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First visit to a petshop…

in US of A 🙂

oh well, we have no reason to visit a petshop prior to BAMBI.. heh

while looking for things to buy, these were some pets we saw..

erm… friendly looking lizard…. and lots of birds!




there were other pets like rabbits , mice, hamster and guinea pigs!! There were also cats for adoption!

Among the cats available for adoption, there’s a kitty which left a v deep impression on me – a kitty without 1 ear 🙁 It was such a heartbreaking sight! I didn’t take a photo of it. I was just so upset that it doesn’t have a ear… I wonder what happened.. and hope that it’s not the result of abuse…

FYI – we didn’t get anything in this petshop… keke.. we went to about 5 others after that.. hahaha.. it was really fun to go pet shopping!

There were also pet day care and pet hotel in some of the petshop.. nice! we had a good time looking at other pple’s dogs…

BH came home and started searching for puppies to buy…. showing me pictures  ” soooooo cute!!! don’t u want him… “oh well…. not now 🙁 I mean.. a puppy is cute.. BUT it will dirty the place… blah blah… BH was like  ” just lock him in the crate when u r doing your stuff ” hmmm…. not ready for such a commitment

just another picture of Bambi … shhh

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Hawaii – Day 4 (Final day!)

We booked a Morning Wildlife Cruise which starts at 7.30am! once again, it’s a super early start as the drive to the pier was 1hr!!! So we reached the place, hop on to the cruise. It was our 1st time snorkeling! I have NEVER snorkeled before! Prior to booking this tour, we asked the person if it was alright for newbies and they assured us that it’s alright as long as we know how to swim… so we trusted them

So..the snorkelling gear is not easy to get used to! boo! both of us had difficulties getting used to the gears 🙁 So we end up holding our breath and swimming to see the creatures! ok.. the water was super deep as well.. quite scary for pple who are snorkeling for the first time. My advice.. DO NOT JOIN THIS TOUR IF YOU ARE NEW TO SNORKELING – rent/buy snorkel gears and go snorkel at shark cove instead!!

Shark Cove (North Shore area):

Back to snorkeling – we were very fortunate to have very friendly crew to ‘look after’ us.. haha.. so we managed to see these creatures! It was sooooo amazing to see sea turtles, surgeonfish right before your eyes! My only regret is I can’t snorkel properly! There’s always next time.. and it’s not too late to learn!!

(Pictures taken by film waterproof camera so not very clear)

We were supposed to see dolphins but no luck 🙁

Right after the snorkeling trip, we headed to North Shore. Stopped by this sign to take a picture 🙂

then had shaved ice at Matsumoto

and fed a thirsty sea turtle .. haha

Do you know that LOST is filmed in North Shore?

Looks familiar?

We ended the day with a walk along Waikiki beach and saw the beautiful sunset…

As though it wasn’t romantic enuough… we had dinner at Hula Grill. It was beach front dinning, facing the beach! The view is spectacular and ambience is super romantic in my opinion.

Food was great, in fact BETTER ( and 1/2 the price of Alan Wong’s)!! My fave is the Pineapple Creme Brulee!! iyoh.. so sinful!!! :X On top of that, there was live music and singing. wah… it was so romantic… seriously, i think this is the MOST romantic trip BH had planned!!! 😀 If you are listening to my mixpod, 1 of the songs we heard was ‘Just the way you are’ in the slower version. I didn’t like the song initially BUT maybe it’s the slower version + the ambience, BH and I felt that the song is super nice now! (Btw, BH came home and practise the song on guitar! hahaha)

well… so that’s all about our short getaway in Hawaii – just like in LOST ” We need to go back, Kate..” 

Another beautiful picture of Honolulu from the skies

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Hawaii – Day 3 (On a diet, stay at home!)

Just when I thought Loco Moco was the most poisonous food I had eaten… Leonard’s Bakery is just as bad .. and the worst thing is… I LOVE Leonard’s Bakery 🙁 Ok.. so the bakery have hotdog bread/buns like what we see in SG bakery. To us, this is super rare! We don’t see this kinda buns in often here.. so we bought. We had nv tasted such delicious buns for 2 yrs (the time which are are away from SG)!

