Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Farewell to Tyson's Corner, sobz... shall miss the yam flavor yogurt ice-cream store. Recently Victoria Secret got quite good sales, 15.99 for all sales bras, and 2.99 for all sales panties, but as usual, I think my size is really common here, so not much good stuff left. Instead designs for those super big sizes were readily available! Of cuz I managed to grab a few before all were gone..haiz..those were the last of the dollars my dad gave me as ang bao~~ But hor, quite disappointed with the quality of my first VS purchase. The color came off! Dyed my other white apparel blue...I was really incensed man... So beware of VS bright colored bras! And only buy them on sale lor, or else not worth the overpriced hype.
Sat was pretty well spent. FINALLY, we got around to make our free photo coffee album which we were entitled to when we purchased Cha's new Nikon camera during our Seattle trip in Jan. We selected classic pictures from our stint in the US, and were very pleased with the results, despite being a free product. But as expected, something went wrong during the printing process, so we had the chance to make a second album!! hehe~ One AT couple saw Cha's photography work in the album, were quite impressed and even approached him to help take pictures of their child. Haa..But dunno we got the time or not la..given that Cha needs to tie up loose ends for his thesis, and not to mention the immense amt of packing that needs to be done...wah think liao also headache. We are unable to bring all our stuff back!!! May resort to shipping, which cost us a bomb! 260 bucks for 100lbs. Cha's sponsor really KNS, only give us 75 bucks for all the shipping, where got enough???!!! How come other high ranking officers have half a container, we can barely only ship one small box, so unfair lor!!
Another attempt at new york cheesecake. All my fault that there was extra cream cheese in the fridge. Me too greedy, so bought extras when it was on sale. Now bo bian I had to bake one cheesecake for our breakfast for the next one week. So fattening!
Hopefully Cha can more or less get the green light for his thesis soon, then we can start booking air tix! When I return, need to rebond my hair first, my hair is in a bad shape, next must go for big seafood feasts, and lastly, hope I can get a good job as my bday present! hehe=D
Labels: California Pizza, Cheesecake, Coffee Album, Tyson's Corner
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
Here are some of my June updates. Had a quick dumpling festival dinner with a fusion of western food such as roast chicken and baked potato, and asian delicacies such as stir fry vegetables and sauteed sotongs with spicy tomato sauce. Cha was full of praise for the roast chicken! Today had dinner at Cheesecake factory, should be our last time patronizing this place. Will miss this eatery, and pray hard spore will open one franchise soon... Most impt of all, I have decided on the lumix camera and it has arrived!!! Yaayyyy~~~~~ Also made some bargain purchases at Victoria Secret today, therefore very satisfied, hehe!
Labels: camera, Cheesecake Factory, Dumpling Festival, Food
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
Finally get to blog about this trip since our return on Tue evening. Yellowstone and Grand Teton are really gorgeous national parks! Think geology enthusiasts will enjoy Yellowstone a lot as it is one of the world's hot spot for thermal activities. More than two thirds of the world's geysers can be found there! This is not even including the amazing number of hot springs there...Impressive~ But the weather was still freezing when we were there, a bit sian that I have to wrap up like a dumpling throughout the trip, since almost all my trips I almost always wear the same cardigan..hehe..bobian lar, too cold liao! I rather be overdressed than shiver in cold and cannot thoroughly enjoy myself. That's why the hot springs looked so tempting to me lor, really wanted to soak myself in those colorful and comforting hot springs that are in the national park, but they are all too hot liao. Heard there were numerous deaths in the hot springs, so better dun play play...
The must see is the Old Faithful Geyser and the Grand Prismatic Spring. We found it fascinating that hot springs can be so colorful due to the heat loving extremophiles. We also had to hike relatively long distances to see major attraction spots, therefore this trip was comparably quite an exhausting one. Even threw my tantrum when Cha lost us in the deep forest on our way to see the hidden falls -_-", haiz...feel a bit bad after that, when we finally reached the Inspiration Point that beheld a gorgeous landscape of the Jenny Lake. Also had a lot of fun photo taking, although our poses all looked the same as there was a limit to taking self shots. This was esp the case when we were using tripod to take pics and Cha was the one to carry the heavy equipment throughout our trip. Kudos to Cha!
All the fatigue was however more than compensated by the huge feasts throughout the stay. How can we not try the game meat that was an icon in the downtown? Hehe...We tried both bison and elk meat, and found that bison (aka buffalo) meat taste just like beef , just a tad tougher. Elk meat (aka deer meat) is more tender, and reminds me strongly of my all time favourite, hot plate deer meat in spore! I wonder why bisons are also called buffalo in America cuz the buffaloes in spore zoo looked different one lor! At least they swam in water, I remember. Breakfasts were also good as we hunt for different cafes that served delicious hot American breakfast every morning. Yummy!
Thanks to Cha's meticulous planning again, I have thoroughly enjoyed this trip which was entirely focused on the nature theme. Yellowstone NP is a perfect place for geological education, stunning natural landscape and wildlife spotting. It's confirmed guarantee plus chop that one can definitely sight a wildlife. And very close up too, much much better than nite safari in spore where I had to squint my eyes to look for any animal in the dark (if there were). I think US is really very, very fortunate to be blessed with so many impressive and magnificent national parks. No wonder the locals rather travel domestically than buy expensive air tix to fly elsewhere. Lucky Americans!
Labels: grand teton, trip, yellowstone
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