Happy Birthday, honey!!

It's Jason's birthday tomorrow. Everybody wish him a Happy Birthday!
I had the honor of pissing my hubby off a day before his birthday. I mowed the grass! You know how he hates me mowing his lawn. Well, not only did I mow his lawn, but I also lost one of the screws from the handle of the lawnmower. It fell off while I was mowing. I did managed to find the knob on the grass but the screw was nowhere to be seen. I spent 30 minutes looking for it but no luck. Without that darn screw, the handles are broken and it won't be possible to mow the grass. So husband is pissed that I broke his lawn mower.
I tried looking for the parts online but it is only available through their appointed dealers. And none of the dealers are near our house. (And I don't think eBay has it either)
Sorry hon!
Good news is... you don't have to mow the grass for awhile.. and you won't have to hear me grumble about it :)
Happy Birthday!!

Back from the mountains

(Jason beat me to this posting)
Because of the rain, we ditched our initial plans of pitching our tent on Flintrock Campgrounds and opted to rent a 100 year old cottage here in Linville Falls. It was really cool (yes, literally too). The smell of chestnut wood greeted us as we entered this cute little cottage decorated in antique country decor.
On Saturday, we drove to Linville caverns, Blowing Rock, Boone and Valle Crucis. The drive around the mountains reminded me of Frasers Hill - narrow curly bends with portruding rocks with awesome views of the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains all around us. The weather was damp and foggy because it had rained all day but it was still beautiful.

Jason was pretty pleased that there was Satellite TV in the cottage so he could watch his Panthers game on Saturday night. So while the game was on, Mom-in-law taught me how to make pot holders.
On Sunday, we drove up to Grandfather mountain and walked across the mile high swinging bridge and saw some adorable black bears, a cougar, otters, a bald eagle and some deers in their environmental habitats.

This was a much needed vacation and the mountains never fails to provide a sense of peaceful tranquility. We had a great time.



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I got my gear in my pack, I got my pack on my back

We will be away from civilisation for the next two days. A camping we will go. Woohooo!! We're off to Blowing Rock, Boone and Grandfather Mountain and we'll be pitching our tent somewhere near the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Mr Weatherman says it's gonna rain tomorrow night. Fun..fun..fun..

Will give y'all updates when we get home.. lest we get eaten up by some wild beast.

The similiarities

I moved 15,696km (9753 miles)(8475 nautical miles) to North Carolina and guess what I found so strikingly similar?

The Melaka state flag ----------The North Carolina State flag

The Malaysia flag-------------------------The U.S flag

Stallings Family Night

We went to the Stallings Town Park on Saturday for the Annual "Family Night at The Park" affair. Since moving to Stallings, we have been making it a point to familiarize ourselves with the neighborhood, which isn't very hard to do since Stallings is a really small little town. So we drove to the Park which was just 1 mile down the road. (Yes, we live in a very tiny town). The band was already playing on stage, balloons everywhere and people at the booths giving out freebies. I got myself a t-shirt. I think they were only giving out t-shirts to kids but since I am so small, I guess I qualify for one.
There were also lots of rides and fun stuff for the kids. But the thing that attracted me most was the Funnel Cake booth. Ooohh.. nothing is better than funnel cakes straight out from the fryer.. yumm!!! And Jason got himself a hotdog.

We met our neighbors, R.C and Betty, and chatted with them for a bit, and then went on home. That was pretty fun actually. I kinda like this little town we live in.

Donde?

I'll have to learn some Spanish soon :)

You Belong in Barcelona

When it comes to Europe, you don't want to decide between culture and fun. You want art by day and a big party by night. Barcelona is ideal for you. You can check out some Picasso, eat some tapas, take a siesta, and then dance all night!

What European City Do You Belong In?

They are indeed coming here!!

My parents got their B2 Non-immigrant visitors visas approved yesterday. Yayyy!!!
I spent all afternoon pacing the floor, feeling anxious and worried about their interview with the immigration officers at the US Embassy. I've heard too many people get denied their tourist visas for no good reason. A lady who was interviewed before my parents got denied. She was also going to visit her daughter. The immigration officers think or feel that one would overstay in the U.S and not want to leave. So they are very sticky when it comes to this. You need to prove to them that you are coming back to Malaysia. Ways to prove this would be to show you have strong ties in Malaysia like :
1) You have a job that you need to come home to (My parents are retired)
2) You have kids in Malaysia (I am an only child and I am not in Malaysia)
3) Properties in Malaysia( ok, so maybe them having a house helps)

Also, if you have been to the U.S before and showed them that you did return legally, that helps. So the officer was quite pleased to hear that my dad was in the U.S in the early 70's doing his studies in NJ for 2 months.

If only these people knew how hard it was to persuade my dad to just come for a visit. I had to bargain and bribe him just so he would agree to stay for more than 2 weeks. That too he feels it's too long. My dad is a homebody who loves the comfort of his home. I know it's not that he doesn't want to come see me, but he just does not enjoy the hassle of flying 30 odd hours. And I totally understand. My mom, on the other hand, is the adventurous one.

So, do they think he would actually overstay? I think not.

Now I'm going to stock up on books for him to read, Mad magazines and Burger King's whoppers. That's the bribe that I promised him.

Our wonderful jar

I made a job jar tonight :)
Remember when I was so bored last weekend that I almost died of comatose? Well, hopefully that won't happen again this weekend or ever again.
So I'm filling our job jar with things to do. Yes, notice I said OUR job jar. Oh Jason will be so happy..haha. His evil mean wife will make his weekends oh-so-interesting with lotsa things to do. Things he loves so much.. like mowing grass, washing the bathrooms, yard work, folding laundry.. etc.. you know, "fun" stuff like that. :)