Outlet Mall Outings JAN 23rd - 25th 2010

23rd Jan.
Road travel to Portland, Oregon

Spent an entire day travelling in a van cramped with no less than 15 adults.
Checked into a warm and cosy Super 8 motel.
Nothing eventful except for the late night chat with Mark-Daryl-YX-WangHao till 3 am.

24th Jan.
Shopping at Portland + Return.

Went to the outlet mall.
Turn out to be a small and empty one.
We actually spent one whole day travelling the day prior to come to a deserted outlet with limited brands!!
How interesting. .

The only saving grace was that Portland was TAX-FREE.

Lunched at fast food chain, Wendy's.
Went there because one of the girls had the same name. WENDY's.

Nothing really caught my eye at the outlet except for red Izod jacket that retailed for USD30.
No size was available unfornately.
Sian.
Spent around USD150 on useless stuff the entire day.

Return trip was kind of boring.
Driver act pro, did not want to use GPS.
Got lost a couple of times.

Jan 25th.
Outing at Seattle premium outlet.

Purpose for this outing was to buy stuff for V.day.
But I had something else in mind already.
Did not buy anything for YSH.
I am CHEAPSKATE!!
Haha.
=P

But 3 items from Coach though.
1 hand bag for Mom.
1 pouch for Angie
1 pouch for Joyce.
Budget was not really an issue but turn out that total cost was less than USD200.
What a bonus.
Wanted to buy Coach bag for Mama Yew too but I did not dare take the initiative since she never held/bought anything like that despite having been in US for over 2 years previously.

Realised I had already spent over 3k since I touched down on US soil!!
=(

Did not have the chance to see/speak with YSH today.

I miss YSH.

Entry for Thurs Jan-14th

Typical day for me.

Went to Suzzallo Library.

The most popular library in UW.

Went up the Grand Stair case to the reading room.

Reminds me of libraries you see in movies like Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.

Simply awesome.

Mugged in the reading room with YX for a couple of hours.

Boredom eventually got the better of me and we went off.

Still a real interesting place and I will definitely go back for more.

Went to University Bookstore (UBS) to get my facial moisturizer finally.

Face had been flaking.

And when I apply the body moisturizer, I get pimples break out.

Clinique Facial Moisturizer: USD20 plus tax.

Eventful:

After purchase of moisturizer, YX and I went back to my apartment for dinner.

Mark and Daryl prepared the food.

We had aglio olio and red win pasta with tuna.

Sumptous dinner.

Not of world-class standard dinners but the company that was there was simply superb.

It was 11pm. 3 hours had passed even before we knew it (how time flies when you're enjoying.)

I did not really help out in the cooking. Seems like most people here already know how to cook.

I always thought don't-know-how-to-cook = macho and manly.

Turn out that know-how-to-cook = sexy and reliable.

LOL.

I miss YSH.

SSA Dinner

Entry for Jan-08-2010.

Notice that I have started using the Month-Day-Year date format.
The American style.
Have to get used to it else I will have give the wrong dates on my assignments.

Slept/you-tubed/msn-ed the entire day.
Wasted the day.

Eventful:
Singapore Students' Association (SSA) Dinner.

Dinner was at an Italian restaurant along the Ave.
Mama Melina (4759, Roosevlet Ave NE)

It was a crappy dinner.
USD20 per head.
We were served "family-style" pasta.
They gave large plated of barely edible pasta and expected us to eat it.
Payment was by head count. I was seating at the middle table.
There were several dished that totally bypassed my table.
Crappy service.
Treated us like F.O.B. (Fresh Out of Boat)
Haha.

After the dinner, all of us went to a senior's place.
He stayed 15 blocks North of our area and we went to his place for simple gathering.
Turn out that there was booze aplenty.
The night was kind of interesting.
One side, was my good friend playing classical piano,
The other was crazy people rocking to a Rock"n"Roll game on Xbox.
I was flittering between the two.
More to the piano though.
Quite a scene.
Mark, Daryl and myself were singing to the songs that Yixiang played on the piano.
YX is incredible.
He could play any song that he hears.
Talented chap.

Anyway, the day ended early,
all left before 12am.
We kind of messed up the Senior's house.
But it was all for a happy occassion.
Enoyed it.

I miss YSH.

Entry for 5th Jan

No class on Tuesdays.
Spent the entire day on just one module that has little weightage.
WTH.

Eventful:
Went gymn with friends in the evening.
Best gymn I'd ever been.
Fantastic facilities.
BIG.
Plenty of machines.
America is really the homeground for sports.
Totally unlike Singapore.
After 6pm, people, started swarming into the gymn like it Cineleisure.
I love this culture.
I was planning to do cardio, running then a little sit-up/Chin-ups/Push-ups.
Turn out that right after my run.
The fire alarm went off.
Crap.
Stopped and went out of the building into the cold.
There was no visible fire.
Within minutes, the fireman arrived.
Turned out that there was indeed no fire.
The fireman exited the building.
As they left, they had to weave pass the immense crowd (gymn goers who had evacuated outside).
Some crazy kids started whistling and applauding the fireman as they passed.
They were obviously embarassed. Could see the fireman's shy smile.
Quite comical.
Haha.

Had dinner with Mark at a worn down Jap restaurant, Tokyo Garden.
All 5 of us ordered the Tue Special, Teriyaki chicken and beef.
So I decided to change to Sushi Set B instead.
Turn out to be RAW sushi.
Hated it. Luckily one of my very nice friend offered to exchange his Tue Special with me. =)
Dinner was cheap, but not great.
Grocery shopping.

I miss YSH.

First day at school (Entry for 4th Jan 2010, Mon)

First entry.
First day at in school.

Woke up 5 min behind time, but still way early.
Was not the best of weather though. Rained the entire day!!
Light shower.
TERMINATOR jacket was enough to withstand the light rain.
;)

Eventful:

• Almost knocked down by car twice.

First time, it was GO sign, but the car die die want to chiong.
Almost touched me but managed to stop in time.

Second time, at the same junction, I was waiting for the GO sign. Upon GO, I stopped and let the other pedestrians pass first. True enough, a car die die want to chiong. Almost hit one of the Ang Moh student. Driver was a girl. I just stood ground and watched. Haha.

• Running around UW like a lost sheep, looking for the Prof and adivsors to enroll for the courses that I want.

I miss YSH.