Trip to National Laboratory - Day 1

Folks,

Long time no see :)
I have no excuses for not being updated for a while except that I was so (extremely very) busy.

Papers... Report... Presentation... Proposal... Helping People... and many other things.

OK, let's end the nagging busy things.

Today is Sunday May 18th, 2008--the third day after my final exams in this quarter (Spring).
Today is the day that I had some free time to update my blog!!! (T_T so sad, isn't it?)

I would like to start updating my blog with this entry: the trip to Oak Ridge National Laboratory --for mid-year project presentation and discussion--with Dr. Box, Mon, James and Clayton (my friends in Dr. Box's lab).

We had to drive from Ruston, LA to Oak Ridge, TN. This would take approximately 9 hours for non-stop driving!!! So, we all had to leave early. The rendezvous was Wednesday, May 7th 6:30 am, @ Nethken Hall ,Louisiana Tech University. The time had to be strict as we were having sooo long trip and we could not lose a minute!!!

At 6:30 - Dr. Box called me and told me that he's leaving from his house -_-"

However, he arrived Nethken Hall around 6:40 am (that's forgivable :D ) with a white, nice, 7-seated minivan--Nissan Quest. And our trip had begun.

Dr. Box was the first hand to drive. I admitted that I didn't remember many things during the drive as I spent most of my time sleeping :P Anyway, we had the first stop at ... I didn't know what to call ... maybe a tourist information service at Mississippi River. Here, they provide free drinks and coffee!!! Even the coffee taste so-so, but it's free :) This is very good for tourist.

For the rest of the first day ... nothing was interesting. Just drive and drive. We stop sometimes to fill the gas and have lunch.

The scenery we passed by during our trip was pretty much the same all the time .... (SUPER BORING). It was just a view of ... trees, grasses, some flowers, fields. And that was it!!!

I was so bored in the back seat of the car (actually, minivan; but, I may refer to it as car from this point on). But, finally, we arrived at Knoxville, TN, on where our hotel (Laquinta Inn) was located. We stopped at the mall called Western Mall (if I remember it right) to change Dr. Box's Apple Time Capsule and then we reached the hotel.

This is the boring first day story of the trip.

I will continue updating this Blog day-by-day. We'll be in touched.

TO BE CONTINUED (TOMORROW).