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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

sleepsleepsleeping in seattle~

HELLLLOOOOOOOOO WORLD~! X)

I know it's been awhile but GOSH it's been a really incredibly hectic past week. A TON of things happened some of which include these:

- i attended my cousin's soccer match within2 hours of arriving in Seattle! :P Boy was it cooooold but such fun finally being away from the insane humidity and heat of Singapore. And all those little kids had so much energy running around the field...they made me feel tired just looking at them hurhur.

- i fell ill!! :( my aunt and younger cousin had already been down with some sort of flu and i arrived right smack in the middle of their evil virus phase... so i spent a good 2-3 days with a gross drippy nose, fuzzy head and general desire to lie down and vegggg out (not really very different from usual in that last aspect...just a more pronounced version I suppose)... those days were really NOT the most fun but on the bright side, it just allowed me to sit around and do nothing without feeling TOO guilty since it is the holidays after all.

- both my uncle and aunt's cars DIED. Well my uncle's car died and my aunt's car got into a little scrape with another crazy ass driver's car when she went to pick my uncle up pretty late at night. Nobody was hurt thank goodness, but we were left carless for the past few days. ;p Luckily my aunt is incredible and has friends who LOVE her and were able to carpool the cousins/us around. Now we have a cool new flashy red rental car to use for the time being.

Ok and mannny other things happened but I'm getting way ahead of myself here! :P Let me just show you the first batch of like a thousand photos I've been taking. I know there are a ton of photos of my little cuzzins but I'm SO not a paedophile alright? I just love taking photos of subjects who LOVE the camera and keep relatively still. And those cuzzins of mine are NATURAL cam-hoooars. :))

First day in Seattle:

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This is my dearest little cousin, Teagan. :D She's 6 and is by far the more subdued cousin. Let's see what else... she's very sweet and loves cold weather, cuddly objects, cuddling up to people and rubbing her cheeks on people's sweaters... oh and a really gross purple and blue spongy toy tarantula that she's been leaving behind on the odd place in my room such as my laptop.

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Lunch at Chinook's! :)

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This is Hai-ying, the older one of my 2 cousins. She's 9 and well, can be a EXTREMELY SWEET at times and at other times... a COMPLETE TERROR. :((((((( She's a tough cookie. Very intelligent and curious and is ALWAYS questioning the actions of her parents. I'd be very frazzled if I were her mum. In fact, she already frazzles me quite a bit. But she's definitely improved from when I last saw her a few years back... So hopefully she'll become an angel when she's my age. ;p

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Totally scrummy scones! :D They were soft on the inside, crispy on the outside and most importantly -- WARM. I totally piled on the strawberry jam onto these babies and lapped them up like a dawg.


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Salmon and potatoes for the main course which I shared with Haiying (because the portions here are so ginormous ;p but i'm already starting to eat sooo much more so i have no doubt that in no time, i'll be polishing off U.S. portions with ease. *shudder*)


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Oatmeal! As part of the kids' breakfast/brunch set. Believe it or not, this was actually my first taste of oatmeal! :P It's not really a common thing to eat in SG imo, so this was kinda nice, having my first taste of it. Except it was pretty bland and gooey and filling. No wonder it's diet food.

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My dearest aunt and Teagan. :D My aunt's really the coolest, most enthusiastic, warmest aunt ever. She's really the one who makes Seattle fun since my uncle's always busy with work so she's the one who takes me around and takes care of the kids.


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The view at the harbour was really pretty. :)


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Ooo and this is the incredible view from my aunt and uncle's bedroom window. I'd kill to have a house facing the sea! I wish I could've captured the colors of the sunset a lot better but this was the best shot I got with the rays of the sun half blinding me while looking through the viewfinder.


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Fruit smoothie whipped up within 1 min by my aunt. The trick? Frozen fruit from a packet. I'd never heard of that before but it works and gives the flavors too!

Stay tuned for more photos and updates... I've been a lazy lazy blogger and person haha in general for the past week. There's so much energy required to keep up with the kids that my optimum time to sleep at night is 10p.m. so that I can have enough sleep when I'm woken up by the sounds of YELLING/SCREAMING/CRYING by the kiddos at absurd hours of the morning. 6.30 a.m. is just wayyy too early, young ladies. But do they care? HELL NOZ. sobbbbbbb.


xxxxoooo

32 comments:

  1. your photos are really pretty! what camera do you use? -lily

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  2. Why, why do you always do this to meeee! I must stop looking at your blog when I'm hungry, it makes me drool! Your pictures are gorgeous, I especially love the first few of your cousin's gappy teeth. The picture quality is so sharp, you must have a great camera.

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  3. Those pictures look so beautiful AND delicious! :D yumyum. I'm glad your having a nice time in Seattle! <3 Ahh kids =( not a massive fan of the screaming! >_<

    Hope all is well! <3

    xxoxox

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  4. little babes playing soccer is the cutest thing ever!

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  5. B-E-A-YOUUUUUUUUUUU-TIFUL PICS! Making me miss Seattle!

    http://flashfashfash.blogspot.com

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  6. Hi! We're trying to start a "what are you wearing today" page on fb! Do join and contribute in making this successful! :)) Really hope to have our own community! Hope to see your shots! Thanks!

