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The day time got stolen

BH and I woke up on March 8 and we had a shock of our lives! It was a wonderful sunday morning and we had plans ( haha… to go grocery shopping at 3 different supermarkets.. how interesting!) and we realised tt our time had been adjusted to 1 hr later! :O means… 8am = 9am now! i was pretty upset this means a shorter sunday u noe! and all the time on our laptops and hps re-set themselves to the correct time… i felt like there’s a monster who stole our time away… and it’s erasing all traces of his deeds by re-setting all the time ard us!

oh well.. we felt a little lost.. but we still went ahead with our plans to conquer 3 supemarkets… on our way to Costco – the gigantic supermarket, snow came down… we felt a little panicky as the skies suddenly turned dark and there were no cars on the roads! it’s like our GPS had a life of its own and brought us to an island….. and it felt abit like we were in an episode of LOST when time was actually moving backwards and forwards… anyhow, we remained calm …then suddenly, it was as though John Locke managed to ‘save’ us.. the skies became sunny again.. and the snow melted…and we reached our destination… yes… i was really cold and it felt as though the blood in my body had turned into ice…

Our first encounter with Daylight Saving Time (DST) and we are offically 15hrs ( no longer 16 hrs) behind Singapore 🙂

Above all, congrats to Wentan and Yenyen on their wedding!

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Tai-tai-technics #1- Feedback Queen

oh well.. since i have been sorta like a tai-tai for a few months.. having nothing to do except drinking high tea, going for facial and manicures.. ya.. and don’t forget the shopping part – nah… i no longer shop at Giordano or G2000… it’s Coach, Kate Spade, American Eagles… and sometimes NORDSTROM..

how i wish i could be saying the above man…

the truth is… i have been cleaning, cooking, washing acting like a S’porean maid for a few months.. having nothing to do except making tea, looking at my dry skin and wishing that i could go for manicures… and don’t forget the NOT shopping part – i have been “monitor screen” shopping for Coach, Kate Spade, American Eagles and of course.. my new found shopping place – NORDSTROM

so… i bought 85USD ++ worth of stuff on Nordstrom… and the most amazing thing is… i do not need to pay shipping as i could opt to pick my purchases up !! wah… i love this.. means… i do not need to wait for a few days to get my new toys!!! yes! so on top of that i get a freebie a whole lot of FREEBIES!!

* Shiseido Facial Cotton (4 sheets)
* Lancome Renergie Microlift R.A.R.E. Superior Lifting Cream SPF 15 (.06 oz.)
* Lancome Renergie Microlift Night R.A.R.E. Superior Firming Night Cream (.06 oz.)
* Kinerase Extreme Lift Face (.24 oz.)
* Lippmann Collection ‘The Stripper to Go’ Nail Lacquer Remover Finger Mitt
* Bare Escentuals bareMinerals All-Over Face Color in Glee (.02 oz.)
* ZO Skin Health Oclipse Sunscreen + Primer SPF 30 (.13 oz.)
* Elemis Papaya Enzyme Peel (.1 oz.)
* L’Occitane Ultra Rich Body Cream (.28 oz.)
* Origins No Puffery Cooling Mask for Puffy Eyes (.1 oz.)
* True Religion Eau de Parfum Spray for Her (.05 oz.)
* Prada Infusion d’Homme Eau de Toilette Spray for Him (.05 oz.)
* philosophy ‘amazing grace’ Perfumed Firming Body Emulsion (.5 oz.)
* Annick Goutal Gardenia Passion Eau de Toilette Spray for Her (.06 oz.)
* Clinique High Impact Mascara (.06 oz.)
* Laura Mercier Lip Stain in Mulberry (.21 oz.)
* Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy Eau de Parfum for Her (.05 oz.)

*jumps for joy* i lovveeeeeee samples!!!

BUT… what happened juz now was… there was no indication of the FREE GIFTS at the checkout page!! 🙁 so i quickly emailed the customer service and they got back to me really quickly – although i opted to pick up my purchase, they will SHIP the above freebies over to my doorstep!!! isn’t it amazing!!! on top of that, they also called me within like 30mins after i ordered to tell me that 1 item is OOS! wow! fast!

Thumbsup for Nordstrom for giving great deals… and also for offering such wonderful pick up service + hiring very efficient and friendly customer service officers! 🙂

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UPS – my fave shipping company!!! why??

there was once i made online pruchase n i forgt my unit number… i was worried tt the parcel won’t reached me.. so i informed UPS and *tadah* the next day… i received the parcel at my doorstep!! *applause* and they usually deliver faster than the other shipping companies… like i made my AE purchases last week and i received my stuffs last night!! tt’s very fast compared to “the others”

once again – UPS really delivers!!! ;p

now i hope UPS delivers my freebies!!!

