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For Good

That’s the song on my blog for now. Heard this song on Glee then went for Wicked and found this song to be super meaningful. It’s such a powerful song (in BH’s words) .. haha.. I believed that we both teared when we heard this song.. well.. it’s very touching…

Can you rem a time when u felt so alone and needed a friend? Then by chance this friend came along and befriended you? Suddenly, as years gone by… you lost touch with this friend… BUT when you see or hear ‘something’, you will automatically just think of her/him? In my opinion, this song just describes the whole process

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ELPHABA
I’m limited
Just look at me, I’m limited and look at you, you can do all I couldn’t do, Glinda
Now it’s up to you
(spoken): for both of us
(sung): now it’s up to you

GLINDA
I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn and we are led to those
Who help us most to grow if we let them
And we help them in return
Now I don’t know if I believe that’s true
But I know I’m who I am today because I knew
you…

Like a comet pulled from orbit as it passes the sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better
But because I knew you, I have been changed for good

ELPHABA
It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me is what I have learned from you
You’ll be with me, like a handprint on my heart
Now whatever way our stories may end
I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend…

Like a ship blown from its mooring by a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird in a distant wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better
But because I knew you, I have been changed for
good

GLINDA
Because I knew you…

BOTH
I have been changed for good

ELPHABA
And just to clear the air I ask forgiveness for what you blame me for…

GLINDA
Well I guess there is blame to share…

BOTH
And none of it seems to matter anymore

GLINDA (same time as Elphaba)
Like a comet pulled from orbit as it passes the sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood

ELPHABA (same time as Glinda)
Like a ship blown off its mooring by a wind off the sea
like a seed dropped by a skybird in the wood

BOTH
Who’s to say if I’ve been changed for the better?

GLINDA
Because I knew you

ELPHABA
Because I knew you

BOTH
I have been changed for good

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warranty period

“so which doctor are we seeing today?” Bh asked

damn…so between BH and I, I am the screwed up one… Maybe age is catching up with me.. i have so much health problems recently 🙁

So I went to the oral surgeon’s office and saw the OS’s Ka-kiah (OS not avalable) – told her that it’s been over a week and the extraction site still hurts. Well, she merely dismissed me by giving me an oral wound dressing (which is finishing) and told me that it could be abit of Dry Socket. WTF! Not helping… I only survived 24hrs w/o painkillers… can’t go longer than that. I think I have become a slave for painkillers. I really hope that the situation will improve over time.. haven’t been sleeping well because I am always awaken by the sharp pain 🙁 I know it’s not normal. Sigh..

Went to Dr Le for follow-up of my infection. Guess what??? MY PERIOD HAD TO COME! Gosh! I think she saw the most disgusting parts of me liaoz… pity the doctor… the good thing is… I had recovered! Just that I have a scar there :X It’s amazing how Dr Le mks me feel better.. she was like “oh.. my period is coming soon too!” then I was like.. ” My husband was wondering if we could have sex?” and she was like “OF COURSE YOU CAN! I can speak to him if you want” Just when the MRSA is almost gone.. I realised that I have rashes on my neck… ahhh… kill me… I don’t know what’s going on!!!!! So she gave me some lotion to put on ( which I havent picked up from the pharmacy)

haiz…BH was like comparing me to a car or some electronic… he was like “You reached the 3 yr warranty mark already.. that’s y so much problems. How much does it cost to buy the extended warranty?” ahh… how true… we just had our 3 yr wedding anniversary 🙁

I know BH is very busy at work.. so I feel that I’m adding onto his burden BUT I have no idea why all these nasty things are attacking me all at one go 🙁 The more I wanna get well… the worst it becomes… I haven’t been cooking for sometime now… not that I don’t wnat to.. with my situation like this.. I just don’t have the mood

Can things start to look up now? This must be the WORST month ever since I’m in US. Is it a sign that i shld go home??

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not a good sign

ok.. so it’s already one week and the pain for my wisdom tooth extraction just got worst. In the past few days, the only way to stop the pain is popping painkillers BUT last night, I popped like 2 painkillers and still hurts like siao 🙁 the checkup was supposed to be today BUT BH can’t bring me today.. so I got to tahan for 1 more night to see the dentist tml.. seriously, I can’t wait! I wanna find out what’s the problem with me!

Anyhow, I googled my pain online and have a sick feeling that I might be suffering from another infection, what they call ‘Dry Socket’ OMG.. I seriously have no idea what is going on with me.. I am so infection-prone ever since I came back from SG!

