Tweets for Today

• 03:12 having champagne and canapes at regency club now off to some oyster bar #
• 13:30 ostrea was a real hit, 90 mins of karaoke then ran back to the hotel in the pouring rain - how romantic :D no hangover PHEW! #
• 13:31 @ccourtneyv - isn't the crust the best ever :D fantastic pizzas there! #
• 13:32 @shih_wei - is that tai yu? #
• 15:18 getting ready for breakfast then it's off to ebisu to meet julia - bruce will not have me as his shadow ALL of today LOL #
• 19:35 shopping with julia at iruma outlet - wah serious shops #
• 21:54 i wish the temp would drop another 20 degrees - it's soooo humid! #
• 23:08 @brucery - yes we're having fun but i'm soooo hot! #

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Tweets for Today

• 00:53 sooo happy after a luxurious shower at my favorite hotel in tokyo - tokyo.grand.hyatt.com #
• 02:25 hanging out at midtown while bruce has a private meeting before dinner #
• 12:35 @shih_wei - LOL i bet it's me... i have this magical way of turning folks off just like that LOL #

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Tweets for Today

• 04:15 facebook is banned at the american airlines lounge computer arrgh!!! stupid ass! #
• 04:15 at dfw burning 4 hours before flight out to tokyo... i'm soooo sleepy! #
• 22:11 finally at narita - i soooo need a shower #

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Tweets for Today

• 09:42 should probably start packing now even tho' i'm feeling too lazy to start :) #
• 12:35 @shih_wei - yelping hasn't gone international unfortunately... we're heading out to tokyo tonight for a week to chill out :) #
• 12:35 @shih_wei - i will certainly be updating my tweets #

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Tweets for Today

• 19:56 grieving... bye bye Lucky... #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:27 off to shultzy's in a bit #
• 22:05 had fun @ the Bejan's with Bob, Bonne, Blake, Blair, Becket, the husband bruce and apparently, i am now known as Baren LOL #

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Tweets for Today

• 01:03 afl evening at the arrigos' - always fun hanging out with moira :D #
• 14:50 went to an open house and stupid realtor didn't turn up and not answering cell! #
• 15:12 @shih_wei - oh we should have but we're home... maybe when we head out later to watch a movie :D #

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Tweets for Today

• 05:27 finally heading back to bed... #
• 08:34 didn't go back to sleep since 3:30am - watched some tv with bruce, made breakfast and i'm sleepy now... #
• 10:30 got the presents for the nieces sent... hope it makes them happy; at least for awhile... #
• 14:49 finally watched 881 and had yummy abalone for lunch - what a treat :D #
• 20:35 about to watch 'survivor' with no ads #

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Tweets for Today

• 11:28 got presents for my sick nieces who are quarantined and came home to a nice clean apt #
• 19:54 ran errands, picked bruce up and went for some serious spicy dinner bruce was craving for :) #
• 20:41 looking forward to another day of rain tomorrow :D #
• 21:13 relieved that my little niece is home #

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Tweets for Today

• 04:58 wide awake... thinking of her nieces... #
• 09:40 off to get manicure #
• 12:03 home for lunch then off to the movies with ch #
• 18:03 yeh li is here!! we're going to malay satay hut for dinner :) #
• 22:09 home from dinner with li at malay satay hut #

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Tweets for Today

• 09:53 breakfast at shultzy's with bruce & susan while bruce takes inventory... #
• 11:25 Waiting for bruce so we can go start our weekly (probably disappointing) day of house hunting #
• 16:41 after house hunting, dropped by greek festival for gyros and now home... #
• 19:01 why is house hunting sooooo tiring!?! too beat to join julie s. and eric o. for happy hour :s #
• 20:44 @shih_wei - i'm sooo jealous of your mooncake!!! #

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Tweets for Today

• 09:55 getting ready to head out to art show in edmonds #
• 15:44 Had fun hanging out with D.R. at his wife's art show - now at costco getting gas #
• 20:50 going to la carta de oaxaca for dinner #
• 22:09 Didn't want to deal with line - now at 663 in chinatown #
• 23:26 home after a humongous bowl of congee - i'm so full i'm about to burst! #

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Tweets for Today

• 02:15 still up after a few 'cat naps'... arrgh! #
• 02:29 forcing myself to put away the laptop and head back to z-land... #
• 10:52 had julie s. come over for laksa brunch... #
• 14:22 got the car back - time to run some errands and maybe get my nails done #
• 16:39 ran errands and now back from shopping (again) #
• 16:52 trying to decide if i wanna go watch a high school football game (not really lol) or get my nails done... hmmmm... it IS nice outside... #
• 17:11 the lust of perfect overcast weather wins - i'm going to the godson's high school football game :) #
• 18:09 i just want 'us' to win - i don't care how we get there dammit! #
• 20:26 Never mind football - we're at the greek festival lol #
• 23:10 home and ready to call it a night... i'm sleeeeepy! #

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Tweets for Today

• 04:36 wide awake at 4:36am... #
• 04:51 @ccourtneyv - where was the indian food from? #
• 10:50 getting ready to go meet julie s. to view a downtown condo (for fun) #
• 13:53 Having lunch at salina's with julie s. #
• 15:15 back from condo viewing, lunch at salina's and big excursion of the asian hood with julie s. - fun!!! #
• 15:20 perfect weather here in downtown seattle - overcast and 60 degrees (15 degrees celsius) #
• 18:39 getting ready to head over to west seattle for dinner at mashiko #
• 21:47 home from a fun time at mashiko; gonna' watch this morning's 'the view' #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:54 beautiful cloudy morning - happy happy joy joy :D #
• 08:51 off to nordstrom then meet CH to celebrate her bday #
• 11:10 Shopped too much now waiting for CH at seattle u #
• 15:59 home from hanging out with CH today... a ton of laundry to catch up on... #

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Friends Visit

It was the weirdest thing! The sun was out and screaming hell (or heaven, if you like the sun) everyday for at least six days (this is mid September in Seattle for crying out loud - where's the rain?!), we got bad service at EVERY restaurant we went to (it got so bad it became a joke among the three of us), and... I didn't manage to take Ric to get his foot massage in Chinatown the entire time he was here; but only because he expected a hot Asian girl to be massaging hims feet LOL! Imagine his shock if he found a pair of hairy arms on his back and feet - I decided to spare him the ordeal hee hee.

We used to think our friends didn't like us enough to come visit before we moved to Seattle. We had to send tickets to get people to come hang out with us lol! That's how sad it was... people just weren't gonna' spend a small fortune to come to a city with nothing to offer other than good bbq, I guess... but now that we're in a pretty cool city - certainly cooler then the city before - we've had a few friends voluntarily come visit us without much prompt :)

First Winnie came (sorry didn't blog about that - was in that in between entries kind of mood - and is actually tempted to head over here again soon... and then Ric... who's next?!

