Beautiful America

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Lazy to cook tonight... so we had Popeye's and McDonald's for dinner...

(Popeye's for us and special request of McDonald's Happy Meal for Ms Emma... **rolled eyes**)


Anyway... on the way out... we noticed a beautiful sky with nice sunset view.... and thought wanted to share with my dear readers.



Nice or Not...???




Love the dark clouds....




While driving... I know I shouldn't do that....





At the stop-light....




Nice...




Outside McDonald's at the drive-thru....




KFC next to McD....





The Arboretum where I used to work... not too far from where we live.... about 1/2 miles (if that...)






Ok... break for commercial....






My youngest, Ms Emma who will be 7-years old in August... She said she wants a Mermaid Tail for her birthday... **slap forehead**




My eldest, Ms Annabel who will turn 10 next Sunday (on Superbowl Sunday)... And she already got her birthday present last night.... A $200 Ipod Touch... **ouch ouch**




Tiger, our black cat, who is 8 or 9 years old... we adopted him way before Ms Emma was born... He's literally Ms Emma's big brother.... **ha ha**





Yours truly... who will turn 41 in a month or so.... **hu hu hu**






Continue with The Beauty of America....




Last Thursday, I finally had a chance to run to the courthouse to get my notary.

It's for work... and as a Personal Banker, I'm required to notarize documentations for my customers when needed...




Outside the courthouse.... It was a beautiful day.... love the blue sky.




On the way back to work from the courthouse... and passed a Shell gas station....

(Petrol station in Malaysia... Gas station in USA...)



American: We go to gas station to get gas... not petrol...!!!

Malaysian: Gas is the gas tank for cooking... hook the gas tank to the stove and you can cook an awesome dinner for your family.

American: You don't need a gas tank for your stove in USA... Stove here either run on a centralized gas or you can choose an electric stove. Gas tank here is for our outdoor grill...

Malaysian: Now, you guys are freaggin confusing... %&^$#@%^*(






Typical American house....





Beautiful blue sky.





Seven-Eleven.... at every corner.





While driving again... I know I know... Someday I will get a ticket... hope not.




Feel free to make this as your wallpaper....




Hull Street Rd





Close to getting to work....




Hehe....






Had a super long and tired work week. I'm going to sleep in till 10 or 11 tomorrow... KEEP OUT everyone.



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A Grumpy Me

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Chinese New Year was spent in USA (again this year)....

I haven't been back for 2 continuous Chinese New Year.... and of course I miss my family... and all the good food at the reunion dinner... the lion dance... the fireworks.... the time spent with the family... just about EVERYTHING.


1st day of Chinese New Year, I was working.... HUHUHU...

Nobody at work actually knew it was "my holidays".... but what do you expect from the Land of America.... I can hardly even see any decent chinese faces in my area... (chinese from the take-out restaurant doesn't count!)


I did called my parents numerous times... just to chit-chat and wished them Happy Chinese New Year... and may the year of dragon brings them lots of joy, fun, health, wealth and happiness.






My Reunion Dinner - Sambal Prawn (Shrimp in USA)





And to finish it up.... I had these for dessert. Super delicious.

All these on sale from Edible Arrangment for 10 bucks. Cheap cheap....







1st day of Chinese New Year....






Like my hair or not....????






See that smile line on my left face (right on the picture)....

Super hate it... I'M GOING FOR BOTOX....


The spa salon near my work has a special going on.... THE LUNCH BOTOX....

Only takes 10-15 minutes - very popular for busy working women like "ME"...

Get it done during lunch and you will walk out of the salon 10 YEARS YOUNGER.


I'M GOING TO GET LUNCH BOX... sometime next week. Serious!








Annabel's drawing... Very impressed with her artwork....

Two words to summarize her - Creative and Talented.







Lastly.... SUPER DUPER EXPENSIVE star fruit from Kroger.

US3.99 for a small @zz fruit... That's approx RM12-13...

Go home... I ain't gonna pay that kind of money for a small @zz fruit.







A little grumpy tonight. I should be fine tomorrow... if not, by next week... I'm sure!




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only if it was MINE...

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So, the car is in the bodyshop, as we speak... to be fixed.


Last Friday morning.... as early as 8:00 am.... I was at the bodyshop.... to meet with the insurance adjustor.


Very nice guy.... kept on apologizing for the cold weather... and had me stand outside with him while he took a look at the damage on the car.


In his hand with a pen and paper on the clipboard, he walked around my car... pointing out the damages as well as some old scratches and dents on the car.


I nodded... without paying any attention into details of all his remarks... since I know they are going to have to replace the whole darn door... and I have to pay $500 deductible... :(


20 minutes later... I walked out of the bodyshop... with a new SUV.




Ford Excape...





Nice or Not...???





With Georgia license plate...




I like...





The Interior....

















Leather seats with sunroof.... Nice sleek interior with enough cup holders for all of us.... very roomy and comfortable.... I LIKE.




Take another look at this beauty....








Only if it was MINE... it's a rental car.... the insurance company pay for it while my car is in the bodyshop for repair.

I will have this rental car for a week... loving it.


When I grow up.... I want to get a SUV... just like this one... or Ford Explorer... or Expedition.


Perhaps a trip to the Ford dealership should be in order... very soon!




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Yesterday In History

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I wrecked my car yesterday... backed into a tree... what a d@mb @ss!


Luckily I didn't hit the tree hard enough... or else it could have fallen onto my car... knock the hell out of me... and kill me instantly...


But it was hard enough to put a big dent on the back door... and broke the darn back window... :(



The Damage...















Called the insurance company and filed a claim immediately.

Appointment to have the car fixed set for Friday at 8:00 am.

Expect to pay $500 out of MY pocket for deductible (FML)... and the rest is gonna be covered by insurance.


There goes my lunch, shopping, manicure, makeup... for 2 months... FML.




Reported by CatCat from CatCat Daily News, Richmond VA - 01/11/2012.








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glad to be back blogging....

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It was a great 2-weeks break from blogging for me... I so needed the time off... since I had been SUPER BUSY at work for the past few weeks...


And today... I had a day off from work as all banks in USA are closed (YAY to federal holidays)... and I had an AWESOME day...


The weather was great - NOT COLD at all... in the 50s... and I was out playing (read: shopping... eat... and eat... and eat) ALL DAY.




Back to blogging....




Annabel's frame on her glasses broke last weekend....





So, we went to Lens Crafter at the mall yesterday... to get her glasses replaced....

See how empty the car park was...




Someday... I will have a big Christmas tree like this one in my front yard.





As we entered the mall...





it was empty... Where are all those people...????





Lens Crafter was pretty empty too... We were the third customer there....





Annabel picked her new glasses... Aaaw... look at cute Emma...





An hour later... $25 co-pay... Viola... Her sparkling new glasses....






Done with the glasses.... and took the girls to their favourite store... Everything 50 - 75% off... The girls went nuts....





Latest picture of the girls... taken last night.












The girls are growing up... and I have to confess... I'm scared to death of being old... Huhuhu.






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