woah........hee hee today is the 28th of JAN, CNY eve!!! sorry ah, school work been piling up and not giving me any time to sit down and blog....maybe playing my retro FIFA 2005 too much.......Just realise that i haven posted any pics of my room and house mates........soon soon, cos david , the american cook of this household is back home for the weekend!

i miss the bak hwa and goodies for CNY, but dont think i will miss going pei nian, such a chore hahaha oh well, no need to celebrate also ok haha......

maybe next new year i follow phan go to vietnam and celebrate there!!!

haha heres my today breakfast!!!! and an introduction to my room!!!

giant sandwich, ALEX style!!!

small pig sty!!!

my untidy table as usual!!!

haha tabletop, full of gifts from my pals and dear, and a whisky i bought recently, super spicy one.....hahaha

Singapore 25th January 2006, 4 years ago, on this day, i held her hands and asked her to be my girl friend. 4 years later, today, though i am not physically with her......my heart and mind is aching for her. happy anniversary sherlyn. It has been a long journey, and i'm not complaining as i have enjoyed every single moment of you being beside me. You have made me a better person but definitely still got a lot to work on. In a sense, i feel lifes more complete with u around, and u're always there to bridge the gap between me and my family......i'm not a family person, my siblings can testify for me hahaha.

this isnt the first time i am away from you, Australia, in camp, Brunei and now the States, i know its unfair to leave u for like half a year but u know me and you didnt voice your protests. I just love you so much for who you are....i really appreciate the time we have together so far. hang in there dear, i know its tough and especially when you are in year 4. I know u are a strong girl k and you will do fine. I miss you a lot, and u know it too.

I'll be back soon k. loving you forever.................alex

Sorry for not blogging over the weekend, was out almost the entire weekend. hai....life is getting tougher.....all the work and projects.... the happiest thing this entire got to be the 10 kg ($150) parcel i received from home!!! text books, goodies and tons.......love my mum sis and dear. AH...finally, coffee from singapore.... the states got to be the land of the coffee makers......think its a standard issue to every home....and its dirt cheap....but not the filters....buy one back to SG??? New year is coming back home.....hope everyone will be happy and all the standard well wishes, i not really the CNY kinda of person, so not actually missing it like my other friends except perharps bak kwa? haha very touched to see the prawn crackers, wonder my mum or dear buy and send one?

heres some pics of the box and my super full grocery shop....

Its 4am here, and i am not asleep....somethings wrong in me??? haha no lah cos today had a big dinner, some exchange students dinner, so it was pretty cool (free food) then came back after watching some inter dorms basketball match. cooked some stir fried toufu for my house mate, call sherlyn.......and here i am

heres some pics of my monday trip to IKEA. its pretty new and many americans are pretty dazzaled by its mechandise. its pretty like the one in singapore but a whole lot bigger!!! jus look at the ware house for the furnitures. haha i love their table lamps and cd holders

heres me and jing feng at some eating place

hotdogs at Ikea........

This was actually i think tuesday or wednesday morning, breakfast i prepared for myselfs, english muffins with egg and ham plus SWEET american strawberries........

my lunch, baked potato and porridge!!!

14th jan.......late post....saturday....we decided to go to Atlanta Underground.....some HK guys my friend met at GLC decided to come along.....the day was very cold although the sun was out....dun noe who forgot to turn off the fan...... we took the MARTA at midtown station down south to FIVE POINTS (city hall?)...... here we go....shopping (window)

As the name suggest.....
The place coke started? The World of COKE......ah mun, u love this rite?
photo taking in the cold
local vintage.......wine tasting...my 2 wine teachers, eng hwa and aaron...
on the MARTA to chamblee........

14th Jan, after Atlanta Underground at MARTA(mrt equivalent) station : Five Points. we went to do our weekend groccery shopping at Chamblee Chinatown. A pretty small place at the outskirts of Georgia. a good ten minutes walk from the station was super cold!!!! dont be fooled by the blue skies.......its horrible winds out there....lucky we were there in the afternoon

A cemetry at the side of the road to Chinatown

blue skies and nice clouds......

finally chinatown.............

posing along the way......

13th jan (late entry), after my porridge lunch, we made plans to head down to the Georgia aquarium.......the biggest in the world. Tix not on sale on weekend as they are always fully booked. It was already past noon and we decided to try our luck. Then soon the sky darkens and yah, the first big rain i see in US...... hai..... luckily good ol Edmund (a exchange student who went NTU last semester) drove us down, and cos of the big rain.....there wasnt the usual queue......YEAH.....

look at the usual queue area..............................


while waiting for the girls.........

There we go.......was tempted to get the annual pass for 59 USD but.......its just too ex............ into the sea for now.....

the highlight of the aquarium.....

down the tunnel like underwater world singapore.....
WAT a sight......

........lovely view........
look at the size of the tank...

Whale shark bathing in a school of golden fishes.......
flying rays........a huge bunch of them

Theres so much to see in the tank......saw shark, big fishes, many many hammerheads.....schools of manta rays........golden trevali....

One of the key exhibits of the aquarium.....the beluga whales.....they are housing 2 males with 2 other females on loan for a breeding program...one of the males was rescued from a mexico's entertainment park and is still receiving treatment for its skin irritation......poor thing...they're real pretty...


They're real graceful........

Theres pretty much more to see in the aquarium......some touch exhibits...penguins, otters.....many more




The highlight of the river exhibit.....PIRAHNA....think gerald cho will be delighted to see this haha..too bad there wasnt a feeding time.....if else....i'll throw him down

A school of them...... you wont want to be caught dropping into the water..........

the tropic river section is pretty packed with the kinda of fishes you see in aquariums or fish shops back home. but i pretty like the idea of doing it the same style as the sea portion......walking under the river style.....pretty cool

The tropical diver section was pretty much like the one i saw when i visited Sydney's aquarium. a big reef tank with several smaller ones on their inhabitants. what stood out was the simulation of waves in the reef tanks.......




the calm before the waves.....

here it comes..............woosh.....

The gift shop was packed with loads of soft toys.......think sherlyn would buy every single penguin and whales there hahaha......this was the exit as well....we left just before closing to avoid the jam...the girls took edmund's car and the guys walked......haha

Friday......13th jan....haha late post again.........woke up at a record time of 11am.....haha sorry cos i had to wait for some late confirmation of subject matching by Prof Lim. didnt talk to dear as i slept past the time hahaha....... woke up and prepared lunch for my good GIP mates...

Late entry alert!!! This was last sunday, me and eng hwa went exploring before needing to meet shannen and prof lee for some orientation to the farmers' market. since we need to be at Tech Sq at 3, we decided to make use of our time and headed all the way up 10th street. many cool stuffs on the way but the best was at the end of the line....the Piedmont Park

i jus love nature.....btw wonder when i will start my nature photo-blog...haha who cares..... anyway heres some from the park...


Think those who know me, know i'll freak out if i find a nice cool spot close to nature.....any now with camera in hand....snap snap snap...this place is so scenic......

Look at the backdrop of the park.....the city's skyline....


Look at the amount of space they have........ and i only covered less than half of the park........we had to go