To celebrate this event, I have order the Twinkle Toof box for him from the US.
It looks very cute, glows in the night, and I have always wanted it.
However, it beats drive down to the US just to buy this....even though it would save me 5 dollars...
Monday, April 1, 2013
Twinkle Toof for Kids Losing Teeth
One thing happened during the first 3 months is that my older kid is losing his teeth.
To celebrate this event, I have order the Twinkle Toof box for him from the US.
It looks very cute, glows in the night, and I have always wanted it.
I remembered that it was about 10 to 12 dollars including shipping.
However, it beats drive down to the US just to buy this....even though it would save me 5 dollars...
To celebrate this event, I have order the Twinkle Toof box for him from the US.
It looks very cute, glows in the night, and I have always wanted it.
However, it beats drive down to the US just to buy this....even though it would save me 5 dollars...
It is already April Fools, 2013
I have not been able to blog too much this year. It is already April!!
I can't believe it.
This year, the first 2 months is hectic because my kids kept getting sick.
Also, my aunt came for a visit from Taiwan this January, and it just feel busy this year.
I felt like life just passed by so quickly.
10 years feels like 10 days...and yet, each working day feels so long...
I can't believe it.
This year, the first 2 months is hectic because my kids kept getting sick.
Also, my aunt came for a visit from Taiwan this January, and it just feel busy this year.
I felt like life just passed by so quickly.
10 years feels like 10 days...and yet, each working day feels so long...
Sunday, January 13, 2013
New Year's Sunrise 2013
This New Year's weather has been very nice to us.
My wife took couple of spectacular pictures of the morning sunrise.
Beautiful sunny sky.
My wife took couple of spectacular pictures of the morning sunrise.
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| sunrise 2013 |
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| sunrise burnaby 2013 |
Christmas House Light in Burnaby, BC, Canada
There is a famous house in Burnaby that has been in the newspaper and has visitors visiting.
Fortunately, I live very close by and could bring my family and visitors to take a look!
All you need to do is to drop by and take pictures and donate a couple of dollars for Children's hospital.
The person spent about a week of his own vacation time and hand crafted some of the light designs.
He put up about 20,000 lights in and around his yard.
When I counted, there were about 11 snowmans all around the house and yard.
Even the garage, roof and drive way are heavily decorated with thousands of lights.
Amazing!
They had Santa, Angel, Penguins, everything you can think of for the Christmas season.
I hope they do this every year because it is neat sight to see!
I am not sure how they can pay the hydro bills or sleep in these lights. haha
Fortunately, I live very close by and could bring my family and visitors to take a look!
The person spent about a week of his own vacation time and hand crafted some of the light designs.
He put up about 20,000 lights in and around his yard.
When I counted, there were about 11 snowmans all around the house and yard.
Amazing!
I hope they do this every year because it is neat sight to see!
I am not sure how they can pay the hydro bills or sleep in these lights. haha
Christmas Gifts: Innotab and Mario Kart 7
I bought my two kids Christmas gifts that they have to learn how to share.
They are loving these gifts. It is still a little early for my 2-year-old to play the kids tablet.
They are loving the tablet, Innotab 2, right now because they can buy different learning games such as Mickey Mouse or Cars or all kinds of other children animations.
My older kid loves to play Mario. I try not to let him play during the weekdays though because I know it is not good for kids to play that much.
I hope this has been a good Christmas for my kids, and I think they had a lot of fun!
They are loving these gifts. It is still a little early for my 2-year-old to play the kids tablet.
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| Inno Tab and Mario Kart 7 |
They are loving the tablet, Innotab 2, right now because they can buy different learning games such as Mickey Mouse or Cars or all kinds of other children animations.
My older kid loves to play Mario. I try not to let him play during the weekdays though because I know it is not good for kids to play that much.
I hope this has been a good Christmas for my kids, and I think they had a lot of fun!
Tim Horton's Mug Cup
I bought my wife a Tim Horton's mug cup for Christmas because she likes to collect mug cup.
It actually comes with Tim Horton's Coffee!
Now, that is a bonus....haha.
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| Tim Horton's Mug Cup |
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| Tim Horton's Mug Cup 2 |
Now, that is a bonus....haha.
Trader Joe's Peppermint Macarons
I found this new Macaron dessert from Trader Joe's during Christmas season.
It does taste very good with fresh peppermint flavor!
However, I do like the original macaron better because they have more flavors within the boxes.
It is good for a Christmas snack with family!
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| Trader Joe's Peppermint Macarons |
However, I do like the original macaron better because they have more flavors within the boxes.
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| Trader Joe's Peppermint Macarons 2 |
Friday, January 4, 2013
Boxing Day Canada 2012: Coach Tablet Case
We got a great deal from the Bay during Boxing Day!
The Coach tablet case retailed for more than 88 dollars regularly.
However, we got it for less than half that price! (Tax included)
It is perfect for the new tablet for my wife!
Here is the inside look. It has many compartments for pen and notebooks and lots of padding.
I was surprised that even the Coach brand was on sale.
