Day 15th- A maple leaf from Chicago

Alhamdulillah got up quite early. Tak mandi terus buat layers (pakai losyen, thermal underwear the 2 lapis baju biasa and of course winter coat). Yesterday it wa s snowing quite heavy. Hari ini nak ke Chicago lagi, lawat Backstory Cafe and Social Center plus volunteer work at Washington Park.
We grabbed leftover nasi from last night, and then here we went. Singgah rumah HJ-Sheikh, antar nasi himpit and bahan untuk lontong for Rahman jamuan petang nanti. Kami tiba just nice for the bus to leave, 7.10 a.m. On the way I was hungry, amakn bekal nasi. As usual ramai tidur except few ones like me, Mun'im and Amirah (from S'pore).
We arrived there at 9. Got off the bus and went into the building.

Ice-breaking session lead by Keri and Heather. then 2 girls from nearby arrived. COMEDY< ROMANCE, THRILLER, dRAMA, and ACTION are the words to describe what u think about certain things mention and give reason why.

(Ngantuk tapi kena masuk gak sebab geram)
Then the owner of project gave talk about the place. Tak dengar dah , sebab terlena. Then turun workshop basikal, where mereka kumpul budak sekolah and ajar baiki basikal after school, basikal siap baiki boleh di miliki. THEN WE MOVED to open market. LAPAR!! We went to gerai UNIVERSAL CREPE. Stall lempeng lah! I ordered lELVIS SPECIAL - lempeng sapu peanut butter and letak pisang, USD 5. RAhman ordere one with nutella without banana, USD 4.
Lunch dengan pelbagai asndwich and salad.

Boleh eddit lain kali?
Lepas lunch pi jalan2 .Jauh juga, ahmpir satu jam roundtrip, pergi University of Chicago Hospital University. SSejuk dan berangin. Kemudian depa tu berhenti depan church and ajak masuk. Untuk apa? aku tanya. To get urself warm up. MAsuk je lah, dah nak beku kita ni. 10 minit kemdian dia ajak keluar and gues what? BAlik semula ke tempat lunch tadi, bodoh betul punya kerja.

Sampai kat building tu bus NIU dah ada Jump in and bas bgerak. Tahu tak di gi balik tempat kamii jalan2 tadi, ahai SEORANG GURU TUA KENA KELENTONG DI CHICAGO, marah betul I. Then we wwent straight to Washington Park. KAmi dok situ 1 1/2 jam. NAk wat apa open air suhu beku. DEPA nak bunuh kita ke? tanya Cgu Khoja. mOst of us keketaran minta d selamatkan, so Median lady in charge bagi gloves sapare dalam car boot dia.

Apa d buat? Kena kutip biji bunga sunflower simpan dalam paper bag bagi kat dia orang supaya biji bole di pindah kebhgn lain park musim bunga nanti. Sejuk sangat kami d arah warming up activity 30 saat, tak panas gak, sambung lagi 30s.

Then ramai aku lihat student ke tepi lagoon . Atasnya dah beku tiap orang sibuk membaling batu nak tengok apa jadi. TIba2 Cgu Hazimin dtg report, budak Mun,im dah basah, I dah pesan jgn pijak ais tu kalu pecah basah kasut. Malu aku di buatnya.

Akhirnya dalam kesejukan yang amat bangat, kami nampak bas. ME and Koja ran towards the bus, on the way picking up a maple leaf each as a rememberance. itulah kisahnya yang berakhir d WAshingto PArk dengan A Maple Leaf as rememberance from CHicago, guess why it was so?
KAmi terlalu beku untuk klik kamera so not much picture taken.

BAlik umah Paul tanya about today. kami relate the story dia ketaw besar dan dia rasa perkara paling bodoh was done to orang Khattulistiwa ini.

Now bole tidur, nak kena packing malam ni malam akhir d rumah besar ini.