whee. Friday is over ! and I'm more excited than usual..coz dear will be back tmr evening ! yea~! :D My USA trip was a pretty long one..and I miss him so much when I was over there =( luckily we still get to chat on phone.. But nth beats seeing him right before me and giving him a big big hugzz ! haha. =X We did meet up for a few hrs after my flight arrived at noon on Wed. Probably abt 4 hrs ? (before he went for work ard 5..)

Chatted on phone with him again last nite before bed. I cant wait to see him again. =) tmr ! :D


still feeling tired these 2 days.. Even thou it's a 3wks break frm work.. 'goin for holidays' really sound nice and relaxing. But actually not. Coz it's really tiring ! long hrs of flight, e amt of stuffs we need to carry(whenever we chg our hotels), and not having sufficient rest for 3 whole weeks... x.x I REALLY WISH that I can slp for 2 or 3 days. haha. my eyes are closing.... = . = will be sleeping early ltr.. but hopefully can tok to dear for a while before I KO. =P hee

(We were back to San Francisco on Sat night) And Yesterday, we drove for abt 1-2hrs to a premium outlet at e outskirt of SFO for some shopping. And During Evening time we went for a scenic drive along 17 miles Dr. The view was really pretty and e environment was so nice and peaceful. Felt really good abt e place. and We even saw rainbow ! xD BUT too bad I dint bring my DSLR coz I was tired and wasn't in e mood for pictures.. ;P

Talking abt e shopping yest, There were 100 over stores(145 to be exact =p ) and we spent almost 4hrs there, but we only managed to 'cover' 1 quater of e whole area. haha. And Mum's fav shop is Coach. So far I think we've gone to abt 5-6 Coach outlets in US le.. The price is really cheap here.. The discount can go up to 50%. And PLUS Additional 50% ! exaggerating right?

And yest I nearly bought a coach leather wallet.. it was only 40USD after 50%+Add 50% discount. =p but I didn't. Cause I've already bought a DKNY wallet in NY. And 1 person can only use 1 wallet at a time. right? =p (Except for my Mum)..guess how many wallets she bought on this trip? 4!! She bought 2 frm Coach, 1 DKNY and another frm Nine West. *fainted* =O


Oh ya actually right now I'm waiting for my bro to come back frm e airport to pick me up. He has gone to pick up 2 of his friends frm Singapore. He will be travelling for another wk or 2 to go camping with his friends =) Which means, he won't be coming back with us to Sg. And now my parents are waiting at a shopping mall(just 1 subway station away). So when Bro comes back for me, we'll go meet them. I dint join my parents just now cause I was talking to dear =) He's so nice to call me whenever I want him to :D Now he has gone to bed and tmr when he wakes up(which will be my night time here), he will call me again. hehehe =P

I'm left with 2 days in SFO. and my flight back -tmr night. =)

Today we'll be doing some shopping and walking ard in SFO...

Then tmr, I will be with Bro and his friends to a park and vista pt near e Golden Gate Bridge to view e scenery.. and ltr we'll drive to Nappa Valley for some sight-seeing too. =)

Actually having a car is essential if u're travelling by urself in US.. but rental for a day is ard 70 USD. And Mum thinks it's exp =( yupp kinda exp.. and she doesn't like scenic tours.. she only likes to shop =( So to her, renting a car and driving ard for sight-seeing is like a waste of time and money =(

sigh* So for tmr, Dad and Mum wont be joining us, they will be goin to shop on their own somewhere near e hotel. Then it will just be Bro and me together with 2 of his friends in e car -Hence cost of e car will b' equally shared.

I wish to b' back in Sg soon.. coz I think e whole trip is really getting tiring.. I've been having bad headaches these few days. Feeling kinda weak.. =( and when I come back on Wed, I still need to get back to work e next day =( ...tired. X . X And for e weekends, I'll surely be meeting up with dear..nvm, he shall b' my energy booster! lol. alright..I'm ending this post. Bro should b' back any min ! =)

Have a GOOD DAY!

Last entry before I go to bed. =) Only Pluto is accompanying me now..e rest are all asleep(by now) =P Tis baby pluto u see in e pic is so cute..isn't it. hee. When I saw it at Disneyland for e first time, I really liked it a lot.. but I told myself that I shouldn't be spending on plushies..so I merely took some pix of it and left...

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Then after I saw it for e 2nd time.. I asked Dad to take pix of me with it.. =p

... then e 3rd time.. I saw it again just before I was abt to leave e park... and I finally set my mind on buying it. =P The fur is so nice to touch and it feels great to hug it to bed in tis cold weather. hehe. It has accompanied me for almost e whole of my stay here and travelling with us to so many places. =D ha. 'fortunate dog.


Finally, my first USA trip, and also e longest vacation I've ever spent..is coming to an end in another few days time. Hmm.. It's been an exciting trip and a good experience to come to America. We've travelled to so many places in e past 2-3wks and it was really an eyeopener...

Recalling from e start of our trip when we first arrived after a long flight to LAX.. We spent our first few days visiting themeparks in L.A. -Univeral Studios(Hollywood), Disneyland and SeaWorld. Then we joined a tour grp with 50over pple to Las Vegas for 2-3days. And from there we also spent a day travelling to the Grand Canyon but we only got to stay there for an hr, after 5 hrs from Las Vegas to e South Rim of Grand Canyon. It was a really beautiful sight looking down at it from e top... I wish I can go back again. =)

Then after leaving Las Vegas, we went back to L.A. And on our way to San Francisco, we went to Yosemite National Park.