Tweets for Today

• 05:26 wonder why is it particularly dark this morning... #
• 08:05 another above 80 degree day... sigh #
• 15:35 had lunch at Farestart again then dropped ric off at Seatac... #
• 18:38 cooked dinner for the first time since last tuesday - bruce is gonna' be happy when he wakes up from his nap :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:55 oooohhhh ugly ugly market #
• 07:48 81 degrees today?!?!?!? wth! #
• 12:26 staying in from the bloody heat... everything else can wait till tomorrow - unless it's another 80 degree day :) #
• 13:21 At farestart having lunch with the boys - www.farestart.org #
• 16:54 met julie s. at uwajimaya, had froyo and now home #
• 20:09 waiting for the end of monday night football game so we can head over to serious pie for dinner #
• 20:58 off to late dinner... yawn! #
• 22:49 serious pie was yummy and now we're showing ric the stupid but hilarious game show 'hole in the wall' lol #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:55 awake and doing regular morning stuff... doing more house hunting today... #
• 07:56 @kiapkiap - old remedy... mothballs :D of course, it'll also freak your cat our lol #
• 14:26 the boys are trying to figure out aloud who are these people buying multi-million dollar houses in renton... or... seattle! lol #
• 16:15 off to the movies at pacific place #
• 22:50 mid autumn festival my ass - why is it still so bloody hot here!?! #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:49 wish i could sleep some more... ok maybe i can #
• 10:40 off to brunch n' checking out neighborhoods for real estate... #
• 10:56 @jwulff - i love the estately site! so easy to switch from pics to details. no openhouse info? #
• 11:27 At 5 spot for brunch #
• 17:09 Drinking at shultzy's #
• 18:11 Still drinking at shultzy's #
• 19:52 hanging out at home watching usc game and eating ice cream :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:35 getting ready to head over to '7' to get my repair haircut #
• 11:23 happy with my repaired hair... now off to get car cleaned then it's off to seatac to pick ric up #
• 16:24 back from lunch at shultzy's... maybe off to the movies soon #
• 22:58 brad pitt's funny in 'burn after reading', dinner at 'daily grill' and now home... leaving ric & bruce to hang out... #

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Tweets for Today

• 05:45 omg another sunny day?! arrgh! #
• 09:36 things to do, people to meet... #
• 14:11 met julie, checked out fresh flours, had lunch at paseo and now at shultzy's - paseo sandwiches for bruce, don and tim #
• 14:50 at home: falling asleep in front of the computer - arrgh! #
• 21:43 dinner @ mashiko was yummy! #

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Tweets for Today

• 04:34 awake... should i go back to sleep? #
• 08:57 getting out of the cleaning lady's way - off to run errands #
• 13:57 @shih_wei - i don't know what got into her but she did my laundry too LOL i'm not complaining, of course! :D #
• 18:01 @brucery - we're not going to tacoma lah LOL it's renton :) half the distance #
• 18:06 home after a looong day out.... now getting ready to head to gigi & deon's for dnner #
• 22:34 gigi cooked us a feast and a half! time to catch up on tv... #

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Tweets for Today

• 05:29 @missloi - yes actually, in seattle, there is :) #
• 05:39 good moooooorning(!!!) seattle... gimme some rain today! #
• 10:08 off to meet amy - shopping, lunch and more shopping... can't say i'm in the mood to shop however. #
• 16:20 BEAT!!! shopped, ate, shopped, went to costco and all i want to do now is SLEEP #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:16 where's the rain?! #
• 07:20 gonna' go prep and make some form of puff... curry puff/sardine puff/tuna curry puff... something... #
• 07:21 @missloi - you're everywhere!! business must be booming :D wanna open a seattle branch and hire bruce LOL #
• 09:08 filling of tuna curry puff done - getting ready to go meet julie s. #
• 13:35 bloody hell why did all my tuna curry puff (no it's not gross!) open sesame arrgh! taste good tho' :d #
• 14:26 done with my tuna curry puffs... now to prep dinner... #
• 15:27 been procrastinating... better make watermelon juice then prep dinner... #
• 16:00 @redfin - you should tweet about the price dropped on properties... ok you might need to hire just one person to do that LOL #
• 19:23 @shih_wei - i've been dreaming of congee... bet you had a good meal at mike's #
• 20:18 horrified the husband thought tonight's delicious dinner were made up leftovers AIYOH #
• 20:23 sometimes my husband can be such a moron LOL but i love him... still can't believe he thought the fresh dinner i made was leftovers... #

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Cooking @ Home (Tuna Curry Puffs)

I've been cooking a lot in the last couple of days after almost a week of being lazy and uninspired. ...but even eating good food out gets a little tiring; and I find myself back in the kitchen but a little more inspired to make new dishes :)

Today, I decided to make use of the four cans of Ayam brand tuna curry that my friend Connie so generously shared with me to make tuna curry puffs. I know, it sounds nasty to some of you - and I was a little apprehensive myself lol!! When I told the king what I was going to make, the man literally ran out of the door lol. Yes, he was going to work too but the thought of tuna curry puff just seemed awful to him.

So I got some fresh hot peppers (chilli), shallots and garlic, grounded then together then fried them in oil to bring out the flavor of all three ingredients. Added the four cans of tuna curry, some Thai chilli paste which also added some sweetness to it (instead of sugar) and a bunch of thinly sliced onions. Voila - below the end product.

I used store-bought puff pastry and and a couple of hours later...

They're pretty tasty... and yes, when the husband got home, he ate six mini tuna curry puffs (not the above sized ones as they are medium sized) with beer with no complaints hee hee.

Tweets for Today

• 12:24 lunch at shultzy's and i'm feeling sleepy now #
• 13:24 LOL overheard insane man yelling into payphone: "in my protest i will dress as darth vadar!!!" LOL #
• 15:00 hanging out online killing time... #
• 19:54 cooked up a storm and now watching office reruns in bed #
• 22:10 i'm going to sleep now... if there is a god (or two) i will wake up un-fat LOL #

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I Love Facebook!

Even though they're making us use the new version of Facebook (fb) without choice very soon; and I don't love it, I still think the concept of fb is simply awesome. I don't know what is it with myspace that didn't stick with me (maybe too many adds and too many sleaze-balls lol) but no complaints from my end!

