Chicago

Chicago is a beautiful place.. If you ever thought of going on a road trip with one of your friends who is overseas studying in Illinois, Chicago is the place to go...

If you compare the streets of Chicago to the Streets of New York, you would be able to see a remarkable difference in the "walkability"...

The streets are surprisingly clean for a crowded American city.. So much so, that even the hobos actually sat on the floor to beg for moneys(unlike the hobos in NY, who had to stand around instead of sitting, as the floors were uninhabitable even by cockroaches)

Having a squeaky clean city comes at a price. You pay thru your nose when you park your car anywhere near a pretty sidewalk.


But of course, that wouldnt be a problem for some people, cos their cars can't even fit into the carparks.

That and the fact that their cars are worth more than the GPA of some developing countries.

Of course, nothing beats our ride, the Ford E250 Ecoliner.

Older than my pet turtle, these beasts are equiped with all the odor absorbing seat fabrics one could ever need. The smell of alcohol lingered with us throughout the whole trip. It felt as if my roommate was next to me the whole time.

Like any Singaporean who has been eating cheese and burgers for the past few weeks, we headed straight to Chinatown for some good ol fake chinese food made by ABCs.

The chicken may be hard, the mango pudding may be tasteless, but we needed some rice, and Yao Yao Asian Cuisine would suffice.

Of course, I requested that we try some of the alternative foods avalable,

but being a crowd who have never watched "Harold and Kumar" before, they quickly dismissed my suggestions. ..They Only know the Kumar from The Boom Boom Room...

In Chicago, big companies are king... Apparently they earned enough money's by selling cheap products at jacked up prices.. So much so, that they can even build Ferris Wheels to entice little kiddies to come play on it, at the same time, making the little kiddies buy their crap...

Kinda like Michael Jackson and his Neverland Ranch...

Hot sauces are a hit in Chicago... Some resturants have even resorted to stocking their tables with every single hot sauce known to man(to them anyway). Tabasco, green Tabasco, "Extra Strength" Tabasco... They even have funny names like "Ass in tub of water hot sauce", "Buns at the beach sauce" and "Flaming Cheeks GradeA Hot Sauce"...


This is a pic of all the sauce bottles on ONE table.. I kid you not...
As much as I like to choose what colour of Tabasco sauce I'd like on my 1 pound steak, its comforting to know that in Singapore, most resturants manage to combine all these sauces into one potent bottle...



Thus saving us time on deciding what fancy-named sauce should accompany our dead cow tonight.


Few months ago, I remember my uncle(who travels often to the States) and my cousin(who studies in Australia), talk about something thats better than Dunkin' Dounts.. I couldnt remember what it was.. But 4 Dollars and a sore throat later, I finally remembered what it was...



They come in all shapes/sizes/flavours...
Now these are not ordinary doughnuts...



Look closely at the picture...
Notice a thin layer of sugar coating around each doughnut?
Apparently the doughnuts are sugar-treated with a sore-throat-inducing icing formula which brings the calorie count of each doughnut up to a whopping 360 calories per pop...

Every country has its own national treasure...
Singapore has the Ice Kachang
Malaysia has the Ramly Burger
Japan has the Skyline GTR 35(According to Jay Zhou in InitialD - The Movie)
America has Krispy Kremes

DOCTOR'S WARNING : Failure to drink lots of water after consumption of Krispy Kremes will result in Sore Throat and Mild Depression triggered by inability to consume more Krispy Kremes.