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cute pot of chili!

look what i found while having ramen at porter square here!

naturally, i found it inspiring....

and the boy just wants to pretend i'm not right in front of him.

see what he has to put up with everyday...*evil laughter*

goodbye 2009, hello 2010

it's been an interesting past year. the boy and i have never lived out on our own and neither of us have ever lived abroad as well. needless to say, the move to the states was both exciting and daunting. looking back however, we wouldn't trade this experience for anything.

we've learnt how to look for an apt to rent, how to do all your household chores yourself, how to take care of ourselves (falling sick in a foreign land is scary), how to live with one another (but tt really has been a breeze, we love living with each other, no issues here at all), how to not compare what we had back home and what we don't have here and most importantly to be responsible for each other.

it hasnt been easy, and there are times where we asked if this was the right decision, but with each day, we find reasons why we shouldnt look back. we were at a place and time where it was time for a change, and what better a drastic change than to move to another continent all together! we're definitely looking forward to another year here with each other. as much as we miss our families and friends back home, this time here is necessary for us individually and together as a couple. we've grown so much, and we've learnt so much - something that i dun think we could have done if we stayed where we were.

we miss everyone back home but we can safely say we dun miss the life we use to have. we like this life here very much. and this is why we know 2010 will be a better year. to everyone we love and miss, we hope to see all of you soon, maybe sometime this year! and here's to another crazy year!

our cheap ass NYC hotel

we stayed at one of the thompson hotels at wall street and it was really becos of this cheap deal that we decided to spend x'mas in nyc. it was 100 a night! the usual price was 429 a night. such a steal. being cheapo, how can we pass it up? and it was quite an interesting hotel...rather boutique-ish looking. have a look at what the boy snapped away at the lobby.

i love peking duck

i have been craving roast duck for a long long time. n believe it or not, i have yet to find a place with proper crispy red skin roast duck here. i keep getting the hong kong style one, where it's not really roasted n yet they call it roast duck on their menu. anyway, we thought we might have more luck in new york but noooooooo the boy ordered peking duck instead thinking it's the same. but it was so much better....

and it's dirt cheap. for about 8 serving, it was about 15 bucks! i was a happy girl that night.

NYC...erm...subway?

this trip to NYC has very little photos mainly becos it's cold out so we're always moving, getting in and out of places, taking photos is just the last thing on our minds. but of cos, once the boy was feeling a lil warmer at the subway, he decides to snap away. so here you go, photos of us at the subway. ha!

oh look, my new boots, they come all the way above the knee, stuff i can get away with here only. one of my pressies from the boy, love love!

P.S. pple keep asking me why i said "happy bloody new year" in my previous post. no it's not becos i got my period! nothing is bloody - literally. it's just a saying, like "u bloody fool", "u bloody idiot".....

Happy Bloody New Year!!!!!!!