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/What-are-you-wearing-today/119252791425410

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  7. Hello sweetie, fab post. That little girl in the 1st pics is super cute. Sorry to hear you got ill, but glad you're having fun. xxx

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  8. Aww, you have so many wonderful photos so far to remember your vacation by! The one of the Canada goose is amazing. I love the depth of the photo, the details in the feathers, and the tiny ripples in the water.

    I hope your cold has cleared up! How have you fared with the different time zone? What is it, a 16 hour difference between Seattle and Singapore?

    P.S. Your UO shoe heaven photo on Tumblr made me laugh. Hehe. Rummaging through their sales is so much fun :)

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  9. so much good food, so many pretty photos! your cousin is so cuuute :D ♥ you're so skillful at using your panny ;)

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  10. hey, my dear!

    looking forward to receiving the postcard from You <3
    as it comes to your pics of Seattle, i envy you in every minute and your cousins are soooo cute! :D but i miss the photos of You! :)

    greetings and kisses! <33

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  11. your cousins are so adorable! hope you've been enjoying seattle :) the weather is so rainy these days. so sad! seattle is amaaaazing on a sunny day. i got the deep fried nutella marshmallow sandwich at a street fair, not quite sure where the restaurant that sells them is located. TOMS shoes are sooo comfortable! they fit very true to size. and not sure about the DIY jewelry place but beads and stuff there's a store called michael's that sells stuff like that. have you shopped a lot here?? :)

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  12. Hey you!

    I love the photos here! Do update more! :D

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  13. ok, first of all, thank you so much for the sweet comment.

    secondly... i love your blog so much still!!! the way you write is so easy to relate to, and it gives me so much insight to your experiences (:

    by the way, your cousins are the cutest ever. what kind of camera do you use?

    p.s. i want to go to seattle sooo badly

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  14. p.s. would you like to exchange links? either way, i'm linking you hehe

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  15. my dear, i received your postcard today :D it's sooooo pretty adn thank you for it once more <3

    huge kisses and greetings!

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  16. such gorgeous scenery! and i am soo hungry right now!

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  17. hope you're having plenty of fun travelling!
    i haven't been doing anything blog-related for a while now :/ sorry + we should probably catch up via email or something!
    seattle looks like fun - your cousins are adorable

    x

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  18. Hey dear! I left blogging for such a long time and only now find out that you moved your blog and shop! But I am glad that I didn't lost you:D
    You are lucky to travel so much! Adorable cousins and that food....mmm seems to be very delicious!:))
    And by the way, I've changed links to your blogs on my page.

    Hope you finally got over that flu!


    xoxo

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  19. Miss you <3 THANK YOU so much for that beautiful postcard ;D Also my mum has the package you sent, so I get to open it next week! I'm currently planning what I'm sending you next :] Hope your having a good time in Seattle!

    xoxoxox

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  20. DUUUUUDE!!!!
    ok so i have been the worst blogger ever, let alone longlost friend...
    but i hv updated your link adn caught up on your posts but scrolling back endlessly! so:
    1) love yr DIY necklace. jewelry is sth im really into now, which i never was previously. so yay!
    2) seattle? never been there but if u can PLEASE PLEASE check out toppot doughnuts. ok i take that back YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT> its at qwest field, seattle, but im sure your relatives will know about it. then come back and give me yoru comments!!! haha.
    3) we never hit up uniqlo. :(

    take care and hv fun and im so glad to be in touch again
    cheers

    andrea xx
    Life In Technicolor.

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  21. nom nom nom salmon and potatoes. & oatmeal! I used to really hate oatmeal because I used to be really picky about the texture of my food, but adding maple syrup helped. Hmm... now I have a strange craving for oatmeal...

    sorry! It's been a while since I visited your blog! but it's still as wonderful as ever :3

    seattle looks wonderful, and your cousins are adorable. I hope you are well and you aren't having as many troubles now as you wrote of here :]

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  22. aw shes so cute! and your photos are beautiful.
    but sorry to hear you were ill! hope you are feeling better now.

    xx

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  23. lynettttte where are you? you've been on hiatus for too long! please come back and fill my life with happy delicious photos! :)

    your cousin and niece are SO cute! your post makes me miss seattle, unfortunately i won't be going as i hoped. oh well there's always next time! i look forward to seeing your other photos!

    did you find urban outfitters??

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  24. are you based on tumblr now?!
    ehhhhhhhh i miss you! i just checked your tumblr. i'm actually off to tokyo next week. super excited :-)

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  25. hey dudeee long time no update!! :P

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  26. still a lovely, lovely post! i love all of these photos (: hope you're doing well!

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  27. she's too cute for words and ugh, that smoothies <3

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  28. cute kids!

    <3!

    XOXO,

    http://outfitidentifier.com/

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  29. Hi Lily! :)

    For these photos, I used the Panasonic Lumix GF-1 with the 20mm pancake lens.

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Thanks for the comment! :D I'll definitely get back to you~