Just a Different Zipcode...When was the last time you did something for the first time?

We went to Fresno last weekend. It's a nice city and kind of countryside to me though. What brought us there? Becasue Dave had tennis matches over there. We left Friday afternoon; Even though we left early, we still hit the traffic as well... It took us about 3.5 hours to get there.

The first match for him was on Saturday, he was lost. But he covered back on Sunday match. He won...^^

The tennis was not the first major point to bring us the joy on this trip. We got "Wii", ha-ha, that's the major thing. We went to the shop early morning; We got there around 7am, and wait about an hour, and then, we got "Wii" on Sunday early morning...HA-HA. I know, it's kind of crazy. :)

當然, 這次回台灣, 除了看看好久不見的朋友們, 再來就是回味一下想念很久的食物及小吃囉!! 11/19 晚上9點多抵台, 一下飛機就衝到清大嗑一份臭豆腐+大腸麵線, 近5個月沒嚐到的好滋味...啊!! 想念的味道!! 第二天, 就去吃了竹山意麵+魚丸湯+餛飩湯 (想說, 是不是可以帶一些生的意麵回美國...在這邊的華人超市都還沒找到過耶><).
這次行程中到底吃了多少東西呢? 不多不少...呵呵!! 簡略的說: 3 times 臭豆腐, 2 times 大腸麵線; 2 times 黃金海岸的蝦; 2 times 佰菇園; 日式小火鍋Shabu Shabu; 2 times 好吃的雞肉飯; 韓式泡菜鍋; 上海小籠湯包; 粉圓冰; 燒餅油條; 香雞排; 2 times 珍珠奶茶跟仙草奶凍; 豆花; 2 times 鹽酥雞; 2 times 酸菜白肉鍋; 紅油炒手; 2 times 酸辣湯; 水餃; 2 times 鴨肉許; 北海鱈魚香絲...還有其他的, 但一時想不起來啦!!
那做了些啥事呢? 同事們KTV慶生唱歌; 跟Cody/Cathy吃飯 (看到Cathy姊姊的女兒, 好可愛喔!); 去阿西的店小酌; 鶯歌陶瓷; 腳底按摩; Joan剛好從日本回來, 也見了面了, Judy也一起喔!; 還跟Bea吃小火鍋ㄋㄟ...這次時間真的太短, 但想做的事情太多了, 所以只能重點式的安排囉.
其實其他時間都窩在家裡陪爸媽, 還有跟大番薯玩. 大番薯好可愛, 剛開始很怕生, 不敢靠近我們. 有一次說要跟他照相, 但是要給Dave叔叔抱一下, 終於在勸說之後, 願意給Dave叔叔抱著照幾張照片. 玩著玩著, 之後每天早上一來到家裡就會問我爸媽: 叔叔ㄌㄝ? 阿姨ㄌㄝ? 到現在我聽我爸媽說, 他偶爾想到還會問一下ㄋㄟ ^^~
這次回家, 有件事情讓我感慨很深...突然發現爸爸一下子老了好多, 這是唯一讓我難過很久的事情. 也不確定我到底能做多少的改變, 有時真的覺得好難.

Of course, I didn't take too much ride, because I was too scared la...ha-ha. I only took one ride this time, I know, kind of waste.

It was cold and cloudy in the early morning, we expected the weather would clear out later on. Therefore, we didn't prepare jacket with us on this journey. We got to Monterey by 9:30am, the weather didn't get warm till 3pm. Can you imagine how cold it is when we only wear short sleeves and pants in Monterey? Well, been seeing a lot of MINIS would comfort me with this ugly weather condition. We saw many MINIs at the packing lot. There is a packing area for MINIs only, as you can see from the photo album. Of course, we waited to watching classic minis on race. Although, the race is not all for minis, we still cheer up for them. We also took the video of mini racing lor...^^
Link to offical website,
http://www.montereyhistoric.com/index.html

After being a baby-sitter for a week or so, I'm finally on the wayto west coast now.
Guess what? What time did I get to SFO today? I was supposed to gethere at 10:30pm on June 25th. However, the flight was delayedhorribly in Dullas, delayed for 5 hrs due to the bad weather, theDullas airport was closed few times...Can you believe I got to SFOaround 2:30 am on June 26th!!
Don't transferring from Dullas, becasue the flights are alwasy delayed over there...:((

Just flew into Burlington, Vermont last night. Sister didn't havetime to pick me up, therefore, my brother in law picked me up withmy dearest nephew.
During the night while I was sleeping, my nephew got up and triedto look for his mom in the middle of night (we sleep in thesame room). However, he couldn't find her, he started crying aloudat 2 am. Of course, I didn't have good night sleep...The next day morning, sister told me that he always gets up in the middle ofnight. WOW!! I can imagine how tough for my sister now...

Just got back from Japan last Sunday, had a short break. I visitedsome friends, had a nice chat with them. All in all, I enjoyed mytrip a lot this time...he.he
Back to the real world, I need to facethe big decision still. I thought I would have a clear mind to dealwith it, however, I ,somehow, don't have any answer of it.

Dec. 23rd--> We got up early to catch 8am flight to Vencouver, Canada. (We hadexperienced for missing flight before, anyways, we don't want ithappen again.) It was 10am when we get to Vencouver Airport. Wewaited for the tour guide at the Totem Poles Waiting Area at Airport,and it took about an hour for us to leave for hotel. We didn't havetour at the first day in Vencouver, therefore, we went for a walkin Richmond area where we stayed.
It was raining today, and not so much to see here. We did groceryshopping to prepare some snacks for our journey. I feel this cityis mostly like Taiwan, many food selection, and crowded. We didn'tdo much shopping, but walking. We also need to get up early tostart the Rockies tour tomorrow....sigh!!
Dec. 24th--> We started the Rockies tour in the early morning. We left hotel around 7:30am by tour bus, and on the way to the journey, the tour went thru other areas to pick others up. We can imagine that 4 days for Rockies tour is tight, and will stay on bus most of time. (Actually, I couldn't recall the exact spots where we have been to on this trip, you know, tour bus, it's always stop at the areas for a short time. All in all, it's a nice and different experience to me.)