{"id":2280,"date":"2011-03-10T13:21:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T20:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2011-03-10T13:21:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T20:21:45","slug":"escape-to-vancouver-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=2280","title":{"rendered":"Escape to Vancouver, BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather in Redmond or rather WA had been quite weird. It cld rain, hail, snow and become sunny all in 1 day. Just last week, I was trapped in a hail! Boo&#8230; no fun&#8230; it hurts so badly that I thought my whole face was bleeding&#8230; wah&#8230; the wind.. so so chilly &#038; strong&#8230;I thought i cld b blown me away&#8230; scary weather&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>anyhow.. as part of Alvin&#8217;s last 2nd week over here, we made a road trip to Vancouver. It&#8217;s about 2.5 hrs drive. The weather that weekend was super!<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2286\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF8327.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2286\" title=\"DSCF8327\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF8327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF8327.jpg 640w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF8327-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF8327-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BH and I at Vancouver customs<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nAt Vancouver, we met up with 2 more Singaporeans for dim sum.. I think that&#8217;s the BIGGEST group of Singaporeans we have ever been with by date!<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2281\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/197682_10150198472744972_553714971_9005212_6915768_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2281\" title=\"197682_10150198472744972_553714971_9005212_6915768_n\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/197682_10150198472744972_553714971_9005212_6915768_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/197682_10150198472744972_553714971_9005212_6915768_n.jpg 400w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/197682_10150198472744972_553714971_9005212_6915768_n-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanks Alvin for the pic! haha... think the most excited pple in the pic r BH and me? \ud83d\ude00<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nSight-seeing at Stanley Park.. a nice pic of us \ud83d\ude42 so nice that I made it into a fridge magnet &#8211; oh well&#8230; just for in case I need to go back to teach.. I can put the magnet at my workplace \ud83d\ude41<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_0042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2282\" title=\"DSC_0042\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_0042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_0042.jpg 675w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_0042-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_0042-624x452.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nRansacked BH&#8217;s camera and spotted a nice pic of me and my sophia<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_0053-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2283\" title=\"DSC_0053 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_0053-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_0053-2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC_0053-2-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nThen we went sightseeing at English Bay.. WQ took a candid photo of us.. haha&#8230;quite cool I would say<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/198254_10150198479829972_553714971_9005388_7919467_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2284\" title=\"198254_10150198479829972_553714971_9005388_7919467_n\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/198254_10150198479829972_553714971_9005388_7919467_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/198254_10150198479829972_553714971_9005388_7919467_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/198254_10150198479829972_553714971_9005388_7919467_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/198254_10150198479829972_553714971_9005388_7919467_n-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2285\" title=\"183168_10150198477549972_553714971_9005333_6847785_n\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/183168_10150198477549972_553714971_9005333_6847785_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/183168_10150198477549972_553714971_9005333_6847785_n.jpg 540w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/183168_10150198477549972_553714971_9005333_6847785_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nHad sashimi at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samuraisushi.ca\/\">Sumurai Sushi<\/a>\u00a0Sashimi were generously HUGE, fresh and cheap! I felt like a polar bear after the meal.. haha<\/p>\n<p>After a &#8216;polar bear&#8217; dinner, we headed home&#8230;. and I spotted this&#8230;.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2287\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF8338.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2287\" title=\"DSCF8338\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF8338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF8338.jpg 480w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF8338-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#39;t play play.... STEVE NASH fittness centre!<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s sad that after u made friends.. u realised that your friends are going home 1 by 1 .. and the next person is gonna be me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all&#8230; I&#8217;m kinda nursing a cold now&#8230; my nose feels funny&#8230; had some Dayquil &#8211; supposed to be non-drowsy.. but I feel light headed \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather in Redmond or rather WA had been quite weird. It cld rain, hail, snow and become sunny all in 1 day. Just last week, I was trapped in a hail! Boo&#8230; no fun&#8230; it hurts so badly that I thought my whole face was bleeding&#8230; wah&#8230; the wind.. so so chilly &#038; strong&#8230;I &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=2280\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Escape to Vancouver, BC&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}