After weeks of waiting and long airplane rides I’m about to board my final flight to Malaysia. At this point to be honest, I’m tired, dizzy, missing home, missing my mom. It’s only been a couple of days, but within these days I’ve been up and down looking all over the airport to find the correct spot for my departure. Not to mention the huge  language barrier I have with every place I go. Also the time change!!! Where I’m from it’s  almost six in the morning and here, Malaysia, it’s almost nine at night. I havent slept that much. my back and shoulders are killing me. My attention span is very short, whenever someone talks to me I feel like falling asleep. The food is completely different than back home. in Japan it was tofu, fish, rice, and etc. Here in Malaysia its  noddles and spices. I’m tired of so much change. Or maybe I just need sleep. Although it’s stresful I’m very greatful to be granted this wonderful opportunity to travel the world to do science research. Ok I’m done, I’m suppose to board the plane now. 

Peace 

 Alma

Pardon the excessive typos and for thing’s not making sense my brain isn’t all here.

After LA to Tokyo I had a 19 hour layover in Tokyo. Luckily the lady I met who is part of my internship group paid for a hotel for us to stay and she paid for my food. I’m so grateful for her, I don’t know how I would have gotten around without her. Yeah, so now we are waiting in the lobby of the hotel, probably have the complementary brekfast. Our plane departs at 11:something AM. I’m so excited to get to Malaysia!

Oh! coolest thing in Japan would have to be the toilets! They have like sound effect buttons on the side; flushing noise, music, and other buttons I didn’t press. I thought that was really neat.

I’m in Tokyo you know. No biggie.