This past week alone, I've found a classmate who went to school with me when we were just twelve years old. Ok, not just any classmate but we were in the same classroom for that entire year! Yes, she sat towards the back of the class and I, of course, being the diminutive 4'10 3/4" sat right smack in front where I mastered the art of avoiding each teacher's flying saliva. Ewww! I could not remember her at first... then less then 24 hours later, in the shower no doubt, I had a eureka moment and went 'of course!!!'. I not only remembered who she was, I remember what she looked like and I think I even remember her parents, for some odd reason. Now, she's a mother of two, a biologist and hot damn(!), living in Vancouver, Canada! We're planning to meet up when she and her family heads over here in November... how cool is that?! :)

Then the amazing 'people you might know' pointed out a person whose name seemed awfully familiar. I thought for awhile, sent him a note and voila(!), it's my neighbor from when we were barely teenagers! Now, he too, is a father of two and living in Los Angeles :) Funny thing, I just found out from checking out his fb page, that we know a bunch of people in common, not the least, a friend in Seattle too! What a small world :D

I can't imagine who else I'm going to find and vice versa. No crazy psycho ex-boyfriends I hope but I didn't know that many of those other than the stalker I put in jail; so I think I'm pretty safe lol!

Tweets for Today

• 11:25 off to shultzy's for lunch #
• 12:11 Sipping on a southside while waiting for my hot italian burger at shultzy's #
• 15:12 went to paseo to pick up some dinner (yeah a little early) then checked out maruta shoten... #
• 17:07 dropped bruce off at william's football game, went to metropolitan market and now home... #
• 21:17 watching '21' in bed #

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Smile! For Goodness Sakes!

I just 'met' the most unfriendly, unsmiley person I've ever come across since the time I started taking elevators lol. Ok, that might be overstating it a little but... what is wrong with people who don't smile?! I'm not asking you to smile so much people think you're the insane bum at the corner of the street... but for crying out loud, what's so difficult about cracking a friggin' smile?! Even a one reluctant one sided crooked smile when someone, a stranger maybe, smiles at you out of being polite and... nice maybe?! This guy just looked pissed off at the world. At the world, at himself... just not a happy camper.

I couldn't wait to get out of the lift. But of course, it stopped at the 5th floor where a poor couple was trying to get their Ikea shopping into the elevator on a trolley. I smiled at the lady... looked across at the guy. Nothing. So it wasn't just me he didn't want to smile at... The man outside said to himself 'I think we might be able to fit'... nothing from the guy and I hurried a 'yeah come this angle...'. They didn't come at my angle but went towards the angry man lol! Nope - DUH! Next elevator... still nothing from the man. Oh, he's Filipino I think... Asian for sure. Maybe he thought I was also Feelo (that's what the Filipinas in Melbourne call each other), I don't know...

"Ding! Seventeenth floor". I couldn't get out of the bloody elevator fast enough. Gawd I hope I never see that guy again. He lives on the 22nd storey.

Triumph The Insult Dog @ The RNC

I usually don't care much for Triumph the insult dog but this video cracked me up!

Tweets for Today

• 06:38 up and in an extremely good mood for no bloody reason :) #
• 10:22 @shih_wei - fancy seeing you in here :D #
• 10:42 @shih-wei - LOL i know what you mean #
• 11:29 @shih_wei - yes we should totally go hang out :) #
• 15:06 @brucery - come home! it's friday! i'm bored LOL #
• 21:36 'suddenly' my happy friday is not so happy anymore #

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Peace

The View has been so enjoyable and peaceful the last two days without that high pitched screaming blonde (not Babara Walters of course!) insisting she's right about everything and anything; I actually watched the entirety of both shows :)

Tweets for Today

• 09:52 do i dare watch the view today?! if elizabeth is only one of a gazillion people in this country like her... hmmm... #
• 10:43 time to get offline... my vision is blurred! #
• 15:45 Hanging out at imperial foot massage watching chinese tv lol #
• 16:10 @jwulff - love the video LOL #
• 20:18 had a fun dinner at mashiko and now home trying not to fall asleep too early #
• 20:36 LOL!! governor lens crafter LOL #
• 20:37 that foot massage earlier today is doing wonders right now :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:39 happy it's wed! #
• 15:15 had so much fun hanging out with connie - as usual :) #
• 16:17 tap structure is broken... wth?! #
• 18:28 oh shit - i'm a moron - the tap was NOT broken HAHAHAHHA DOH! #
• 18:30 having fun swearing at that stupid blonde on the view with bruce #
• 20:38 SO glad i have no plans tomorrow and a clean house to veg in :D - oh and a working tap LOL #

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Hanging Out With Mainlanders

Yes I'm Chinese... and to the mainland Chinese, I'm a foreign Chinese. I speak broken Chinese (not with a beautiful Beijing sing-song accent like most of them do) and I can't seem to complete full sentence without substituting some English words in it. It's sad but true. However, Mandarin is my second language, so cut me some slack already!

Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I hung out with my friend, Amy, who is the owner of the local foot massage place. It was lunch with a couple of our Japanese friends, and then followed by shopping with Amy and Nancy, both from China. I don't think my ears have spent that much time trying to concentrate so hard just to comprehend Mandarin ; I mean, I speak Mandarin to my mom growing up and even though I live far far away from my family, my daily phone conversations with mom doesn't allow me, like some other phony compatriots from Singapore to say 'oh I can no more speak Mandarin'. That's utter nonsense anyway!

But yes, hanging out with a bunch of Mainlanders is quite unlike hanging out my Singaporean friends who speak mainly Chinese. For me, it was more like being in a Chinese musical... no, opera... with them singing their replies and comments to me in words I don't normally come across LOL! Funny - but stressful lol.

These people work so hard... I mean, massaging other people's feet is no joke (hell my husband doesn't even enjoy doing it for me - ok, not exactly a romantic move I'll admit) but to do it on a more-than-twelve-hour-day-job... ouch! But watching them spend money was pretty impressive! I mean, I'm a pretty big spender (at times) but I guess I never expected people who work so hard manually to burn money like... ummmm... me? HAHAHA! ...and these people expect big name brands...! If you think just because a lot of the imitation stuff comes from China and they are the main recipients, you're bloody wrong!! They expect to shop at Saks, Neiman Marcus... they buy kid's clothing at Oilily, Chloe... can you say ka-ching!?! :D

I needed help removing the toothpicks out of my eyes so I could go to sleep last night. Talk about an eye-opener lol.

