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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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NYC – Day 4 β˜‚

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 πŸ™‚

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! πŸ˜€ 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 πŸ™ I think I also saw BH tearing at the corner of my eyes.. heh… You need to watch it if u go to Broadway πŸ˜€

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 πŸ™‚


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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 πŸ™

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Leap Year

BH and I watched Leap Year on Netflix last night. Thankfully, BH insisted on subscribing to Netflix else we won’t have the chance to catch up on movies/sitcoms!





I always wanted to watch this movie.. it was such a sweet romantic comedy.. haha.. the kind that’s sooooooo sweet that u wanna watch again and again.. and NOTHING beats watching a romantic comedy with your fave person! πŸ˜€ YES, you must go watch it… the actor is HOT!

Leap year only happens once in 4 years.. I was telling BH that it’s so romantic to get married on Leap year.. haha.. so he was like “can save money right?” heh.. oh well, partly.. but my pt is.. since it only happens once in 4 yrs, it makes celebrating it more precious! πŸ™‚

In the movie, theΒ male leadΒ Declan asked the girl, Anna, “Your house is on fire, you only have 60secs, what do u take with you?” hmm… i asked BH the same qn and he was like “I will take you and maybe… BooBoo ( the swedish bulldog) ” haha… on the other hand, the first thing I wanna take is my fave ring ( the one BH gave me last yr in Hawaii) Anyway, I think BH’s response is so sweet can.. haha

To mk the movie even sweeter, there’s a scene when it played the soundtrack of ‘Dream a little dream of me’ which was our walk-in song for the wedding dinner. ( OK.. we decided on this song abt 3 hrs before the dinner… haha…v impromptu but turns out well) It brought back nice memories…

On top of that… there’s this super nice and romantic quote:

“May you never steal, lie or cheat
But if you must steal, steal away my sorrows
If you must lie, lie beside me all the days of my life.
And if you must cheat, cheat death.
Because I could not live a single day without you”

haha… I told BH that I would have included this in my wedding speech If I know about it earlier… it’s sooooo sweet! okok.. I’m a hopeless romantic…

last but not least… another nice quote from the show,“always kiss like it’s the first time and the last time” haha… that’s what I did!!! πŸ˜€ BH thinks I’m a frog.. haha





don’t laugh! Go watch the movie if u haven’t!!

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Review: The Pink Door

It’s the last week of Seattle Resturant week. I planned for us to check out The Pink Door
According to Yelp and many other websites, this place is VERY VERY good… so since we are downtown for the EMP, we might as well check this out. We wanted to go for Sunday lunch BUT they are not opened for lunch, so we went for Sunday dinner instead.

We had a hard time looking for this place.. as there were NO signboard.
THIS IS THE DOOR! We walked past this spot countless times and we didn’t notice that it’s THE PINK DOOR. haha….




The resturant had great ambience … nice.. esp that vase of ‘FAT’ XL tulips




We were greeted by our cheerful server who patiently explained the specials for the night ( Grilled swordfish and Whole Rockfish).

BH ordered the Rockfish while I ordered the Seattle resturant week specials ( 3 courses for $28)

While waiting for our food….we took some pictures… haha
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Our server bought us bread while waiting… well, the bread is cold and hard like rock… they shld heat up the bread then serve it…

My 1st course: Sautee Calamari ( Very nice… v soft… tasted like fish cake!!)




My 2nd course: Cioppino Pink Door ( This is like a italian seafood stew. It contains clams, mussels, fish and prawns. Very tasty.. yummy!)



BH’s entree: ‘Brazino style’ Rockfish ( Fresh w/o fishy smell)




Last but not least… Dessert… Shards of love ( Biscuits-like crackers on sweet sauce, i like it!!)





The highlight of dinner was THE TRAPEZE LADY! we were quite fortunate to get a table right smack in the centre of her ‘stage’ πŸ˜€ It was a pleasant surprise as I reserved this place not knowing that they have such entertainment!









The performance lasted for about 15mins BUT it was good! At least there’s some kind of other entertainment than BH and I talking rubbish to each other… hahaha…

Total damage: $80 with 20% tips ( 3 course specials + 1 whole fish+ 1 cocktail + Trapeze lady)

Quite reasonable for the price for dinner as compared to Purple πŸ™‚ Hope to come back again

A picture of us to rem the date





A picture of The Pink Door and ME.. lest I forget

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EMP+SFM+Pike Place Market

The weather last weekend was awesome! Mr Sun decided to come out and say ‘HI!’ haha..BH and I had been planning for our weekend since 1 week ago? So I was quite glad that the weather is good ( No.. we didn’t have wet weather plans) hehe

The main point of going to Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum was for NIRVANA. I’m not a NIRVANA fan BUT BH was.. so I accompanied him to the museum. Thankfully, BH have company discount, we only paid $5 each for admission

Lots of pictures…. let them do the talking








Lots of guitars!



Kurt Cobain in SINGAPORE!! No joke... haha.. he didn't take pic with Merlion but with Mr M and Col. Sanders






Guitars of all shapes and sizes... Oh well...