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another highly recommended place(besides The Grand Canyon) to go to in US. =) I really love e national parks in America. It's just so different frm all e other scenic tours I've been to..the cooling weather and the spectacular views ard just makes me feel good. I wonder how would I feel if I can spend a few days up there.. strolling by e lake and wandering abt takin pix whenever I come across nice sceneries.. =) and of course..with dear =) hehe.

Throughout my trip in US, I seriously hope that he can be with me to enjoy the views I'm seeing... =( just like when I was at Yosemite, while we were taking pix, e feeling somewhat gt so strong that I became a bit depressed.... =P hmm, and in all e photos of me, I really hope that he could b' inside e pic too posing with me. haha. mayb' holding me in his arms or giving me a kiss. hahaha. =p lovey. can't wait to see him in Sg..

alright =P shall cont. frm Yosemite, that night we checked into our first hotel in San Francisco. yeah~ getting closer to Bro. =P then e next day we went for a 1 day tour ard SFO. And after we came back, we met up with Bro in our hotel room =D Since then Bro joined us for our trip and we came to New York, and drove to Nigara Falls in Canada.. And we've just came back last night =)

The Niagara Falls is also 1 of my fav part for e whole trip =D Esp. the rainbow I saw at e falls really left a very deep impression in my mind..coz it's e nicest one I've ever seen... :D pictures will be up soon..k? hehe. And u'll b' amazed how beautiful it is.. The weather was very good that day to see such a nice rainbow. and I actually saw a double one :D (which is visible in e pix I took). It was really cool.. =P I must go back to see it again with dear next time.. =D whee


I hope I can get up in time to go Cental Park ltr. haha. *opps. but luckily tmr later I can just rest on e flight(abt 5hrs) back to SFO. And back to e nice nice hotel we stayed previously(at Whitcomb) where we'll hav a room of our own(shared with Bro) Coz we've been sharing room altogether, and it seems kinda crowded and noisy at times.. =P

My actual flight back to Sg is on 24th. but we'll reached on 25th. So we are only left with 2-3days in SFO before we go back... =)

I just woke up abt 2 hrs ago.. Actually I wanted to take a short nap and probably make a trip down to Times Square for some photo-taking... but I overslept..and I slept for almost 4hrs! =P And now I'm playing Bejewled Blitz on Facebook. =D just now Bro was asking whether I'm goin back to bed ltr.. and my ans was... "I'm tryin to adjust my bio-clock back to Singapore time !" haha. =p "ya..right."

Tmr we'll be catching our flight* back to San Francisco and will be spending our last few days(in USA) with Bro bringing us ard San Francisco(which he referred as 'his second home').. hehe. whee~I also like SFO more than New York.. =)


feeling hungry all of a sudden.. just realised that I havent had my dinner ! =O



*flight time is ard 4PM but we'll leave early at 12 noon

feeling a bit grouchy.. =/ cause I'm missing my dear so much ! =( and the weather is super cold here.. less than 10deg cel.. so cold that I couldn't even speak when I came out of e car.. also because I'm nt wearing enough... =X

Just now we drove out to see e Niagara Falls. At first I thot it should b' somewhere in a park or smth(like those National Parks in US that we've been to..) but no.. It's so near e hotels and shops~ just a fencing/handrail ard e water falls. But it's really big.. and e impact of e water fall created light rain drizzling ard e area. Yup.. it's actually e water splashing up after hitting e bottom... pretty cool.. but it was too dark(coz already past midnight) for us to see anyth and it was very cold.... = ~ =

ya it's very late..almost 2AM here now.. think I should be goin to bed... I'm tired = . =zzz


*heard smth being squashed..juz right behind me on e bed*
! ! ! ahhh! Bro slept on my pluto plushie !!
and I just pushed him away frm it.. =/ hmm e bed is kinda small here.

Anw.. Good night ! =p

We set off ard 11 today.. hee. finally gt e chance to slp in late. haha =P Then we took e subway to Columbus Circle and had our brunch at Time Warner Centre(shopping mall).. the shops in there are quite high-end =p coz frm e shops directory brochure, it's all rated to be (E)-Expensive and (VE)-Very Expensive.. =O But Coach is relatively cheap compared to Sg.. SO Mum bought 1 there today =P she bought a leather bag, quite big and I think it should b' ard 1K in Sg.. actually I'm nt too sure but looking at e material and size, should b' ard dat price. And it cost abt 700+ here.. a few hundred cheaper =) Most importantly, she likes it. =)

After that, we headed down to see e Statue of Liberty ! We took e Staten Island Ferry across New York harbor to view e Statue.. and it's free ! haha. There's also another ferry that will bring u to e Liberty island but u will need to pay for that =p We dint get a very clear view of e statue becoz of e weather but it's good enough to be able to see it frm far.. haha

Then next we went to 'Ground Zero' which is e place where e 911 incident happened. Hmm.. we only saw a construction site there and a Tribute WTC Visitor Centre. We wanted to go in but it's 10 dollars per pax for e guided tour..and that's also e only option. =P So we headed to e street across and went for shopping at Century 21instead..hehe. It's a very BIG store and I nearly got lost inside ! It's well known for cheap branded goods.. but I duno most of e brands.. those that I knew were DKNY, CK, Nine West, Lacoste...etc. And they are selling lots of things from clothings, bags and shoes to household and decor items... =) hmm. we enjoyed our shopping spree there. hehe. I spent quite a lot. *opps =p

And finally our last stop, we went to Times Square. It's a shopping area and also like a landmark in e city =) We were there ard evening time..and all e buildings were already lighted up at that time.. It was really nice.. I think even nicer than wad I saw in Las Vegas.. =p but we didn't stay for long there coz it was getting late =( Mayb' we'll go back again so I can take some more pictures =) probably a few days ltr after we come back frm Niagara Falls.