The Coach tablet case retailed for more than 88 dollars regularly.
However, we got it for less than half that price! (Tax included)
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| Coach Tablet Case |
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| Coach Tablet Case 2 |
I was surprised that even the Coach brand was on sale.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Christmas Sale: Portmeirion Crazy Daisy Fork Set
I found a fork set in Sears for a good deal.
It is a cute Crazy Daisy fork set made by Portmeirion Pottery.
The design is good and quality is not bad. The price was a decent 12 dollars.
(Regular price was around 22 dollars Cdn.)
The pattern for each fork is actually designed differently, which is unique.
It is a cute Crazy Daisy fork set made by Portmeirion Pottery.
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| Portmeirion Crazy Daisy Fork Set |
(Regular price was around 22 dollars Cdn.)
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| Portmeirion Crazy Daisy Fork Set 2 |
X'mas Gift for Chihuahua: Pet Ottoman House
I bought an Ottoman house for my little chihuahua babies.
They need something like that to protect them from my monkey kids...haha
This is bought from London Drugs in Burnaby, BC.
It can be a space saver and can fit two small dogs or a medium dog.
My kids often step on my dogs when they run around my house, so this is good safety feature for doggies.
(Perfect Christmas Gift).
They need something like that to protect them from my monkey kids...haha
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| Pet House Ottoman from London Drugs Canada |
This is bought from London Drugs in Burnaby, BC.
It can be a space saver and can fit two small dogs or a medium dog.
My kids often step on my dogs when they run around my house, so this is good safety feature for doggies.
(Perfect Christmas Gift).
Merry Christmas!! 2012
Merry Christmas to everyone!! Happy Holidays!
I can't believe a year is almost over and Christmas is here today.
I hope everyone is enjoying the gift exchanges and holiday meals!
I have to say sometimes I don't enjoy the exchanges but I do enjoy the holiday atmosphere.
It is scary that time passes by so fast!
I can't believe a year is almost over and Christmas is here today.
I hope everyone is enjoying the gift exchanges and holiday meals!
I have to say sometimes I don't enjoy the exchanges but I do enjoy the holiday atmosphere.
It is scary that time passes by so fast!
Sunday, December 16, 2012
H&M Kids Star Shirt
My son's class has a Christmas concert this month, and we needed to get him a shirt for that.
We found a nice kids' shirt in H&M.
It has nice cute little stars on the shirt which can be used in formal or semi-formal occasions.
We found a nice kids' shirt in H&M.
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| H&M Kids dots shirt |
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| H&M Kids star dots shirt 2 |
Starbucks: Lemon Cranberry Scone
Starbucks came out with this Lemon Cranberry Scone that my wife loves:
It tastes very good that she looks for them when we go to the malls.
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| Starbucks Lemon Cranberry Scone |
It tastes very good that she looks for them when we go to the malls.
Our New Bionaire Flat Panel Heater
We have been without a heater for 2 years because our last one broke down.
We decided to get a flat panel one this year.
It also acts as a decorating fireplace and it is a good looking piece in the living room.
My chihuahuas will love the heater since they are afraid of cold.
The fireplace light is powered by halogen bulb, not exactly power efficient, but I am looking at options to change it to LED.
We decided to get a flat panel one this year.
It also acts as a decorating fireplace and it is a good looking piece in the living room.
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| Bionaire heater and chihuahua |
The fireplace light is powered by halogen bulb, not exactly power efficient, but I am looking at options to change it to LED.
Nexus 7 Google Android Tablet
My laptop has been slow and I have always wanted a top quality portable tablet.
It is hard to carry around my heavy laptop.
Since iPad is expensive because of the 40 percent mark up apple charges, the next choice is no doubt, Nexus 7 made by Asus.
It is arguably the best 7 inch tablet: Powered Android 4.2, CPU is a quadcore 1GB ram.
The option of 32 GB harddrive is only for 270 Canadian plus tax.
(You get superb performance for this price.)
An iPad mini would have cost me 429 dollars each for a 32gb model.
Well, you know are you paying more than 150 dollars per tablet for Apple's profits.
I don't want to "donate" to apple right now, so I chose the Nexus 7.
The performance is indeed superb with lots of apps to download.
For someone who wants mobility and bigger screen size than a cell phone, this is perfect!
With Wifi available everywhere (except for on the bus), this is sure going to be very useful!
It is hard to carry around my heavy laptop.
Since iPad is expensive because of the 40 percent mark up apple charges, the next choice is no doubt, Nexus 7 made by Asus.
It is arguably the best 7 inch tablet: Powered Android 4.2, CPU is a quadcore 1GB ram.
The option of 32 GB harddrive is only for 270 Canadian plus tax.
(You get superb performance for this price.)
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| Nexus 7 Boxes Asus 2012 |
Well, you know are you paying more than 150 dollars per tablet for Apple's profits.
I don't want to "donate" to apple right now, so I chose the Nexus 7.
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| Nexus 7 Google 32GB |
For someone who wants mobility and bigger screen size than a cell phone, this is perfect!
