How we moved?

Moving is such a horrible experience… BH and I are so over it ( maybe not.. we still have some stuff in the OLD apartment!!!)

The truth is.. BH and I are super fortunate.. we have moved house in SG but we were so young tt we can’t recall how it was done… šŸ™ so we naively thought that moving was like putĀ stuffĀ inĀ the truck and move off… man… we were sooooooooooo wrong..

IĀ felt bad about getting Abel ( our guest!) to help us out.. heh… but he kinda came at the ‘wrong’ time… ya see.. Abel came down from Victoria, BC.. needed a place to stay at Seattle before flying to Taiwan..so he was obliged to helped us… Seriously, thank GodĀ for sending him to help us… he was such a wonderfulĀ mover (Ā he moved hse forĀ his relatives b4)Ā – so he helped us alot with theĀ arranging/packing of things in the truck, so it won’t be damaged in transit…

Without Abel, probably won’t be able to start the truck as well… ya know…Ā It was BH’s st time driving the truck.. geez.. we don’t even know where’s the gears or brake (diff from normal car!)!! So Abel, who drove a lorry before, helped us out! šŸ™‚

Without Abel, we probably will be living in darkness ( in our bedroom) as well – he helped us to install the ceiling light!

A billion thanks toĀ Abel – TheĀ mover + electrician + photographer!!Ā 

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Moved!

Thanks Abel – who agreed to help us.. šŸ™‚ many things would not have been possible without you!

i MUST blog more about this, no internet at home so using the apt’s comp now!

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PS: YES.. BH drove this truck!

Meeting another me!

*needed to get out to run some errands but.. it started drizzling the moment I wanna put on my boots.. so.. might as well blog 1st.. “rain rain go away!” *

heh.. I seriously need to blog about this else I think i’ll forget about our first date šŸ™‚ aww..

12/12/2009 marks the 1st time I met Samantha in person!! haha.. i was feeling quite excited thru’out the day! anyhow, we reach the place quite early > Facing East and there’s already a line! I seriously think they need to expand the place soon – it’s juz too small and it’s crowded!

So i’m not gonna talk about the food or review about the resturant although BITTERGOURD WITH SALTED EGG is delicious!! BUT the pt is…. I met another me – haha… someone’s whose occupation is DOING NOTHING ( aka ‘Shopping’ ?) it’s so cool to meet another young couple who’s just like us! šŸ™‚

heh… we had a fantastic dinner, after which we headed to Oasis for some card games, Jenga and pool! (BH and I sucked badly at pool.. haha.. think Sam & Denny is too good.. heh..REMATCH pls???!!!!) we enjoyed ourselves tremendously as it had been sometime since we had great company ( haha.. sorry Julius!)

manz… no photos can… *ahem* Samantha – pics!!!! ;p

Would definitely hang out again – great night!

we found it!

Our lease for the current apartment will be up really soon.. well, we are super reluctant to move BUT our current aptment is really getting too expensive.. geez… it’s only 2 of us and our utilities bills are like very very high!!! šŸ™ we wanna move upwards initially (within the apt) BUT thought that with the price we cld move somewhere better…

For the past months, we looked at abt 20 different properties??? all not suitable for us as we have many conditions in mind

1) walkable to post office
2) good view
3) within budget
4) prefably BRAND NEW
5) near BH’s workplace
6) safe area
7) gym – must have TV on every machine

and hey!!! today, we finally found the place!! we are very thrilled and happy!! think we made a good deal! no walk-in closet, place is smaller… BUT we have a storage space thrown into our package and it’s within budget!!! WOW

Here’s a sneak peak!!

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looking forward to stay in the aptment BUT not the moving part… šŸ™

On a good note.. new home = new deco!!

Things to buy:
1) shower curtains
2) new matching matching towels
3) fake island
4) tv console

just hope everything goes on well! šŸ™‚

Importance of electricity

Nov 12 was kinda like a super duper cold day… we woke up and realised tt there’s no electricity!! manz… so cold can!! I was wearing my windbreaker in my own home!!! anyhow, we were so unprepared.. we don’t even have hot water for breakfast! The electricty only came back at like 10.40am.. and I thought we will be safe…

BUT

electricity went off again at abt 2pm!!! and last till abt 7.40pm! man… i totally had NOTHING to do, can’t even go online ( no modem/router) andĀ can’t cook – we have a gas stove BUT it can’t work without the gun thingy… to mk it worst, the sun sets at 4.45pm and it became pitch dark (and cold) inĀ the apartment.. As I mentioned, we were soooooooo ill-prepared, we don’t even have a torch!!! so I was like surviving with a puny Ikea scented candle.. pathetic!

BH bought sucky dinner home tt night… booo…

was so glad tt the electricity came back! phew..Ā  the 1st thing i did was to take a shower.. so afraid tt the electicty will go out again!! now i realised the importance of electricity!!!

Moral of the story: BE prepared!!!

(btw, we bought torch and biscuits to prepare us for the future sudden electric shortage..)

Sesame Street is 40!