Tweets for Today

• 10:05 watching the view waiting for their view on palin lol #
• 10:11 ok i cannot watch the view 'coz i wanna slap the blonde!!! #
• 19:14 had lunch with julie, amy and taichi then shopped with amy and nancy - i'm beat!! #
• 20:20 made dinner and now hanging out in bed catching up on emails and hanging out with bruce watching reruns #
• 22:12 had a hilarious convo with winnie #

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Tweets for Today

• 09:27 fell asleep watching gustav then had a nightmare then i was in nola arrgh!! #
• 15:03 sears smells funny... not funny ha ha but funny like yukky! #
• 19:20 making simple dinner... feels like eons since i last made dinner lol - sorry bruce :D #
• 22:13 the red cabinets started shaking out of nowhere... scared the shit out of me! no earthquake please!! #

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FFY Dinner

Yesterday was one of those slow, low energy Sundays and by 8:30pm, we were still on each of our computers without a dinner plan. I was too lazy to cook and we weren't hungry enough to want to get dressed to go out... so we decided on a ffyd night aka fend for yourself dinner night :D

The king had put his frozen pizza and voila(!) dinner. I just wasn't in a pizza mood, much less a frozen one. Instead, I put together one of my quick meals that scared the hell out of the husband and made him want to run far away from me lol. I opened a can of sardines (mmmm, mmmm mmmm saarh-deeeens!), topped it up with fresh chilli in fish sauce (fish sauce drained), rough sliced onions (I LOVE my onions) and a couple slices of toast. I also made toast with a thin layer of butter and marmite... YUM! Fancy ffyd for me :D These were things my dad and I loved eating for breakfast/snacks some days together. Food like that makes me miss my dad... ok, a lot of food makes me miss my dad ;) He's definitely the guy who gives me and my mini-me three year old niece, our appetites lol!

It's Labor Day Monday... no more ffy meals... it's back to the kitchen as a good wife :)

Tweets for Today

• 04:04 up at an ungodly hour, spoke to my nieces now uploading pics onto flickr #
• 04:11 @kiapkiap - did you go have ramen in nakano? they have the a/c blasting cold in the summer so you can enjoy the bloody hot soup lol! #

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Contentment

The weather's been great! I couldn't ask for better weather... well I could but that would be too greedy lol! It's been raining, it absolutely poured yesterday (nice!), and while it's been mostly sunny today, the temperature has been mild and comfortable. I was able to shop for hours on end at U-Village (outdoor mall) this morning without getting flustered even with screaming and/or crying kids around me :D Yes I've been shopping; what's new... for myself and my nieces. It's so fun to shop for little girls... all their little dresses, their itsy-bitsy bathing suits, their smaller then palm-sized shoes...sooo adorable you want to squeal when you see them hee hee.

It's time to make traveling plans. My friends are all surprised I haven't been on a plane since March lol! In six years, I might not make executive platinum for the first time because I've moved to a city I enjoy spending time here. Oh well, I have enough miles to burn so no biggie to make e.p for next year. I will miss the free international upgrades however :s

Of course we're still house-hunting. It's my day-job lol - well practically! It hasn't been very fruitful but it's been fun (and not-so-fun) to check out modern houses built in crappy areas or awesome neighborhoods filled with houses for sale that are not really our style... oh well, we're in no hurry... just waiting to find the right house for us eventually.

Haven't got much else to report other than things are well on this end. Life is good and I sure am in no position to complain :)

Tweets for Today

• 08:00 cable/internet outage at home so i'm hanging out at shultzy's :D #
• 10:10 home and planning dinner menu :) #
• 16:06 surprised bruce with paseo sandwiches for late lunch - this household is full of surprises today lol! #
• 20:27 @missloi - first sign of auntiness LOL - i got free trial of diapers LOL #
• 21:23 still full from my cuban sandwich lunch... so much for making a big dinner... bruce gets to enjoy it alone... #
• 22:40 oooh rain!! i'm a happy camper :D #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:48 looking forward to low 70s days ahead and some rain SOON - AWESOME! #
• 12:12 off to westlake center and pacific place - perfect weather to gallivant :) #
• 14:38 hung out with julie now at pacific place having froyo at red mango - i'm happy! #
• 15:32 @jwulff - check out your last link LOL #
• 15:42 @jwulff - all i saw were half naked women LOL #

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Tweets for Today

• 13:07 dim sum @ new hong kong was awesome today! now house hunting... #
• 16:29 another unsuccessful day of house hunting arrgh #
• 17:08 @kiapkiap - i cannot imagine house hunting in japanese lol - aiyoh!! thank goodness you're fluent man! #
• 18:33 @kiapkiap - ooooh oooh furnishing a new apt?!?!? i want!!! :D #
• 19:46 Trying a new vietnamese place 'wrap roll' in little saigon #

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Tweets for Today

• 04:53 not looking forward to today's above 90 degree temperature :( #
• 12:47 omg paseo is sooooo good! #
• 13:14 @jwulff - i don't blame you - i want to go back now LOL #
• 15:51 getting ready to go to the seahawks preseason game #
• 18:10 In a suite watching the reaganks #
• 18:11 In a suite watching the seahawks vs the bears #
• 22:43 back from seahawks vs bears game - super close game, i'm glad 'we' won :D #

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Tweets for Today

• 03:21 pissed off in the middle of the phucking night!!! #
• 08:29 had a funny chat with kevin #
• 12:36 breakfast/lunch appt with gigi & pat got postponed... now thinking of what to get for lunch... #
• 14:13 back from chinatown with my lunch in tow - roast duck char siew rice YUM! #
• 17:27 @sling - go to a real roast duck place to get roast duck not friggin penang! #
• 17:28 ran errands with bruce and now hanging out at shultzy's #
• 17:31 @jwulff - ok considering i'm wearing a short sleeve sweater - i'm not complaining... Yet lol #
• 17:32 thinking of having that new frozen yogurt at uwajimaya... #
• 20:36 @kiapkiap - congratulations!! see you in tokyo soon :D #
• 20:37 home hanging out and thinking of having some dinner in a bit... probably my yu peen jook :D #
• 20:57 @missloi - DEFINITELY be pleased about it! siao jie beats auntie a gazillion times!!! :D i should know LOL #

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Tweets for Today

• 11:38 at lai lai waiting for julie about to have jook #
• 14:55 @ccourtneyv - CONGRATULATIONS!! #
• 14:56 home from jook and foot massage... now just bumming at home #
• 16:08 excited to be heading to kappo later #
• 18:18 off to kappo to hang out with julie and taichi lol #
• 21:01 kappo was awesome as usual... #

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Some People...

I don't know about you guys out there but don't some people just rub you the wrong bloody way!? I recently met this person and I practically disliked her instantaneously. Hmmm... maybe it's a Singaporean thang... but aiyoh, I just didn't like her face! Worst, I met her whole family and even family irks me!

