Tag: About Four

This one tagged by Keith, on Aug 18

Here are the rules: Click copy/paste, type in your answers and tag four people in your lists! Don’t forget to change my answers to the questions with that of yours.

1. Four places I go to, over and over:

• Go to bed! :p
• Library
• Mall
• Restaurant
  

2. Four people who e-mail me regularly:

• OMB... no one... I have to figure out why!!! :(
  

3. Four of my favorite places to eat:

• My room
• Living room
  
• Restaurant, cos got people serve me
  
• In my old house, cos my mom cook

4. Four places i’d rather be:

• Penang
  
• Las Vegas
• Taiwan
• Hong Kong
  

5. Four TV shows I could watch over and over:

• I seldom watch TV shows
  

6. Four people I think or I hope will respond...

• MiNღ唲
• Akira
• 荣希
• Chobits

Present from blogger

I got a present from one of our famous blogger, Siong aka 惰天使一祥. He sent it to me from Malaysia. It is so nice of him. I like his blogs so much because I always get to learn something from his posts.




The presents I got are:

1) BB Chouhi Gundam 张飞高达
I knew about Gundam from some of our bloggers, they blog about their collection of Gundams, among those Gundams my favorite is the series of BB Warrior Romance of the Three Kingdoms, because they are so cute!

This is my first Gundam, I will try to assemble it then share with you guys later...



2) A very cute Hello Kitty for hanging at cellphone
(This Hello Kitty picture I took from his blog, cos I can't take a nice picture of it)


Once again, Thanks to Siong very very much!
I love all of them!! (^.^)

Met up with PGHK member

If you are one of the Penang Hokkien's member, then you must familiar with one of the famous PGHK's member, Pek Lulu. She was a guest for a lot of recording in PGHK. I love to listen the episode she joined, because she so good in speaking and I remember she had sang too... (^.^)

How we met each other?? From the following pictures you can see we at the airport...

Pek Lulu is staying at Huoston, Texas. Did I went to Houston? No. But if you still remember when I finish my 5 weeks trip, I flew from San Francisco to Boston, I had a transfer flight at Houston.

Yes, we meet each other at Houston Airport. She and her husband drove from their house (45 minutes away) to airport to meet me, and we only have 20 minutes to talk, cos I had to catch my next flight to Boston.

I am so touching that she came all the way to airport to meet me even though we don't have a lot of time to "sembang", at the beginning I was afraid that we can't make it, but lucky me, I had chance to meet her in person, she is so friendly!

Pek Lulu, it is so nice to know you...
Keep in touch... (^.^)
(She is also one of my blog reader!)



p/s: I look so terrible in this pictures!! I was so tired after my whole trip and I didn't slept for 30 hours before boarding to the plane...

Tag: Household Chores I Hate

This one tagged by Ah Hoon, on Aug 12.
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This meme is pretty simple.

Here are the rules:

1.) List down the household chores you hate and why. Do you think you can survive without helpers and nannies?

2.) Copy the image.

3.) Tag as many girlfriends you want, the daddies and hubbies can also join.

4.) Add your blog's link in the domesticated divas linky love. You can add all your blogs.

5.) Leave a comment at Stripe and Yellow to be added to the masterlist.

DOMESTICATED DIVAS:

Living the Healthy Life / Sripe&Yellow / Vanity Kit / Mind Bubbles / Something Purple / Em's Detour / Me,Myself+2 / Kidd Designs / FunFierceFabulous / Ozzy's Mom / Insights from the Grocery Cart / Living A' La Mode / God's Best Gift / MommyAllehs Up-Close And Personal / My Precious Niche / Just Me.. Eds / Eds Mommy Life / Aggie Shoots Aggie Scraps / All Kinds of Me Stuff / The Salad Caper / Winding Creek Circle / InkBabyStudios / Joys in Life / Me and Mine / Little Peanut / Creative in Me/ Pea in a Pod / Sugarmagnolias / Notable Bistro / Around the World / I am Mommy / All About The Memories / Enchanted Play / In Depth / A Housewife's Journal / Life Together Starts / As We Face Forever / My Happy Place /Iam Dzoi / Suburban Sass / To the Moon and Back / Raising Sandy / Walk on Red / All Things Me / Because Life Is Fun / Feels Like Home / Growing up with Bea / My life... my own piece of heaven / Around the World / Hobbies and Such / My life in this Wonderful World /My Online World / / My Virtual Closet / My Views On My So Called Life / The Real Deal The Real Me / Changing Lanes/ Pit Stop/ Around the World / The Fountain Of Happiness / The Joy Of Life Forever / Love Is / Phtographic Memories / My Colorful World / Strawberry Gurl / Quicker8 / Mommy's Little Corner / The Dawn That Shines / Journey to Prosperity / Homelife / Sheng's Simple Thoughts / Coriander Dreams / Gorgeous Traveller / A Traveller's Domain / Lemon Iced Tea / It's My Party / My Wonderful Life / Simple Life, Simply Me / Sassy Finds / All things Yummy / Shangrila Journey / My Charmed Life / Mommyhood and Me / Crissy's Zone / Crissy's Library / Vis Vires /Crissy's Haven / My Daily Thoughts / Abby's Way of Life / Princess Bela / Women Xplore / Our Journey to Life / My Planet Purple / And so I am / Arlene's Random Ramblings / Life's All About Lourdes' Mia / Faery Dancing / Purpled Sky /Mamakshop /Almanac Queen / Caramel Corn / Sunny Side Up Foodie / You Zi / Life in the United State

