Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Buffalo, New York!

Hello all!

Countdown: 5 days to home! =) I hope I can bring everything home. Hahaha.

Anyway, did a little trip down to Buffalo, New York to pay Juliana a visit. She'll be at the University for a year. The ticket there only costed me $10 as I used my airline miles to redeem it.

Transitted in Chicago and finally reached late that night. Thank God for good flying weather. Oh, there was a super funny flight attendant on board. "Please turn off all cellphones, Gameboys, DSs, Ipods, Blackberrys, Blueberries, Cherries, Tomatoes. Yeah, you get the idea." LOL.

Did nothing that night. Ate the Pu Pu Platter.

The next day, had cereal for breakfast and explored Juliana's apartment. Brought back memories of RIH. Oh, see that food cabinet? All my leftovers are now there. Why waste right? Hahaha.

Cooked lunch for Juliana and her friends. Healthy eh? Haha.

Shared a cab to the airport after lunch to retrieve our rental car. I have a phobia of driving rental cars and only a handful of people know the reason behind it. But even though there were 3 others in our group who could drive, none of them could drive US style so alas. Brought them around to buy groceries and household stuff. Buffalo is kinda like Idaho Falls. Lots of hypermarts but not many tall buildings. Oh, and having a car is sorta a must.

Finally, after a year here, I get to have IHOP! Oh, and introducing my new friends. Ryan in between Juliana and I followed by Joen and Celine in the next picture.

Breakfast for Dinner? Anytime man. Bring it on. I think IHOP can beat Swensens anytime. Totally craving for The Cheesecake Factory now. Grrrrrr. I don't want to leave yet.

The following day. Again, visited an oriental supermarket in the morning called Ni Hoowa Supermarket to get the Asian must haves.

Followed by a visit down to Anchor Bar where Buffalo Chicken Wings were originally made!

The pastas were crazy. Portions were super huge. But the wings were definitely worth it! Juicy and fresh! And with my ever favourite Bleu Cheese dressing.

And of course, with a trip down to Buffalo, how could one miss out of the famous Niagara Falls? It's just a 30 minute out from the city.

Just in time for the glorius sunset on the Falls. That's Canada on the opposite. I heard the Falls are prettier on that end. More pictures can be found on my Facebook.

Us freezing but still have to do the touristy thing of taking as many pictures as possible.

Ryan and Joen wanted to do make snow angels.

Some random stranger in sneakers came and took pictures for us. =)

Back to Juliana's apartment for some homestyle cooking. Absolutely delicious. Tried to use the dishwasher but failed miserably. Poured too much detergent in and soap came dripping out not long after.

Woke up at 330am the next morning (that's like 130am Wyoming time!) to drive the rental car back to the airport and for the very long flight back to the Hole. Another very funny flight attendant. I overheard her talking to another passenger. "We're only supposed to have 46 passengers on this flight. I hope they all come soon. I have friends waiting to have lunch with me in Jackson Hole!" In the end, the flight got delayed due to mechanical issues. LOL.

Hohoho. Can't wait. The official movie script has been leaked on the internet. See if you can find a copy if not I have it. =D

New TVB! The Season of Fate!

Ok, I shall go find something useless to do and kill time. Yawn. Byeeeeeee!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Snowboarding

Hello all!

13 days to home. =D Loads of stuff to do before that. Packing being the biggest.

So last Saturday, the 3 of us decided to try snowboarding. Super duper cool.

We waited 2 hours for Adam to come teach us. Tried a few attempts and failed miserably.

Our 1st run down Teewinot. We kinda fell our way down the mountain instead of snowboarding. LOL.

But look at our 2nd run! We finally got the hang of it.

3rd run. We fell while getting off the lift.

Let's gooooooo!

Coming down the mountain. I definitely prefer snowboarding over ski-ing. Much easier and makes one look cooler too. Hahaha.

Ok, so when we fell off the lift, I sprained an ankle and had to go to the hospital for it. Took Xrays and the doctor put an air brace on it. It'll stay on for at least 4 weeks to keep the top muscles from putting pressure on the joint and to keep the joint straight. Bummer. And I really wanted to go snowboarding next week again. =( Had to leave work early too.

Made reservations for dinner at The Peak last night.

The appetizers.

The main courses and side dishes.

And our new friend, Pia from Germany!

OK, gonna cook some lunch and pack stuff for Juliana. Oh, did I forget to mention, I'm going to Buffalo, New York this Friday!

Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy 2010!

Happy 2010 everybody! =) May this new year be smooth sailing for one and all!