Tmr we'll b' renting a car and driving up to Niagara Falls. Bro says it will take abt 8 hrs.. =X and we'll stay for 2 nights there =) alright. It's getting late here.. think I should log off... It's time to tok to dear too =P wheee.

*short update. keke. I've just reached New York and I'm goin out for dinner now. =) Need to be 'fully geared'..coz IT'S COLD ! (even colder than San Francisco...) " T ~ T "

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Museum of Fine Arts. It was closed for some construction work.. so we only took some pix of e building.. =P

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Golden Gate Bridge. The reason why it's called Golden Gate Bridge is becoz of e reflections on e sea which is so dazzling like 'gold' colour.. and u can only see that on a bright sunny day like this.. Look at e picture below. U'll get wad I mean.. ;P

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It's very very COLD here in San Francisco! The wind was so strong when we were walking back to our hotel after dinner just now. Actually it was just a very short distance(less than 3mins) But it was really unbearable..My face turned so icy cold just within dat few mins =( Thou I'm glad dat my trench coat is good as a windbreaker but I think I might need smth to cover my face as well =( coz e wind chill is really too cold x(


Today, we spent almost e whole day at Bro's sch at Berkeley.. First we attended his graduation ceremony, then after e ceremony, we went for a buffet lunch for e event. And then ard late noon, Bro showed us ard his campus =) His campus area is Huge and beautiful.. We also went up e Sather tower(it's a bell and clock tower) which is a landmark of their sch.. =)

oh ya and I skipped lunch today =( dint eat at his sch coz I was busy following him ard and taking pictures for him and his friends. Seriously, I'm not good in taking portrait photos =X and sometimes he will see his friends indoors, sometimes outdoors, and for some shots, I did it under e shade! = . =||| felt really stressful tryin to adjust my cam settings and to take e shots fast.. *sigh I think they will b' disappointed with e pix coz all of them were expecting better shots frm a DSLR ? =( And 1 of his classmates was even praising me abt e pix I posted on facebook. I was quite happy when I heard that. But now I'm feeling kinda sad. I still need more practice =(


Tmr we'll b' flying to New York for a wk.. we will be goin to Niagara Falls for 2 days and also to Canada. Then come back to San Francisco again for a few days, before we take our flight back on 24-25th. HMM. 10 more days to go. How I wish Bro's graduation was in summer time here (so it's not so cold.....) =P

*yawnz.. I'm getting bored waiting for Bro to come back. He's havin drinks with his friends at a pub.. And he Refused to bring e room card along with him. I wonder why = . =? So I hav to wait for him... It's ard 12:20AM now.. getting late.. And there's nth interesting on TV ~ so sad. = . = zzz

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I've just finished transferring all e pix frm 1 of my CF cards.. =) coz I'm goin to use up both my 2GB memory cards le(so total 4GB) =p For e past 1 wk+, I hav taken almost 1000 pix.. =o and I'm e sort who will look thru my pix and delete them if I think they r not well taken.. =p which means I MAY be uploading all(coz all quite nice mah.. :P ) HMM. actually I dun think so la..coz I dun hav e time to edit so many pix. haha =X

Alright I hav to go bed now le.. tired* But my whole family is in e room now tryin to pack some stuffs.. We'll b' moving to another hotel tmr night. And we will be flying to New York e day after. Good night everybody! (it's almost 1AM here now) zzz.

Feeling a bit feverish. Maybe I'm nt having enough rest. Or maybe it's because..I ate too much heaty stuffs? x . x or could it be e weather ? It's really cold here esp when it gets windy...

Today we toured ard San Francisco.. =) went to lots of places..at least 10over stops ? I feel that our itinerary today is really too packed..First we went for breakfast(dim sum at Chinatown), then we tried to climb 1 of e steep slopes at Lombard Street, then to Golden Gate bridge(went twice for e day and night views), then to Napa Valley for some wine tasting, then we also went to Fisherman's Wharf and took e cruise ride...etc.. x.x It was fun and I love all e places we went to.. but I'm totally exhuasted now..

I think i'm nt havin enough rest coz I only had 3 hrs of slp last nite ! becoz of someone ! =/


Bro is with us now =) and tmr we'll be goin to his graduation ceremony at Berkeley =)

There were no free internet access in e previous 2 hotels I stayed (in L.A. and Las Vegas)..=( so I went 'missing' for a wk, nt being able to come online =P But at last, I've just reached San Francisco today and this is my first night here in Radisson hotel. This hotel is good ! because of e free internet ! haha. and also e bed!.. it's very cool.. u can actually control e 'hardness' of bed.. Yup.. there's a remote control n u just need to press e up, down keys to make it firmer or softer. =P but I hav no preference for it.. norm will do. haha.