Besides the buns, they also have Hawaii Doughnuts = Malasadas. Super nice! When we bought them, it was still warm…yums! and now u know y there’s such a LONG Q! They are good really!

Right after the sinful breakfast, we drove to Pearl Habour

Entrance is FREE! and you get to tk a boat to see the USS Arizona memorial at the other side of the habour. It was interesting to see a piece of history right before you. I think I would have Ace my History in O-levels if I managed to visit this place then!

 That’s us with the remains of the anchor from USS Arizona

After a fast trip to Pearl Habour, we went to the Polynesian Cultural Centre (PCC), which was a long drive away. I had a quick nap in the car as BH drove… sheesh… I feel so bad but I was super tired from rushing to place to place + waking up extra early and sleeping late every night. Luckily, BH can tahan but I know he was tired too! I mean.. that’s y i hate roadtrips.. I rather us join a tour so that both of us can enjoy – let other pple do the work… oh well..

If it’s your FIRST time to Hawaii, do visit the PCC – you will learn more about the different polynesian natives and their cultures. It’s interesting! However, the pt of the PCC is the Lu’au which is a Hawaiian dinner. Lu’au is not only about food but also dance and live music. I am not a pork person BUT there was this particular Hawaiian Pork dish which mks my mouth waters, think it’s Kalau Pig (bottom left picture). It’s yums!

We were also given a Lei  – wreath of flowers draped around the neck upon arriving at the dinning hall. It’s quite cool! haha.. i felt like a VIP

AFter dinner, there was a musical entitled HA at the cultural centre. The lu’au and the musical were the main attractions of the centre. However, the songs were mostly Hawaiian ( though there’s some english narration) – which we didn’t understand. I mean.. the only 2 Hawaii words I knew was ‘Aloha’ and ‘Mahalo’ so it didn’t have much meaning to us. On top of that, we were both exhausted and the drive back to Honolulu was long. So we watched 1/2 the musical and left during their interval. However, both us felt the the production and the effects of the musical was impactful! The musical was good! If only we had more time….

Overall, the dining experience was nice BUT I won’t go back there again. It’s very touristy and things were very expensive!

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Crazy fun!

BH just made this ‘Neoprint’ app on his phone and he’s testing it out by taking lots of pics..haha.. here’s an example:

Oh yes..it’s nothing new BUT he’s having a whole lot of fun creating the words + images.. Just this morning, he was like smiling to himself like a maniac.. 

Me: what’s so funny? you kuku ah!

BH: can’t wait to put the lion image around your head! haha

Then I know.. what is passion… nv getting tired of doing the same kind of things… I admire BH for his passion in programming… sometimes.. I wish I can be like him… I don’t think any teacher will feel excited about marking compos or recorrections every single day :X

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And I finally bought my straw hat after 1 year…

Super happy! Isn’t it cute? Haha.. it’s like US$7 at AE – I was still hesitating if I shld get it… BUT BH was like ‘just buy .. so cheap!’ Happy happy!

A more auntie/uncle side of us – managed to score 2 FREE bottles of Listerine Zero at Walgreens … iyoh.. super happy… heh.. will print more coupons to get more… cross my fingers that the Walgreens near my place have this type of listerine …

That’s all for now!

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Woodland Park Zoo

Yay! BH and I made it to Woodland Park Zoo on Saturday. Initially, our plan was to go to San Juan for Whale-watch using our rain check BUT changed our mind at the last minute as I needed to go to the bank. Anyway, it was a bad bad idea that we didn’t go to San Juan as a whole lot of Ocras were spotted!!! 🙁 I feel so ‘gek’ … should have gone

Although we missed out on the whales, we saw a whole lot of other animals 🙂

Maybe we kinda started late, reached the zoo ard 11.30am – the parking was full. We managed to find a street parking .. heng! so parking was FREE! If you are wondering how’s the Zoo .. erm.. it’s NOTHING compared to SG – Singapore Zoological Gardens or rather San Diego Zoo is still better 🙂 There’s no animal shows or tram to bring you ard in this zoo…  However, the entrance fee for the seattle zoo is so much cheaper .

The weather was super duper hot and dry – perfect for a ZOO excursion. It was amazing that the Penguins enclosure was outdoors.. heh.. non air-conditioned!!! I think the Penguins got burnt…

See the black part? haha.. it’s so lame I know!

