Happy Birthday my favourite people!

Happy Birthday Cindy (my darling sister) and Happy Birthday Gordon (my darling husband)...

:)

Although my sister and Gordon's birthdays are a day apart, i get to celebrate both of their birthday together as ... Gordon's bday is Nov 24 (US time) and my sis bday is Nov 25(Singapore time).. which means... they celebrate their bdays together...:)---the great things about time differences...

To my dear sister... happy birthday.. wishing you another happy year ahead and may all things be great always...Wish we could spend more time together. Always love hanging out and doing our own things... luv u lots!

Here's a pic of my sis and her husband.....ain't she the prettiest..:)

For Gordon's bday... he wanted me to cook dinner for him.. and he requested for Curry Laksa... my husband is becoming SO Malaysian.. his only craving was Malaysian food...:P (the other day, when we went out with his frens.. he was talking and suddenly his fren, Mei said "Gordon talks so much like Lynda now... so I said "how?" and she said Gordon uses "lah" at the end of his sentences and I did not even notice it....)

Anyways, I made Curry Laksa (from scratch).... he liked it... the only complain was that it was not spicy enough!......

Here's the pic....

Thanksgiving...eating eating and SHOPPING...

Happy Thanksgiving...:)

We joined Gordon's family for Thanksgiving dinner. Although there was no turkey, we had loads of food... chinese style Thanksgiving.

Good food was followed by Gordon's Bday cake.....

The following day, we decided to wake up at 3.00am and hit the shops..(crazy-yah). This is the first time we had awaken so early to go shopping... Our first stop was Best Buy. Before we got there, we said, no one will wake up at 3am to go shopping..when we got there, the queue was wrapped around the building.. possible 300-400 people ahead of us. Anyways, we lined up.. in the cold... yes, my toes were numb...

Here are some pics from other stores..

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/11/24/BAGIFMJBOG5.DTL&o=0

At 5am, they let us in the store.. but first telling us that the 7 hour specials were all gone. They gave out coupons starting at 4am and we were left with some boring ones like PS2. This is the start of our shopping craze...Here are the places we went and what we bought..;)

1. Best Buy - language DVD's, DVD player, 100 DVD-R

2. Walmart - toys

3. Kohls - had to go here three times as the queue was SO long to pay that we hid our items and came back later to pay..

4. Sport Chalet - nothing to buy...

5. Home Depot - super ladder, wet-dry vac

6. Comp USA - nothing to buy

7. Circuit City - had to wait 1 hour to get in due to crowd control. (dumb!) and when we got in, nothing was left...:(

8. Toys-R-Us - line was too long so decided not to buy anything.

9. Target - nothing to buy....

10. Headed to the mall.... drank a Godiva Choc drink.... nothing to buy....cos it was after 1pm.

Conclusion.. I think we shopped till we dropped..... if we go again, i think I need to wear thicker socks.. my feet were cold.... and I think the real business is to sell coffee and donuts at 4am in the morning to the people in the lines....:)

Chocolate Factory Tour..:)

My weekend was eventful..:)

Met up with Ee Ling, Sheryl and Jessica to check out the Scharffen Berger factory in bekerley. It was a 1 hour tour of the factory which included a 1/2 talk about how chocolate comes about and some choc samples....:) It was yum..

Pic from Sheryl's camera...

We then headed over to Vik Chaat Cafe... this place was opened by an Indian man.. and serves great indian food.. we had samosas, biryani rice, Lamb Baida Roti (taste like murtabak) and Bhatura Cholle (puri)..:) ate too much! and did not leave room for dessert... this place is a hole in the wall and did not even have a restaurant name outside the shop. However, it was filled with people... with indian cooks behind the counter. sorry no pics... camera is in for repair and should be back tomorrow.. can't wait!

Here is the link to the restaurant.. has pictures of food......
http://www.vikdistributors.com/chaat/chaatMenu.html

Our final stop for the day was to Bekerley 4th Street. Nice cute shops... but did not buy anything...:)

Sunday - met up with Gordon friends, Mei and Jennie.. more eating involved. this time it was american brunch at Home restaurant, including:
1. Brioche French Toast, cinnamon apple compote, whipped cream
2. Niman Ranch brisket hash, bell peppers, onions, poached eggs
3. Caggiano’s Italian Sausage omelet, red peppers, mozzarella

All I rememeber is, it was nice...:) cos we sat along the window and watch the cars pass....

It's a three day work week before Thanksgiving and Gordon and Cindy's Birthday!

:):):):):):)

Cal Berkerley vs UCLA Football game...

Gordon and I decided to support the UCLA football team as they played against the Cal Bears.... it also gave us a chance to hang out with Ee Ling and Eric who were big supporters of Berkerley...

It was a fun outing.. with the final score ending at 38-24. UCLA lost. Oh well.. we had fun....:) This was followed by Thai food dinner.... yummm.....

What's a good men shaver to buy?

My hubby needs a new shaver.....

Need some input on what is a good shaver to buy for him.. his bday is coming up and what better gift to get than a shaver..:)

Can anyone recommend me a good shaver?

:D

* I ended up buying a Norelco shaver. Works well. My honey says any shaver will do since he is an asian man...........