Tml I will be heading to the oral surgeon for check up.. thursday, I will be heading to the doctor for another check-up wrt to MRSA

I feel perfectly fine and normal… BUT I have no idea why I have so much problems internally

and this month… sets to record that I am going to the dentist/doctor every week…

Just kill me – I think my end is near

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Losing wisdom…

Hurts… grr..

So i was blogging about how painless the wisdom tooth surgery was… NOW…. the healing process actually hurts. Day 1 was good… Day 2 still bearable.. Day 3 was ‘OucH!!!’The part where the tooth was felt sore and sensitive.. eeks… Think I ‘hao lian’ too soon already.. haha..

Last night,, it hurts so badly that I was tearing to slp… until I decided to take the super power painkiller :/ Still, I didn’t sleep well… and then the alarm rang.. Just when I thought I will just roll around in bed and let BH settle hs own breakfast, I decided tt i shld get up and do it for him like I usually do.. nah.. I’m not implying or booasting that I’m a good wife… I do this because it mks me feel happy that BH is going to work with a full stomach and the thought of being able to see him out of the door is just so precious – I don’t know how much time we have left together… ironically, this was something which I missed doing when we were apart.

When BH is home from work, it’s quite surprising that we or rather I still have so much to talk to him about – though I spent the day nursing my pain at home. Our conversation will go like “ehh… I read Wizard of Oz today” > “How is it?” > “It’s very interesting…. but I felt asleep” > “haha.. you fell asleep and it’s interesting…” > “yes… it’s interesting.. you shld read it!” > “so.. you no (know) sleepy?” ….

If you don’t get what I’m typing, it’s ok.. haha..

sometimes.. it’s just these little things that keeps the r/s alive.. can’t imagine my life w/o these IF I were to go back 🙁 How can you anyone get enough of love?

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NYC – Day 6 (Last day)

8 September

Contary to the day before, it was extremely sunny… and I forgot to bring my sunglasses 🙁

We managed to do some last minute sightseeing at the Fashion District ( it was fashion week!!) , Wall street. And of course, Ground 0 – coincidentally it’s near the 10 years anniversary of 911, there were many media pple around. I’m not sure if it’s me or the atmosphere at Ground 0 was really solemn and everyone just have an air of sadness around them 🙁 It was depressing. Even though 10 years had passed, memories were still very fresh






New York stock exchange –

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I thought that the best part of our trip was Brooklyn Bridge. The view is spectacular. We walked the whole length of the bridge ( took about 1 hr) then took the train to Empire State Building








I seriously think that the Empire state building (ESB) is overrated. I mean.. IF I were to choose 1 observation deck ( Top of the rock or ESB), I will choose Top of the Rock! To get up to ESB, we lined up for about 1 hr!!! It was very crowded and we needed to go thru’ security checks. When we finally got on the observation deck, it was flooded! I can’t even find a spot to stand! In the end, we lined up for 1 hr but observed the view for a mere 10-15mins? Horrible experience!

The best part about ESB is Chipotle which was right next to it… I simply love the naked burrito! haha… yummy!! I was telling BH that I could eat that everyday!! 😀

After which we headed to the airport for our flight back to Seattle. We were extremely happy to be back… Seattle just feels right .. for us 🙂 The journey back was only 4.5 hrs , even the pilot said that it was ‘record breaking’ .. haha.. amazing!

Overall, I enjoyed this trip because NYC is really a nice place , take away the crowds, the litter and the rude pple. haha…Bh did a very good job in navigating this time – I’m happy with his tour. heh… he booked tix way in advanced and planned the route. I think we didn’t get lost ( though the subways are kinda confusing at times) I think I’m done with NYC for now… I’m really looking forward for our next major trip next yr… which we booked already!!! 😀

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NYC – Day 5 ☂

7 September

Actually this NYC trip is really tiring.. either that or we are getting old. Haha.. By the 5th day, we r exhausted from my early mornings and late nights 🙁 Anyhow, we still make it a point to wake up EARLY so that we can be on Good Morning America (GMA) – morning show which we watch everyday… haha… I think I’m very lucky, because the KARDASHIANS were on the show and I get to see them live!!! 😀 I was so excited!!!








Haha… we came back home and watched ourselves on GMA here It was so funny to see ourselves on TV, esp me waving like a maniac! haha… luckily none of my friends could see me.. hehe.. Fun experience!