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Vday 2009

it’s our first Vday overseas and married! well… we started the day by going to the supermarket.. needed to buy food for the week… came bk for lunch.. then went to the Seattle Space Needle.. wah… the view there is spectacular!!! really nice! hmmm a little bit like the S’pore Flyer? haha… ok.. after which, we came home for tea time… then went out to downtown seattle and visited the Seattle Central Library.. which is HUGE and it resembles the Singapore National Library along beach rd! haha.. of corrs the seattle library design was way better… it’s kinda like the lourve musuem in paris…anyway, BH and i made a library card and we both cld borrow 100 bks/media resource each!! how cool is it?!! so we came home for dinner – steamboat then went online to reserve the books and cds and dvds.. so tt ended our day…

Post Vday – we drove abt 1hr to the Seattle Premium Outlets to reckee bags… havent spent so long at the outlets nt buying anything.. decisions + risks.. you’ll know why soon…(hopefully)

looking at the pictures we took, i think i put on weight 🙁 feeling abt sad coz the weighing scale says my weigh is the same and i have been exercising ( now 4X a week with average calories burnt of 460) haiz… and i can fit into all my clothes so far.. and some even felt loose (even though the dryer shld have shrunk it!) so i m very worried… what went wrong… geez… even xiaxue look skinnier than me in bikini!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *bangs head*

ohh.. i cant post any pics here! hmm… i think there’s not enuff space.. need to wait for one fine day when bh is free to settle this…

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1st CNY in Seattle

hardly anyone celebrates CNY here.. duh! it’s an angmo place.. haha.. so.. there’s little CNY mood… shops are all open.. i guess the closest to the CNY celebration is at Chinatown? the in-laws are here.. we went to chinatown and were greeted by Lion and Dragon dance.. haha.. nice.. but mood still nt there? nt loud enuff?

this CNY is the BUSIEST for me so far.. hmm… usually, my mum prepares the food… i juz look on and ‘help out’ as much as i can… this year, i did most of the marketing and food prepartion… except for last night, MIL made ngo hiang and fried vege.. i made bak kut teh for dinner… after dinner, need to clean the kitchen and wash the dishes… so… it’s very busy… oh well.. i feel so grown up man.. last time my mum do all these, i juz sat down and eat… like i’m a ‘ thousand dollar small sister’ (translate in chinese) hee

this CNY is the PLAINEST for me as well… i nv do my hair.. nv buy new clothes… nv dress up.. nv go out… so many things tt i didn’t do… i come here be ‘cow’.. who say come here and be ‘tai-tai’!! argh …tt’s coz i didn’t thnk HARD enuff to mk this decision…

BH and i are very exhausted.. not from sex.. (man.. the weather is tooooooo cold for anything) but from entertaining our guests who came all the way from sg…

oh well.. so what i did on the 1st day of new yr, i went to the gym and i cooked, wash and clean… so auntie right? 🙁

i’m sure all of u have a very good time with ur family.. i can only talk to my family online and view the delicious food tt my mum prepared on webcam… festive times like this only mk me miss my family more… i’m so jealous of BH whose family is here now 🙁

sidetrack:

1) it snowed again.. nt heavy n the weather is still ultra cold…

2) windows 7 is very cool! design is very nice.. and the beta version can be downloaded! here’s the site: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx

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damn sian

moving house is sooooooo tiring…. our bodies are aching like siao.. and nt everything is in place..

we have been living in dirt for the past week.. and the vaccum cleaner juz arrived last night at 8.30pm! it’s by UPS – they really delivers! (hmm or is it fedex tt uses tt slogan)

well.. we have been purchasing hsehold items online.. coz it’s cheaper than we buy in-store (surprising??!!) and it has FREE shipping (no need to carry)

oh well… everything can come through mails… if only Fedex or UPS or USPS could deliver my mum’s food to me 🙁 if only my mum was here, she could help me with these mess

and we have no internet of our own (don’t ask how i got online) …juz bought a tv but no cables and cable.. so we really ‘watch tv’ not the programmes… ahhhhhhhh…..

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Happy New Year! Binghuan’s Perspective

Happy New Year! What a year… so many things have happened this year for me… let’s do a recap first…

1) Married the most wonderful companion I could asked for.
2) Got to work in the company that I dream of when I was young
3) Seeing snow for the first time!
4) Purchasing my first car
5) Renting a loft!

Most of it seems to be related to my new job which I am sort of enjoying at the moment, just hate the commute to work sometimes, but I have great colleagues so there isn’t much more then I could ask for out of my job.

And it was this year where I truly realise what a wonderful cook my wife is! It is a relief that at the end of a tiring day, I have hot readymade dinner waiting for me at home. All thanks to my love 🙂

Snow was nothing actually, it was just cold and icy. And the roads will be blocked if there is heavy snow which traps us at home. That sucks although I really like to work from home. lol, hopefully our Earth gets better and there will be less snow here…

I wished I had a better car but decided to save some money and get a car within my means. Not that a Honda Fit is a bad car, but I *might* change a car next year… have to build a good credit history before changing…

The loft is the exciting part! Can you imagine a loft? Something we will not have back in Singapore. At least I don’t think I would pay a huge amount to get it back at Singapore. Then the problem is we need to get some stylo milo furniture and deco to make the loft look cool. Sigh. think we will have to do that slowly…

So that was roughly the exciting year for me, resolutions? Hmmm I hope that I can contribute to my work significantly and hopefully be able to get promoted at the end of year? Quite hard but I will try. Think I need to work hard now especially with the economy looking so gloomy everywhere…

I hope to be able to just enjoy couple hood life with Amanda. Like we are here, with nothing much to worry about and just enjoy our time here like its honeymoon every weekend. More specifically, there are places which we must visit! San Diego Zoo, Disney Land, Yellowstone, San Fran, Los Angeles, New York, Hawaii. Lol mainly all the attractions in the state and even Mexico or South America cities like Argentina or Brazil sounds exciting to me.