Today we went to Yosemite National Park.. it's nt as cold as wad we experienced at Grand Canyon(coz it wasn't dat windy at Yosemite =p ), but there were thick layers of ice seen everywhere on e ground (from ard 5000 feet n above) and also on e mountains.. It's really nicee.. And e waterfalls were spectacular...there were quite a few we saw and I took pix ! hehe. Could hav taken more but I forgot to charge my batt~ = . = and we didn't hav much time to look ard- e tour guide only gav us an hr plus =(

It will be nice if can stay for a day or 2 to relax -hav a walk ard and take some 'nicely composed' pictures ! =P coz I thot e pix I took today were only so-so.. Didn't see any lakes at e 2 stop-overs up there..I think it will look really good in pictures with lakes and some reflections of e surroundings..Right ? =)

hmm..see if I hav e chance to go again =) Really enjoyed e cooling weather and e great views on top..(frm abt 7000 feet elev.) But den..felt a bit 'empty' coz someone wasn't ard with me =x hmm. I really really ..miss him lots !

SINGAPORE : Contractors have been engaged to repair the Singapore Merlion after it was struck by lightning on Saturday.

SINGAPORE: A Nanyang Technological University (NTU) spokesman had confirmed that a final year student from the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering stabbed a professor Monday morning.


Dad was telling me abt e NTU student who committed suicide after stabbing his prof at e back. Hmm.. quite scary that such things could happened. I guessed e prof must hav done smth that agitated e student. Maybe said some very mean things abt him or..dint help him much for FYP ? Or smth even more serious. X . X but it's also such a pity that e student died =(

And e news abt Merlion being struck by lightning.. doesn't it sound like a very bad omen that smth is goin to happened in Sg ? *opps. Poor merlion.. I think it was e head that got hit by e lightning..


ok here's another news headline. Wendy will be setting off for L.A. tomorrow morning at 9 ! =D hee.

But u 'll probably still see me online in e mornings(at night in US). haha. provided that there's free internet access at those hotels I'm staying.. Hopefully there is n can be tapped directly frm my room!.. den I can hav video calls with dear xD

I received 4 SMSes frm Dear all at e same time ! and Those messages were supposed to be sent at different timings throughout e night..... =( Poor dear. must be worried abt me when he dint receive my reply... =(

It must b' a prob with e network that I received e SMSes so late =( and 4 all together.. sigh*

Today, I met up with ChaiHui and ChyePei for KLunch ard noon time.. (: First to arrive at 11 sharp was me!(tis is rather rare.. keke =x ) Then, ChyePei came and she 'forced' me to choose ALL e new songs frm Fish Leong, Rainie, Jay and Zhuo Wen Xuan..=/ coz she said she hasn't been listening to any new songs recently... = . =|| So we 'went thru' all e songs n tried to sing them.. haa. a bit waste of time.. coz usually we'll sing those we know how to sing rather than learning them at KTV ~ ok, mayb' we do, but not for so many songs! =P haha. Anw it was still fun. oh and Ck was 'blaming' me for nt jio-ing him for KTV =p It's nt dat I dun wan to.. but he was having classes since morning.. thou he said he's willing to skip his classes for KTV = . =(I wonder if it's for real....) but he really loves singing like me too. hehe. Wait till I come back 3wks later ! :D

Then after KTV, Chai Hui suggested to go Natas Fair.. At first I was quite surprised that Pei would wanna go.. then aft she agreed, I told her it's at Expo and she was like "huh. so far." =p hahaha. But since we've gt nth to do(other than shopping), we decided to make a trip down to Expo. While on our way there, Ww called and told us abt e admission fee and long Q, but we dint believe him. haha. So it was true.. u hav to buy a $3 tic to enter and e Q was really Really long... hence we dint get to go in coz we felt it's nt worth e time to Q up(esp when we only wanted to take a look at e promotions they have..) =p

But i think it wasn't a wasted trip at all.. coz we passed by a roadshow selling cameras(there were brands like Sony, Panasonic Lumix, Canon, and Olympus too..) And I saw a SONY cam which was very cheap..! at only 199~ hmm. for e brand and specs, it's really cheap to be selling below 200 x) ER and I've decided to go buy it tmr.. =p Firstly, it was e price dat 'attracts' me.. =p den after comparing e specs with SONY's latest model(frm e same series), Just other than e mega pixels diff (10.1 & 7.2), e rest of specs were more or less the same. So for tis price of 199, it's very worth (: And I needed one too for candid shots. =P

Previously I thot I could just use my 5 mega pixels phone for taking pictures. But e picture quality is really bad and I'm very disappointed. Esp for my N79, it's supposed to be one of e latest phone frm Nokia. But e image quality is BAD =( Dear's N82 works better for its camera. =S HMM

alrite I shall cont, we were at Expo. Before we left e place, e 2 of them gt hungry so we bought donuts and sat down to eat and chat =) And after that, we headed back to town area and met up with Ck, Ww, Weili(and his gf too) =D

shall skip all e details. haha.

We had our dinner together and did some shopping.. Then we sat at Wisma's Toast box and chatted till closing. hehe. It was really fun chatting abt e past during our sec sch times.. I must say, all of them hav a betta memory than me~ coz I 've 4gotten lots of things. hehe. All e things they mentioned were so interesting, and some were even unknown to me.. haha..

And e sweetest thing to hear was, while on our way bac, Weili asked when can we meet up like tis again.. And I replied him, anytime. but of course, after my trip. =p coz it's nt difficult to ask them out..=p As long as they are free, they will come out whenever I asked them to =D But for now, because Jz, Ck and Ww are still schooling, so mayb' they r more Free.. =p Nt sure whether they will still hav time to meet up after they start work. =S oh ya even Ck and Pei are looking forward for our next gathering =) hee. it's really good to hear. Shall meet up again in April after I'm back frm US :D

whee. Friday is over ! and I'm more excited than usual..coz dear will be back tmr evening ! yea~! :D My USA trip was a pretty long one..and I miss him so much when I was over there =( luckily we still get to chat on phone.. But nth beats seeing him right before me and giving him a big big hugzz ! haha. =X We did meet up for a few hrs after my flight arrived at noon on Wed. Probably abt 4 hrs ? (before he went for work ard 5..)

