Feb. 29, 2008 ~ Friday

February 29, Friday

Time: 10:14pm
Snow day

It's snowing outside, and the weather still cold. The snow had fallen since this morning until now, it seems like I'm going to shovel 3 to 5 inches of snow tomorrow morning. I hate shoveling!! It gonna be tough to shovel with sprained ankle. Anyone willing to help? I will appreciate your help :>

that damn three doors garage snow will take a while to get to it... It's hard to believe that my car broke down three times within a month, and I got it fixed three times within a month. That's unbelievable!! I think I really need to get rid of this stupid car, it really spent me lots money!! Transmission, condenser, cooling system, muffler, major tuned-up, etc....

On Feb 27 morning, I had a horrible experience on I-94 freeway. When I was on my way to work and I was trying to surpass a truck with a 70mph on I-94 freeway, somehow my stupid car suddenly slow down and can't even speed up when I accelerated. There was a car with a high speed and very close to me and almost hit on my back. Luckily, there was no car in my right lane so that I can quickly move it to next lane, otherwise, I think I might be gone at that moment!!! It was a horrible experience!! Although now I got my car fixed, I believe there are more problems coming up. He is 14 years old, I think he is almost done!!!

Today, Lee and George went for dinner. Both kids stay at home with me and I become their Nanny!! Usually, I will go for basketball on Friday. I'm not playing since my ankle sprained. Lee knows I ain't going anywhere. So, they decided to leave both kids at home. I came home right after work and stay at home with both kids. Here you can see couple pictures that we took at home.

Around 7pm, Sophia said she feel hungry and ready for dinner. She keeps looking in refrigerator for food. But she doesn't like anything.

Here you can see Sophia is looking some snacks in the pantry. Pantry is Sophia's heaven, because there are lots candies and snacks that she loves. She ends up to have some snacks.

Sophia loves Japanese baked seaweed.

Playing with Sophia... She is funny...

We had instant Noodles for dinner. I know it's not healthy, but kids love it. After dinner, both of them watched Harry Potter movie at living room. And I continued to do my studies and works. They went to bed around 10:15pm and I started to post my blog.
A little update for my sprained ankle... It's fourth day after I sprained my ankle. As you can see the pictures below, it's still swollen. I am getting better now, at least less pain but still swollen. I take off my ankle brace when I am home, because It's so uncomfortable to put it on with me. There are some bruises around my ankle... I hope it can be healed up by next week, but need couple weeks rest before I continue to play basketball...

March 3!! My 25th birthday coming up next week... Best wishes to myself... Will give you more update next week... HappY 25th Birthday to Myself... Wow!!! Unbelievable!! 25 years old!!

February 26, 2008 ~~ Ouch!! My ankle hurts!!!

February 26, 2008
Time: 3:36pm
Snow Day

Weather has been very cold recently and with lots of snow!! That was between 2 inches to 5 inches snow had fallen since yesterday evening. According to weather forecast, the snowfall will continue to taper off through the afternoon.

I take a day off today, because I sprained my ankle last night in a basketball game. That was really hurt and I can't even move. It was swelling up immediately after I sprained my ankle. It bothered me at night and I can't even sleep well... Snow had fallen since yesterday evening, I took these pictures when I woke up in the earlier morning...

I love snow scene, especially in the earlier morning... It looks perfect!!!

View of our subdivision...

I woke up this morning and get ready to work, but I realized that my ankle was getting worse since last night. I decided to take a day off and went for doctor. I can't even stand or move... It was hurting me badly. I decided to make an appointment to visit my doctor at campus.

I can't wait because it hurts me so bad. I went for X-ray and my ankle looked good, no break!! I'm lucky... But still hurting me... Doctor said, no big deal but at least needs couple weeks to heal back. That's mean no basketball for couple weeks... Nurse helped me to do a splint treatment. My ankle did not break, so she helped me to put on the ankle brace. As you can see from the pictures below...

