Our First Place

To the very few people who know us, they would be happy to hear that we finally got a place of our own. No, we don't own this flat but we are happy to announce that we are renting this apartment on our own now, meaning we don't have housemates to annoy us and vice versa. The apartment we got was just developed for almost a year ago and we moved here on Oct 2013. We really love it here because it's ironic that we get a lot of privacy here considering we are sharing the building with other people. Our unit is located on the 3rd floor and our balcony is facing a vacant land that is just peaceful and relaxing. It is a one bedroom apartment which is spacious plus we get our own washer/dryer which I was pretty thrilled about. 

Here are the pictures:

California Written Driving Examination

So this morning, Scott and I headed to the DMV in San Ysidro and I took my written driving exam. Luckily, I passed it with only 4 mistakes, yay! It should have been only 1 but I changed my answers for the 3 numbers I got wrong. Well, it's no biggie as long as I passed. Thank you Lord, now all I need to focus my energy on is the driving practice and the actual driving test.

Positive vibes for Inner Peace

We are all entitled to have good lives. Don't feel bad if the person who has hurt you in the past is living a good life now. Instead of asking Karma why it missed that person who hurt you, focus all your energy to have a good life on your own.

Please keep in mind that we only live once so put your efforts in the things that can make your life the best that you want it to be.

San Diego Zoo

Today Scott and I went to San Diego Zoo and did some exploring. If you remember on my birthday, we went to San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Zoo place a significant part in our love story as Scott and I had our first real date in Singapore Zoo back in January 2011. So for my birthday we decided to visit the Safari Park they have in San Diego. As part of our annual membership pass, we can always go back to either San Diego Zoo Safari Park or at the San Diego Zoo which is a typical zoo. The entrance of the building is below and you can see the theme they have is still Christmasy.. "Jungle Bells"

We are not targeting to finish the whole zoo right now since we can always go back and we figured that to go here every weekends can be entertaining and it is a good exercise for both of us other than beating each other in Just Dance 4. So here is the map of the San Diego Zoo.

We started off by riding a skyfari tram which is like a mini skycable ride. Here is my picture.

The San Diego Zoo is obviously bigger than Singapore Zoo but I feel nostalgic because it reminded me so much of Singapore Zoo. The signs, the brochures, the cafeteria, the zoo shops, it was too similar to Singapore zoo that it made me think that they must have gotten the idea of their zoo from SD Zoo. That or I guess, all zoos are just alike with the theme, the zoo layouts, etc. The whole day was fun seeing those animals but I think my highlight of the day is that we get to see polar bears do their mating. Forgive me for the picture but it just dawned on me that this is the most memorable event I saw today in the zoo. Pictures below of the animals. 

My first real Christmas tree

Scott and I went to pick and buy my first real Christmas tree today. It was cool on how they sell live Christmas trees here in the US. We are going to grow it and hopefully we can still use it in the coming years. 😊

Happy birthday to me!

Scott has planned a surprise party for me. It was a surprise because he only told me that his Dad can't come to the party that her mom and sisters are planning for me so he wants to celebrate it earlier.
We had a lunch at his Dad's house with Gina, then there was a cake-cutting. After that, Dad and Gina gave me my gifts - coffee and toilettries.
Then his Dad said we are going to set-up the Christmas tree so Scott and I went to the other room to collect the Christmas decorations. When I reached the room, I saw the surprise gift from Scott and it is a mountain bike. He told me he wants to go with me biking that is why he bought me that plus we need to lose weight. I have never had my own bike in my whole life that is why I feel so blessed and humbled by this surprise gift from the Lord.
Of course, I rode in it right away. :)

Recent picture

To my family and friends, here is the recent pic we have. Yes, we are gaining weight but we are actually doing something to be better and lose it so we can be healthy.

It would just be a tough call since Thanksgiving is on the way this coming week plus Christmas and New Year are coming soon too.

This photo was just taken today, November 18, 2012 and this room is my room (according to Mom) as all my books and stuffs are stored in here. :) But this room used to be Scott's sister's room who has her own house and family now.