Celebrating Lyn's Big Day

Happy Birthday Lyn!

Lyn asked me last friday if Michelle and I are available to go out for a dinner at a Seafood Buffet Restaurant the following day. I told her that Michelle and I worked together and we'd be off by 5PM so we surely can go to dinner with her. I figured it would be fun to go out and celebrate her birthday since its the weekend and the following day is also Easter Sunday.

The fun started when we were on our way to the restaurant. I was in Michelle's car and Lyn is following us. Apparently Michelle lives closer to the restaurant that we are going so she knew which road to take without too many traffic lights...in other words, she knew a shortcut. Lyn lost us when she had to stop at a red light. I don't know why these two ladies did not agree which road they will take??? We ended up playing hide and seek! Thank goodness for these wireless communication gadgets! We had to stop at a gas station so Lyn can catch us. Alas, we arrived at the restaurant at the same time, safe and sound!

After we were seated, we attacked the food like the hungry beast that we were. I was taking my time choosing my food when Lyn started putting stuff on my plate like fried frogs, mussels, some kind of rolls, squid with taro and coconut milk inside, breaded and fried crab. I added shrimps which are my favorite and I also added fried fish. (Gosh! I hope hubby won't read this part or he will puke!) Anyway, once it was all assembled, my plate looked like a mountain. THEN! we saw the steamed crab! Afraid that the restaurant will run out...heheh Lyn asked me to grab another plate and we started piling on the crab legs.

I couldn't imagine that we could eat all that food. I have plates in my left and right hand...same with Michelle, Lyn had one but also full. Btw...just want to make it clear, those extra plates that I got and Michelle's are for the three of us, OK? :-)

For a few minutes the ladies stopped talking, trying to have a good feast with the bountiful blessings infront of them. Wow, that was the first time I had all seafood in a Chinese restaurant.I usually get szchuan vegetable or vegetable lumen. Anyway, the other two ladies were done in a snap! Geesh! Did they inhale the food??? How did they do it? Michelle was always kidding how slow I am...she's like "your like a kid"! and I'm like, HELP ME! and she say's...go get me noodles and fruit, your plate will be empty when you get back. OK, I think I needed to stand up for awhile, so I did what she asked me. I came back with 2 plates again...left and right! She only ate some food that she liked on my plate. By this time I was getting full, so I started cheating... I tore my food so it looked like i had eaten more. Duh, I'm afraid I'd be left washing dishes for not eating all the food on my plate. Anyway, I was done with my first plate and on to the crab! Lyn was ready to go back for her second plate. Michelle by the way was done with the plates I handed to her, oops, minus the plate that had the desserts on it. The two ladies were back with a plate each. Sheesh! There had already been like two guests seated at the opposite table, while we are still there... almost 2.5 hrs already? I was so shy everytime the waiter would come and pick up the plates. I even asked him to call a police or 911. ;-) but I don't think he understood me because he just ignored me. I also notice the waiter looked pissed at us, he-he! imagine how many times he had to come back just to clean our mess.

The three ladies finally surrendered! Lyn and Michelle were fighting as to who will pay the bill. Michelle and I already agreed that she will pay the bill but goofy Lyn insisted she will pay the bill. Oh well! Good thing, we can start our picture taking.

Nah, I thought were done for the night! We agreed that we needed to walk our food off, so we went to Kohl's Department Store to browse what's on sale. This time we spent about 2 hours shopping for one item for each of us. Had it not been that the store was closing, the three ladies wouldn't have gone home.

I had fun! I hope Michelle and the birthday girl had fun too. Happy Birthday Lyn...and thanks for the dinner!

I Feel Sick

I am not feeling well today. I woke up with a sore throat and my body is aching. I usually get a sore throat if i consume too much sweets. Its probably that dark chocolate toblerone I ate last night! Nevertheless, I still manage to go to work. Then, my sinus started to bother me. My headache was terrible, specially in the forehead and the top back of my head. My eyes feels like its burning and then I started feeling cold and I was shivering. What is going on with me? The only medicine I had in my purse was cold tylenol, so i took 2 tablets around 2PM, then another 2 about 4PM. I was hoping I would feel better. I even went to Polaris Fashion Place with Michelle (my co-worker). But when I got home, I started feeling worst again...my extremeties are so damn cold and my body is aching and in terrible pain.

