Saturday, November 22, 2008
** Decide to change my blog skin again cuz have some problems formatting my photos and I was rather pissed off with it...
Wanted to do something outdoorsy today due to sunny weather, so we happened to chance upon this Washington Monument State Park after we made a disappointing trip to the Ohio and Canal Historical Park (it was closed today). Well...nothing fanciful, just a jumbo size furnace to commemorate Washington...it was really cold today, hovering below and at freezing point... Don't understand y it's so cold during fall.. it even snowed yesterday while I was cooking maggie mee, and IT'S ONLY AUTUMN!!! Heard from Cha's classmates that this winter is going to be a very harsh one with heavy snowfall... even now I cannot tahan liao, and wrapped until l look like a long dumpling liao, so wad will happen to me in winter??? haiz...
Anyway Cha and I bought a mini Xmas tree and bought lots of decor for the tree..hehe..now my house got Xmas feel liao...looking forward to Xmas this yr, planning to grill turkey for xmas meal leh =D
Meanwhile, have to piah 2 papers this week before my semester comes to an end..so fast...but a bit stress cuz my paper not even half done yet...need to jia you liao..
Washington Monument State Park (Check out my new boots!! hehe..)
The Monument itself- Nothing much actually leh..
So damn cold..brrhhh~
Our faces were turning numb, Chaaa also cannot take it liao...
"M" on my cap stands for Maryland..hehe..
That's the gloves and scarf Pinkies gave me!!
Eh...we accidentally made the wrong turn and came to this place (still muz take pic...)
My new haircut (uploaded on request)..look how blunt the base of my hair is.. some layers don't flow with the rest of my hair..haiz.. dunno if appreciation of beauty is different here...
My First Xmas Tree (Cha and I did this tree together, we are so proud of it =D)
11:56 PM
Friday, November 14, 2008
Some classic pics of Cha's double chins..haha
Genting: Jul 07
ROM: 27 Feb 08
Vienna: May 08
Washington: Aug 08
Baltimore: Last week
Conclusion: Cha's double chins never got smaller lor..hehe *evil grin*
2:29 PM
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Did a second ultrasound scan yesterday at the Washington Radiology Clinic. Woosh..the good news, lumps are either stable or growing smaller, and some cysts even disappear! So relieved... I so scared if worsen need to do biopsy which involves a thick needle inserting into the affected area to obain cells for lab testings..painful lor! And no hundred percent accuracy, end up getting poked a few times *faint*! Need to do a third follow-up in six months time..maybe somewhere in May ba.. if everything stable and not growing bigger, I no need do anymore ultrasound le, just self examine will be sufficient...yaayy! So damn scared when I was lying on the bed yesterday while waiting for the doc to comment on my condition, made my tummy hurt and feel like going diarrhoea, but was wearing the medical gown and dunno where the toilet was, so had to bear with it throughout the entire scanning process..then made me wait alone in the changing room for 45 min before my turn, so damn cold in that scanty gown lor! But get to read a lot of magazines to update myself on gossip la..hehe
Very relieved of the results. But hope that the next consultation will yield the same diagnosis, cuz if any grows bigger, likely have to do biopsy which I'm so scared of... Realize diet control does help, eat organic chicken meat, no soybean and drink my mum's herbal tea all play a part I guess.. Most impt, I'm less stressed over here as I'm starting to adapt to my new life, and get to exercise in the gym occasionally..I guess this routine hav to be maintained for the rest of my life... I realize the importance of health over these few mths... I used to take it for granted that I'm young and hav a long healthy way to go...but not necessary...Without a healthy body, everything else is meaningless, no matter how much money one has..also cannot make up for the opportunties lost with an ailing health.
10:18 AM
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Dunno y Cha was so excited abt the ESPN Zone cafe...
Waiting for dolphins to come out...
Wearing the 4-D specs in queue for the 4D show...
Stamps for re-entry..but we din go in again lar...
Nite sceneries: similar to clarke quay
Pork pulls with two types of fries...
Cha not full with his small servings of food...
Another set of pics from my Sat spent at the National Aquarium, Baltimore today. The aquarium was huge, five storeys high, but cost us $28 for each person. The tix also entitled us entry to a dolphin show and the 4D Immersion theatre lar. But hor not that worth it, cuz the dolphin show not spectacular at all, lose out to spore zoo's one leh...the dolphins only somersalted a few times and clapped their hands, so I was rather shocked when the show ended and I was still anticipating a climax performance from the dolphins lor..waste of money... But hor, a nice change from the previous Sats of "window" shopping lar... dun really like shopping here cuz I realize all the malls have similar shops so even if we go to different malls every week, basically we are seeing the same things, very sian one...Dinner was at J Paul near the aquarium, was really full with the pork pulls and fries, and their cocktail was huge and cheap (ard $7.50 for a huge glass)!