I also spotted this weirdo at the zoo

Looks familar?? geeez… BH insisted on wearing a shirt to the zoo?! I was like ‘ok….. ‘ iyoh…wear shirt means I need to iron 🙁 he seriously think that I’m very free at home can .. oh well… the interesting thing is …….. HE WAS NOT ALONE. Apparently, there are other men who wore shirt to the zoo too!!!

heh.. so… we needed ice-cream because of the hot weather.. ( ice-cream is yucky! total waste of my calories)

We spent about 4 hrs in the zoo… then headed for dinner 🙂

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Seafair parade!

Yay! Seafair is here! 😀

BH and I went for the Seafair parade just outside our home last weekend! haha.. We were standing by the curb, watching the parade – It’s a Seattle Chingay. You get the idea! It was a nice experience.. haha.. rem the truckload of clowns? One of them ^5 with me and gave me a pair of sunglasses… wahaha

Seahawks chioCheer leaders

Huge Ocra balloon!

‘Talking’ fire engine

Korean community

Dragon dance… and the sky is beautiful – the beauty of Seattle

Mental note: To go for Seafair Fleet week

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Strawberry picking!

Saturday was a bright and sunny day 🙂 I had been telling BH for the longest time that I wanna go berries picking, so I found out about Spooner Farms. The berries from this farm is known to be super sweet.. so… we decided to make a drive down to Olympia ( it’s 1 hrs drive there!). Anyway, Olympia is the capital of Washington State ( not Seattle)

We reached the farm ( easy to find) – it wasn’t those kinda isolated place you expect the farm to be. In fact, it was along the road. And yes, it was super crowded. Many pple were buying ready picked berries ( $2.25/lb) BUT we choose U-pick ( $1.25/lb). I was kinda suprised that U-pick was cheaper.. haha… anyway, it’s fun to eat the berries you pick.

Seriously, I was very excited. We walked into the rows of berry plants and I could see many red berries hiding underneath the leaves along the rows. hahaha ” 你不能摆脱我的魔掌!” (used google translate for the chinese words.. heh… not so power la!)  So, we were allocated a row to pick berries from. The berries were in abundance!! You need not fear that you can’t fill up the box!

It’s not our first time doing strawberry picking together. We did it once in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. The berries at Malaysia were not that sweet and were sparse. It’s totally different here!

The berries smelt soooooooooooo good…I can’t help it but to pop some into my mouth while picking! Not advisable!!! haha..

The unglam picking job! The weather was scrotching hot BUT still cool enough – we didn’t perspire! Picking to the view of Mt Rainier was simply a joy! I was really happy, suddenly I was worries-free! Strawberry picking is so theraputic!

I was reminding ourselves not to pick too many berries – fearing that we can’t finish it. However, BH brilliantly suggested that we could mk strawberry jam!!! 😀 So, we’ll making strawberry jam at the end of the week when the blender reach me! heh.. he even brought me to Ikea to buy jam jars and Fred Meyer to buy a special powder for the jam! Let’s see how it will turn out! I’ll mk more  and bring to SG if it’s good!

We ended the day with grocery shopping at Walmart, Lacey – This Walmart is HUGE = alot of deals!! On top of it, it’s coupons friendly! hahaha… so… managed to grab cheaper groceries! As though we don’t want the day to end yet, we went to redeem our free dvd and watched ‘The Lovely Bones’ ( which I thought the movie was crap and the book was way much better!)

Happy day! More pls!!!

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I won!!!

If you have been reading my blog, you’ll know that I’ve been couponing alot 🙂 I take time to do research to make sure I get the best deals – saving money on groceries is my top most priorty… so… It was a random day that I visited my fave coupon website

I really like the site because this lady Christy is located in the same state as I am, so we kinda share the same deals… I participated in her giveaway just for fun… and i WON!!!!

I was able to choose from these prizes –

1) Flip Video (white, pink, black or yellow)
2) iPod Nano (black, blue, purple, silver, pink, orange or green)
3) $100 Amazon Gift Card

and I chose 3) $100 Amazon Gift Card

heh… now I can buy my blender and food processor!! I think I can smell my pandan cake in a distance 😀

Thank you Christy, ThriftyandThriving and random.org ( haha… for picking my no. )

A VERY HAPPY GIRL!!! Flooded with Happiness!!!

