What?! No trouble with finding my visa at the Qantas counter at LAX? I actually caught my connection (of course I did have a 7 hr layover)?? No problem admitting me into the country at Melbourne International?! It really was a positive start to going to the same old crappy country I despise. I was so used to having bad encounters with getting there it always left a bad taste in my mouth upon arrival. Bad news however, mom fainted on the plane en route from sg to mel and the crew on SQ (Singapore Airlines) were unprofessional and surprise surprise, IDIOTS. (I'd post my complain later).
It was nice to see mom again. But what was more fun was seeing four cousins whom I haven't seen in almost 6 years, my two cousin's kids, Kitty and YK (or better now known as Jaymie and Edwin these days) whom I took care of a lot when they were kids, who are now 19 and 22 and the two little boys of my other cousin who were toddlers when I last left in '98. Talk about a rude awakening of aging. Arrgh!
Six days went by really quick. Weather was perfect (for me at least tho' we all enjoyed the cloudy days) and the best part to getting such a big group together was updating me with gossips and events that have mom have overlooked on keeping me on track. Needless to say, I realize mom isn't all that into keeping updated herself! :)
A rather different experiance being in Australia without dad... I didn't enjoy having the sole person deciding on where, what and when but I suppose I was the only one who'd been there more than 0 times :) Mom just isn't in the state of mind anymore to lead... ok, she never was. Still, I had a really nice time. I only hope my cousins had a nice time too. I don't think the Melbourne is exactly a city for kids but hey, they're lucky to be there, let alone Australia.
Nice to be home tho'... gawd it nice to be home. Nice to be with the husband again and do our own weekend thing. As much fun as I had on this trip, it'll be awhile before I return again. Usually, it's only because i HAVE to.
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Thursday, November 04, 2004
There Are More Stupid Americans Then I Thought...
Wow, GB won by a bigger margin than I would have imagined. It tells me how many stupid Americans there are out there. Scary. I can't imagine this country will stay a super power for too much longer. With stupid and uninformed adults, you get stupid kids. They voted for a stupid and badly educated (good schools didn't work for him obviously) fool as their president even after he's messed up in the last four years. The man can't speak his own first language... he's the President of America, for crying out loud. Get a friggin' tutor!!!
...so he acted swiftly for Florida during the hurricane... you think any other President wouldn't have done the same? It's an election year! You're all FOOLS. I'm glad I'm not an American for a change! People who voted for him can't see how regular people say he's stupid... errr, ever watched 'David Letterman?'. How about 'The Daily Show'? Even 'Jay Leno'! Tha man chocked on a pretzel!!! Hello?!
I'm not pro Kerry... I'm just anti-Bush. It's ok to be religious... but like my dad always told me, 'religion is a VERY personal thing'. You just don't push your believes on someone else. I understand there are many Christians (of all denominations)in this country. But to rule this country with a Bible is just wrong!!! It's simply UNAMERICAN! Praying before you go attack another country... I sure didn't need to know that!!!
I suppose in a way, it's good he's been elected again. He's got to deal with the b.s that's going on. But... more soldiers will die for GW's little you-tried-to-kill-my-dad war and more people will die 'coz stem cell research hasn't been funded. Americans are stupid!! That's all I have to say.
...so he acted swiftly for Florida during the hurricane... you think any other President wouldn't have done the same? It's an election year! You're all FOOLS. I'm glad I'm not an American for a change! People who voted for him can't see how regular people say he's stupid... errr, ever watched 'David Letterman?'. How about 'The Daily Show'? Even 'Jay Leno'! Tha man chocked on a pretzel!!! Hello?!
I'm not pro Kerry... I'm just anti-Bush. It's ok to be religious... but like my dad always told me, 'religion is a VERY personal thing'. You just don't push your believes on someone else. I understand there are many Christians (of all denominations)in this country. But to rule this country with a Bible is just wrong!!! It's simply UNAMERICAN! Praying before you go attack another country... I sure didn't need to know that!!!
I suppose in a way, it's good he's been elected again. He's got to deal with the b.s that's going on. But... more soldiers will die for GW's little you-tried-to-kill-my-dad war and more people will die 'coz stem cell research hasn't been funded. Americans are stupid!! That's all I have to say.