I need to go to sleep, I know! but I'm still here watching American Idol again...apparently a human error happened last night. In-correct voting numbers were displayed during the performance recap at the end of last night's show, that means viewers has to re-vote. That sucks! Especially for those phoned-in votes. Text votes on the other hand will not be charged! Who do I liked among all the contestants? Probably Nadia Turner, Carrie Underwood and Bo Bice. I do liked Constantine Maroulis though. But my bet is going to be CARRIE UNDERWOOD. Simon said, she would outsell all other preview Idol Winners. Here's a link to her fan site: http://www.carrieunderwoodonline.com/

Canada, Our Second Day

We went back to our hotel at 2AM. I was tired and sleepy but I was excited to see the city, so it was OK. 8AM, I woked up for a need to go to the bathroom. I tried to go back and get an additional hour of sleep but I can't. My adrenalin was up and about ready for another exciting day so I went ahead and took a shower. John, as always was still in bed. I looked at the view of the Detroit River. It was foggy but very pretty. I don't know but I'm always fascinated to see tall buildings. Here in the photos, I took the tallest skycraper in Detroit, the GM building.

About 10:30 we had our breakfast at the hotel. We decided to visit Fort Malden Museum at Amherstburg and If we have time we can go visit the Hard Rock Cafe in Detroit, MI. And finally go to a Souvenir Shop.

It was freezing cold! I almost turned into a popsicle! Imagine I have 4 layers of clothes but I was still cold. Here's the link of the all the photos I took during the trip. Windsor, Ontario Canada Photos

We went to Devonshire Mall for some souvenir shopping but never found one so we ended up eating a light lunch before we head home and just stop by at the Duty Free Shop. I had a Spicy Chicken Wings, which has similar taste to the Hot and Spicy Chicken in KFC Phils. I don't care much the KFC here in Columbus as their spicy chicken is always on a sauce. We then hit the road on our way home but I told John not to forget to stop by at the Duty Free Shop. I got myself, and my sister Jovy a t-shirt (size 8 for kids) wheew! they don't have small sizes for petite and the medium were still big. I got some key chains for the sisters and my mom. I knew my sister Jovy would get jealous as soon as I break her the news that I've already been to Canada. This is where she wanted to Immigrate.

Now the fiasco at the Security Checkpoint!!! There were few lines of cars but it wasn't that bad. I looked up from my side and saw the GM building. I thought about getting a closer photo, hubby said go ahead, so i did.

I also took a photo of the sign that says Welcome Michigan but you can see on the bottom a little bit of the Security Checkpoint. As soon as we got to the Officer, the first thing she asks us is if we took a picture. Hubby said yes. They probably have a camera and looking at us while we were still in line. She asks if its digital and if she can see it. We did show it to her. Then she looked for our ID's. Asks us if we have alcohol and tobacco again and we said no. She also looked for our passports. Good thing, I brought mine and hubby's. I don't wanna be left in Windsor, ya know! Doug forgot to bring his. So, she asks few more questions to him. Then she put a paper on the windshield and asks us to go to the checking officer. Two guys, asks us again about the photos that we took. They looked on it and asks us if we could delete that last photos I took that has a little bit of the Security Checkpoint on the bottom. We don't want to argue an officer...we'd rather delete it or have them give us a hard time. Sheeesshhh! that was scary experience!

Canada, Here We Come!

It was saturday, (03-19-05) one of the few weekends wherein I get to spend time with my hubby. I usually work every saturday and only spend time with him on sundays. I even work on sunday nights if it gets worst at work.

I was up on my normal time around 9am. As usual hubby gets to sleep in with our comfy bed a little bit later than normal. Its 11am, and I was bored so I woke him up with a a hot, smoking blueberry oatmeal. He woke up and ate it in bed and beg to give him time untill 12:30 to sleep again. So i gave in.

