Well, I had to take off tons of stuff I had before they let me into the airport at Oakland. Even my belt and my shoes, as well as take the laptop out of my bad. I took the Southwest plane to Chicago Midway, the flight lasted about 3 and a half hours, and it was a night flight, landing at around 1am there. The plane was a relatively small one, like those Silkair types, compared to the Korean 777s we sat previously. But there were so few people taking the flight! Everyone had 3 seats to lie in, and the plane looked like it could accomodate 3 times more sleeping passengers! But I guess domestic flights are usually like that. So, I went off to sleep and reached chicago airport.

Oh! did I mention that in Korea, when I was in the toilet at the airport, I barely closed the door before someone outside started rapping at it. And I mean rapping hard, in Singapore, I would call it banging the door. I was thinking, wat the hell? I thought anyone behind me could have seen that I just got in. But anyway I continued doing my stuff, and just before I went out, someone started banging the door again? It was very obvious it was my door, cos it was actually shaking. Now, wat would u guys have tot if u were in my position? Someone who wanted a cubicle when all are full? Some ruffian maybe? I was starting to think that its some korean custom to bang toilet doors when someone else was using them... Anyway, I opened the door, and guess wat? I think there were more than 4 empty cubicles and no queue of people outside!!! GHOST! Nah, if only it were a ghost, I saw the toilet cleaner, yes the toilet cleaner, banging the doors of other closed cubicles. Great huh? I love korea. Dumm customs.

The chicago airport was pretty big but there was this irritating announcement asking people to leave the terminal as its closed from 12midnight to 5am. (It was around 1am at the time) So, anyway I got 2 luggages + my bag, and where the hell was I supposed to go? I didn't even try going out, the temperature I think was close to negative so I just sat down and waited. (I was supposed to take the 6am bus by the way. That's 5 hours!) Anyway, I waited and waited, and about 2am (felt like 10 hours) there was only me and this other chinese looking guy in the terminal. So I went over and talked to him and incidently, he was also waiting for the same bus as me! Only he was taking the 3am bus. Now I had the option of waiting 3 more hours for my bus, or try getting on the 3am bus and risk freezing in Champaign because the bus will reach UIUC at 6am. I decided to take the risk =P

I reached the uni at 6am, and was locked out of the union. It opens at 7am.... wth... they won't even open the door to let us go in... Luckily, there was this small space in between the warmth and the cold, and I was just hanging around there. So it wasn't that bad. The place opened at around 645am (the security guard took pity on me, not the front desk staff, they're horrible in my opinion.) and I waited and walked around inside until 745am where I deemed it safe to go get my key. getting the key meant dragging my luggage a few blocks away in the cold and then dragging them to my room. Which is where I'm typing this post. Its alright actually, I was sweating by the time I reached both places. I have to wear a lot, and sweat cos its tiring with the luggages. Anyway, the apartment looks quite comfortable and I settled in quickly before going out to explore the place.