Next, we headed to Flushing Meadows for US OPEN

Rem I told you there’s weird pple on the subway? haha… This is one of the funny incidents. So there was this asian lady on the train. She was talking really loudly on the phone. She kept repeating ‘No’ for at least 30 times then she said ‘No, I’m no sleepy’ for another X no. of times. OMG! I don’t know why but it’s so funny… so I started to giggle… then the pple surrounding me start giggling , one lady even laughed out loud. BH quickly got me to cover myself with my hoodie – he was afraid tt I will kenna bash. haha.. anyhow.. i need to demo to you then u will know that it’s funny.. haha… now thinking of it.. it still mks me laugh… wahahaha… “I no sleepy!!!!”

Luckily we reached the stadium fast enough… else I think it’ll die from controlling my laugher. haha…





Watched Nadal vs Muller for 17 mins then match was suspended due to the rain!!! We hang around the area until evening then left when the organisers declared that the match for the day will be cancelled. Bh was very disapted. The more heartpain thing was we paid $100+ for the tix!





As we were feeling quite sore that we wasted time and money … BH received an email that the amt we paid for the US OPEN TICKETS will be REFUNDED!!! yayness!! In fact, it had been refunded already 🙂 Lucky us! Great organisers!

Our last dinner at NYC was at Serendipity3 – which I get to know from 1 of the episode of ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ The food was so-so. The must try is FROZEN HOT CHOCOLATE – very poisonous but super nice! The server is not too friendly… maybe it’s just new yorkers… they are not very friendly? hmmm..no offence BUT I have a feeling that the worst americans resides in NYC!




Just as we were enjoying dinner, the doctor’s office called and informed me about the lab results. Oh well.. I got worried and I didn’t feel too happy after that 🙁 Now I can only pray that things will get better when I see Dr Le next week.

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NYC – Day 4 ☂

6eptember

Times flies! It’s our 3rd wedding anniversary! Though we know each other for a long time… we are still learning new things about each other every day! haha.. So glad to spend this day overseas with BH – I wonder how would it be like next yr… I’m just very happy that we are together now.. and I hope that we will NEVER get tired of each other 🙂

It was a rainy day.. sianz.. see the umbrella on the tittle of this post? haha.. Got this cute symbol from my cousin, Demi on Facebook. the point is…it’s very sianz to travel in the rain..so most of the time I’m carrying an umbrella in the pictures.. luckily, most of our activities planned were indoors ( we gave Central Park a miss)

We headed to American Museum of Natural History





It was crowded with lots of kids! Anyway, I was super excited to see the dinosaurs!





and you can have the hands-on experience to look for dino bones! 😀 It’s fun!






Dino bones overload… I’m starting to wonder if they are even real??!!!

This museum is HUGE! It’s like a cultural centre + Zoo + Aquarium. haha… they are many figurines of animals/insects which looks very real! :O I think kids in NY nv really need to go to the zoo.. hehe… I love the whale, it’s HUGE!!!



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Headed to the New York Public Library next. It’s really nice.. with a ‘Harry Potter’ feel





Noticed my change in attire? I was underdressed for the cold, wet weather.. so I bought a pair of leggings and a sweater from H&M to change into. I was tempted to buy a pair of Hunter Rainboots too.. haha.. I see many NYers wearing them.. so cool!


Next stop….





Then it was finally time for WICKED! BH and I were looking forward to this musical ever since we heard ‘Defying gravity’ on Glee





We enjoyed the musical very much… I thought that it was very touching and I teared 🙁 I think I also saw BH tearing at the corner of my eyes.. heh… You need to watch it if u go to Broadway 😀

Ended the night with dinner at Totto Ramen Waited 45mins for our seats in the cold and wet weather. I was quite relieved to have a hot bowl of delicious ramen after a long wait. We felt that the ramen broth is delicious BUT the amt we paid for was ex, considering that there’s only 2 pcs of meat? It was authentic ramen nevertheless, better than what we can get here in Seattle 🙂


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NYC – Day 3

September 5

Woke up super early hoping to get into a morning show Live with Regis and Kelly We watched R&R every morning and thought that it will be fun to see them live. Travelled to the studio to only realised that they don’t do any filming on Labour Day (US holiday) Oh well… we were disappointed so we snapped some pictures of the surroundings ( They have a nice wall deco at this subway station)




Then we headed to somewhere nice for breakfast – Penelope Love the website – it has a classic rustic feel just like the resturant itself.





Food was reasonably priced considering that the serving was HUGE ( to me) and the set included Mimosa, which is a Champagne cocktail. haha… so it’s the first time I have Champagne for breakfast… what a luxury!