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Household Chores? Actually I don't like to do any household chores. How about you? But if you want me choose the household chores that I really hate, that is I hate mop the floor, cos it is so hard... First, you have to do more then one time, soap and then water. Second, to mop whole house, normally will take me more then half an hour, it cos my bacl pain. I really hope that in future we will have one machine that can help us mop the floor.

I will tag - Cinderella, Dora, Lor Mee.

Air Conditioning

My host family turn on the air conditioning compressor whole day long in the house when is summer, it is because the weather is so hot! Air conditioning is one of the important things in summer, I found out Discount AC Parts.com has a complete line of ac compressors for all auto models. They offers all the auto ac parts. Besides that, they also offers high quality Mercedes AC compressor and Ford ac compressor.

Met up with blogger

Bridge and Tom are having a road trip at East Coast US, today they reach Boston, so we had chance to meet each other for dinner. It was so nice to meet them, they are so nice!

As a Malaysian, of course I took them to eat Malaysian foods. Haha... They told me this is their first time to try Malaysian foods. I am glad that they like it! (^.^)


The souvenir from Hawaii, I love it... Thanks Bridge again! (^.^)


The foods we ordered:
Nasi Lemak (Bridge and I love the coconut rice!!)


Pad Thai (like Char Kueh Tiao)


Hot and Spicy Prawn (This is Bridge's favorite!!)


Pork Chop (This is Tom's favorite!!)


Vegetable

Busy

I am home, I slept on my bed... feel so good!

My host family went to vacation 10 days ago, and they will be back tomorrow early morning. Even though they not home, I still have many task to complete today...

1st - pick up the car from repair center
2nd - pick up my host family's dog from the lady that take care of him when we away
3rd - went to bought groceries, we had no one at home last 10 days
4th - went to dental appointment
5th - took a long nap, I still having jet lag
6th - do my own laundry that from my trip
7th - unpack my luggage


One more thing is I had been tagged by some people last 5 weeks, now I have to start do it and clearing those tags. I will do it base on the date that people tagged me. If I didn't do yours yet, be patient I will do it one by one... (^.^)


This tag was tagged by 荣希 on July 15.


1.Six people to tag.

• Bridge
• Hazel
• Jepunlauee
• Ah Hoon
• Jchan
• Kevin

2.Six things I'm passionate about

• blogging
• traveling
• cooking
  
• chatting
  
• sleeping
• try new things

3. Six things I say too often.

• How are you?
• Love you.
  
• Ok!
• Can you listen?
• I don't like you behavior!
• Please...
  

4. Six books I've read recently

• busy traveling no time to read any book, I only read tour guide book on this 5 weeks
  

5. Six songs I can listen to again and again.

• 你是我心内的一首歌
• 香水有毒
• 不要再来伤害我
• 亲爱的
  
• Home
  
• Chinese New Year songs
  

6. Six things I learnt in the past year.

• Everything will be all right at the end.
• Don't worry, be happy!
• Not everything we can control, let it go...
• Only me can help myself, others people can't do anything...
• Don't take too serious to everything, anything can change in this world...
• Missing is just temporary, everything will back to normal when I go back...
  

Tour Agency

This is my one year and seven months I staying in United States, one of the main reason I came here is I can travel. When I was staying at Malaysia, I used to join the tour agency that friend's of my parents. But in United States, more convenience, I search the online travel guide through online.

If you still would like traveling in United States, and headache about your vacation planning, go to visit Trusted Tours and Attractions, they offers discounted tickets to the best sightseeing tours in 23 cities across America, it will help you save your time on planning.