Chatted on phone with him again last nite before bed. I cant wait to see him again. =) tmr ! :D


still feeling tired these 2 days.. Even thou it's a 3wks break frm work.. 'goin for holidays' really sound nice and relaxing. But actually not. Coz it's really tiring ! long hrs of flight, e amt of stuffs we need to carry(whenever we chg our hotels), and not having sufficient rest for 3 whole weeks... x.x I REALLY WISH that I can slp for 2 or 3 days. haha. my eyes are closing.... = . = will be sleeping early ltr.. but hopefully can tok to dear for a while before I KO. =P hee

(We were back to San Francisco on Sat night) And Yesterday, we drove for abt 1-2hrs to a premium outlet at e outskirt of SFO for some shopping. And During Evening time we went for a scenic drive along 17 miles Dr. The view was really pretty and e environment was so nice and peaceful. Felt really good abt e place. and We even saw rainbow ! xD BUT too bad I dint bring my DSLR coz I was tired and wasn't in e mood for pictures.. ;P

Talking abt e shopping yest, There were 100 over stores(145 to be exact =p ) and we spent almost 4hrs there, but we only managed to 'cover' 1 quater of e whole area. haha. And Mum's fav shop is Coach. So far I think we've gone to abt 5-6 Coach outlets in US le.. The price is really cheap here.. The discount can go up to 50%. And PLUS Additional 50% ! exaggerating right?

And yest I nearly bought a coach leather wallet.. it was only 40USD after 50%+Add 50% discount. =p but I didn't. Cause I've already bought a DKNY wallet in NY. And 1 person can only use 1 wallet at a time. right? =p (Except for my Mum)..guess how many wallets she bought on this trip? 4!! She bought 2 frm Coach, 1 DKNY and another frm Nine West. *fainted* =O


Oh ya actually right now I'm waiting for my bro to come back frm e airport to pick me up. He has gone to pick up 2 of his friends frm Singapore. He will be travelling for another wk or 2 to go camping with his friends =) Which means, he won't be coming back with us to Sg. And now my parents are waiting at a shopping mall(just 1 subway station away). So when Bro comes back for me, we'll go meet them. I dint join my parents just now cause I was talking to dear =) He's so nice to call me whenever I want him to :D Now he has gone to bed and tmr when he wakes up(which will be my night time here), he will call me again. hehehe =P

I'm left with 2 days in SFO. and my flight back -tmr night. =)

Today we'll be doing some shopping and walking ard in SFO...

Then tmr, I will be with Bro and his friends to a park and vista pt near e Golden Gate Bridge to view e scenery.. and ltr we'll drive to Nappa Valley for some sight-seeing too. =)

Actually having a car is essential if u're travelling by urself in US.. but rental for a day is ard 70 USD. And Mum thinks it's exp =( yupp kinda exp.. and she doesn't like scenic tours.. she only likes to shop =( So to her, renting a car and driving ard for sight-seeing is like a waste of time and money =(

sigh* So for tmr, Dad and Mum wont be joining us, they will be goin to shop on their own somewhere near e hotel. Then it will just be Bro and me together with 2 of his friends in e car -Hence cost of e car will b' equally shared.

I wish to b' back in Sg soon.. coz I think e whole trip is really getting tiring.. I've been having bad headaches these few days. Feeling kinda weak.. =( and when I come back on Wed, I still need to get back to work e next day =( ...tired. X . X And for e weekends, I'll surely be meeting up with dear..nvm, he shall b' my energy booster! lol. alright..I'm ending this post. Bro should b' back any min ! =)

Have a GOOD DAY!

Last entry before I go to bed. =) Only Pluto is accompanying me now..e rest are all asleep(by now) =P Tis baby pluto u see in e pic is so cute..isn't it. hee. When I saw it at Disneyland for e first time, I really liked it a lot.. but I told myself that I shouldn't be spending on plushies..so I merely took some pix of it and left...

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Then after I saw it for e 2nd time.. I asked Dad to take pix of me with it.. =p

... then e 3rd time.. I saw it again just before I was abt to leave e park... and I finally set my mind on buying it. =P The fur is so nice to touch and it feels great to hug it to bed in tis cold weather. hehe. It has accompanied me for almost e whole of my stay here and travelling with us to so many places. =D ha. 'fortunate dog.


Finally, my first USA trip, and also e longest vacation I've ever spent..is coming to an end in another few days time. Hmm.. It's been an exciting trip and a good experience to come to America. We've travelled to so many places in e past 2-3wks and it was really an eyeopener...

Recalling from e start of our trip when we first arrived after a long flight to LAX.. We spent our first few days visiting themeparks in L.A. -Univeral Studios(Hollywood), Disneyland and SeaWorld. Then we joined a tour grp with 50over pple to Las Vegas for 2-3days. And from there we also spent a day travelling to the Grand Canyon but we only got to stay there for an hr, after 5 hrs from Las Vegas to e South Rim of Grand Canyon. It was a really beautiful sight looking down at it from e top... I wish I can go back again. =)

Then after leaving Las Vegas, we went back to L.A. And on our way to San Francisco, we went to Yosemite National Park.

