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bubo and misty in the snow
November 23rd, 2007
We got our first snow of the year Wednesday. Yesterday we let the dogs out on our deck which had about 2-3 inches of snow. Misty was a bit shy at first but with our encouragement she finally stepped onto the deck. Bubo loved eating the snow. In one of the pictures you will see snow all over his face.
Bubo in the snow
Misty in the snow
Bubo & Misty in the snow (Misty goes: I march)
Chinglish
November 10th, 2007
I noticed that engrish.com has a Chinglish section now. For those who don’t know these are English translations in non-English speaking countries and Chinglish is specifically for the ones in China. I thought I’d share some with you. I will try my best to provide you with the correct translation for each.
For each plastic bag wasted, please pay two dollars.
Please ask for assistance.
To keep the restroom clean, please put trash in the trash can.
(This one is actually from Japan but it’s a classic.)
Temporary parking for unloading.
Handicapped.
Main entrance. (No sure how that came about.)
(No idea about this one.)
No cycling or skating. No soccer.
Eight Treasures.
(I guess at least it’s short and to the point.)
Self serving terminal.
(Really “Thunder” will be a good enough translation for this firework.)
Warm milk. (In Chinese the word for “Milk” and “Breast” is the same.)
Automatic flush.
Do not feed the fish with your own food.
Wisconsin Dells Vacation
September 2nd, 2007
We have planned this vacation in May and we finally did it. Even with all the moving, selling & buying house, getting a new job and going back to school, we still made it. It was an awesome vacation. We stayed at the Wisconsin Dells area for six days five nights. Two at Chula Vista and three at a whirlpool suite at Wintergreen resort. We spent most of our time in the Chula Vista indoor water park and the Mt. Olympus but we also visited Timbavati Wildlife Park, Ghost-Out-Post, went on the original duck tour, the jet boat tour, and watched the Tommy Bartlett Show. We also tried out some restaurants in the area. Here’s how I would rate everything.
Chula Vista - Love this resort. Next time we will definitely stay longer. The indoor water park here is even better than the one at Mt. Olympus. We rid the fast Ruby Run tube ride for oh maybe about 20 times. We didn’t realize it connects to the river walk so we did our walk around in a dumb route.
Wintergreen resort - The hotel is not impressive. The “suite” with the whirlpool is very crammed. They forgot to do housekeeping in our room after the first night. I was not happy. We had our breakfast at the hotel restaurant, it was decent.
Mt. Olympus - We went there coz the tickets came free with our stay with Wintergreen. The outdoor water park is decent but the roller coaster rides cost extra on top of your admission. What kind of sense does that make? After two days we find ourselves mostly in the wave pool and the lazy river. If we had any energy left, we’d probably check out Noah’s Ark but you get wore out after too many rides.
Timbavati Wildlife Park - a tiny worthless zoo. Not worth visiting if you don’t have young children.
Ghost-Out-Post - more disgusting than scary. Pretty short tour and feel cheap.
The Original Duck tour - Very interesting tour on both land and water. Don’t expect a lot of leg room in your seats.
Jet boat tour - Very fun and fast. The boats do hard brakes and spins and you will get wet.
Tommy Bartlett Show - We went to the night show and totally didn’t enjoy the water ski part of the show. I thought it was completely overrated. The the performers made multiple mistakes. The clown was unbearably cheesy. The story line was poorly written. The only impressive thing was the hang glider at the end. The second half was so so. The juggler was very entertaining and kept your attention for the entirety of his performance. Overall it kept me wondering if my money would be better spent going to a different attraction.
Crabby’s All You Can Eat Seafood - $29.99 per person and it doesn’t include drinks. What the hell? The food isn’t bad but it’s just not worth thirty bucks. We regret eating there but it’s a once in life time mistake.
Wild West All-You-Can-Eat Buffet - We stopped by since we had a coupon but the place smelled revolting to me so we left.
Paul Bunyan’s “Northwoods Cook Shanty” - Family style all you can eat restaurant. They just keep bring out fresh food. Very awesome. Loved it.
That’s all the unique places we visited. We were also surprised how many Eastern Europeans were working in the area. I don’t have many photos to share since we didn’t take many. Just two I kinda like.
While the duck was passing thru a canyon
A view of the Dells from the river walk
my new toyota yaris
July 28th, 2007
This month has been hectic. I’ve moved to a new city for a new job. Temporarily sharing a room of a lady’s condo. We are selling our old condo, buying a new house and buying a new car for the new city. I’ve decided to return my one year old matrix (was on lease) and buy this 2007 toyota yaris instead. I got it today and just LOVE THE COLOR. The color is called jade sea metallic. Here are some photos to share.
my favorite feature of the car: an audio jack to plug your mp3 player in 
comes with power package: cruise control, air bags, power locks, power windows, the cd player plays mp3 & wma and all that jazz that gear toward younger generation which makes me very content.
i will miss the outside temp from the matrix tho. it’s not available on the yaris
Funny videos to share
July 10th, 2007
i’m quite overwhelmed by my new job. since i don’t have internet access at night, i haven’t been able to keep up with my sites. i hope everything will be a lot smoother by august. we are actually buying a new house here which i can move into. i know we haven’t sold our condo yet but it will be fine since andy’s staying with it until it’s sold.
this awesome fire fighter interview will make you laugh.
what about the dis from the old lady you’d never expect
you may say this dog is very stupid but he’s a comedian x5
oh AND if you use gmail notifier, you need to learn how to SECURE IT!
Funny cartoons and images
June 28th, 2007
These are cartoons and images found in my old pe backup. They were under the fun section but I don’t want to create a page for them any more so I will select the ones that still amuse me and put them in a post instead
- Watch for the contraction
- Did you back up?
- Not exactly the PC wheel of fortune
- In case you lack of common sense
- Only wish this is a real sign
- The best computer component diagram yet
- Ever wonder where icicles came from?
- This guy ought to make you feel better about your job
- Kangaroo needs privacy too
- The final design of the engineer who quit
- The Mexican SUV - hey at least you don”t have to worry about gas
- Microsoft Word for Blondes
- It was mystery meat!
- Girlfriend remote
- Next time, go easy on the tequila
- Now you know why I love pomeranians
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