Monday, November 01, 2004
Back from Barcelona
Despite having returned from a very nice and relaxing trip from Barcelona more than a week ago, I have failed to log on to my blog. Can anyone get any lazier? :)
For fall break this year, we did the unheard of and forfeited our annual August trip to Tokyo (which we have been doing since 2001) and decided on Europe, for a change. To say the least, we had an awesome time! We took the touristy route; took pictures like any tourist, did the city tour, some musuems, some shopping... and A LOT of food... wow the food!!! Namely awesome local food tho' we did escape on two meals for Peruvian and Malaysian food. Peruvian food was interesting a a nice change. Lots of meat and potatoes. Funny thing was, it was a Japanese looking lady (wife of owner, I assumed) and Chinese looking cooks!! It was interesting to find out from Bruce that there are actually a lot of Japanese in Peru. As for the Malaysian restaurant... the best Malaysian food outside Malaysia!! Bunga Raya had the best of all we tried. Definitely highly recommend. I doubt, however, that tourists would go all the way to Barcelona for Malaysian food... still, I wouldn't put it past us insane and greedy Singaporeans! Note that like all Malaysian/Singaporean resaurants, don't expect much personality in the restaurant or the service hahaha.
As for the local Barcelona/Catalian food, I can safely mention that Cal Pep is the best restaurant... not just in Barcelona, but in the world!!! You know I have been to a gazillion nice, interesting, awesome restaurants but this one sets a standard on it's own. The food, the crazy fast paced chefs, busy open kitchen (right in your face actually) concept definitely works here. Did I mention that the food is absolutely wonderful?!? Itsl definitely a restaurant worth a return trip to Barcelona.
The flight coming home was a little more eventful with a french woman sitting in front of us. The bloody geezer just refused to close her blinds to her window seat. Even after the flight attentend pleaded with her to do everyone a favor since it was movie time and it was difficult to see with this bright light coming in from her window. Nope, the bitch wanted to shoot the damn clouds with her videocam. Why are the French so damn uncoorperative and selfish?! And they wonder why the world dislikes them...
We returned after five perfect days (well, perfect except for when the husband almost broke his leg from slipping in the bathtub... fortunately he was 'genki' after some ice and the awesome bed in the hotel) only to need another vacation. :)
For fall break this year, we did the unheard of and forfeited our annual August trip to Tokyo (which we have been doing since 2001) and decided on Europe, for a change. To say the least, we had an awesome time! We took the touristy route; took pictures like any tourist, did the city tour, some musuems, some shopping... and A LOT of food... wow the food!!! Namely awesome local food tho' we did escape on two meals for Peruvian and Malaysian food. Peruvian food was interesting a a nice change. Lots of meat and potatoes. Funny thing was, it was a Japanese looking lady (wife of owner, I assumed) and Chinese looking cooks!! It was interesting to find out from Bruce that there are actually a lot of Japanese in Peru. As for the Malaysian restaurant... the best Malaysian food outside Malaysia!! Bunga Raya had the best of all we tried. Definitely highly recommend. I doubt, however, that tourists would go all the way to Barcelona for Malaysian food... still, I wouldn't put it past us insane and greedy Singaporeans! Note that like all Malaysian/Singaporean resaurants, don't expect much personality in the restaurant or the service hahaha.
As for the local Barcelona/Catalian food, I can safely mention that Cal Pep is the best restaurant... not just in Barcelona, but in the world!!! You know I have been to a gazillion nice, interesting, awesome restaurants but this one sets a standard on it's own. The food, the crazy fast paced chefs, busy open kitchen (right in your face actually) concept definitely works here. Did I mention that the food is absolutely wonderful?!? Itsl definitely a restaurant worth a return trip to Barcelona.
The flight coming home was a little more eventful with a french woman sitting in front of us. The bloody geezer just refused to close her blinds to her window seat. Even after the flight attentend pleaded with her to do everyone a favor since it was movie time and it was difficult to see with this bright light coming in from her window. Nope, the bitch wanted to shoot the damn clouds with her videocam. Why are the French so damn uncoorperative and selfish?! And they wonder why the world dislikes them...
We returned after five perfect days (well, perfect except for when the husband almost broke his leg from slipping in the bathtub... fortunately he was 'genki' after some ice and the awesome bed in the hotel) only to need another vacation. :)
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