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Friday~~

Last Friday was probably our most exciting friday! haha…

Initially, BH told me that he’s not coming home for dinner .. I was kinda disapted that he had more life than me… so I planned to spend the night watching My Sister’s Keeper on cable and spend time with Edward by reading Esclipse. I happily went for gym… came home.. just when I was abt to cook dinner, BH called ” eh… get ready, you are going! We’ll pick you up at 7pm! ” hahaha.. i knew it.. he needed an arm candy! hehe

*sweat* anyhow, this is soooo last minute and I stink … so what am I gonna wear? Took a shower and ….

Here’s how I looked!

used Goody Spin Pins and formed my bun…. Carried my Kate Spade Bow Group Mirra Clutch and wore my $13.50 dress from Forever21! erm… I wore my leggings and brown booties from Gmarket ( decided not to wear sandals) 😀

I was glad that BH commented that i look hot in the car and his collegue told me I smelt good! wahaha… anyhow, BH’s collegue is Polish .. and he’s quite good looking! okok… he has dark hair and sharp features! cute lor…. so he bought us to a Polish Association in Capitol Hill for dinner!!! It was a great experience as –

1) I had NEVER eaten Polish food

2) I met BH’s collegues!

OKOK… here’s the part… just when I thought that Polish guys are cute…. BH had a Turkish collegue. wah!!!! Think Turkish ice-cream  man in SG? Some are quite good looking right? BH Turkish collegue is SUPER good looking with dimples!!!! oh man… sharp features… dark hair…. Here’s the part… HE IS ATTACHED!!! sorry girls! 🙁

another super sianz part…. IFORGOT MYCAMERA!!!!!

The only picture I have to rem the day

Because it’s like a Polish Association, we needed to pay for admission, $1/head. The dinning place takes place in the hall of the Association. I believe that they do not serve food all year round and it’s only on some days that they have dinner. More information here

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Let’s talk Polish food – I was quite shocked that Polish food is kinda like Chinese food? haha.. they had little dumplings with meat in their soup or fried! Oh… We also had Pork chops , which taste kinda like the Taiwanese ones.. besides these, we also had the Polish Saugage.

sooooo… BH and I drank Polish beer and Vodka.. haha… 1/2 way into dinner BH was telling me that he’s spinning.. i’m like ” Is it like how you felt on the wedding night?” hehehe…

Thankfully, BH’s collegue’s fiancee, Amanda ( yes, we have the same name) sent us home 🙂 Thank you so much!

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Overall, it was a lovely night out for us.. laughed alot… drink alot.. and we had wonderful company! Happy !

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Auburn Petpalozza

The day started nicely with good hair day with GOODY spin spins! 🙂 Here’s how I look

Love these spin pins.. it holds my hair in a bun and it mks my face looks smaller. haha.. I seriously had the pins on for the WHOLE day and i didn’t need to repin

Breakfast was at IHOP – My fave breakfast place

So during breakfast, BH brought up the topic of retaking our pre-wedding photos.. well, i seriously HATE my pre-wedding photos. The photos we took are not good in my opinion.. This is something which bothered me alot and I regretted 🙁 I was sooooo glad that out of the blue, BH brought up this topic .. i mean he was suggesting retaking it with EXPRESSIVELYJOHO in Shanghai! wah.. overseas wedding shot with a superb photographer .. Then I was like “but we are saving money” .. he was like ” money is not an issue.. give me 2 mths and i can earn it back!take it as it’s a 2nd yr anniversary present? It will fill up the emptiness in your heart ” I was soooooo happy.. even if it’s “talk only, no action” I still feel happy.. It made my day really 🙂

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After which we went to Auburn Petpalozza, which is like a pet carnival. People brought their dogs and all. hehe.. there were all booth set up my dog recue groups so we just went to take a look… it was kinda like a long drive BUT worth it! 🙂

Some adorable dogs

Someone even brought his pet python!!!

See the hole on his shirt? I wonder if the python made it…

It was a great day.. if only we had a doggie too.. :X