Anywayz, I just had to say it online 'coz well, this is my 'diary' and even though I can't say her name, hahaha this time I can't even say her name sounds like blah blah blah after the last incident in Memphis when the person totally realized it was her I was talking about LOL and threatened to sue me - PUH-LEESE! Of course that post is still up there dumbass!!

But yeah, I just wanted to 'remind' me some time from now, that this person did come into my life and I've willfully kicked her out :) She might not know it but her emails are all unread and deleted. Well she'll know it soon enough muahahaha!

Ok, maybe this might give some of you a hint - I jdislike calculative, narrow minded fools with no sense of humor!

Tweets for Today

• 01:36 fell asleep way too early and now i'm wide away at 1:36am arrgh #

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Tweets for Today

• 01:11 omg just realized it's past 1am... need to get my z's #
• 08:36 happy it's a nice cloudy monday morning with nothing to do :) #
• 13:33 sunny mondays suck! #

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The Weekend's Over!

So while I agonized the entire last two weeks wondering how badly our Singapore-style National Day potluck event was gonna' turn out, Saturday, August 9 came and went by with a blink of an eye. ...and let me tell 'ya, I'm relieved I not only survived it, I think most people actually had fun!

Having moved from a city with three Singaporeans, it's a breath of fresh air to see a room full of more than 50 of us celebrate a day only we, Singaporeans, can appreciate. Of course, I can't say before this event, I'd ever had the patriotism to attend a national day parade or did it even excite me in the least bit - ok, the bank holiday part was nice lol.

I must say, I couldn't have done it without the help of my the husband, Connie, her husband and of course, the organizers on the msft side. It was SO nice to see some of the wives bring a bunch of food too! Connie and I were thrilled since Kevin convinced us nobody on their side would bring any lol. The trivia game ran by Kelvin was a highlight and even I could answer a couple of questions and won a prize! :D

My family and friends from out of state all believed I was insane to even want to risk organizing anything for a bunch of people who might not appreciate the effort; but hey, what's life without a small gamble. At the end of the day, I saw my members, met news ones and even met nice people from the Microsoft side! Hopefully they kept their name tags and check out our meetup group's site so we can all keep in touch without having to do a huge combine thingy again... it's just no fun dealing with that many people - Singaporeans just don't mingle well.

I am, however, curious about the bunch of people (Singaporeans, I presume) who came, didn't even say a quick 'hi', went in line, ate and left. I know I should have said something but what!? 'Hello? This is not a free buffet'...but I suppose in some way, it was lol! Oh well... there will always be ugly Singaporeans around... they're everywhere. I mean, ugly folks... what's feeding a couple LOL!

Tweets for Today

• 05:42 a first: soooo glad it's sunday :D #
• 16:50 went house hunting - nothing - then had a snack in chinatown.... #
• 20:45 Having dinner at ototo - so far i'm not impressed with their service... #
• 22:19 @kiapkiap - i had geoduck chok :D #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:21 back in the kitchen - happy national day sg'reans! #
• 17:50 resting after a pretty successful national day celebration at a msft campus cafe #

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Tweets for Today

• 09:25 @kiapkiap - huh!? info counter duty @ mark city!?! #
• 09:25 awake as i continue to cook for tomorrow's potluck #
• 10:21 errands and more errands before picking bruce up from work - HOPEFULLY he's able to get off work at noon :) #
• 13:01 of course bruce couldn't get out of work at noon, or one, or two.. no surprise there :s #
• 13:02 @jwulff - LUCKY YOU!! @ccourtney - oh i wish you were doing that, i've never been! #
• 14:20 arrrgh feeling nauseous... #
• 15:02 sick of breathing chicken curry - there better not be leftovers tomorrow! #
• 21:37 back in the kitchen... #
• 23:41 happy to be relaxing in bed after a day in the kitchen #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:05 thank goodness it's gonna' be 10 degrees cooler today :D #
• 10:53 got most of my ingredients (of course i forgot some arrgh!), gonna' spend most of the day doing prep work in the ktichen... #
• 13:31 having a hilarious conversation with gigi #
• 16:35 need a foot massage from standing all day in the kitchen #
• 19:42 making dinner... leftover chicken curry and fresh thai laarb #
• 21:34 @kiapkiap - was there one in tokyo?!?! #

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Tweets for Today

• 00:11 in bed on our own laptops playing playing wordscraper #
• 00:12 @kiapkiap - you crack me up - yeah i'll congratulate you on wrinkles hahaha aiyoh! #
• 08:05 getting ready to head to the dentist with bruce - 'coz i'm his little shadow :D #
• 10:52 at shultzy's for lunch... well in 8 mins #
• 15:24 home after a full morning with bruce and doing some light grocery shopping for dinner #
• 17:25 @ccoutneyv - oh man, i was one meal too early lol! hope you feel better soon #
• 22:26 playing catch up on 'mad men' - i like it! #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:49 trying to decide what to cook for the national day potluck #
• 07:05 experimented with (leftover) curry fried rice - bruce seems to like it :) #
• 10:48 no laundry to do?!?! will i live through this day LOL #
• 17:16 laughed so hard i fell off my chair - literally :s #
• 22:43 can't stand the typical ugly singaporean!!! #
• 22:48 looking forward to cooler weather on thursday... #
• 23:19 @kiapkiap - YOU GOT IT! YEH!! :D #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:07 @kiapkiap - immigration? does this mean you're staying!?!?! #
• 07:07 i'm sooooooooo sleepy this morning - still in bed... #
• 08:31 catching up with laundry and cleaning #
• 08:31 omg i DO look like selena tan LOL #
• 08:36 @kiapkiap - CONGRATULATIONS!! i'm SO excited! waiting for the weather in tokyo to cool down before we head over there :) #
• 11:09 At paldo world in lynwood #
• 14:34 home from paldo world and a decent korean lunch :) #
• 17:45 heading to monday night snacks at david and susan's detouring to pick bruce up who can't seem to leave work... #
• 22:18 finally in bed - i'm beat after a long day... #
• 22:35 i look like selena tan LOL #

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Even I Think I Look Like Her

Ok now I know why my friend's mom calls me Selena Tan and why a friend's wife gasped the first time she met me (she's not even Singaporean!) and said 'you look like that comedian, Selena Tan!!' LOL

Tweets for Today

• 07:33 @kiapkiap - bad quality sushi americans think is yummy; better to eat the inarizushi, sesame noodles and edemame #
• 11:15 watching mobtv on a sunny (yuk!) sunday morning #
• 21:26 went house hunting, saw a house i love (but too close to highway and too ex) then had drinks and dinner with don and susan #