Dang... Dang... Dang... "Elephant Leg" It was swelling up after I sprained my ankle...

Ankle brace... Do you want to put your name on it?

After put on the ankle brace, I can move slowly now... getting better...

Oh my god!! No basketball for couple weeks. Also, I won't get pay today... Luckily, consultation fee is covered under my health care insurance, so only $10 co-pay has been charged. My 25th birthday gift ---> ankle brace???!!!

~Love can be magic, but sometime magic can be... just an illusion~

Feb 14? Valentines Day? What did I do? I did nothing beside my schools and works. How was yours? Someone happy, someone sad?? Someone married, someone divorce?? Valentines day is a day to express your love, and to celebrate the spirit of love. Actually, valentines day creates lots of business opportunities, such as restaurant, gift shop, etc, and there usually make good money!! It is not necessary to shell out couple bucks to buy a dozen flower or chocolate to your lover on Feb 14. What i meant is, for me, if you got the right person, everyday can be valentines day. As my friend said, do you want your lover to be bad on you a day and be nice to you the rest of the day, or, be nice to you a day and treat you bad the rest of the day? Which one would you prefer to be? Love sometime can be magic, but magic sometime can be... just an illusion. So, like I said, once you got the right person, everyday could be valentines day!!!

寒冷的冬天，孤单的情人节，一个人独自走在街上，看着双双对对的恋人在人群中互相拥抱。 心里忽然想起你, 两个人的世界会比一个人的世界温暖. 因为,拥抱会让温度互相传递!!! ~~当你孤单的时候,你又会想起谁呢?~~

First Official Paycheck

I have been completely lazy in posting my blog these couple weeks, just because my busy schedules. Also, not much pictures from picture taking department, just because too cold outside!

I have been working for a month, and I received my first official paycheck in the United States as an Intern. It was not a large amount but it enough for me to cover my living cost so far. I shared part of my first paycheck with my friends and family. I bought my friends dinner at Yoshuba Japanese restaurant. Originally, I intended to buy my cousin for dinner, but we ended up celebrate it at home. We invited some friends to come over to have a party. Here are just a few pictures in this post:

We had a gathering at home to celebrate my first official paycheck.
Kids took a short break for the dinner after playing couple hours with their game.

Yummy!! I bought some food from Seoul Garden, a Korean and Japanese restaurant, plus my cousin, Lee cooked a lot of food. Luscious food.

Anthony and Burn. Like dad, like son!

Here we have, Mr. Jacob.

Anthony -- Second round!!

After shelled out $1,100 for my 14 years old car's transmission. Last week, this stupid car gave me another trouble again. This time is muffler problem. I sent it to the workshop and costs me another 300 bucks to get it fixed. The money that I spent on this car is enough for me to get another decent car. Well, he is 14 years old, what can I expect for....


Chinese New Year?!! What did i do during Chinese New Year? We did not actually celebrate Chinese New Year in States. I worked during CNY and we didn't do anything special to celebrate it. Unlike Asia, Michigan is quite as usual. However, I did pamper myself the luscious food. My cousin invited friends came over to had dinner, we had a small gathering at home. My family visited Taiwan during the CNY. I wish I could be there, but...

Last week, we had a CNY celebration at Blue Karaoke. We sure had fun! We sang until midnight. It was snowing and with the Ice on the road. It was so cold that night. The minimum speed is 55mph, and we drove like 45mph in the freeway. Can you imagine how slow we were driving. We drove very carefully because the weather was really bad. We were all the way safe, until we ramped into another freeway, our car somehow lost control and had 360 degree turns from first lane to third lane. We felt so lucky because we still survive. It was horrible and scary!!! I was driving the car and my brain totally went blank and did not know how to respond in sudden. I was shock!! I was glad because I was survived. That was not my first time!! I had couple experiences before, but this is the most horrible, because it was happened in the freeway. If there was a car behind us, can you image what will happen. That was not my first time, but we hope it could be our last time to experience that.