THANK YOU ESTHER (KiKi)

Thank you so much!! I love it!! It is sooooo tiny and cute. You are really my best friend... we have the same taste~~ hohoho... It was a big surprise ^___^ !!!!!

Home Alone

Steve left for Houston for an urgent business trip early Tuesday morning and will be back very late tonight. Today is Thursday... It was lonely to be celebrating birthday by myself yesterday. Oh, well. I survived. But I absolutely lost my interest in cooking when I just cook for myself. I only fed myself super junk food and made myself sick. *sigh* When I am sick, I have bad mood. It is a definite vicious cycle. The only way to cure it is to stop buying them. Then, I can't reach any bad food when I am upset.

I kept myself entertained by watching the animated wizard of Oz, one of my favorite in my childhood. Also, playing the piano. I have been practicing playing 'Canon in D'. Right now, I can play half of the sheet music. I can't wait to play the whole one smoothly. I felt frustrated sometimes. But I told myself that no one plays the piano the day they were born. It is all about practising.

Tomorrow Mom will come over to see us and hopefully help me pick a dress to attend Tim's wedding...Steve still needs to look for a suit too. After 2 weeks, we will go to downtown Seattle for a rehersal. Time flies. :-)

A sudden disappointment

~_~ Steve needs to work in Texas on my birthday... since there are some problems with one of his company's big customers! Oh, well. I will survive. But, it was still very sudden to me. I only hope that he'll have a safe trip since there was a hurricane around TX and LA a few days ago.

Cook him good food to support him...

He has been so busy since he got promoted a couple of months ago. I feel sad when he looks exhausted every day. The best way to cheer him up is to cook him good food. Yesterday, when he got home, I whipped up turkey sandwiches for him. Then, I baked a dozen of blueberry muffins and Chinese pancake (pan-fried bok chang). I am a dutiful housewife ~ ^_^

Tim's wedding is approaching... He and Steve will buy suits on the weekend.. Time flies. I hope I won't gain too much weight so that my dress will be a beautiful fit. :-) hehe.. I only gain 2 or 3 pounds since I quit my job. Pretty good~~

After dinner play time...

Steve and I like playing board games after dinner. Monopoly is one of them... I tried to buy every property I landed on. hehehe... Unfortunately, I really had no luck last night. v_v I landed on the hotels he built twice... and I was financially-strapped.... I declared bankrupcy within 30 minutes. It'd definitely be more fun to play with more people instead of just two of us.

New Toy ~~

I have been SO lazy because of them... Yep, I tried to buy my childhood memory back. These were my favorite cartoons when I was young. Thank Goodness! I never thought that I could watch them again... ^__^

Besides watching cartoon DVDs, I am still playing the piano every day. Now, I can play the 'Hungarian Dance No.5' and will learn to play 'Canon in D' next.

I feel sorry for my neighbors as I am so loud all the time...no matter when I play the piano or play the rock songs SUPER loud in the house (yeah! the house is shaky.....)

SURPRISE!!

Thank you Titania! I received the birthday card and letter yesterday. I was SO surprised. ^__^ I couldn't believe we have met for about 12 years!! My memories are back - one summer, after I was done with my summer job, I went to your house ...I brought you some sushi made by myself... :-) Actually, I am still rolling the same kind of sushi at home these days. The only difference is that I put sashimi on top of the sushi now. Thanks a lot. I wrote you back already. I am turning 29 in less than 10 days. Time flies.

FRAUD

A few months ago, I suddenly found my portable electronic English-Chinese dictionary was broken. I liked it a lot since it contained American slang which was very helpful for me as I am still not proficient in English, comparing to a native speaker. I always carried my pocket sized dictionary in my purse. So, I tried to look on the internet. I found the similar ones in a few online auction sites. However, those were in Hong Kong or Taiwan. I didn't want to bother my friends or families to help me to get it. I didn't know anyone living in Taiwan to help me either. I contacted the sellers throught emails. I either got no response or refusing to ship overseas. Anyway, I found one on ebay 2 weeks ago. I was thrilled!! I won the auction.

Phew! It finally arrived this morning. I was expecting it since I won the auction. It was exactly what I was looking for. After I unwrapped it, I almost cried. It was an absolutely different model from the one the seller posted. It was supposed to be ''Besta CD-27''. I got ''Besta N-710''. IT WAS NOT A TYPO. The ''magnificent'' N-710 is written in Simplified Chinese which I can't read much. The pronounciation was distorted and terrible. I typed 'shit' and it didn't sound right. #_# I looked on the internet and found that the manufacturer stopped making it because it was the model not passing the quality control tests due to some electrionic defect. OH MY GOD! How can I take this crap?

Steve sent the seller an email. She admitted that it was her mistake. Duh! She said we could either get a full refund or get a partial refund and keep the dictionary. Of course I am going to return it. Hate people being deceitful to me.

Now, I need to look for another one again... *sigh*

Happy long weekend~

(FUNNEL CAKE! Wait for me, I will eat you tomorrow!!)

Yeah!! It is labor day tomorrow. Steve doesn't have to go to work! His long weekened started Friday. He cooked a pot of chili on Friday night and a big breakfast this morning. ^.^ His breakfast tastes better than those in waffle house. Homemade food is always the best.

Tomorrow, we will go to the Evergreen State Fair together. Hopefully it will not rain. My target is to go get the funnel cake, a very common tasty snack in the fairs. Funnel cakes are made by pouring batter through a funnel into hot oil in a circular pattern and deep frying it until golden-brown. They are often served with powdered sugar, jam , or other toppings.I don't like deep-frying food at home since it makes the whole house smell so greasy.

I don't care about the games or shows in the fair but the funnel cake!! I wish I worked and made funnel cake at the fair. :-) I also always wish I worked at ice-cream stores... I probably quit after trying all kinds of ice-cream. hehe. Well, last night, we bought a 1/2 gallon EXPRESSO MOCHA ice-cream. ^o^ We already ate half of it!! Yummy...

NEW TOY!!

THIS is why I am not writing my blog recently. I have got a new toy!! ^.^ It was my childhood dream to have a piano. I learnt it for 2 years. When I was about 5, one day my mom took me and my brother to visit her friend. Her friend's daughter was about the same age as me. One day, we played in her bedroom and she showed me her piano. I was thrilled. But, she told me that I could not touch her piano because it was very expensive or her mother would be mad at her. So, I couldn't play her piano. ~_~ When I was 10, my parents let me learn it for about 2 years. It was quite an expensive hobby for children. I felt bad that my parents had to pay for it. So, I quit. I practised with a small portable piano at home then. Anyway, I am very thankful that my sister-in-law-to-be has given me the piano.

So, I am playing it every day and practicing Hungarian Dance NO.5, one of my favorite pieces of music. By the end of the day, my arms become very tired and so I don't really want to type. :-P