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Tweets for Today

• 05:51 @kiapkiap - no but believe me i want to!!! #
• 10:11 FULL SENTENCES!! i want emails that have commas and full stops - not one or two word replies!!! CAVEMAN! #
• 11:31 hanging out at shultzy's bar #
• 11:37 @ccourtneyv & @jwulff - what's going on in idaho!? #
• 15:40 home from shultzy's and running errands with bruce #
• 18:39 seattle is 30 degrees cooler than memphis - yikes! #
• 22:27 went to blue c sushi (gasp!) and had fun eating sushi like someone who hates sushi :D #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:51 making kimchi fried rice for bruce's breakfast #
• 10:36 planning national day celebration for a bunch of sg'reans sure ain't easy! #
• 13:03 trying to find houses to go on home tours again #
• 16:36 Aiyoh why are some sg'reans such doh doh heads? #
• 18:23 AIYOH!!!! #
• 18:53 I WANT TO VOMIT BLOOD!!! #
• 19:14 @ccourtneyv - i'm just dealing with a bunch of typical singaporeans who are cheapskates!! #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:28 getting ready to head to the east side to see the dentist arrgh! #
• 11:34 at shultzy's having lunch with bruce again - happy happy joy joy :) #
• 16:09 looks like i don't have to move from my lunch spot to have dinner #
• 17:38 still at shultzy's - got the kid's entertainment fixed for national day - phew! #
• 17:56 About to get outta' here and head somewhere for dinner #
• 21:13 catching up on tv after pho dinner in chinatown #

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Seriously, Do We Look Like Your Personal Shoppers!?

This has been a on-going ‘predicament’ for my friend, C, and I. After tens and hundreds of hours of non-stop screaming, bitching and tearing our hair out on the phone (it's amazing either of us still has a full head of hair!) asking each other ‘why us?!?!’, I’ve decided to blog about it. So if you’re one of these people who have asked either of us for such ‘favors’ and you’re not related to us, QUIT! We are busy enough… ok, SHE is busy enough and she certainly doesn't need help keeping her minutes of the days more occupied with three kids, a job, a husband, in-laws, parents, friends…. I don’t need to go on and you get the picture… and I don’t work because I don’t want to and if I like to idle my life away and wilt to nothing and mean absolutely nothing to anyone in this world, hey, that’s my prerogative! I like doing nothing and I like things to remain status quo. I don’t have a job for a reason so stop believing that you need to keep me busy!

Having lived in America for awhile now, we have come to realize that our Singaporean compatriots like to imagine our friendships, more often, acquaintanceships as something more than what there really is… we have long time school mates, class mates who barely tried to keep in contact in the last 20 years and once they realize we live in the U.S, it's like a light blub goes 'blink!' and they immediately think we’ve automatically signed up to be their personal shopping assistants. Yes, I’m absolutely serious!

A friend of mine whom I used to know in high school in Canada (she’s Singaporean) once dropped me an email out of the blues. This is what it said “need you to buy song from itunes for me asap – this is an emergency…” and continues to tell me the name of the song. HUH!? Who are you!? I’d heard from her maybe once or twice since high school and she wanted me to do her a favor with a note like that!? Yes, it's a 99 cent favor but it's not about the money! Of course I ignored it and haven’t heard from her since. Muahahaha!

Another time, this girl I went to school with in Singapore (in the early 80s) after a few instant messenger chats (in 2007!) decides that I should be her ‘BUYER’ for her business… ie, she tells me what to order, gets the order shipped to my home address and I send the products to her via the cheapest way of transportation. THEN she will reimburse me for postage (only). What!? You don't believe I really gave up that chance to be her 'buyer/shipper'?! IDIOT!

I have enough of a hard time shopping for my family and especially my little two nieces back home (out of my own free will, thank you very much), I don’t need uncalled stress from people I don’t care about. When I lived in Memphis, the post office was a short drive from me so I did do SOME people a few favors here and there but hello!??! I’m in Seattle now where going to the bloody store is a pain, much less the bloody post office! OMFG! Have a brain!! ...and what's in it for me to all of you these favors?!? No I don't want a bloody job much less one that pays absolutely nothing!

What about the one who bothers me about getting make-up for her girlfriend?! Make-up!? WAH LIAO!! Didn't you guys just return from a whirlwind trip from Australia?! Ohhh, you want the kiddy brands and the organic brands so you can think about starting your online cosmetic store... how about do your own homework and contact these people on your own instead of having me go search for it in different pockets of the city! Honestly! I just can't relate to how these people think!

C got an email today from a complete stranger… well, almost complete stranger. The only bond they have is that they went to the same high school (different graduating years however) but neither of them remember much about each other 'coz... well, they have never met! LOL! In his mail today, he wants her to buy some cellphone-cover. WHO CARES?!?!? Who the phuck do these people think they are?!?! ..and if they know how to email, can’t they learn to Google anything they want and use their own credit cards to buy them online!? Look, you live in Singapore – not Timbak-phucking-too! If they don’t have it in Singapore and you don’t have a GOOD friend / blood relative somewhere who would do you the favor, you don’t bloody hell need it. TRUST ME!!!!

Tweets for Today

• 07:07 awake and glad my burnt fingers are not blistered - thanx to doc bruce :D #
• 07:16 @kiapkiap - yes yes ok now... bloody painful last night so i slept with a bag of ice on my right hand bth man! #
• 14:34 just had lunch with connie, her shadow aka lkg and lindsey at shultzy's #
• 16:38 off to redfin class and 'red carpet event' :D #
• 19:07 On the way to chiso #
• 21:56 wondering where to find animal ballooners and face painters in seattle to entertain kids #
• 23:38 ok bed time - i'm exhausted!! #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:24 just had a hilarious phone convo with dad #
• 20:06 my samosa exploded, the filling went flying all over and i got burnt - dammit! #
• 07:07 awake and glad my burnt fingers are not blistered - thanx to doc bruce :D #
• 07:16 @kiapkiap - yes yes ok now... bloody painful last night so i slept with a bag of ice on my right hand bth man! #
• 14:34 just had lunch with connie, her shadow aka lkg and lindsey at shultzy's #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:24 just had a hilarious phone convo with dad #
• 20:06 my samosa exploded, the filling went flying all over and i got burnt - dammit! #
• 07:07 awake and glad my burnt fingers are not blistered - thanx to doc bruce :D #
• 07:16 @kiapkiap - yes yes ok now... bloody painful last night so i slept with a bag of ice on my right hand bth man! #
• 14:34 just had lunch with connie, her shadow aka lkg and lindsey at shultzy's #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:24 just had a hilarious phone convo with dad #
• 20:06 my samosa exploded, the filling went flying all over and i got burnt - dammit! #
• 07:07 awake and glad my burnt fingers are not blistered - thanx to doc bruce :D #
• 07:16 @kiapkiap - yes yes ok now... bloody painful last night so i slept with a bag of ice on my right hand bth man! #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:24 just had a hilarious phone convo with dad #
• 20:06 my samosa exploded, the filling went flying all over and i got burnt - dammit! #
• 07:07 awake and glad my burnt fingers are not blistered - thanx to doc bruce :D #
• 07:16 @kiapkiap - yes yes ok now... bloody painful last night so i slept with a bag of ice on my right hand bth man! #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:24 just had a hilarious phone convo with dad #
• 20:06 my samosa exploded, the filling went flying all over and i got burnt - dammit! #
• 07:07 awake and glad my burnt fingers are not blistered - thanx to doc bruce :D #
• 07:16 @kiapkiap - yes yes ok now... bloody painful last night so i slept with a bag of ice on my right hand bth man! #

