are pretty and that's the main point. xD

Dad said the place is beautiful too, so I may consider migrating over. RANDOM.

Okay I'm getting cold AND hungry (because it's lunchtime) so I'll sign off first. Oh talking about food, the fast food here is SO GOOD. Yummmmmmy stuff. Guess you can't ever beat the originals. =D


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