My self made cupboard :)

My self made cupboard :)
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I made this today, have been putting this "project" off for so long :P I made it for my letters at the bottom and for me to put souvernirs and my loved ones pictures...

Thanks Elizabeth and my girls for the present, Amanda for the V day gift, Scott for the mandarin orange and there was a yellow book by T15, thanks guys!!! Miss u all lots, can't wait to see u all and hang out with u all soon...

SG connect CNY @ Mayflower Great Mall

SG connect CNY @ Mayflower Great Mall
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We had a Chinese New Year dinner with quite a number of Singaporeans who are residing in California. It is pretty heartwarming to see people from your country and the best is, I can to Lao Yu Sheng!!! Shall put up the video of us doing it, so fun... :P This event was coordinated by NUSEA and Saba who did a great job in the entertainment and decorations, hopefully, they can continue to have these dinners as it is a great networking session as the "successful" Singaporeans can lend a helping hand to students like us, but hope it can be much affordable next time, having a huge hole in my pocket for now :(

222 Great Mall Dr, Milpitas, CA 95035

Las Palmas Taco bar @ Santa Cruz

Las Palmas Taco bar @ Santa Cruz
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Sebastian and I went to Santa Cruz with Avishek and Xuan Thu in 2 of our cars, having a short road trip on our weekend, We went to the beach side and I was hungry as my 1st meal was at 3plus in the afternoon, we bought our a dollar McChicken, I bought a cookie and cream ice cream at a grocery near the beach because I was still hungry and ice cream seems to be a good option. Before heading back for the Chinese New Year Dinner at Great Mall (Mayflower), I used Yelp and found this pretty decent place that serves Taco. Las Palmas Taco Bar sells pretty nice cripsy chicken tacos @ $1.95 and the pan-friend burritos @ $6.95. The tacos tasted to sebastian as the cripsy popiah back in Singapore and the burritos tasted like Thosai to both of us, delicious! :) I think the reason is because we are missing Singapore food hence that explains the similarity in the taste :P

55 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Mystery Spot @ Santa Cruz

Mystery Spot @ Santa Cruz
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We didn't go up however, we checked the place out and there is an entrance fee of $5 but if you have your 11B, you can enter for free :P It was said that the water is flowing upwards instead of downwards, that's explain the name of this place, "Mystery Spot". I shall drop by again in future and check this place out!

* Phone reception was very bad, almost zero

Housewarming @ Franklin

Housewarming Spread
Originally uploaded by lynettetaywanqing

Franklin Household invited NCSV Batch 18 & 19 to our house for a gathering. We had lots of food, snacks, beer and even my home-made cookies :) Hope everyone enjoyed themselves and we shall have more gathering like this...Cheers to us, Happy V Day and Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Participants:

Batch 18: Jie Wei, Gareth, Wei Ming, Yi Xiang, Daniel, Scott, Ritesh, Joshua, Leo, Canggih, Christina, Ishan and Akshita

Batch 19: Avishek, Sebastian, Xuan Thu, Siu Rui, Kenny, Penny, Julian, Ngoc, Kah Hong, Amanda and Me

Today is another Today, but I became very emotional...

I miss Mummy so much that I cried by just listening to her voice, it is so sweet and comforting... The thought of my family by my side is so heartwarming and sour at the same time. All this while, I have been on a fast pace, dashing through each days, packing my time back to back, laughing my heart out, squeeze every bit of my energy and turn it to fun, wanting to bring the American Lynette out...I managed to, I feel that I am different in some sense compared to the boring Lynette back in Singapore. I am trying to slow down my foot steps and enjoy every second and moment, I know it may sound cheesy but the "air" that I take, is so refreshing and energetic...It just give you the power to move on and strive on...

I got a nice apartment, a satisfying job, a handsome Mustang and great friends...It is really amazing here, it is really the best time of my life, being the independent INDEPENDENT me, not sure whether it is for better or worst, but guess that is who I am, someone that is always so solo and strong-headed.

It is really an eye-opening experience in Silicon Valley, everyone is so creative and full of ideas, so passionate to bring something new to the world. Hopefully, I can be like that one day :)

Love Mummy, Daddy and Kor Kor...and BB too...and you know who you are :P

Pho Dong @ Redwood City

Pho Dong @ Redwood City
Originally uploaded by lynettetaywanqing

I went to this vietnamese restaurant twice, for the first time, I tried dried vermicelli with grilled pork and vegetable with sweet sauce, recommended by Scott, $8 plus, slightly pricey as the ambience is better but I managed to split the portion to two to save some for dinner. I tried another soup rice noodles the next time I visited, it turned out to be as delicious as the soup was tasty.


2610 Broadway Street Redwood City, CA 94063

Pho Tho Chau @ Mountain View

Pho Tho Chau @ Castro Street
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Favourite place of Jie Wei's, I have been here twice as it closes pretty late and most of us are able to go there for supper. Nice dried vermicelli with grilled pork and vegetables with a fish sauce to mix, $7.95.


853 VIlla Street, Mountain View, CA 94041

Jason's beachside grill @ Tahoe

Jason's grill @ Tahoe
Originally uploaded by lynettetaywanqing

We had our dinner at Jason's Grill, our first proper meal of the day, after a long tiring work out on the ski slope with our wet ass, we sat at the fireplace and kept ourselves warm. This place served really sinful and delicious Irish potatoes = Fries with cheese and bacon and sour cream.
We learnt a good trick to order food for a group now, the equation goes like this,

Number of dishes to order = (n-3),

*n is the number of people


8338 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA 96143

M.S Dixie II @ Tahoe

M.S Dixie II
Originally uploaded by lynettetaywanqing

Scenic Cruise Ride, $35 after slight bargaining by Sebastian. It was a two hour ride, very nice scenery, you can see the line that separates nevada and california. It brought us to Emerald Bay and back. If you want a relaxing time and be in the midst of the beautiful scenes, it would be recommended.


750 US Highway 50, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448

Jim Denny's Hamburger @ Sacremento

Jim Denny's Hamburger @ Sacremento
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Biggest Pancake ever!!! It is called the Hubcap with spokes, it has 3 Bacons + 3 Sausage + 1 egg of your choice (scrambled or sunnyside up) $12.50 :D 2 person also cannot finish this massive serving. We camped outside it and wait for it to open at 7.30 am. We woke up early at 4am and set off to Tahoe, having a pit stop at Sacremento for breakfast.

816 12th St Downtown, Sacremento, CA 95814