Coffee to Tea

I like having a drink on my table while I am studying. Since I am trying to reduce coffee consumption (not very successful...yet...), tea became the substitute. Lately, I have been studying more than usual and more study = more tea. To give a variety to my drink, I bought more tea!!!

Now I have Irish Breakfast, English Breakfast, Berryblossom White and Iced Black Tea. I bought the last one just to try it out. The black tea turn out to be pretty good and now it has became my new favorite!!! It's highly recommended!!!

I am not an expert in tea but I just like the taste and I thought that you might wanna try out the Tazo Iced Black Tea too :)

Ok, enough about tea, I'm going to continue with my studies.

Happy studying and ganbatte to everyone who is taking the actuarial exam in less than 2 weeks time!!

Fail in making a date

I am having my Japanese oral test tomorrow. While practicing with Pei Ying this afternoon, I made quite a big joke when I used the wrong words.

Situation : I need to ask Pei Ying out this weekend

I wanted to say: Do you wanna drink (nomimasu のみます) coffee in the coffee shop this weekend?

[Instead I used みます which means to look at]

And so my sentence became: Do you wanna look at (mimasu みます) coffee in the coffee shop this weekend?


and so the conversation continued...

Pei Ying: When are we meeting?
Siew Gee: How about ゆうびんきょく (post office) ?

[I actually had どようび(Saturday) in my mind but I don't know why ゆうびんきょく came out instead]

Pei Ying: ???????


Gosh...I sure hope that I don't make these silly mistakes tomorrow....I am gonna practice practice practice tonight!!!!

Car sold!!!

Finally, I managed to sell my Ford Focus...although I sold it at a loss, but if you have been reading my blog, you should know the problems that I had with the car.

What's next? hmm...If I can afford a hybrid, I'll get one...if not...probably a Toyota Yaris??? We'll see.

A Game I Won't Forget

The Michigan-Wisconsin Game on Saturday was awesome!!!


not because Phelps was there =P (photo taken from the Ann Arbor News)


because of THE TEAM...THE TEAM that made it happen.

because this was one of the WORST and BEST game that I've watched.

The first half was disastrous...negative passing yards, so many fumbles...I can't describe how disappointed I was...to be honest, I did not have high hopes that we could win...but I did not expect that we could play that badly....

During half time, Joo Lee and I almost went home...we couldn't bare hearing the announcer keep reporting the score of "Wisconsin 19, Michigan nothing"...the situation seemed hopeless...but we decided to stay a bit longer...having the slightest hope that perhaps, we could do better in the second half...perhaps, we could at least get one touchdown....

We felt a bit better after watching the Michigan band's "Cody's Day Off"...and not long after that, our decision proved to be right. Our team played so well...one touchdown after another...Joo Lee, Wei Bing and I were so excited, we shouted as loudly as we could (my throat is still kind of sore now)...the atmosphere was intense...every Wolverine was so high...and the Badgers near us were watching in awe...silently....

The most intense moment was when the Badgers tried for the two point conversion to tie the 25-27 score and I thought they actually succeeded!!! OMG!!! I can't imagine what will happen if we go for overtime. Luckily, there was a penalty that negated the conversion...and when they failed at the second attempt on the last 13 seconds...I was so relieved...and happy...

It was like a roller-coaster ride...and YES, we won!!! 27-25 victory!!! It was a crazy game...a game that people will talk about for a long long time...

It's great to be a Michigan Wolverine!!!

Absent-minded...

Lately, I've been extra absent-minded...I forgot to bring my notes on Friday...
and this morning....I poured salt into my cup of coffee (sigh)...
どうしたの???

The way I See It

In my previous post, I expressed that I am sad to see hundreds of Starbucks store closing. For the past few month, I can see that Starbucks is making many changes in their effort to retain customers. One of the changes that I like is the free ATT wifi....and here I am in Starbucks at South U...updating my blog...

Also, I am glad that they are using the old cups again...here is an interesting quote on my cup of peppermint mocha:

The Way I See It #293

The way I see it
Isn't necessarily
The way you see it
Or the way it is
Or ought to be
What's more important
Is that we're all
Looking for It
And a way to see it

--Desi Di Nardo

Ohya, I got myself a mug too...gonna post the pic later :)

Niagara Falls

Mas, Joo, Pui Yeen, Jason Loh and I made a trip to Toronto on Aug 28th to 30th. Toronto was erm...so so...Niagara Falls was really the highlight of the trip. It was MAGNIFICENT!!!

Here are some pictures...

heading towards Niagara falls...

on the way....

"The way I see it" in 2 languages...

Almost there...

And finally...

the Horseshoe falls!!!

Up close...

And another...

Excited!!!

sien...after a long wait in the restaurant...

Next...Maid of the Mist!!!

American Falls!!!

Ready to get wet???

We got a really close view from the boat...

Our blue poncho!!!

And here is me in my maize poncho at the observation platform for the Journey Behind the Falls...

I love the illumination of the falls at night

Reflection of the mist...

When it was almost 10pm, it was time to head back to the hotel...although we did not wait until the free fireworks over the falls, but I was already more than satisfied :)

What next?? Angel Falls hopefully...