“Sunny Day
Sweepin’ the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet

Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street..”

haha… love it that the google page search bar actually have Bert and Ernie on them.. so cute.. brought back childhood memories…

talking abt the google search bar, let u tell u something really silly and bimbotic? haha.. sometime ago, I was using the google search then I realised that the “GOOGLE” words were replaced by barcode ( you know.. those line thingy) so… when BH came home, I told him tt google is down! coz the “GOOGLE” image is not appearing.. and BH was like ” It’s the barecode anniversary la!! ” *bang head* ya see… this is the beauty of living with a geek!

anyhow.. b4 i get out of pt…did u watch “Big Bird goes to China” ? As a child, I think i watched it 10000000000X and i still don’t get sick of it.. haha

My fave is that fluffy dog, which I can’t rem the name…

booo.. the weather is cold.. and i hate to use this word.. but i feel lazy…………

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wanted to blog but kept procastinating until now… well.. i even edited the pics to put up!

last fri, BH and i went to Capitol Hill as he had an apptment for haircut.. nice.. at least now BH found a suitable place to cut his hair > cost US$20 for a haircut + US$5 tips.. as long as human labour is involved.. u gt to give tips… this is how it’s like here.. we had pho for dinner at my fave pho shop! the pho is cheap and nice and it’s served with yummy cream puffs! shld take pics of it next time!

on sat. , we met up with julius at Redmond for some bank transaction else we will be eating grass and drinking rainwater now… thanks julius…while waiting for him, i took a pic with the same cherry blossom tree i took 1 mth back… see the difference? tt’s how a cherry blossom tree looks like when its flowers wither.

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then Julius brought us to this super nice Dim Sum place for lunch!!! i love the dim sum there… super duper authentic… very Hongkong style…most of all affordable! we had lunch with some of julius’ thai friends… nice to have company! i like meeting new pple… but as usual BH is super passive and anti-social… at 1st, he didn’t wanna go BUT since we didnt have much plans we went! nice lunch!! yummy!!!

looking at the dirty state of our car, we haven’t washed it ever since we bought it, Julius then brought us to a car wash – Brown Bear. The types of car wash available have very singlish names.. haha… ” Beary Basic” , “Beary Good” , “Beary Best” .. we went for “BearyGood” which includes some waxing .. now blackie looks sooooo new and clean!

On sunday, we went to Ihop for breakfast then Bh insisted on going back to work and drag me along to his office… right… we were right at the building and his acess card didnt work after countless of tries… so we head back home and Bh worked at home while i finish up ” The Time-traveler’s Wife” which was an amazing book.. so sweet and romantic… imagine knowing your life-partner from young.. and seeing him again even when he’s no longer ard…

“it’s better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life” how true.. this quote mks me feel that i shld just go back to sg after 2 yrs and ctd teaching – at least i was happy for awhile you know… ah… now i know what to do… bh doesn’t really need me ard anyway…

anyway, I am having a bad headache now even after eating panadol… once it starts in the morning.. it wont go away till tml… šŸ™ and bh have a meeting at 7pm means he cant buy food and i still need to cook… let’s mk a bet – i predict he’ll only be home at 10pm today… ( last week was 11pm) sianz… even when he’s home – he either watch TV or do his work…Ā  sianz..

let me end off with some misc. pics –

what Bh wore, which he thot he looked good… but i think he looks super ah beng:

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Us – loved the watermark i added šŸ™‚

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PS: pls swine flu go away.. i m seriously sooooooooooo sick of cooking , buy the same food.. cook the same thing – waiting for my mum to come and take over for 1 week šŸ™

Memorial Day weekend

It was a long weekend here over in the US.

BH and I went to Krispy Kreme for the first time.. heh… had breakfast here…v cheap! 4 doughnuts+ 2 coffee = US$4+!! cheaper than macs! oh well… it’sĀ  very fattening but yummy! love the glazed doughnuts the most! šŸ™‚

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Then there’s this HUGE funfair at Seattle Centre.. near our home! it’s like a angmo version of pasar malam! very crowded… and they stole super pretty straw hat! I really wanna get them.. but too ex! US$49 can!!

Photography not allowed.. so these few pics…

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and then i wondered… why is time so elastic here?? like you can do 1 million and 1 things in a day! haha… wanna noe why? the sun sets at abt 9pm and rise at abt 6.30am!!

We also caught Night at the Musuem 2 at IMAX! 1 tix for like US$3.50 as Bh have corporate rate! heh… so much cheaper than watching movie in sg! :p I love the show! so light hearted and funny… mks me happy!

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There’s a quote in the movie which struck me – “The key to happiness is doing what you love with people you love.” ah.. how true! isn’t this what i wanted?

and tt’s how we spent our long weekend… oh yes! not forgetting shopping online and at the outlet.. everywhere sale, sale and sale!

can’t wait for July 4 > Independence Day sale!

Back!

safe and sound *heng* didn’t use a single inch of masking tape.. haha..

will blog more abt the trip!

and this is my new dream car!

Volvo C30 SportsCoupe