One of my favorite places when I traveled to New York was Top of the Rock Observation Deck at Rockefeller Center. Top of the Rock offers breathtaking 360 degree panoramic views of NYC from the newly renovated, 3 tiered observation deck, located on the 67th, 69th, & 70th floors of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, atop world-famous Rockefeller Center. If you interesting about it, visit this website: New York Tour, they having a great offer for the ticket.

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37th day ~ Boston, MA (波士顿)

The flight:
6:00am Oakland, CA ->11:53am Houston, TX
1:00pm Houston, TX -> 6:08pm Boston, MA
TOTAL DURATION: 9 hours 08 minutes

After I had been traveling 36 days, today I will be home...

I am here wanna THANKS to everyone of you that have been joining my adventure! Today is the last day.

I am going to share with you my many many NICE photos and videos that I took from my trip... Stay tuned!! (^.^)

BOSTON, I am Back!!!

36th day ~ San Francisco, CA（旧金山）

San Francisco...
I going to leave this beautiful city tomorrow...
I will go back to my normal life soon...

~ more photos will share with you later.

35th day ~ San Francisco, CA（旧金山）

Today we going to visit the pleasant harbor cities of Sausalito and Tiburon, which boast arts shops and incredible views of San Francisco's skyline and the bay. After that, we drive over the world-famous Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco.

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both US Highway 101 and California Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California.

p/s: I saw this bridge a lot on movie too, finally I am here!! Looking with my own eye and drive through it!! Yeah!!

~ This post scheduled before my trip; my photos will share with you later.

I wanna go home!

In this 5 weeks, I enjoying my trip, I go to a lot of places and meet some new friends...

BUT for the last 3 weeks trip, I don't have a good tour guide, some problems appear... the situation getting worst for this week (our last week)! We only have 8 tour members in this week, 6 of us don't like our tour guide, including ME...

I miss Boston...
I miss my bed...
I wanna go home...

P/S: I am so SORRY for surprising all of my friends when reading this post. Normally I write this kind of post, about my feeling in my Chinese's Blog... but I don't feel wanna write in Mandarin for this time... ...

34th day ~ Bodega Bay, CA

Today we tour the world renown Napa and Sonoma Valley wine country and the famous Bodega Way, which provided the setting for Hitchcock's movie "The Birds". Bodega Bay is a shallow, rocky inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of northern California in the United States.

We are heading back to San Francisco tomorrow!!! It means that my vacation is nearly to ending...

~ This post scheduled before my trip; my photos will share with you later.

33rd day ~ Sacramento, CA (萨克拉曼多)

Today we reach Sacramento, it is the capital of the California. The photo above is the skyline of City of Sacramento.

The Tower Bridge, built in 1935, a popular landmark. The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge crossing the Sacramento River, linking West Sacramento in Yolo County to the west, with the capital of California, Sacramento, in Sacramento County to the east.
~ All the information and photos are taken from Wikipedia.

~ This post scheduled before my trip; my photos will share with you later.

Congratulation to Ah Hoon!! She sat on my comfy sofa to drink the coffee yesterday. I will post the postcard within this 2 days, it will take around 2 weeks to reach Singapore.

By the way,
Special news to Dragon and Kevin, either of them will be the winner of grabbing the most sofa for this 5 weeks, Dragon had grab 15 days, Kevin had grab 10 days. It mean that IF Kevin grab today sofa and the following 4 days, then they will be tie, I will send both of them a postcard and a surprise gift! (^.^)

32nd day ~ Yosemite NP, CA (约塞米蒂国家公园)

Half Dome - one of the famous view point at Yosemite National Park.




Giant Sequoia


This is the foot of fallen Sequoia


Can u imagine how big the tree was??



*****

Hi friends!! Today is the last coffee day.

Today I prepare coffee from Yosemite National Park for all of you, this is my 32nd day that I away from Boston, I am going back to Boston on coming Sunday... the days flying so fast...!!!

Don't forget drink a cup of coffee before you leave... Hope you like it... (^.^)






p/s: If you sit on my comfy sofa drink the coffee (the first person leave me a comment), Congratulation!!! You will get a nice postcard from me, remember email me your postal address.

31st day ~ Yosemite NP, CA (约塞米蒂国家公园)

photo from - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:River_in_yosemite_NP.jpg

Today we will visit Yosemite National Park, one of the USA's most famous parks and known for its colossal granite mountains and amazing waterfalls. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness.

p/s: this is also one of my "must-go" national park!!

*** Special Information:
Tomorrow is the LAST "coffee day", for whom didn't have chance to sit on sofa yet, tomorrow is the LAST chance for you to try!!! (^.^)

~ This post scheduled before my trip; my photos will share with you later.

