::Travel:: Proud Malaysian in the United States
Next week my colleague has to go to Tijuana Mexico for a rework. Since
I’ve been there a couple of time, he came to me for some advice
regarding his trip. I considered him lucky because he will go there
with another 3 members, not like me that travel alone during the first
time I’ve been there. His request actually reminds me of the story of
the first time I’ve visited San Diego, California & Baja Tijuana,
Mexico.
My first visit was on 30 May 2004 for technical meeting. First, I
had to go to TV Design Dept in San Diego for introduction presentation
and after that to Tijuana, Mexico for test run. It’s a really busy 1
week trip for me.
My first story was when I was at Los Angeles International Airport.
Once I’ve arrived in LA at Tom Bradley International Terminal ( near
Terminal 3 & 4 ), I had to take a flight to San Diego at domestic
terminal ( Terminal 7 ). The aeroplane was really small. To go to the
terminal, I need to take a shuttle bus. I was not sure which one is the
actual shuttle bus since all busses looked the same to me, I just sat
outside the airport cursing my boss that sent me to the US alone. Then,
came a girl towards me. When she’s about 5meter away in front of me, a
black man came, pushed her aside and put a gun at her neck! He said
something about this being his territory..don’t try to get passenger at
his territory. I was scared to death!!! I was the only witness and it
happenned barely 10 steps away from me.
Luckily, nothing happenned after that because that girl took a smart
move by simply going away.I didn’t take the shuttle bus after that.But
I just walked all the way to Terminal 7 about 1/2km in distance.
#1. Proud to be Malaysian – Our country is a safer place to live.