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No Singaporean Could Eat Them Under The Table?! :D

Come on Singaporeans! We're talking about satay here! Oohhh, I know why, no time to dip into that thick sweet and spicy peanut sauce... and what about the cucumbers, onions and kuetupat LOL! That's why! What's 500 sticks of satay to us!? :D Ok, need to stop, I'm salivating...

Takeru Kobayashi, 30, and Joey Chestnut, 24, the kings of competitive eating, met a a showdown at Robertson Walk during the inaugural Major League Eating (Asia) competition yesterday.

These two are best known for their record-setting appearances at the annual Nathan's Famous Hotdogs Eating Competition held in Coney Island, New York.

This year, Joey narrowly won the New York competition, breaking a rare tie to win with 64 hotdogs - just half a hotdog more than Takeru.

Joey also holds the world record for hotdog eating - 66 hotdogs in 12minutes. He won this title last year, ending Takeru's winning streak of six consecutive titles as the world champion of hotdog eating.

But in Singapore, it was a different story.

Takeru, nicknamed the Tsunami, chomped his way to an overwhelming victory over Joey.

Eating 51/2kg of chicken satay (nearly 275 sticks) in 12 minutes, Takeru managed to lick Joey (nicknamed The Jaws), who ate just over 4kg (200 sticks) in the same time.

From the moment the clock started ticking, it was clear why they were the best at their game.

They grabbed the satay with their hands and stuffed the food into their mouths, and the lead quickly went to Takeru, who finished his first kilogram of satay by the second minute. He then went on to claim an easy victory.

Familiarity of the food involved could have been an advantage to Takeru.

He said: 'Chicken satay is very similar in taste to yakitori (Japanese skewered chicken).'

DIFFERENT TASTE

In contrast, Joey found that the taste of our satay was very different from the ones he had back in California while preparing for the competition.

He said: 'The ones in the competition had a lot more flavour than those back home.

'It was like a combination of sweetness and saltiness, and for a moment, when I opened the box I was overwhelmed by the smell.'

Techniques made a difference as well for the two.

Takeru admitted that chewing was Joey's forte - which was why he preferred to use another method.

He said: 'It was my technique against his (Joey's). I knew that if I competed against him in chewing I would lose, because Joey has stronger jaws.'

For that reason, he took to drinking more water to swallow the satay faster, tossing his head back after every gulp of water and bite of satay.

Joey was disappointed that he had lost, but he was still optimistic about future competitions.

He said 'We're scheduled to compete again at a hamburger eating competition in the United States in September.

'I'm really always excited to be competing against him, because he makes me work and push my limits to the maximum.'

The competition was the closing event to this year's Singapore Food Festival.

It was organised by local media company Thinkin' Tub, who owns the Major League Eating (Asia) franchise, in conjunction with the Singapore Tourism Board

By Kelvin Chan, newsroom intern - Singapore New Paper

Excuse Me Are You Filipino?

I've been in Seattle now for more than seven months. Seven months have gone by peacefully with nobody asking much else other than for directions, my order or whatever service I'm at a particular place for. No questions about my 'ethnicity' at all...

Funny thing 'coz I was just thinking of my origins this morning... with Singapore's National Day coming up next month and me planning - more like thinking of planning - an 'event' - for the Singaporeans around here to get-together. ANYWAYZ, before I go off on a tangent... I went to the spa this morning to get a facial and massage and the girl who gave me the facial asked at the end of her service, 'are you filipino?', I smiled - since it was only the first time in so many months, asking me that oh-so-familiar question. I felt I HAD to be kind and even took out the time to explain that I'm not from the Phillipines but many people - usually Filipinos themselves - make the same mistake. She told me she's half-caste; which I would have had no idea as she's very Caucasian. Yes, very pink :) So I'm chuckling my way out of Nordstrom across the street to Pacific Place to my hair salon to meet my new hair lady, Cher - I kid you not - Cher :) Cher is openly lesbian and is an awesome hairstylist! ...and one of the first ten questions she asks; 'are you Filipino?!? - AFTER she tells me I have a beautiful face (but not body of course LOL). Again, this time, a little more abrupt 'nope!' but still with a sweet smile. But she was nice and was keen on finding out about Singaporeans, Singapore (no it's NOT in China) and bombarded me with her curiousity, which was a breath of fresh air coming from the people I was surrounded by 'previously' :D

No, of course there is nothing wrong being Filipino but you know, it gets old very quickly when you go through life having people come up to you all the time, no matter where you go in this world, ask you the same question. I will admit to the time it came into use when the valet in Vienna assumed I was Filipino... but other than that, guys at airports, guys at bus-stops... women at grocery stores, restaurants... nah, I don't care to answer that question again and again, day after day. It's become quite the joke for the husband when he sees Filipinos walk across a room towards me because he knows exactly what they're about to ask me. What's worst, when I tell people I'm Chinese, they doubt me and want me to prove it LOL! WTF?!?!

Tweets for Today

• 08:29 gonna' drop don and bruce at work then it's off to tacoma :) #
• 10:10 Arrived at connie's in record time hee hee #
• 17:26 had a ball at connie's as expected but i am BEAT from all the driving... making dinner now #
• 20:20 i'm going to sleep REALLY well tonight :D #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:57 getting ready to head out so i won't be in the maid's way #
• 09:11 off to ranch 99 in Edmonds #
• 12:59 Home after asian grocery store hopping all morning #
• 19:42 looking forward to going to tacoma tomorrow #
• 20:33 early night so i can wake up early to cook some and head out to tacoma #
• 22:01 @jwulff - ok it's not tacoma perse but the people i'll be hanging out with :D #

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Tweets for Today

• 01:08 up chatting late with winnie and now totally ready to get some z's #
• 06:56 half awake... and trying not to make too much noise like i usually do :) #
• 06:59 hmmm my tweets are not posting on my blog again :s #
• 09:49 after roti prata and chicken curry breakfast, we're off to sosio's at pike place market #

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Tweets for Today

• 04:54 awake and doing laundry... and more laundry #
• 08:16 getting ready to get out of the house before the cleaning lady arrives #
• 12:31 @jwulff - spanikopita @ uwajimaya?!? and now paseo... you're making me hungrier! #
• 12:32 nice to come home to a nice clean house :) #
• 16:01 making thai peanut dip and feeling very very sleepy #

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I'm Not A Golfer But...

