The San Cervantes - Thansgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving... i think this year thanksgiving is the most meaningful one for me, because i am going to "participate" in the Blackfriday sales start from today midnight onwards at Las Vegas. Yeah...Yahoo!!!
Ping Hun is having his nap now since he has to drive tonight, another 6 hours to LV. and he's just came back from work, pity :(
Well, i am watching 'home alone' now, that particular movie that everyone must watch during X'mas season in Malaysia. i am surprise that this old movie was still popular in US :) at the same time, i just wanted to capture this little Arizona apartment that i spend my 2009 Thanksgiving with my hubby....

The SandBar - Mexican grill and Bar

located at W. Northern Ave, Peoria, Arizona which near to Intel Chandler. :) I had my "welcome to US" party right after i get off the plane. Dennis, Kelvin, ping hun and I were enjoying the cool air as we are sitting outdoor. everything is so fine as well as the BlueMoon Beer :) some high school students came in school bus (oh yes, the typical yellow school bus), with majority of the boys wearing skirts and dress playart as a girls...it was so funny when seeing them dancing with wig and short skirt....the music is fantastic and i like the waitress very much, a sweet and cheerful college girl.

I think this would be a better place for farewell compare to the Big Bang bar :)

The Big Bang bar - downtown Tempe

Kelvin brought us to this Big bang bar last night - the Thanksgiving eve. This place play typical American music which we hardly into it, except Kelvin. While he was listening to American music, we were listening to my parent's mandarin and Hokkien oldiest...of course we won't enjoy much, hahaha....However, this place is still good as the pianist interact a lot with the audience.
Downtown Tempe which is walking distance from Arizona State University is a happening place. A lot of clubs and bars around with hot chics... A lot to see and we actually spend most of our night walking around, cheking out this night life city :)

It's their 6th anniversary this Dec 7th, the serve free food and cheap drink, shall we go again before we leave Phoenix? But frankly, i prefer SandBar more :) the music is just right!!



visit this link for more big bang's info :) http://www.thebigbangbar.com/az/tempe

I love lemonate :)

I never dare to drink lemonade especially when my stomach is empty, but surprisingly it does nothing to my stomach, in fact i felt more appetite after drinking the lemonate. then i remember some of my friends actually recommended lemon + warm water while having gastric. It's actually 5% citric acid but it just works to neutralize the enzyme int he stomach.

So, i started my journey to try everyone lemonade whenever i go. i tried the typical lemonate in intel, the pink lemonate at the Queen's bowl restaurant and i plan to make my own lemonate when i back to Penang later. It must be so refreshing and cooling with the hot weather out there :)

Perfect Lemonade Recipe

Ingredients
1 cup sugar (can reduce to 3/4 cup)
1 cup water (for the simple syrup)
1 cup lemon juice
3 to 4 cups cold water (to dilute)

Method
1 Make simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely.
2 While the sugar is dissolving, use a juicer to extract the juice from 4 to 6 lemons, enough for one cup of juice.
3 Add the juice and the sugar water to a pitcher. Add 3 to 4 cups of cold water, more or less to the desired strength. Refrigerate 30 to 40 minutes. If the lemonade is a little sweet for your taste, add a little more straight lemon juice to it.
Serve with ice, sliced lemons.
Serves 6.

Julie & Julia - The movie

Over 24 hours of flight last week, no doubt i had watch a few movies on the plane. one of the movie that i would recommend is Julie and Julia.

There is bread, and there is love. Sometimes there is both. In the film, Julia's husband toasts her, saying: "You are the butter to my bread, the breath to my life." That quote encapsulates the overall tone of the film -- sweet, sincere, and deliciously uplifting.

The other tells the story of Julie Powell, who on the eve of her 30th birthday, gives herself a masochistic gift: Cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. In one year. In her tiny Queens, NY apartment. With a cat. And an unbelievably supportive husband. And blog about it.

Shall i continue with my blog as well? with a theme or subject, maybe i should start with my little baby and how i take care of her and planning everything best for her? ya ya, i need to think deeply and come out one theme for my blog.....

Free Starbucks everywhere

I am working in Intel Chandler right now. I'm sitting at C5 office working rather than stay at home alone like few days back. Today is Thansgiving eve and half of Chandler's intellier is off, especially second half like what we Penang intellier always do :P
So, the environment is not much different... cubicles is more or less the same, the cafeteria provide free drinks too....Well, there is a little bit different, while Penang is providing free Nescafe, they are providing free Starbucks coffee here :)
I don't normally drink coffee although i like the aroma very much, but i had a cup of Starbucks in my hand now, is it because it costs like RM10+ back in Penang? it's the feeling of greedy ... i guess :P

Haagan Dazs

I never really like Haagan Dazs, basically because it was so expensive in Malaysia. 414ml like below need at least RM20 or RM30?? i couldn't really remember.

Yesterday, Dennis and us went to Walmart after dinner and we found Haagan Dazs is really cheap here, only cost us $2.99 :):)...and of course, we brought home 1 pin of Haagan Dazs and it taste really good.....i believe mainly it's becuase of it's price....cheaper :) hahaha.........

The San Cervantes

This is where we stayed - The San Cervantes apartment. i am shooting this photos with my camera phone and this is the only picture i got so far :)

I walked to the shop lots opposite our apartment this afternoon and bought another pair of shoes for baby Tanya at TJ Maxx. check out the cute little shoes.... :) and i really miss her very much now....

My 2nd US trip....

My hubby has been assigned to a business trip in US, Chandler Arizona 4 weeks ago. I spend my own $$, bought a ticket and flew all the way from Penang to Phoenix to visit him. This cost me RM4000++ :( For the sake of Thanksgiving shopping and pay him a visit, this is worth for me :)
In fact, i am planning for san Diego, Las Vegas and several site seeing trips around Phoenix for the only 3 weekends that i am going to stay in US. Last but not least, Thanksgiving shopping is one of the important event ;) Cheers!

30+ hours transit and travel make me exhausted, luckily we are going back together. During my transit at Hong Kong International Airport, i've tried the 烧鹅濑粉 which taste excatly like roasted duck. Have seen many times in TVB series, so wanted to give it a try :) It's not really tasty and it's so expensive. This dish plus another cup of hot chocolate cost me HKD100...

I've visited San D last weekend, stay tune for more photos and updates :)