Upon entering the US, we went through the US customs. Some strange questions were thrown at us (pictuire courtesy of www.usa-flag-site.org):
Customs: Is your friend a US citizen (the friend whom we stayed with in NYC)?
ANS: we don't know!
Customs: Where does your friend work?
ANS: we don't know!
Customs: Has he been in jail before?
ANS: we don't know!
Customs: Where did you and your friend meet?
ANS: at a retreat.
Customs: I don't know where the retreat is! Where do you work?
ANS: ABC Company
Customs: I don't know where ABC Company is! Have you been arrested in the US before?
6. NO!
Shaking his head, the customs officer let us go. Then, wearing our school size back packs, we went ahead to the next table where all passengers' bags were searched. It was our turn. This custom officer looked at our bags, and asked:
1. Where are you going?
ANS: New York city
2. How long?
3. Two days.
4. Where are your clothes (while eyeing our backpacks and realized our clothes were all in there. I guess most people would bring more than a backpack to NYC, even if it is just two days).
5. What are these papers for (just a notebook and directions to the cupcake stores).
Then she was finished with us and continue her torture with the people behind us.
No matter what people say, no one can answer the US customs' questions in a satisfactory manner. Either we are all idiots, or they are trained to intimidate people.