Then we cannot control ourselves and went… SHOPPING?!!





Finally visited the Kardashian’s store DASH. I didn’t see of them in the store.. neither did I buy anything.. it’s just too expensive.. :X





We went up to Top Of the Rock for the view…It was a pretty sight.. we were supposed to see sunset BUT it was too cloudy? A sign of rainy days ahead…

Met up with Keying and Zim for dinner at Inakaya for dinner. We finally get to try the NY resturant week menu… It was a great experience as they made mochi on the spot.. very authentic Japanese resturant. Too bad.. our camera is out of batt.. no pictures 🙁

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NYC – Day 2

September 4

Bright and sunny day at NYC – wah.. so hot! Ok, here’s the part about NYC. The moment you step outside , you can smell a bad stench – the kind that will mk you vomit. The roads are also badly littered. It’s not a nice sight at all… and very different from WA state ( which is not exactly v clean , at least not as dirty)





Anyhow, Times Sq in the morning is very quiet. The night before, we noticed a lot of tourist taking pics with the policeman. Haha.. we found it so weird and funny that a policeman is a photo icon! haha.. oh well.. we took picture with the police station sign, just as bad right :X hehehe.

The real subway…. OMG! It’s seriously HOT… there no aircon and the HOT air is trapped underground… booo…. and the stench and weird pple… erm… worst than SG.. BUT it’s the fastest and most convenient way to get around

Took the train to South Ferry to see Statue of liberty. PLEASE GO EARLY! we reached at 8.45am and it was crowded already. Mind you, we need to go thru’ security checks, so it will take up sometime






Ok.. it’s kinda hard to have a good view on the cruise. It is just filled with people.. and everyone were like Meerkats – trying to take a picture. I kinda gave up… and played Wordament instead.

At Liberty Island, it was beautiful 🙂 I was really glad that I saw Statue of Liberty in real life after so long!!





Then I was busy completing the activity book so that I could earn a priceless and FREE souvenir at Liberty island. Ever since I first started at Mt Rainier, I have been collecting them at every National Park I go





The ranger is really nice to let me wear his hat and gave me a little ceromony 😀

After which we left Liberty Island (skipped Ellis Island) and went to Chinatown and Little Italy.. you know.. doing the usual touristy stuff..





The highlight of the night was meeting Keying and Zim for dinner then went to their super cool home and played with Sam 🙂 haha… I think I missed Bambi so much that I called Sam Bambi several times.. hehehe… paiseh..





We so need a dog man… haha..

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NYC – Day 1

One thing that BH and I love is travelling. haha.. whether we like travelling with each other or not… that’s another story. Haha… ever since I am on NPL, we or rather I make it a point to plan our vacations early so that we can take advantage of the early bird deals. For our NYC trip, AA (American Airlines) sent BH a voucher for BOGO air tix to any of the 50 states in US. There are many places we could go… BUT we thought that since we have this voucher, going to NYC mks the most sense (more value for money). We booked the tix and the fare came up to be about US$350 RT per person , w/o any transit in between.

3 September

We set off *NOT TOO EARLY* We realised that we kinda calculated the time wrongly… so we rushed to the airport. More haste, less speed. We took the wrong freeway and needed to detour. Trying to keep calm… we managed to reached the airport just in time. phew… we even had time to buy breakfast, just that no time to eat.

Flight to JFK took about 5hrs… From the plane, we can already see that NYC is filled with a whole lot of skyscrappers… very urbanised.. kinda like SG?





Reached the airport and took the train to our hotel. It was easy to find and relatively near the subway. We stayed at Four Points Sherton Midtown Times Square BH managed to get us 5 nights for FREE by redeeming his points. The hotel was very clean and nice. Just that the toilet design wasn’t that good – I feel that their shower area needed a curb to stop water from flowing out when showering. Shan’t complain much since it’s free. haha…

Without much ado, we put down our barang and headed out for dinner at Taboon Initially, BH planned for seafood dinner BUT due to my infection, I got to stay off seafood for a while. Sob… well.. I like Mediterranean food too 🙂 It was a hearty dinner (NOT the best) BUT we were disapted that they don’t have the New York Resturant Week menu on a Saturday





After dinner, we head to Times Square. OMG! It’s very crowded and touristy





Then we ended our day.. haha.. too tired from the early morning’s flight and trying to get used to the time difference

I know.. the first day isn’t too exciting… haha.. it will get better.. really 😀