We're Half Way ;)

I have been lazy updating my blogs, have to admit. Actually, there's a couple of posts i started, still pending to finish hehe...Wanted to share with everyone, this week, i'm at 20weeks of my pregnancy..yay..that's half way. We had a scan last week, and we're expecting a baby boy...haven't thought of names yet. Also this is the first time i'm feeling the baby move, it's really exciting. My stomach is getting bigger ( i put on 6lbs since), and i've had the first stranger asked me at the store when i am due, so i guess it means i'm 'showing'...hehe

Day Trip to Seattle

This blog is past due....We spent a wonderful relaxing trip to Seattle last, last Saturday with EL and Aunty K. Thank God the weather was lovely, we started our journey at 8am after breakfast. Arrived at Corelle Kitchen Outlet at 10am just in time (thanks to EL, i haven't been there) And we bought some dishes and extras. Continue to Seattle, arrive at Pike Place Market about noon. We were hungry by then, and had a nice lunch of clam chowder and fish&chips at a restaurant with seaview. The place was quite crowded, at it was probably the first warm sunny weekend of the year!!

We took a nice stroll at the market, Aunty K and I wanted to buy some fresh wild alaskan salmon to take home. That's when i learned the difference between the 'cheap' salmons i buy at the supermarket are farm-raised. These ones are caught fresh daily from the Alaska Sea...The market ppl provided 24hr cool-pack to keep the food fresh. But we got ourselves a shock with the price. $6.99/lb for farm-raised salmon Guess how much were the wild alaskan fillets?? $21.99/lbs!!! Way over our budget.. Sorry Wye...let's stick with farm salmon.

We then took a walk around the Waterfront and Piers....just some souvenir shops, restaurants and seagulls along with many tourist. EL suggested we drive to the other side of Seattle, i think ti's the West (not sure) where we enjoyed a nice view of Seattle landscape. There were lots of ppl at the beach, diving, cycling, skating, beach volley, and BBQing...what fun!!
Aunty K then treated us with some chocolate chip macadamia cookies and we had hot-chocolate with whipped cream at the cafe for tea...Our next place of interest was of course back to the Seattle Space Needle (as Aunty K have not visited Seattle before)

Our trip ended with dinner...Surprise...Fish&Chips and Clam Chowder AGAIN!!! We arrived back in Hillsboro 12am ....ah...forgot about the Rite Aid FAR sale..would have been a good time ;)

Professional Shots - As Promised

Wow..these photos are much better when viewed full size (almost like 3D)...hmmm...i need to be better friends with TS kekekeh...since the cameras are so expensive and troublesome to 'process'...Thanks TS, we love them!!

Woodburn Tulip Farm

It's been 5 years since I last visited the tulip farm, my first experience in 2002 was breath-taking and i was so taken in by the endless rows of tulips overlooking the horizon. We went to the Tulip Farm in Woodburn last Sunday, and it was great sunny weather. Sadly though, it didn't really keep up to my impression a few years back. The flowers were still pretty, but fewer. Our friend TS is a very experienced photographer with good 'gadgets'...so we were lucky to have our pictures taken together. At this point though, he has yet to process the photos to share (I will definitely update this blog with his 'professional' shots) which Wye insist he should get a better camera, as when we get to compare photos taken with both cameras and their effects...we'll see.


We spent a couple of hours walking through the rows of tulips. Some bigger bulbs were the Hit for photos (bright orange and red), while there were rows of dark purple tulips which weren't as popular. The girls LK and Y bought some tulips to take home after the trip. There were many species of tulips and bulbs for sale there. Loads of ppl visited that day, mostly gathered at the food stall (long queue for curly fries, burgers, elephant ears and ice-cream) and kids busying at the Free Games corner. I had my face painted for USD1 hehe...just for fun. We then headed for lunch at Mc D's and the Factory Outlets for shopping after. It was an enjoyable ( a little tiring for me) trip, and first time getting sun-tan this year!

Portland Waterfront

Did you really believe we glued our bottoms on the TV the whole weekend? Well...sort of did..hehe..