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another highly recommended place(besides The Grand Canyon) to go to in US. =) I really love e national parks in America. It's just so different frm all e other scenic tours I've been to..the cooling weather and the spectacular views ard just makes me feel good. I wonder how would I feel if I can spend a few days up there.. strolling by e lake and wandering abt takin pix whenever I come across nice sceneries.. =) and of course..with dear =) hehe.

Throughout my trip in US, I seriously hope that he can be with me to enjoy the views I'm seeing... =( just like when I was at Yosemite, while we were taking pix, e feeling somewhat gt so strong that I became a bit depressed.... =P hmm, and in all e photos of me, I really hope that he could b' inside e pic too posing with me. haha. mayb' holding me in his arms or giving me a kiss. hahaha. =p lovey. can't wait to see him in Sg..

alright =P shall cont. frm Yosemite, that night we checked into our first hotel in San Francisco. yeah~ getting closer to Bro. =P then e next day we went for a 1 day tour ard SFO. And after we came back, we met up with Bro in our hotel room =D Since then Bro joined us for our trip and we came to New York, and drove to Nigara Falls in Canada.. And we've just came back last night =)

The Niagara Falls is also 1 of my fav part for e whole trip =D Esp. the rainbow I saw at e falls really left a very deep impression in my mind..coz it's e nicest one I've ever seen... :D pictures will be up soon..k? hehe. And u'll b' amazed how beautiful it is.. The weather was very good that day to see such a nice rainbow. and I actually saw a double one :D (which is visible in e pix I took). It was really cool.. =P I must go back to see it again with dear next time.. =D whee


I hope I can get up in time to go Cental Park ltr. haha. *opps. but luckily tmr later I can just rest on e flight(abt 5hrs) back to SFO. And back to e nice nice hotel we stayed previously(at Whitcomb) where we'll hav a room of our own(shared with Bro) Coz we've been sharing room altogether, and it seems kinda crowded and noisy at times.. =P

My actual flight back to Sg is on 24th. but we'll reached on 25th. So we are only left with 2-3days in SFO before we go back... =)

I just woke up abt 2 hrs ago.. Actually I wanted to take a short nap and probably make a trip down to Times Square for some photo-taking... but I overslept..and I slept for almost 4hrs! =P And now I'm playing Bejewled Blitz on Facebook. =D just now Bro was asking whether I'm goin back to bed ltr.. and my ans was... "I'm tryin to adjust my bio-clock back to Singapore time !" haha. =p "ya..right."

Tmr we'll be catching our flight* back to San Francisco and will be spending our last few days(in USA) with Bro bringing us ard San Francisco(which he referred as 'his second home').. hehe. whee~I also like SFO more than New York.. =)


feeling hungry all of a sudden.. just realised that I havent had my dinner ! =O



*flight time is ard 4PM but we'll leave early at 12 noon

feeling a bit grouchy.. =/ cause I'm missing my dear so much ! =( and the weather is super cold here.. less than 10deg cel.. so cold that I couldn't even speak when I came out of e car.. also because I'm nt wearing enough... =X

Just now we drove out to see e Niagara Falls. At first I thot it should b' somewhere in a park or smth(like those National Parks in US that we've been to..) but no.. It's so near e hotels and shops~ just a fencing/handrail ard e water falls. But it's really big.. and e impact of e water fall created light rain drizzling ard e area. Yup.. it's actually e water splashing up after hitting e bottom... pretty cool.. but it was too dark(coz already past midnight) for us to see anyth and it was very cold.... = ~ =

ya it's very late..almost 2AM here now.. think I should be goin to bed... I'm tired = . =zzz


*heard smth being squashed..juz right behind me on e bed*
! ! ! ahhh! Bro slept on my pluto plushie !!
and I just pushed him away frm it.. =/ hmm e bed is kinda small here.

Anw.. Good night ! =p

We set off ard 11 today.. hee. finally gt e chance to slp in late. haha =P Then we took e subway to Columbus Circle and had our brunch at Time Warner Centre(shopping mall).. the shops in there are quite high-end =p coz frm e shops directory brochure, it's all rated to be (E)-Expensive and (VE)-Very Expensive.. =O But Coach is relatively cheap compared to Sg.. SO Mum bought 1 there today =P she bought a leather bag, quite big and I think it should b' ard 1K in Sg.. actually I'm nt too sure but looking at e material and size, should b' ard dat price. And it cost abt 700+ here.. a few hundred cheaper =) Most importantly, she likes it. =)

After that, we headed down to see e Statue of Liberty ! We took e Staten Island Ferry across New York harbor to view e Statue.. and it's free ! haha. There's also another ferry that will bring u to e Liberty island but u will need to pay for that =p We dint get a very clear view of e statue becoz of e weather but it's good enough to be able to see it frm far.. haha

Then next we went to 'Ground Zero' which is e place where e 911 incident happened. Hmm.. we only saw a construction site there and a Tribute WTC Visitor Centre. We wanted to go in but it's 10 dollars per pax for e guided tour..and that's also e only option. =P So we headed to e street across and went for shopping at Century 21instead..hehe. It's a very BIG store and I nearly got lost inside ! It's well known for cheap branded goods.. but I duno most of e brands.. those that I knew were DKNY, CK, Nine West, Lacoste...etc. And they are selling lots of things from clothings, bags and shoes to household and decor items... =) hmm. we enjoyed our shopping spree there. hehe. I spent quite a lot. *opps =p

And finally our last stop, we went to Times Square. It's a shopping area and also like a landmark in e city =) We were there ard evening time..and all e buildings were already lighted up at that time.. It was really nice.. I think even nicer than wad I saw in Las Vegas.. =p but we didn't stay for long there coz it was getting late =( Mayb' we'll go back again so I can take some more pictures =) probably a few days ltr after we come back frm Niagara Falls.

