Back to line dancing !! =)

Finally I'm going back to line dancing ;) Yah! It's been more than a year since I last join any regular line dance class. I really missed that.

Last night was the first class of my new start. The class is from 7-11p.m., but since it took me 45 min to get there, I didn't start dancing till like 8p.m., still, there are 3 hrs of dancing (well maybe around 2 since I did take some breaks/rests =P).

It felt so good to be able to exercise and mingle with my line dancing friends again. I was sweating and having fun at the same time. Even though I didn't know a lot of the intermediate/advance dances, but the beginner ones I can pick up easily. =) .... Yeah, so I'll continue to dance every Wed. now !

Labor Day Shopping Trip

Yesterday me, Duffy, Mr. & Mrs. Lau, Asa & Elaine, and Esther went cross the border to shop.

Me and Duffy were staying at Lau's on Sunday night since we are departing early in the morning. We first went to Cora for a big breakfast at 7a.m. We got to the Fort Erie border at around 10a.m. and we were surprised that there were no big line ups at the border (what a blessing from God). So we arrived at the Fasion Outlet Mall at around 11a.m. and spent 2 hrs shopping there. I didn't buy many things because even though the those brand names (such as Coach, Burberry, etc) were on sale, I'm not really a big fan of those things, and Duffy thought they were still quite expensive (over and above our budget), so we didn't buy anything.

We then went to Applebee for lunch. By that time, Esther had already spent like $400 for a Burberry scarf and a Cohen (sp??) handbag. Both Elaine and Vivian bought some purses from Coach.

Afterward, we continued to Warden Garlerier and shopped for another 2 hrs. This time, I guess because we were already tired and satisfied with the morning shopping, so we didn't shop as much.

When we crossed the border back to Canada, we were so worried that we may have to pay tax (since we were going to tell the truth of how much we bought), but amazingly the officer just inspected our trunk and then let us passed. (thank God again) ... and also there were no big line ups at the border. We didn't hit any traffic until we got to Mississauga, but overall it didn't take much time to pass.

We went to Luk Yu for dinner, but because we arrived late, many of the dishes that we wanted to order were sold out (what a disappointment! =( ) .... but overall it's still a great day trip and hopefully we'll have the opportunity to go out have have more fun together ...

My Hobby - Cross Stitch/ Crafts

Here are some of my finished cross stitch.
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And there are still a lot to be finished =P
Toronto Maple Leafs Cross Stitch



And here is the first (and the only one) baby quilt that I've finished =)

I want to dance again!

It's been a long time since I last went line dancing with my friends.

Before I have my night time job, I used to have line dance classes like 4 times a week, and it's a lot of fun and I got to make some new friends. We've had several performance. I want to schedule some time to dance again, maybe once a week.

Weight Loss and Homemade Dinner

After quitting my night time job, I can finally stay home and cook some dinner for hubby. Even though I'm not a good cook, but I'm learning slowly and also trying out new dishes. It's so hard to cook for 2 people, every time there were leftovers, and I'll have to take it for lunch for the day after (sometimes even the whole week).

On Monday night, because Eric came to our house, so we went out dinner at Applebee's. I've ordered ribblet & chicken finger platter, and again I can only finished half of it, so the rest go to my lunch on Tue.

Tuesday night, I've cooked 4 dishes =) Yeah! 1) Number chicken wings 2) Blackpepper sauce chicken 3)deep fried tofu 4) boiled lettuce ... that's quite an accomplishment for me since it's a full dinner (just missing the soup) .... there were 2 chicken dishes because we've stocked up so much in our freezer and I need to clear it out .....

Yesterday (Wednesday), I was being lazy, so only pasta with meat sauce (again need to used the groud beef in the freezer).

And tonight, I won't need to cook since we're going to church for the Alpha course and there will be dinner served. =D

Besides starting to cook dinner, I also want to make some exercise plan for myself so that I can lose some weight. I've gained 3 more pounds after coming back from the honeymoon (in July), that's really bad since I didn't lose any weight for my wedding and now I kept gaining weight =(

I'm now at my all time high of 153lb .....omg ... I need to get it back down ... the ideal would be around 100lb ... but I think at least 120lb would be great ...

I've joined the Sparkpeople.com, the website is very helpful with recipes, exercise videos, meal & exercise trackers, forums etc. I think I should be able to acheive my goal by next August.

P.S. But we're going to shopping and high-tea on Labor Day ... hopefully I can control myself =(

Weight Loss ... =(

OMG, I've reached my all time heaviest weight. =( I definitely need to do something about it.

First of all, I am going to cut my portion size. Second, I need to add in some exercise time.

My goal is to lose 4 lb/month. I think this is not too ambitious ......

Sacrifices

Last night was another busy night at Sy*cor because it's the beginning of the month. I was typing as fast as I can ... and yes, I'm keeping my record of over 2300 items/hr =). However, because my last train leaves the station at 12:13, I told my supervisor that I have to leave, or else I'd have no way to get home. He let me go, but he told me that I "HAVE TO" make arrangements to stay late next time. I guess I can understand this is his job to make sure the work get done, but the problem is why can't he let some people start earlier so that everyone can finish earlier. Then he told me that I have to make "SACRIFICES", so I guess I'm sacrificing this job then. The pay actually is quite good, work is a no brain er, so that's good, since I have work hard in the day time already, don't want to think anymore at night. But on the other hand, I'm already making quite decent $$$ from my day time job, the more I earn just goes into the government's pocket anyway .... so I think I'd give Sy*cor the 2 week notice, and then I can have more time to myself at night =) .. hopefully hubby will find a job soon, so the $$$ won't be a problem.

Long time no Blog!

It has been quite a while since I last blog ... like half years ago, and it was in Chinese =P ... At that time I was blogging to kill time at the office (yes, I'm trying to do the same here now), but since our move in Jan. 08, I can no longer able to type/read Chinese from my work computer, so I've stopped bogging (and I was too lazy to blog at home =P).

In this blog, I want to record some of the day to day events, happy moments, progress of my crafts, my favorite band, actors, soaps etc ....

So this will be a place that I retreat to my favourites .... =)