We were suppose to meet our friends HF and PS at Woodburn Tulip Farm on Sunday, unfortunately it started raining again, so we changed our minds. Wye suggested taking a stroll downtown Portland at the Flea Market and Waterfront. Considering we havent' been there since i got pregnant, because the ride on MAX was nauseating...we decided to give it a try since i've been feeling much better. When we arrived at the station, we both realized we didn't have any CASH...hehe..it wouldn't be a problem usually because they accepted card payments, but the machine somehow rejected both our cards!! Then large droplets of rain started, so we rushed into the car..and drove downtown instead ;)

The Waterfront is actually our first 'dating' place back in 2002. We both would take the MAX train downtown to the Flea Market, take a walk, enjoy the breeze by the Willamette river, watch people skating/biking and then spent the afternoon at the River Place Restaurant (now called Marina Fish House) where they serve Happy Hour Bar Menu at really reasonable prices before doing some window shopping around.

Can you spot the little bunny at the right corner? Since it was Easter Sunday, there were people giving free treats along the walk way...Unfortunately, most shops were closed on this day....so we didn't spend very long in town, and headed home to continue our PB marathon...kekekeh..

Weekend Marathon - Prison Break

As usual, when friends recommend certain movies/series to watch, i tend not really be bothered to listen....you know like i really never understood how good something on the screen can be, or how ppl keep chasing for each episode release...hehe just not that type. Or maybe i will start an episode, like i did with Sex and The City years back, and decided..nah...what's so great? So, pretty much the same story when HF and PS recommended Prison Break to us, a couple of months back. We got the copies (hehe) from them, and stored it safely in our hard-disk. Did we listen and start watching? Nah...we told them, hey we have other things to watch...let us finish those, then we'll watch 'your' Prison Break ;)

And so, last Saturday, we got up in the morning, raining and all, and decided without much to do, we'll watch an episode of PB. And i guess one lead to the next, full of suspense and we ended up watching 8 episodes in a row, before giving in for Lunch!! I've always enjoyed movies like Escape fr Alcatraz and Shawshank Redemption, so PB was GREAT. Loved the plot in Season 1, and PS was right, Michael Scoffield is kinda 'not bad' looking...hehe... I won't go on about PB in detail, but don't start if you don't plan to sit in to finish!! We're almost done with Season 2 now(it's been 5 consecutive days), but sigh....Season 3 will have to wait until Feb2008 for full release...URGHH!!!

Our Cozy Apartment

Yesterday was a busy day, we spent half the morning at the hospital for my routine check up, waiting, seeing the doctor, waiting again, taking blood test etc..And then i worked the next half day babysitting 2 girls...at a nearby house...So i tot i will write two postings today...

It's Good Friday and the forecaster predicts a beautiful weekend and Easter ahead >60degrees. Wye and I went out for lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant in Hillsboro and then took a short stroll at the park..he was really tempted to take the rest of the day off...and WFH ( Work from home) hehe...it's such a nice sunny mood!! Anyway...that didn't happen, and i'm now home alone...blogging. So i've decided to take some pictures of our lovely apartment to share...hehe..Our home is a spacious 2bedroom+2bathroom apartment and we've been living here for more than 7mths now...it does come fully furnished, but we added some minor details here and there to make it 'homey'..

The picture above is our bedroom ensuite bathroom, and the kitchen+handmade flower deco ;) This one below is the second bedroom (which is just an empty den now) and the guest bathroom, dining room and living room area (where we spent most days lazing in front of the TV, or napping on the sofa bed) .

Of course i would share with you some pictures of the sweet tulips and vegetables i planted in the patio...The tulips were planted since Sept last year and it went thru frosting and winter from a tiny onion bulb into a 1foot tall plant now...we bought 2yellow bulbs and 2pink ones, but i think the yellow's showing off first. Well, the vege which is actually a few varieties of lettuces ( Wye thinks there's no hope in having them for salad) hehe...coz the pot is kinda small for the growth were planted a few weeks ago...so i'm just hanging on to them..