The FUN part of EMP is playing with various musical instruments like guitar, drums…there is computers to guide you as you learn ( not all computers are working that well.. haha… )




At SFM.. there's a whole lot of spaceships... BUT I find this interesting.. haha


After which, we made our way to Pike Place Market… just to walk around… Finding a parking space at Pike Place Market was CRAZY BUT we were quite lucky to get a space after driving ard for 20mins!! Then I realised that BH can parrell park quite well… haha… i mean… I totally forgot how :X



We participated in a interesting game at Pike Place Market. You will be given a passport ( red book I’m holding) and ‘Bob the builder’s hat’ , so u will go ard the market looking for answers and get the stamps. There were only 5 pages which we need stamps on BUT we only had 2 stamps? oh well… BH was not v enthu abt the game.. he was looking for the pple with the ‘stamps’ instead of the places… HE is definitely NOT someone I’ll join Amazing Race with….





The NEW PIG (not me!!)



FYI, it's a piggy bank!


HUGE dogs!


Sunny days like this always mks us wanna have a dog πŸ™





Goose eggs are HUGE! Everything here is XL!




How can we go home w/o flowers from Pike Place? haha…. Love the tulips.. they are so ‘FAT’ hehe



You know.. when you can’t think of anything that went wrong for the day… it’s a good day…

As time flies by… these days are numbered…

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Cherry Blossom

This must be the last full bloom… hope it’s not the last of me seeing it bloom


[Sidetrack]
BH recently found out that Bully is able to put its paw on its nose.. haha.. and i also recently found out that Bambi likes to chew its own paw!! (according to my sis, only smart dogs does that! hahaha…)


Us on a good day πŸ˜€

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Finding its home

I kinda knew it will be a good weekend because BH came home earlier than usual on friday! hahaha.. we had dinner at home and for the first time ever since we moved to Redmond, we decided to take a walk in the nearby park.. it was a nice leisurely walk until we saw this lady staring intensely at the creek…. so… my natural instinct was to look at what she was looking at… and I saw……. something brown!! I know either a otter or a beaver… haha… but i needed to go nearer… the brown animal moved a little and I saw its flat tail!! ohhh… it’s a beaver!!! we were both v excited.. hahaha… i think we made a lot of noise trying to be quiet… and… the beaver swam away… :X

I was quite sure that the beaver don’t stay alone… I’m sure there’s a family of them in the creek!! so.. we decided to follow the beaver along the creek.. hoping it is swimming home… BUT…. we walked for a long while and it’s still not home… in the end, we gave up… hahaha

so.. for the whole weekend..I was itching to go looking for the beaver in the creek…

now to think of it…. “what’s the beaver doing now??” hahaha

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The BIG ‘3’

3 days after my 27.. comes BH’s Big ‘3’! haha.. oh well.. we did nothing special.. just went to Seattle downtown and walked around.. BH made a good deal at Macys, scoring a cool pair of Levis at $9.99 and a stylo shirt at $6? wah… I bought 2 Gap tops at $15 as it was on BOGO. Gap tops make good working clothes ya know…

Above all, I gave BH his bday gift – a CK belt! and…. my bday gift is still NOT HERE!! so…apparently, it’s kinda lost in transit??!!! I mean.. we had purchased numerous items from Amazon.. and it’s the first time this had happened.. sob πŸ™ looks like i’m not fated to be own a Baby G. Fortunately, amazon agree to give us a refund if we still don’t get it by coming monday

We also went to the Nordstrom at downtown Seattle to look at Chanel bags.. haha… the SAs were not friendly at all.. I hate SA that talk among themselves while they are assisting you.. geez… It feels that you are not a valued customer. IF I am mking a HUGE purchase, I would spend money feeling happy and well taken care of… anyway, we left the store getting NOTHING?! heh..

After shopping, we had dinner at The Olive and Grape
I love Mediterranean food… so when there’s a livingsocial deal on it, we jumped on the chance immediately! Finally, we kept the coupon to a special occasion and used it… well… the Lamb Kebabs ( looks like Satay) was quite nice… the meatballs were nice too… however, the entree was only ok… we ordered grilled fish.. I was expecting the fish to be more flavorful but there was little aroma of spices and herbs. The only saving grace was the fish was fresh.. at least there’s no fishy smell



Actually, I wasn’t even full after dinner.. I wanted to order more BUT the food isn’t even up to standard.. so we just left.. Now I miss Panos Kleftiko Greek Taverna We went there some time back and the food was super!

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On Sunday, Yilun treated us birthday peeps ( all 3!! BH and WQ bday on 26, while mine is 23) to dimsum brunch.. then we watched Rango together… eeks… v disapting!

After which, BH bought me to Neiman Marcus Chanel store again.. hahaha.. it was as though he wanted to redeem his ‘sins’ I saw the bag/wallet I wanted!!! wah… the SA was super nice – she kept taking out the bags to let me see/touch/hold and try… even checked out her system for different colours and styles I might be interested in… BH was super nice… he was like asking for new pieces and all… it wasn’t cheap.. but touched my heart that he was super serious at getting the item for me… πŸ™‚ Ok.. so I did a silly thing… I stopped him in the nick of time and pulled him out of the shop.. nah… I don’t need no Chanel….

After which, we went to Purple for dinner.. haha.. like FINALLY





BH and I decided to splurge and bought a bottle of wine to go with our dinner..on sunday wine was on special: 1/2 price for a bottle. Bh’s entree was fried rabbit!! boo.. it tasted like chicken! Just felt abit cruel eating rabbit.. so I had pasta instead. The food was ok… but the ambience was good.. Hope to dine here again in near future.

That’s how we spent Bh’s birthday weekend… it was fun… and that’s when I realised that 30ε²ηš„η”·δΊΊιžεΈΈζœ‰ι­…εŠ›:)