This made me laugh out loud :)

Presenting, the legendary, Charles Barkley LOL

Tweets for Today

• 06:42 catching up on emails and about to start my day with my favorite chore: laundry #
• 08:34 went to whole foods, made chai tow kway for bruce's breakfast and about to get ready to head out... #
• 10:16 getting ready to pick gigi up in renton and head over to shak's for lunch in kent - too much driving! #
• 11:35 Picked gigi up - waited for 15 mins now at albertsons then off to kent #
• 15:50 back from kent, waiting for @brucery then it's off to meet don and susan #
• 17:44 At u district - off to wallingford for beer and wine tasting #
• 20:33 Packing up at the beer and wine tasting and heading back to shultzy's #
• 21:21 home from a long long day :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 05:59 heading back to bed to get some more z's... #
• 07:07 got woken up by an sms from gigi looking to go hang out lol #
• 19:39 had a fun day hanging out with gigi and eating too much as usual :) #
• 21:14 ready to call it a night - i'm exhausted! :) #
• 21:34 @kiapkiap - don't those girls LOVE to put on eye make-up on the train!?! ...and they take forever! #
• 21:53 arrgh trying to beat bruce on facebook sudoku lol #

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Tweets for Today

• 10:29 still hanging out in bed being disgusted by the neelys on food network #
• 15:52 home after dim sum lunch with @jwulff & @ccourtneyv, then went to costco and had a unplanned car ride when @brucery missed his exit LOL #
• 16:14 watching mobtv #
• 20:05 productive afternoon - cleaned out both closets... now they look halfway closet-like :) #
• 22:46 had dinner, did laundry, cleaned a little and now back in bed... #

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Where Have I Been?!

Nowhere lol!

It can't get any cooler in this country at this time of the year so I'm trying to enjoy the less warm weather in Seattle. But... 'I hate summer days!'; and I don't care how mild it is, I want cooler, better yet, cold weather everyday - especially when I'm gallivanting around the streets, sweltering in sweat pouring down the crevaces of my layers of fatty skin. Yuk! Double yuk! So with this 'beautiful' weather that's chanced upon Seattle for a good three weeks now, no clouds, no rain, just pure clear days of sunshine, I haven't exactly been doing much. However, I'm still ecstatic to be here 'coz thus far, the high has only gotten to as high as 86 degrees farenheit (arrgh!) while it's at least 10 degrees if not more where our house sits in Tennessee!

I shall be back soon. More often... I know I've probably lost some of my readers but you'll come back :)

Tweets for Today

• 07:05 online having a hilarious chat with angelia on skype #
• 07:46 about to go spend time in the kitchen to try and make some onde onde :) #
• 08:28 made bruce green curry fried rice for breaky now onto my experiment on onde onde :D #
• 09:26 @missloi - i tried to vote for you but they wanted my i/c no. and all - what is up with that?! #
• 10:06 @missloi - got it - *wink* lol #
• 17:27 getting ready to head out to trivia night #
• 22:46 we won trivia night @shultzy's hee hee!! #
• 22:58 @jwulff - yes you got it right! #

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Tweets for Today

• 02:19 up watching chinese series and about to strangle the male lead for being SO disrespectful to his wife - arrgh! #
• 07:57 getting ready to head out to shultzy's this morning... #
• 09:24 hanging out @shultzy's #
• 12:53 Ran errands with susan then went shopping and now back at crowded shultzy's #
• 18:10 finally home after a stretched out lunch & drinks with @ccourtneyv & @jwulff #
• 22:15 home from dinner at malay satay hut #

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Tweets for Today

• 08:47 had a nice chat with her sil on facebook and angelia who called from sg #
• 13:39 @jwulff - paseo the cuban place? if so, is it as good as the reviews say? #

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Tweets for Today

• 08:06 experimenting congee :) #
• 11:45 getting ready to leave the house and brave the heat - arrgh! #
• 16:31 omfg it's sooo hot!! #
• 19:57 getting ready to head over to chiso after @jwulff got me craving for sushi last night lol #
• 22:17 chiso was fun with alex and yoshi #

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Tweets for Today

• 15:51 glad to be indoors hiding from the 80 degree heat outside yuk! #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:01 had fun at moira's 40th bday party and now home cooling off and ready for a nap :) #
• 20:15 omg i was totally knocked out and napped for four hours LOL #
• 21:04 heading out to dinner... probably in chinatown #
• 21:28 take two - heading out to dinner - had a funny phone convo with winne #
• 22:37 got to (always packed) green leaf 10 mins before closing and had delicious vietnamese food without waiting #

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Tweets for Today

• 02:11 still hanging out at home with @jwulff & @ccourtneyv :) #
• 08:19 awake... but definitely heading back to bed to get more z's - feels like sunday! #
• 13:39 @jwulff & @ccourtneyv - it was great to hang out with you guys last night! hope the spicy food didn't kill you guys ('coz it did me!) lol #
• 13:52 getting ready to go to bruce's friend's for a bbq #
• 23:56 home from a fun day at lowell's and carol's - just had a nice hour phone convo with mom #

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Tweets for Today

• 09:32 tagging along with bruce to work... #
• 19:38 just finished making some thai food - curry and laarb - i'm tired! #
• 19:52 @ccourtneyv & @jwulff - where are you checking out the fireworks? #
• 21:51 hey @jwulff & @ccourtneyv - COME OVER NOW!!! #
• 21:52 @jwulff - call us at 901 550 8616 - of course i'm like 2 hours late but if it's after the fireworks there is always very spicy thai food lol #
• 22:40 @jwulff - bruce says you'd be over in three weeks LOL! #

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Tweets for Today

• 04:30 wide awake at 4:30am - downloading new dramas on mobtv #
• 08:42 it's raining!! time to hurry up and go run my errands while i'm still in a great mood :) #
• 11:28 back from target - wondering if i should head to costco and bulldoze the 4th of july crowd there... #
• 11:34 @jwulff - i know... think i'll wait till the 5th :) #
• 11:35 off to chinatown! #
• 19:49 At costco lol #
• 21:44 home... not sleepy at all - for a change #

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