ive been busy - anchorage

sorry for my long absence.. ive been busy. busy checking out anchorage, busy spending time with the boys as they were leaving earlier than me, busy shopping for souviniers, busy planning on what to do and where to go, busy with him whom i dearly miss now.. busy bee me.
anchorage is not a big town but not that small either. the city is well planned with parks, medical centre, hotels, airport, university, with all sorts of ammenities and services strategically located around the area. it is in some way a nice place to retire, to start a family, to run away from crowded city life.. but i guess it is not so ideal during winter times ay? too cold for a malaysian perhaps?
from where we were staying, info center, good restaurants, railway station and the weekend market are all within walking distance. i love it actually.. during the day, it is so much fun to walk around. filled with tourist taking pictures, locals serving good food and all sorts of beers, street performers having a show by the park.. it is just lovely and fun and lively.. by day that it.
at night, downtown anchorage turn to somewhat a dodgy and quiet place where one wouldnt want to or i, personally dont feel like going out for a night cap. i seem to understand why they impose such law on drinking alcohol.. are they a natural born drinker or is that a culture they live by? i wonder.. one night, i was walking to a shop, looking for my father after dinner, i passed by a group of youngsters, barely 17 i must say asking for ciggies from me.. and as i passed them ciggies and light it up for them, they were 'friendly' enough to ask where i was from.. to me, they were the most polite drunkards and druggies ive met. i could smell the alcohol, not beer or whiskey and by their faces, it is not herbs or pills we are talking about. i took back my lighter, wish them a good fun friday night and left..lets just say downtown anchorage is not so touristy by night okie dokie? well, not to my taste anyway..
dont get me wrong.. i would love to come back to anchorage. i must! i love it and my stay here for this trip is not long enough to complete what ive come here to achieve. and if we ( he and i ) could make it this february for winter, it would be great.. winter in alaska with him. to me, that is perfect, and to me, he is too..

p/s i made new friends.. mei and nicollete. mei works at the visitor info center, the place i went to stick my face everyday to plan my activities. on my last day,i told them i dont want to do anything 'touristy' so they took me to their campus and let me pretend as a student to collect free gifts on their open day!it was a lot of stuff that i will never use, carried around in a huge laundry bag which i felt at one point like a santa claus but i had so much fun being young again os courfe. we then head out to earthquake centre, 10mins drive from the campus and nearby the airport (where he was that morning, sob sob) looking for berries and the legendary 'sleeping lady'.. come dinner time, we picked up hantu and i had the first, really good asian meal after 50 days of travelling at this vietnamese restaurant. they have spicy food! and i finished the whole big bowl of rice! whats new!!! thank you mei and nicollete. i had a really good time.. ohh.. anyone interested with an archeologist? let me know.. you wont regret it. trust me..