11:46 PM
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Daylight saving occurs at 2am in the morning today, which means we have to turn the clock back for one hr. A strange feeling...cuz we sort of gained one hr today for sleeping. Ha of cuz have to pay it back in Spring lar... Now I'm 13 hrs behind in Spore time.. sibei sian.. means I have to wake up earlier one hr every wk to call home..wahaha
Last Fri was my first Halloween in the States. Well...din hav much festive feel here leh.. I tot will have kids come knocking on our door leh, cuz I see a lot of kids staying at my block ma, in the end, we bought so much chocolates and not a single witch or dracula came to our door..disappointing..humph..still tinking of taking pics with them de..lol
Btw, to pinkies and frens...last Sat we went to another shopping outlet mall, and we found a COACH outlet leh!! woohoo..! Cha bought me one coach bag, cuz my old bag crack open liao..hehe..so those who wan me ship some bags back can mass collate and let me know de, and the next time i go shd be in spring or summer le...hehe..
1:50 PM
Thursday, October 30, 2008
I can't help it after seeing several of my pinkies who change to new blog skins, so nice!!! Now very inspired to change my err "primitive" design as well..haha, so decided to be in line with the other pinkies, i.e. new PINK blogskin!
Wahaha...had attempted to change the skin earlier this yr, but couldn't do it due to error in html coding, yuan lai need to revert to classic layout...but still need a lot of refinements...wahaha the new design really brighten up my day a lot...=D
1:37 AM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
11 Oct 08 - Day Trip to Williamsburg -The Small Colonial TownThe place where we had our dinner! Had to queue for two hours in the cold..brrrhhh
Dinner in the dungeon, their beef stew was fantastic, a bit like the asian style "kou(4)-rou(4)"...
18 Oct 08- Skyline Drive Along Shenandoah National Park
Last Sat on 18 Oct, we went to the Shenandoah National Park and drove along the skyline drive. It was a really long route, i think 100+ miles and we can stop over at any of the lookover points for breathtaking sceneries...Of cuz, Cha and I wasted no time in taking lots and lots of pictures again..haha...The only drawback was that we had to wake up really early so that we can complete at least half of the skyline drive. As there were not many eatery choices over there, we packed our own lunch... Got pringles, cookies, brownies, nuts and sausage sandwiches so that we can eat as we drove to enjoy the scenic views...But the weather was freezing lor, and towards the evening part, I almost refused to get out of the car...hehee
Was contemplating to take my bridal shoots here, nice hor...
First time I see so many red trees in my life! Autumn here is really beautiful...
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Quite disappointed to see such a peanut waterfall after trekking in the woods for half an hr...
Last shot of the day...
12:06 AM
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
So touched that pinkies gave me so many suggestions so that I wun be so sian... Haiz, just in very bad mood that day, cuz tat PORKY made me very mad that day, then thinking of all the 委屈ness of cooking meals and ironing clothes for him, and being a social hermit made me so moody and lonely at times. Haiz, I broke down for nearly an hr tat nite, stupid PORK. But after tat I felt much better le, and after treating me to a dinner at Boston Mkt the following evening, we were ok again liao, even thou Cha was also pretty mad at me for giving him attitude for 2 whole days.
Sometimes really miss the Fri gatherings w Pinkies, the Sunday outings with my family and datings with Cha on Sats in Spore (cuz can afford to go chill out in spore). Being here means have to take care of my own self, no mother to fuss over me when I'm unwell, no ready-cooked meals every evenings. It's a totally different experience over here. There are trade-offs thou. Here I have no friends, always have to face Cha from day to nite and nite to day. Cannot really connect with my classmates, and Cha's classmates are mostly australians, dun really understand their accents. And their wives all seem to be pretty bz and have their own activities... Me like a hermit crab now, day in day out only tok to cha. So when we have tiffs, really diff for me to find anyone to tok to here, end up in coldwars and I can only sulk all the way to show my displeasure.
However at the other extreme end, I can always look forward to Sats over here becuz we can go explore different places. Like last Sat we went to Williamsburg in Virginia, a 3-hr drive away. Quite nice, cuz it's like a mini-town which was a replica of a colonial town a century ago. All the ppl there were dressed in colonial style and all the shops had themes which were landmarks of that time, like blacksmith, wheelspun fabric and those victorial style dresses in the seamstress shops. Even their kitchens were very much like what I've visualised in Julie Garwood's romance novels. The medicine and drugs they had used at that time and how they made their leather shoes and belts were also fascinating. And very strangely, the "employees" over there were all very immersed in their role-playings of roles which existed 100 yrs ago. A bit eerie...
Was planning to go to Shenandoah national park in Virginia this sat. Haiz.. only Sats are what I'm looking forward to now. The rest of the days are just studying, studying and studying. And Cha will just do his own stuff most of the time , and I also hav to rush assignments every other day, so sian... It's either I feel very sian and desolate most of the time, or I get to enjoy a lot on one single day. No other activity and no other friend..