Tmr we'll b' renting a car and driving up to Niagara Falls. Bro says it will take abt 8 hrs.. =X and we'll stay for 2 nights there =) alright. It's getting late here.. think I should log off... It's time to tok to dear too =P wheee.

*short update. keke. I've just reached New York and I'm goin out for dinner now. =) Need to be 'fully geared'..coz IT'S COLD ! (even colder than San Francisco...) " T ~ T "

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Museum of Fine Arts. It was closed for some construction work.. so we only took some pix of e building.. =P

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Golden Gate Bridge. The reason why it's called Golden Gate Bridge is becoz of e reflections on e sea which is so dazzling like 'gold' colour.. and u can only see that on a bright sunny day like this.. Look at e picture below. U'll get wad I mean.. ;P

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It's very very COLD here in San Francisco! The wind was so strong when we were walking back to our hotel after dinner just now. Actually it was just a very short distance(less than 3mins) But it was really unbearable..My face turned so icy cold just within dat few mins =( Thou I'm glad dat my trench coat is good as a windbreaker but I think I might need smth to cover my face as well =( coz e wind chill is really too cold x(


Today, we spent almost e whole day at Bro's sch at Berkeley.. First we attended his graduation ceremony, then after e ceremony, we went for a buffet lunch for e event. And then ard late noon, Bro showed us ard his campus =) His campus area is Huge and beautiful.. We also went up e Sather tower(it's a bell and clock tower) which is a landmark of their sch.. =)

oh ya and I skipped lunch today =( dint eat at his sch coz I was busy following him ard and taking pictures for him and his friends. Seriously, I'm not good in taking portrait photos =X and sometimes he will see his friends indoors, sometimes outdoors, and for some shots, I did it under e shade! = . =||| felt really stressful tryin to adjust my cam settings and to take e shots fast.. *sigh I think they will b' disappointed with e pix coz all of them were expecting better shots frm a DSLR ? =( And 1 of his classmates was even praising me abt e pix I posted on facebook. I was quite happy when I heard that. But now I'm feeling kinda sad. I still need more practice =(


Tmr we'll b' flying to New York for a wk.. we will be goin to Niagara Falls for 2 days and also to Canada. Then come back to San Francisco again for a few days, before we take our flight back on 24-25th. HMM. 10 more days to go. How I wish Bro's graduation was in summer time here (so it's not so cold.....) =P

*yawnz.. I'm getting bored waiting for Bro to come back. He's havin drinks with his friends at a pub.. And he Refused to bring e room card along with him. I wonder why = . =? So I hav to wait for him... It's ard 12:20AM now.. getting late.. And there's nth interesting on TV ~ so sad. = . = zzz

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I've just finished transferring all e pix frm 1 of my CF cards.. =) coz I'm goin to use up both my 2GB memory cards le(so total 4GB) =p For e past 1 wk+, I hav taken almost 1000 pix.. =o and I'm e sort who will look thru my pix and delete them if I think they r not well taken.. =p which means I MAY be uploading all(coz all quite nice mah.. :P ) HMM. actually I dun think so la..coz I dun hav e time to edit so many pix. haha =X

Alright I hav to go bed now le.. tired* But my whole family is in e room now tryin to pack some stuffs.. We'll b' moving to another hotel tmr night. And we will be flying to New York e day after. Good night everybody! (it's almost 1AM here now) zzz.

Feeling a bit feverish. Maybe I'm nt having enough rest. Or maybe it's because..I ate too much heaty stuffs? x . x or could it be e weather ? It's really cold here esp when it gets windy...

Today we toured ard San Francisco.. =) went to lots of places..at least 10over stops ? I feel that our itinerary today is really too packed..First we went for breakfast(dim sum at Chinatown), then we tried to climb 1 of e steep slopes at Lombard Street, then to Golden Gate bridge(went twice for e day and night views), then to Napa Valley for some wine tasting, then we also went to Fisherman's Wharf and took e cruise ride...etc.. x.x It was fun and I love all e places we went to.. but I'm totally exhuasted now..

I think i'm nt havin enough rest coz I only had 3 hrs of slp last nite ! becoz of someone ! =/


Bro is with us now =) and tmr we'll be goin to his graduation ceremony at Berkeley =)

There were no free internet access in e previous 2 hotels I stayed (in L.A. and Las Vegas)..=( so I went 'missing' for a wk, nt being able to come online =P But at last, I've just reached San Francisco today and this is my first night here in Radisson hotel. This hotel is good ! because of e free internet ! haha. and also e bed!.. it's very cool.. u can actually control e 'hardness' of bed.. Yup.. there's a remote control n u just need to press e up, down keys to make it firmer or softer. =P but I hav no preference for it.. norm will do. haha.

