19 August, 2008

*597 - back from batam!

I'm back! Batam is kind of unimpressive, but with impressive company, it was the best vacation ever :)

Swimming everyday, learning table tennis, claustrophobic canoeing, cycling, motorized skate scootering, buffets, silly instant noodle dinner with tim tams, seafood at the kelong, bottled water and no ice, lots of olympics, steaming hot showers and drawing on mirrors, constipation, interpretive pillow dances, interpretive pool dances,

... and a lot of quality time :)

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Going to miss Sam, Weicheng, Mel, Aster, Yihui, and Adeline (!) at Jitterbugs! Managed to dance a little over the 3 months here. Looking forward to more dancing in Cornell ... and Beginner Figure Skating, haha!! I still have the matchy matchy scar that Joel & I both got from trying to do crossovers back in Sem 1. Wow.

Anyway. Jitterbugs!







I'll be back!! ;)

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I'm feeling rather domesticated, after spending a few exciting hours pouring over queen-sized bedsheets, silver flatware, mirrors, lighting, etc on target.com, in preparation for moving into the apartment. Excellent. Jon and his rice cooker - big enough to feed 8! - are already awaiting the rest of us.

Part of me is actually excited to go back to Cornell, but part of me is dying at the thought.

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Our atas lunch ;) We were surrounded by ang moh tai tais with cute babies! Aww.

The sticky date pudding I've been dreaming about


Dum dum dum dum, snap snap - guess the song!
(Addam's family. Heh.)


Bought a silver love balloon on a whim.
It makes a decent mirror!


The balloon, in its full glory.
Evelyn & xY, also in their fully glory.


Nice catching up with you, xY :) We've come a long way, haven't we, from those lying-on-the-green-furry-mat-and-gossiping-while-stretching-occasionally days? <3

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Anyone in Ithaca should visit the Farmer's Market - I've been there once in winter and once in spring, and both experiences were wildly different, but wildly Ithacan! Yummy eats, homemade wine and cider, pretty plants and herbs, quaint handicrafts and art, rollicking live music, alcapas and squash in winter, cinnamon buns and sorbets in spring. It's like a little festival every time. Love it!

Flowers in a bottle


Reminds me of ... ear fur.


Reminder to self: buy a pot or two of fresh herbs :)


Bleeding hearts.
How in the world did they decide to look like this?? Heart-shaped flowers?? Amazing!
God, you're way too cool :)


"Elephant ears" - we bought this!


Chocolate sorbet - we bought this too!


3D wood art. Very nifty. - we didn't buy this!


Aubergine undies, anyone?


Cute butt!


Cute dancing kid!


Cute guitarist!


Cute monkey!


... cute me?


We also bought maple syrup to go with our breakfast pancakes :)
We're the pancake experts :)
Look how pretty they are!