This Thur I will be doing a follow-up consultation at the uni's health center, a bit nervous... The notion of doing an ultrasound again soon makes me sick to the stomach, I dun like it leh.
2:27 PM
Friday, October 10, 2008
Barely 2 months. I feel so alone here, no one to tok to, no gathering. Tis is the period when i'm most vulnerable, tat's y i'm taken for granted sometimes. Tis wasn't the case in the past. Now that I have nothing, sometimes i really feel like going home.
11:26 AM
Monday, October 06, 2008
Now Cha and I both bz like birds cuz MID-TERM IS COMING!!! Sianz la...the only thing I dun like abt studying is exams and writing long papers, although I like going for classes..haha..but not too bad..all my exams are open books. Cha more jialat..everynite 2-3 am then sleep, and wake up earlier than me..bo bian, I need at least 9 hours of beauty sleep daily, or else I will be a zombie for the whole day liaoz..Me also have to do weekly assignments, which leave me very little time to enjoy tai tai life... I sometimes do hmwk until 12 midnite leh...sometimes cannot take it so will alternate with watching HK drama "Moonlight Resonance". So damn nice, until I want to rush the whole series all at one shot..Now I only looking forward to every Sat where Cha and I will go out to walk walk and take a breather. Even our Sundays are devoted to homework! Pengz..dun recall I'm so hardworking during my uni days last time...
12:31 PM
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Still have an hour more before it marks the end of our third anniversary... Time fliessss! The celebration was really special for this year, cuz we celebrated it in Merryland! YAAY! We celebrated early on last Sat..Chaa brought me to Ocean City, also in Maryland, but had to drive around 3 hrs to reach, it's a nice place, it's a boardwalk beach with a strip of shops and entertainments along the coast, similar to Santa Monica which I've been to last year. Wah...the coast is really long, we took almost 5 hours leisure walk, also cannot finish the entire coast..tiring leh.. Weather was not that good, it drizzled one third of the time, but lucky not like those torrentious type in Spore. We settled our dinner at Harrison's Harbor Watch Seafood restaurant, the food there was good, a bit costly, but their sides and rolls were free-flow, so quite filling lar. Their crab cake was really good, Chaa seems to luv it a lot =) We also tried the funnel cake at one of the coastside cafe, it was delicious! It claimed that it was voted the best funnel cake in Ocean City lar, but dunno real or not, the cakes from the other cafes looked as nice lor...Not to forget we spent quite a bit on arcade games...Haa, long time never been to arcade liao, but we were there to hide from the rain lar, in the end we managed to exchange for an exquisite hanger with our combined coupons..wahahah, heng ah!
Ocean City, The BoardWalk
On Cha's request: The Famous Thrasher's Fries which we have to queue quite a while to get them...
The Number 1 Funnel Cake- Believe it or not
Tucking into my dinner!
Today we celebrated the actual day by having a romantic dinner in a "fine dine" setting. Haa.. we prepared the dinner ourselves, got soup, maincourse and dessert. Of cuz not to mention got wine lar...too bad no candlelights de...We had roasted pork loin chops for mains. But it was roasted in oven for too long liao lar (cuz we both dun have much experience with ovens), the pork loin chops macham char siew lidat...so damn tough, then we only have butter knife, no meat knife, so can imagine our pain when we try to cut the very tough meat with a butter knife! haha...Dinner was really great, with soft lightings and love songs playing in the background. We even danced ard a bit when my ROM march-in song was played...was quite a cozy celebration and we can also save a lot of money by having "fine-dine" dinner at home lor...
Chaa also had a surprise for me this evening, I already din expect anything from him on this anniversary, cuz it was hard on him to get something while I'm always around, but he got me a "Perfect Dozen" online! It was delivered to our home while we were preparing our food. When the bell rang, I tot it was some postal service or wad so I din wan to open the door even Cha asked me to.. So I was really surprised to see him holding the "Perfect Dozen" in the doorway.. So sweet of him =) Will remember this anniversary in years to come de, our first one overseas...but dunno whether we shd celebrate our marriage anniversary or the day we were first together better leh... The ROM date was given to us by a temple fortune teller, but marriage is our first life milestone together. Today's anniversary is also special as I want us to always remember the day when we first started our journey together..dilemma lar..haha maybe shd celebrate both hor..then got 3 presents every yr, including my bday..heehee
Anyway, since today it's such a special day for Chaa and me, we've just sent in our appplication to ballot for the flat liao, hope we can get it this time round!
The Perfect Dozen=D
Fine-Dine Dinner: We really got dressed up for the occasion lor...at home -_-"
Brownie made by myself..yummy
11:05 PM
That's the gloves and scarf Pinkies gave me!!
Washington: Aug 08
Baltimore: Last week
A typical servant's quarter a few centuries ago...
Their kitchen - She really used the manual machinery to roast the chicken lor...
Colonial guards changing their duties...Falling in
"Magazine": A place where the military store their guns...
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