Today we went to Yosemite National Park.. it's nt as cold as wad we experienced at Grand Canyon(coz it wasn't dat windy at Yosemite =p ), but there were thick layers of ice seen everywhere on e ground (from ard 5000 feet n above) and also on e mountains.. It's really nicee.. And e waterfalls were spectacular...there were quite a few we saw and I took pix ! hehe. Could hav taken more but I forgot to charge my batt~ = . = and we didn't hav much time to look ard- e tour guide only gav us an hr plus =(

It will be nice if can stay for a day or 2 to relax -hav a walk ard and take some 'nicely composed' pictures ! =P coz I thot e pix I took today were only so-so.. Didn't see any lakes at e 2 stop-overs up there..I think it will look really good in pictures with lakes and some reflections of e surroundings..Right ? =)

hmm..see if I hav e chance to go again =) Really enjoyed e cooling weather and e great views on top..(frm abt 7000 feet elev.) But den..felt a bit 'empty' coz someone wasn't ard with me =x hmm. I really really ..miss him lots !

SINGAPORE : Contractors have been engaged to repair the Singapore Merlion after it was struck by lightning on Saturday.

SINGAPORE: A Nanyang Technological University (NTU) spokesman had confirmed that a final year student from the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering stabbed a professor Monday morning.


Dad was telling me abt e NTU student who committed suicide after stabbing his prof at e back. Hmm.. quite scary that such things could happened. I guessed e prof must hav done smth that agitated e student. Maybe said some very mean things abt him or..dint help him much for FYP ? Or smth even more serious. X . X but it's also such a pity that e student died =(

And e news abt Merlion being struck by lightning.. doesn't it sound like a very bad omen that smth is goin to happened in Sg ? *opps. Poor merlion.. I think it was e head that got hit by e lightning..


ok here's another news headline. Wendy will be setting off for L.A. tomorrow morning at 9 ! =D hee.

But u 'll probably still see me online in e mornings(at night in US). haha. provided that there's free internet access at those hotels I'm staying.. Hopefully there is n can be tapped directly frm my room!.. den I can hav video calls with dear xD

I received 4 SMSes frm Dear all at e same time ! and Those messages were supposed to be sent at different timings throughout e night..... =( Poor dear. must be worried abt me when he dint receive my reply... =(

It must b' a prob with e network that I received e SMSes so late =( and 4 all together.. sigh*

Today, I met up with ChaiHui and ChyePei for KLunch ard noon time.. (: First to arrive at 11 sharp was me!(tis is rather rare.. keke =x ) Then, ChyePei came and she 'forced' me to choose ALL e new songs frm Fish Leong, Rainie, Jay and Zhuo Wen Xuan..=/ coz she said she hasn't been listening to any new songs recently... = . =|| So we 'went thru' all e songs n tried to sing them.. haa. a bit waste of time.. coz usually we'll sing those we know how to sing rather than learning them at KTV ~ ok, mayb' we do, but not for so many songs! =P haha. Anw it was still fun. oh and Ck was 'blaming' me for nt jio-ing him for KTV =p It's nt dat I dun wan to.. but he was having classes since morning.. thou he said he's willing to skip his classes for KTV = . =(I wonder if it's for real....) but he really loves singing like me too. hehe. Wait till I come back 3wks later ! :D

Then after KTV, Chai Hui suggested to go Natas Fair.. At first I was quite surprised that Pei would wanna go.. then aft she agreed, I told her it's at Expo and she was like "huh. so far." =p hahaha. But since we've gt nth to do(other than shopping), we decided to make a trip down to Expo. While on our way there, Ww called and told us abt e admission fee and long Q, but we dint believe him. haha. So it was true.. u hav to buy a $3 tic to enter and e Q was really Really long... hence we dint get to go in coz we felt it's nt worth e time to Q up(esp when we only wanted to take a look at e promotions they have..) =p

But i think it wasn't a wasted trip at all.. coz we passed by a roadshow selling cameras(there were brands like Sony, Panasonic Lumix, Canon, and Olympus too..) And I saw a SONY cam which was very cheap..! at only 199~ hmm. for e brand and specs, it's really cheap to be selling below 200 x) ER and I've decided to go buy it tmr.. =p Firstly, it was e price dat 'attracts' me.. =p den after comparing e specs with SONY's latest model(frm e same series), Just other than e mega pixels diff (10.1 & 7.2), e rest of specs were more or less the same. So for tis price of 199, it's very worth (: And I needed one too for candid shots. =P

Previously I thot I could just use my 5 mega pixels phone for taking pictures. But e picture quality is really bad and I'm very disappointed. Esp for my N79, it's supposed to be one of e latest phone frm Nokia. But e image quality is BAD =( Dear's N82 works better for its camera. =S HMM

alrite I shall cont, we were at Expo. Before we left e place, e 2 of them gt hungry so we bought donuts and sat down to eat and chat =) And after that, we headed back to town area and met up with Ck, Ww, Weili(and his gf too) =D

shall skip all e details. haha.

We had our dinner together and did some shopping.. Then we sat at Wisma's Toast box and chatted till closing. hehe. It was really fun chatting abt e past during our sec sch times.. I must say, all of them hav a betta memory than me~ coz I 've 4gotten lots of things. hehe. All e things they mentioned were so interesting, and some were even unknown to me.. haha..

And e sweetest thing to hear was, while on our way bac, Weili asked when can we meet up like tis again.. And I replied him, anytime. but of course, after my trip. =p coz it's nt difficult to ask them out..=p As long as they are free, they will come out whenever I asked them to =D But for now, because Jz, Ck and Ww are still schooling, so mayb' they r more Free.. =p Nt sure whether they will still hav time to meet up after they start work. =S oh ya even Ck and Pei are looking forward for our next gathering =) hee. it's really good to hear. Shall meet up again in April after I'm back frm US :D