Finally, I woke him up and scared him if we won't do anything, I would go to work. The first thing that came to his mind is to go to the Auto Show. Columbus Auto Show Then, he asked if I am interested to go visit Ikea in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for some shopping. I was excited at first, until he mentioned about Argosy Casino VI which is an easy drive from anywhere around Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana . It is a side wheel vessel, with three decks and accommodates 4,000 passengers. We phoned in the 1-800 number to book overnight but sadly it was fully booked. Oh well, so much for Indiana.

We went to get drive-thru food from Fazoli's. After eating, we tried to look again for possible weekend get-away. Then, hubby mentioned about Windsor, Ontario Canada I was soooo excited that I didn't have second thoughts about it, and said YES! I've always wanted to go to Canada and experience a new culture. I didn't care which city as long as it is Canada. By looking at the website, it looks like its a cool place. He also mentioned that its a place known for "Strip Clubs". So, I asked him to call our friend Doug, because he might be interested to go with us. And he did say YES! 4PM and we were all set booked at Hilton Hotel in Windsor. Its 10 before 6PM and we are all on our way to Windsor, Ontario Canada.

Its a 3.5 hrs. drive but John as a good driver manage to drive it for just 3 hrs. We passed the Tunnel that connects Detroit, MI and Windsor, Ontario.

As we tried to enter the city we have to pass The Security Checkpoint wherein an Immigration Officer asks us a few questions, such as where we are going and for how long, and if we have tobacco or alcohol (its not allowed). They also looked into our ID's. It wasn't terrible experience to get in. About 10:30 and we were already at the hotel trying to settled in. After we did vallet parking, we went out and head to the Casino. It was my first time to go to a Casino and I have never gambled before. John was not a good gambler either. And by the way, US$1 is worth $1.20 CDN. We were having a hard time playing the Slot Machines as the machine won't accept our money! wahhh! we almost gave up. Until John finally learned how to do it. It wasn't hard really, but we still ended up loosers. Oh well, so much for that...we head out to Doug's fave place. I'm not gonna tell you what it is, as I don't have the nerve to tell it.

A Newbee

Hi Everyone! and welcome to my first blog. Honestly, I never thought I could or I would make one considering I am too busy between my 2 jobs and being a housewife. I am just supposed to create an album here but it wouldn't let me, unless I would sign up for a blog. I thought blogging is an "in" thing these days, so what the heck...blogging here I come!

Overdoing Exercise

OK, I think I did too much today. Arrgghhh! my right knee is hurting as if the bones where dislocated. Oucchh!

Here's why. I did a 15 minute warm up about 6:20PM by doing some stretching from my neck, shoulders and arms, back down to my legs and ankles. Off to the road at 6:35. I jog around the neighborhood for 1 hour. After that I went back home to drink some water and catch my breath. It feels really good outside. What drives me nuts is when I passed by a house that owns dog almost as big as me! I have to slow down so they won't run after me. It is usually the time when they are out and playing with their "Masters". Some dogs are inside the fence though but they still bark whenever they see somebody. So anyway, I was back at home. After drinking water, I went to look for my weights. I couldn't find it. I was back upstairs and downstairs a few times. Then finally I saw it in the corner near the computer room. So I did some weights exercise.

It's 7:35, hubby is home! He asked me if I wanted to go for bike ride. I know if I'd say no, he wouldn't go alone. So I said yes, anyway I wasn't that tired yet at that time. We went circling around the neighborhood again when suddenly my right knee started to feel uncomfortable. I was having a hard time pedaling my bike, it hurts so bad that I had to stopped for few minutes. Its getting a 'lil bit darker so we had to head back on our way to the house. It wasn't long enough when I had to stopped again and had to jump on the grasses because I can't stand on my right leg. I did some stretching. I felt good a little bit after that. Lesson? too much leg work is not good, eh??? Thanked God I still managed to be home. We rode more than 4 miles today which is better than yesterday's 2 miles.

OK, I think I needed to go get some hot showers before bed time. So.....will c u l8tr? :-)