Flowers!

 Yippee! Spring is here and the flowers are blooming. It's one of the prettiest sights I've ever seen and the beauty of the flowers really cheers one up :) These are cherry blossoms at Boston Commons, the central park downtown. There were tulips planted there as well but most of them have not flowered yet. I was so amazed I made a trip down there with the camera just to take shots of the flowers. I think I shall go back there soon to get more pictures!

I was inspired and painted cherry blossoms on my first pottery plate today. I waiting for it to be fired in the kiln. Shall take a picture and post it here once it's done. Hee hee...

Cousins and nieces

We just spent the weekend visiting W's cousin and their really smart and pretty daughters! We had so much fun and really enjoyed their company. I got to read them a bedtime story, have a mini debate, play hide and seek and we had the best grills at their outdoor deck. We'll definitely be visiting more :)

Susan Boyle

For those of you who haven't already watched this youtube video, do watch it. It's definitely worth it! I don't usually post links but this one is really amazing :) I couldn't embed the video because it's been disabled by Britain's Got Talent. Many thanks to my sis who sent me the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Wheels!

We gave in and bought a car.. and boy are we happy!

As you can see, it's an old Toyota Celica with a sunroof, complete with an ah-beng modified exhaust pipe which goes "vroom" everytime we step on the accelerator (it's so embarassing...) 

You can probably tell whose idea this is :) Now, W's happy that he's got his 2 door sports car at a really cheap price and I'm happy that I get to drive around!

W: The car is really cool.....sun roof, moon roof, cruise control, modified intake system, LOUD exhaust pipe with.... Remote start! Thats why I was grinning....

W's Cornbread

 This is W's first and very successful attempt at baking!

It's cornbread, like those you get at Kenny Rogers.. cool, right?

Finally, one nice day!

 I haven't been blogging much because the weather has just been gloomy with rain and overcast skies. Have just been staying home, working on my volunteer work project and cooking (what else?). Then, there was a really nice day last thursday! The field you see is the softball and sports field of Brookline High School. There were a team of girls having their softball practice. It brought back fond memories :) The coach used the pitching machine to shoot fly balls into the sky and I watched as the girls messed up and missed the balls. Part of it was the glare of the sun when they looked skyward. It really sounds familiar, can still remember getting taught by coach how to block off the sun and catch the ball at the same time. I miss playing softball but I don't think I can bat or field well enough to join a team anymore :( To make up for it, W and I got our tics to one of the Red Sox games! It's really tough to get them, the Bostonians are Red Sox crazy and all the seats were sold out! (Partly because they were selling them secondhand as well). We didn't want to pay some cutthroat price, so we got whatever standing room tickets we could get. I'm just glad to be able to go to a baseball game :D

Ice Cream!

 Those of you who have been reading W's status updates would have heard about our ice cream craze by now :) We can't help it, they are selling Ben and Jerry's for US$3 a pint! Who can resist it? After trying all these ice creams, I realise that I don't like Haagen Dazs much, prefer B&J's and Edy's (also known as Dreyer's back home) Try the Rocky Road, it's really good! Chocolate ice cream with bits of nuts and marshmallows in it. Yum! Of course, I'm hoping to try most of the B&J's flavours. The B&J's factory is located in Vermont, not too far from here, we'll definitely be heading there in one of our road trips :) So far, I really like the strawberry cheesecake and the froyos (frozen yogurts) are good too! If any of you will come and visit, I'll buy you a tub :D

Btw, W says that I've been growing fatter, so I'm trying to limit my ice cream intake :(