With Wifi available everywhere (except for on the bus), this is sure going to be very useful!
FatBurger: Coquitlam, BC, Canada
Fatburger is a popular burger chain restaurant that sells high end burgers.
They have several restaurants in Vancouver area and recently opened one near my place.
We haven't been there for a while and we went to try this location out.
As usual, the burgers are so fresh and the service is superb!!
You line up to make your orders, but they take the food to your seats.
Also, there is no obligation to give tips compared to other restaurants.
(because your serve your own drinks.)
awesome!
The food was impressive as usual. Many would argue burger is a burger, but theirs is better than others.
(Even better than other restaurants like White Spot or Red Robbins.)
I give them a two thumbs up!
They have several restaurants in Vancouver area and recently opened one near my place.
We haven't been there for a while and we went to try this location out.
As usual, the burgers are so fresh and the service is superb!!
You line up to make your orders, but they take the food to your seats.
Also, there is no obligation to give tips compared to other restaurants.
(because your serve your own drinks.)
awesome!
The food was impressive as usual. Many would argue burger is a burger, but theirs is better than others.
(Even better than other restaurants like White Spot or Red Robbins.)
I give them a two thumbs up!
Vancouver: Imported Japanese Mandarin Oranges
We all know Japan produces the highest quality of fruits for the types they can produce.
In Vancouver area, we found a box of these imported Japanese oranges from Japan in Kin's Farm.
Amazingly, these were nicely individually wrapped and are delicious.
Good quality indeed!!
In Vancouver area, we found a box of these imported Japanese oranges from Japan in Kin's Farm.
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| Imported Original Japanese Mandarin Oranges |
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| Mandarin Oranges individually wrapped from Japan |
Sunday, November 11, 2012
New India Buffet & Restaurant in Vancouver, BC
We went to New India Buffet Restaurant to try Indian Buffet for the first time in the middle of October.
Naturally, that means various kinds of Indian curry are available and we were looking forward to it.
The restaurant is located in the broadway corridor and normally is filled with hospital workers and office workers. However, in the weekend, it is quiet, as oppose to the other restaurants in other areas.
They have raised their prices. Their weekend buffet is more expensive (does not make sense).
Their take out lunch was super cheap: 5 dollars..now they raised it to 5.95.
Again, does not make sense because next year, the taxes will go down. They would have potentially more customers.
The seatings are nice and they do have around 10 kinds of curry and other meats and milk ball to choose from.
They have butter chicken, beef curry, yogurt curry, chick pea curry, vegetable curry, etc.
If you try many kinds of curry, it would certainly make you full.
I also tried the saffron rice, but it did not suit my taste. My wife liked it though.
Both of us liked the dessert, "milk ball". (gulab jamun in India)
Above is a picture of milk ball. It is the small brown ball at the top.
I am a picky eater, but I do like most of the curry in the restaurant.
I did not try vegetable and chick pea curry because I am picky.
I would recommend to go to this place not during weekends because they over charge when there is no customers.
Naturally, that means various kinds of Indian curry are available and we were looking forward to it.
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| New India Buffet and Restaurant, Vancouver, BC |
They have raised their prices. Their weekend buffet is more expensive (does not make sense).
Their take out lunch was super cheap: 5 dollars..now they raised it to 5.95.
Again, does not make sense because next year, the taxes will go down. They would have potentially more customers.
The seatings are nice and they do have around 10 kinds of curry and other meats and milk ball to choose from.
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| New India buffet Vancouver 2 |
If you try many kinds of curry, it would certainly make you full.
I also tried the saffron rice, but it did not suit my taste. My wife liked it though.
Both of us liked the dessert, "milk ball". (gulab jamun in India)
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| 3 kinds of curry and milk ball |
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| Tandoori chicken, saffron rice, naam and curry |
I did not try vegetable and chick pea curry because I am picky.
I would recommend to go to this place not during weekends because they over charge when there is no customers.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Starbucks: Salted Caramel Mocha
Usually, Starbucks releases its seasonal drinks around Thanksgiving in Canada.
This year, they had a few flavors as well, including Pumpkin Spice Latte and Salted Caramel Mocha.
We tried quite a few Salted Caramel Mocha and love it. It was available in Starbucks in Safeway for only 2 dollars!
This year, they had a few flavors as well, including Pumpkin Spice Latte and Salted Caramel Mocha.
We tried quite a few Salted Caramel Mocha and love it. It was available in Starbucks in Safeway for only 2 dollars!
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| Starbucks Salted Caramel Mocha |
Super Pretzel
We bought this box of Super Pretzel from Target.
I think it was 2.5 dollars when I bought it in October.
However, it is worth it because you can spend up to 5 dollars for one of this in food court.
My wife baked it for dinner the other day:
It is not as huge as Pretzels from outside but it is a good size!
It tastes very good as well.
I think it was 2.5 dollars when I bought it in October.
However, it is worth it because you can spend up to 5 dollars for one of this in food court.
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| Super Pretzel from Target |
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| home baked pretzel |
It tastes very good as well.
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