I am not going to ask for too much next year as time seems to pass so fast nowadays, I hope my friends and family will still remember me even though I may seem to have neglected them. Been just too tired everyday and the timezone difference is certainly not helping. Just want to tell you (if any of them comes) that I miss everyone back in Singapore.

May all of us have a good year ahead of us and that the world becomes a better place. 🙂

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Happy New Year! (amanda’s perspective)

it’s interesting how fast 2008 flies by.. it’s definitely the year which impacted my life the most

1) a real form teacher for a P4 class.. deal with all the sh*t… the boys are notorious… some girls are siao… and one particular girl, S, made my life upside down.. and affected my mental health as well… i’m so glad i didn’t end up in the mental hospital

2) did some ‘projects’ for the school and zonal level.. which means more work on top of teaching.. at least i was appreciated for outstanding effort!

3) Big career switch for BH which resulted in us getting married earlier… well… it feels like i’m getting married to my best friend… and the bonus for this is…… unlimted spending power and holiday for 2 years in a foreign land

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guess the above are the 3 main events… it’s simple to jot down in afew words but the process was unbelievably hard and difficult…

i wanna thank these people for making my 2008 so wonderful: (NOT written according to importance)

Family – My father, my mother and my sister for giving me all the help and support i needed. Giving me wonderful suggestions and advice, caring and helping me all the time.. Thank you very much! and i miss u all… esp. mama’s food 🙁

Binghuan – For planning surprises which did not surprise me! For making the BEST choice in his life by getting married with his best friend.. and for planning and organising most of the wedding details ( from the bridal studio to the honeymoon) Thank you very much for being a wonderful companion and partner!

Friends – Caryn, Felica, YM, Zhihui + many others for your help during the wedding preparations and actual day. Collegues from my *workplace* who had helped and guided me throughout the year.. 🙂 Thank you!

Last but not least, i wanna thank God for overseeing everything that we do.. esp. through our wedding preparations and helping BH through his career advancement… without God’s help, all these would not be possible… Thank you for showing us the “impossible” 🙂

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In 2009, I ..

1)DO NOT want to get pregnant

2)DO NOT want to get fat

3)WANT to exercise at least 2X a week

4)WANT to travel around the states(whale watching, san diego zoo, pier 13 sealions)

5)WANT to make better use of my time ( dunno what can i do yet… furthering my studies is just too expensive .. haiz)

5) WANT to cook even better food so that Bh can gain more weight and do even better in his work! (haha… so life-giving!)

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2009 must be the happiest year for me! my resolutions seems sooooo ez-going… it’s like I have nothing SOLID to do.. for the 1st time, i feel relaxedl!!! wah!!! i think i’ll find happiness finally… oh well.. even if i were to die today, i will not regret! i have done nearly everything i would have done if i’m alive! and BH and i will be surviving in a foreign land for a full one year! how exciting! 🙂

“i don’t wanna go to school” –> my family will not hear this phrase from me for at least 1 year! haha

Happy New Year to all! Stay healthy and be as happy as a lark! keke.. so primary school!

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New phone!

Yeah! BH got me a new phone! ;p It’s a LG INCITE ( dunno if they have this in S’pore) According to my sister, it’s called LG Secret in S’pore..

anyway, here’s my phone!

Well, the main reason y i got this phone, instead of other phones (such as iphone) is because it has a dual clock function! which i thot is sooooo cool! (anyway, this phone was also on 1/2 price, 99USD which is way cheaper than iphone, 199USD)

anyway, BH thot that i’ll get an iphone… so he already bought me an iphone cover… now the cover is sitting at home catching dust.. haha.. who’ll wants an iphone cover, let me know, i’ll ‘reserve’ it for u ;p

BIG announcement: I am contactable anytime anywhere from now onwards with my phone!!! I am using an unlimited data plan.. means I can access my email anytime anywhere!!! juz email me!!!

I took some pics on the way to the Seattle Premium Outlets..

The pic on the  left shows the long freeway we got to take to the outlet mall.. the outlet malls are located quite far.. near Vancouver… and they are MORE chinese shopping than Angmos.. haha.. weird right? outlet malls are not like our sg warehse sale! haha..to my surprise, they are retail shops, juz tt the things are much cheaper!

the pic at the bottom shows cute doggies waiting for their owner at the carpark.. ;p

Have a good day to all!

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New Home!

So this is it! The new loft! We are so excited about it! Now we scare our furniture are not up to its standard… lol

We are so happy we had steamboat to celebrate today. 😀