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Arrived safely in USA!! The saga begins....
10 years ago
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Oh boy, am I jetlagged...What a trip back over here!
The direct flight over was alright, I had two lovely people sitting beside me who talked to me a lot and the in flight entertainment actually had good stuff on it this time - on my flight back home last year it was so boring xD I watched Inside Out which I loved so much and yes, I did shed a tear or two. Damn, that movie was powerful. And I binged on Family Guy, Bob's Burgers and Top Gear. Food wasn't too bad either for plane food. I also only got an hour or two of sleep T.T
Now, for what happened at LAX...gosh...I got through immigration fine, standard questions were asked, collected my luggage from the carousel and went through Customs. That's when it started...oh boy. After I got to the desk and handed over my passport and forms, I was told to go to another line instead of going straight through to check my luggage like last year. I was confused but did as was said.
That line was to Customs and Border Protection...the guy there went through all of the things I had in my luggage, my carry on and checked through my phone while questioning me intensely (what I was doing in the States, who I was staying with, what their names were, what they did for work, what my job was etc), as they were under the assumption that I was possibly coming to the US to work because it was a two month stay - the second in 13 months - or that I was sneaking in to live or something? The guy said that they pull people aside like this all the time and that it's random but yeah...Like, he was pretty chill and all, he wasn't mean and got me relaxed a little bit by talking about Marvel, DC and Pokemon because he saw my Marvel fandom shirts and Pokemon games. He also started telling me about this awesome comic that he loves which I'm now interested in reading. He also showed me pictures from the comic and people cosplaying it on his computer which was pretty cool xD After going through all my things and he was satisfied that I wasn't coming into the States for the wrong reasons, that I was actually coming over for a long vacation, I was let go to carry on my way.
I think I was more annoyed at the fact that he messed up the organisation in my luggage than anything else. xD
It was a pretty terrifying experience to be honest as I don't do well with situations like that and I was almost quite literally sick afterward as it had shaken me up so badly. :(
I then checked my luggage through to Denver and went on to the next terminal for my domestic flight and waited for five hours during the layover, in that time I sketched some little doodles of Pom, got a much needed coffee and talked to some fellow Aussies who were catching the same flight as me.
By the time my next flight left, I was to tired to read or draw so I talked to a lovely girl who was sitting next to me on the flight. Her name was Nancy and she was from Alaska. We talked for a two solid hours, it was great xD
Also, it was sooooo good to be back in Denver airport again, it's a gorgeous airport. :3 I then got my luggage from the carousel and waited for the girlfriend and bestie to pick me up as they were running late xD So, I ended up sitting next to a guy who ended up talking to me about technology taking over the world as we watched a young man attempt to instagram a photo of himself picking his luggage up from the carousel. It was hilarious xD
Once I was picked up, they took me to The Cheesecake Factory (yaaasss) and then it was an hour long drive down to Colorado Springs.
So, that is my epic tale from my adventures thus far and it's only been a day! Now I'm sitting in Nae and Cae's apartment while they're at work, watching Sl1pg8r, eating poptarts and cuddling the beautiful puppies :3
I made it safely and that's all that matters ^^
The direct flight over was alright, I had two lovely people sitting beside me who talked to me a lot and the in flight entertainment actually had good stuff on it this time - on my flight back home last year it was so boring xD I watched Inside Out which I loved so much and yes, I did shed a tear or two. Damn, that movie was powerful. And I binged on Family Guy, Bob's Burgers and Top Gear. Food wasn't too bad either for plane food. I also only got an hour or two of sleep T.T
Now, for what happened at LAX...gosh...I got through immigration fine, standard questions were asked, collected my luggage from the carousel and went through Customs. That's when it started...oh boy. After I got to the desk and handed over my passport and forms, I was told to go to another line instead of going straight through to check my luggage like last year. I was confused but did as was said.
That line was to Customs and Border Protection...the guy there went through all of the things I had in my luggage, my carry on and checked through my phone while questioning me intensely (what I was doing in the States, who I was staying with, what their names were, what they did for work, what my job was etc), as they were under the assumption that I was possibly coming to the US to work because it was a two month stay - the second in 13 months - or that I was sneaking in to live or something? The guy said that they pull people aside like this all the time and that it's random but yeah...Like, he was pretty chill and all, he wasn't mean and got me relaxed a little bit by talking about Marvel, DC and Pokemon because he saw my Marvel fandom shirts and Pokemon games. He also started telling me about this awesome comic that he loves which I'm now interested in reading. He also showed me pictures from the comic and people cosplaying it on his computer which was pretty cool xD After going through all my things and he was satisfied that I wasn't coming into the States for the wrong reasons, that I was actually coming over for a long vacation, I was let go to carry on my way.
I think I was more annoyed at the fact that he messed up the organisation in my luggage than anything else. xD
It was a pretty terrifying experience to be honest as I don't do well with situations like that and I was almost quite literally sick afterward as it had shaken me up so badly. :(
I then checked my luggage through to Denver and went on to the next terminal for my domestic flight and waited for five hours during the layover, in that time I sketched some little doodles of Pom, got a much needed coffee and talked to some fellow Aussies who were catching the same flight as me.
By the time my next flight left, I was to tired to read or draw so I talked to a lovely girl who was sitting next to me on the flight. Her name was Nancy and she was from Alaska. We talked for a two solid hours, it was great xD
Also, it was sooooo good to be back in Denver airport again, it's a gorgeous airport. :3 I then got my luggage from the carousel and waited for the girlfriend and bestie to pick me up as they were running late xD So, I ended up sitting next to a guy who ended up talking to me about technology taking over the world as we watched a young man attempt to instagram a photo of himself picking his luggage up from the carousel. It was hilarious xD
Once I was picked up, they took me to The Cheesecake Factory (yaaasss) and then it was an hour long drive down to Colorado Springs.
So, that is my epic tale from my adventures thus far and it's only been a day! Now I'm sitting in Nae and Cae's apartment while they're at work, watching Sl1pg8r, eating poptarts and cuddling the beautiful puppies :3
I made it safely and that's all that matters ^^
AiTsukino
~aitsukino
That was some adventure : O!! Glad you are there safely!
Kabash
~kabash
Oh wow
Rainthewhitewolf
~rainthewhitewolf
Glad you made it safe, sorry you had a scare though! I've had lots of those. Currently I'm trying to get an apartment and I've had a lot of those terrifying, pull youvaside type of scares. I don't do well either. I'm glad that in the end you made it through though. Have fun while you are in the u.s.!