30th day ~ Death Valley, CA (死谷)

Today we reach Death Valley. Death Valley is one of the hottest and driest places in North America due to its lack of surface water and its low relief. On July 10, 1913, a record 134 °F (56.7 °C) was measured at the Weather Bureau's observation station at Greenland Ranch (now the site for the Furnace Creek Inn), which is (as of 2007) the highest temperature ever recorded on that continent. Daily summer temperatures of 120 °F (49 °C) or greater are common as well as below freezing nightly temperatures in the winter.

~ This post scheduled before my trip; my photos will share with you later.

29th day ~ Las Vegas, NV (拉斯维加斯)

Today is my favorite day among all the days for my trip, even though today temperature is 40'C, and I feel that I am burning hot, I still love Las Vegas.

The hotel and casino are build in different theme. While I walk along Las Vegas Blvd, "The Strip" (the main street where all the hotels and casinos location), I really enjoy the view.


The following are some of the hotels and casinos building that I wanna to share with you:

New York New York


Paris


MGM Grand


Excalibur


Monte Carlo


A lot of escalate are build at the sidewalk to across the bridge to the opposite side of the street, NOT ONLY staircase, I think we won't see this in other places.


Inside casino, actually not allow to take photo, but no one came to me so I took photo and video, to share with you :p


Video inside casino.


This is the limo that drive us around the city, 14 persons of us can fit into this limo. You can imagine how big and how long it is. Inside also has a bar for drink.


The video of the limo.


Some of us.


Inside the limo.






Video inside the limo, you can see very clearly how big is it...


We drink a lot on this night... I taught them say cheers in Chinese - "Yam Seng!!" 饮胜!!

28th day ~ Las Vegas, NV (拉斯维加斯)

After one week in so many National Parks, we all so tired of seeing rocks again...

Finally, today we reach the famous city in the world, Las Vegas in Nevada. The gambling and show paradise, Las Vegas with its countless casinos and entertainment centers. We will stay here for 2 days.

Gambling!! I am wonder should I go to try my luck?? hehe... (^.^)

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By the way, the coffee day's postcard will go to Jchan 찬준偉, it is because we have 2 kind persons, that is Kevin (Taugeh) and Dragon, they would like give it to others people. Thanks... :*

27th day ~ Red Canyon, UT -> Zion NP, UT

Zion National Park

~photo is taken from Wikipedia.

Today we will visit 2 national park, they are Red Canyon and Zion National Park.

~ This post scheduled before my trip; my photos will share with you later.

*****

Hi Hi!! Today is the forth coffee day.
(If you can't get the first cup of coffee today, next week will be the last chance!!)

I have been traveling 27 days, Thank You joining my adventure, I hope you having fun!! Another 10 days I will be back to Boston...

Don't forget drink a cup of coffee before you leave... Hope you like it... (^.^)





p/s: If you sit on my comfy sofa drink the coffee (the first person leave me a comment), Congratulation!!! You will get a nice postcard from me, remember email me your postal address.

26th day ~ Capital Reef NP, UT -> Bryce Canyon NP, UT

photo from - http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2960683750050301256bSlIzN

Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park located in southwestern Utah. Contained within the park is Bryce Canyon. Despite its name, this is not actually a canyon, but rather a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to its geological structures, called hoodoos, formed from wind, water, and ice erosion of the river and lakebed sedimentary rocks. The red, orange and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views to visitors.


Capitol Reef National Park in south-central Utah. It is 160 km long but fairly narrow. The park, established in 1971, preserves 979 km². Called "Wayne Wonderland" in the 1920s by local boosters Ephraim P. Pectol and Joseph S. Hickman, Capitol Reef National Park protects colorful canyons, ridges, buttes, and monoliths.

About 120 km of the long up-thrust called the Waterpocket Fold, extending like a rugged spine from Thousand Lake Mountain southward to Lake Powell, is preserved within the park boundary. Capitol Reef is the name of an especially rugged and spectacular part of the Waterpocket Fold near the Fremont River. The area was named for a line of white domes and cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, each of which looks somewhat like the United States Capitol building, that run from the Fremont River to Pleasant Creek on the Waterpocket Fold. The local word reef referred to any rocky barrier to travel.

~ Photo and information are taken from Wikipedia.

~ This post scheduled before my trip; my photos will share with you later.

*** Special Information:
Tomorrow is a "coffee day" for this week, for whom didn't have chance to sit on sofa yet, tomorrow is the chance for you to try!!! (^.^)