The most depressing show ever.

There is a show here which always brings me to tears. Not tears of joy, but it really makes me really really sad...and breaks my heart.

Its called "Say Yes to a Dress", its a reality show surrounding a Bridal Gown shop here and how the sales people help women find their perfect dress.

It makes me sad because I didn't have my perfect dress. Noone knew but I didn't like my dress at all. It was not what I wanted. My hair was not what I wanted. But because people thought it looked nice and I really didn't want to upset anyone that I didn;t say anything.

Noone was there when I fitted my dress except for E-Chiing and I really love and appreciate her for that. I understand everyone had to work, really. But noone lost their breath when I walked out of the fitting room. My mum didn't cry when I wore my dress. My dad didn't say I looked beautiful. My Hei didn't looked in awe when I walked down the aisle.

I had the perfect proposal, the perfect wedding reception with the perfect man but I was the imperfection and I hate it.

And now I worry that I won't be able to look back at my wedding and be happy and proud.

I would love to think Im crazy. That I truly looked beautiful and Im just thinking too much. But I can't. I didn't like the dress, I hated my hair and the fact that I even forgot to wear jewellery on that day was unforgivable.

Ok I wanted to blog and post pictures and videos about our trip to Atlanta, but it was the after trip happening that was so much more exciting and shocking so above is the video of the morning after we came home to a raining house.

Story: We were filling gas at a gas station about 2 mins south of our house. While waiting for my tank to fill up, we heard a fire truck siren approaching our direction and heading towards the direction of our apartment. Thinking nothing of it, we continue to finish up our thing and began to drive back home. By this time, we have already driven 6 hours from North Carolina, we were tired, dirty and hungry. Then, when we drove into the road leading our apartment, a fire truck was driving out from that direction. I casually made a joke, "Oooo that must be coming from our place." So we continued to drive on and saw there was another fire truck parked right in front of our apartment block and Sihou, our neighbour was standing out front too. We quickly parked, but still didn't worry too much because Sihou did not have that worried a look on his face. Until we got out of our car, he walked towards us and said, 'They just opened the door to your apartment." And we knew. The sprinkler pipe on the 3rd floor had burst due to the freezing weather and all the water came pouring down onto our house. The night we walked into our war torn house, I found it rather comical but Hei thought it was rather frustrating.

See how different people react differently to situations?

I have a dream

A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King - Civil Rights Leader

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

Now, I can explain with much justification WHY I pay good money to get my hair cut, straightened, coloured, washed and blow dried in the salon that is Monsoon.

Sure I only paid $22 for my hair cut (note, I said cut, not style) and it covers a brief wash, a cut and a brief dry plus some gunky stuff. But coming from a person who does enjoy the PLEASANT surprise when she sees her new hair style in the mirror after not having to tell my stylist what I want, I wasn't exactly pleasantly surprise. It's not as extremely bad, its just a little china doll-ish.

Oh well, for $22, what can I complain about?

I don't care if you guys call me clucky, or say that my biological clock is ticking or even assume that I have developed my maternal instincts. But I fell in love with this documentary here call 'Jon and Kate plus 8'.

This is an amazing family. This couple, Jon and Kate, got married and wanted children. So this first had a pair of identical twins, daughters. 4 years later, they thought they will try again for more children. This time they ended up with sextuplets. 6 BABIES! Every time the documentary intros, they show a shot of Kate's belly when she was pregnant with the 6 kids and no matter how many times I have watched the show, I am still awed by the size of her belly! I mean it was HUGE! HUGE!!!!

Anyway, its a great documentary. Its so funny how each kid has his/her own personality and its so distinct. And even though they all share Mummy's tummy for 9 months, they all don't necessarily get along.

The weather is going nuts here!

We came back from our holiday, greeted by the cold Virginia and we thought we are going to start freezing again. But, ol' and behold, we are getting a warm front this week. An extremely warm 24C high yesterday! It's like summer all over again!

But you know, its the calm before the storm I expect.

Scared.

After an arduous 12 days holiday, we are finally back at home. Shivering in our lack of warm clothing (due to the travelling) and enjoying the peace and not so quiet (noisy & busy washing machine) home.

San Francisco was amazing for me. It was everything I see in the movies and more. The steep slopes and the vintage character homes makes me want to pack up and move there. The Golden Gate Bridge, and Chinatown was an additional spur to do just that.

We also went over to the extremely romantic Sausalito which none of them believe that I know of the place because of a movie I watched several years ago. No, they didn't not believe me, they didn't believe that the movie exist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausalito_%28film%29

Spending Christmas at Lake Tahoe was amazing. The snowy mountains and the not-so-soft white snow everywhere was just a sight to see. Plus, we got to literally walk across stateline to Nevada state. That is as close to Las Vegas as I have ever been, and this closeness to Las Vegas already made me lose 10 dollars at the casino table. We sled, we built a snow man and we got into a snow ball battle.

So after 6 days and 930 miles driven, this part of our holiday ends and we bade Rudy and Cecelia farewell.

Hei and I took off to Buffalo to see the beautiful Niagara Falls. We were going to take it easy this time, wake up later. We took our time to enjoy the food (Ted's Hot Dog = great), the sights but not so much the weather.

And we even for upgraded to the Junior Presidential Suite at Mariott Ontario!!!! Full equipped with a Jacuzzi (and a window in the toilet), 2 TVs, a fireplace, a giant bed with loads of pillows and a view to die for. From my room, I can see BOTH the American and the Canadian Horseshow falls.

And we drove to Toronto to have Dim Sum, TWICE! We ate our fill for the next 6 mths and it was really good too, almost like my mother-in-law.

We love Niagara Falls. We loved our holiday!