✈ U.S.A x Day 12 to 16

Day 12 - Toronto - Boston

Day 13 - Boston to New York City

Day 14 - New York City

Day 15 - New York City to Philadelphia/ Washington D.C

Hello September! Started the new month with a trip to HK with my best friend :) We had so much fun together and I'm thankful for the short getaway. I've so much to blog about but I still have backlogs from my trips earlier this year, which I hope to finish soon. Photos bring back so much memories!

Day 12 - Saturday 25 April 2015

One of the highlights of our Canada trip was crossing the borders to United States. Visiting the states has always been a lifelong dream and albeit being only there for 5 days, I'm in love with the city and can't wait to be back again someday! Shortly after we unpack and pack on late Friday night, we dragged ourselves up to catch the coach headed for Boston in wee hours at 4am. Barely well-rested and tired, mom and I grabbed coffee from Starbucks before our hours of ride commence. Boy, I miss coffee there. America is about 6-7 hours away, we stopped mid-way for lunch before arriving at Massachusetts, Capital of Boston in the late afternoon, where we visited Harvard and MIT university,  Our night ended with a free and easy 2 hours at Quincy Market. It was so cold we both shared a bowl of warm udon, salmon teriyaki rice and hot chocolate, so so good!

Day 13 - Sunday 26 April 2015

We had our first experience on Boston cruise ride overseeing many amazing city views followed by a very delicious and juicy lobster Chinese spread lunch on Sunday! We took another few hours of bus ride, dropped by Yale University before arriving Times Square @ New York City. For few minutes, we stood in the middle, wondering where to head to. It feels so magical to be in the heart of the city that never sleeps, experiencing something genuinely American :)

Day 14 - Monday 27 April 2015

Day 3 was all about NYC. We visited Wall Street, went up to Top of the Rock, experienced an unforgettable stunning paranomas of the city's beauty,  had 4 hours of free & easy time along fifth avenue, Madison Avenue and of course, coffee. We spent the later noon at Intrepid museum, which was pretty boring, another NY cruise with perfecto view of statue of liberty and a dinner buffet! I didn't had much chance to miss chinese food because I ate chinese mostly in states. Haha!

Day 15, 16 - Tues/Wed 28/29 April 2015

We left NYC early morning and traveled towards Philadelphia and then Washington D.C. There were so many places we visited and some highlights were Madame Tussaud, space and air museum where we had our last MacD, white house, parliament house, Lincoln memorial, Washington monument. In a trip, I've learnt so much more about the history and landmarks of America. By end of the fourth day, I was tired of tours and can't wait to head back to Toronto. More than half of day 5 was spent sitting on bus and making our way back. 

Travel is the only thing you buy, that makes you richer. So True.

Project Home

It is surreal to see our future flat from scratch, being built so high up now! The progress is quite quick and we are hoping to get our keys by mid next year :)

Anyway, the story of our home came about in late 2012 when we decided to try our luck because we have heard many stories about couples failing to get a good number on their first few tries. Since I was in my last semester of university and will be starting work within 1-2 months, we reckoned it'll be a good time to try for the failure first so that when we finally get a good bid (maybe after 2-3 failures? lol), we will be ready. But uhmm, when the bidding results got released a few weeks later, we went o.O when we saw our number.

"8!"

Haha lucky or what on our first attempt. Can't remember what went through our mind that time but since the BTO project's vicinity was in our favour (in between both our parent's place), we went ahead to choose a unit 3 weeks later! Fast forward to 2.5 years, most of the 8 blocks has had their building painted, some with windows up and carpark looks ready too. Quite excited about this new chapter of our life, we've been dating for 9 years and and we are finally having a place of our own! I'll be sad to be staying away from my family but I am glad I'm only at a short distance away & I know I can be back to visit anytime.

While the works of our BTO project continues, I guess J & I will have a lot to be busy about for the next 1 year <3

Yoga x Strala Singapore

Helloooo, weekend! It's been a long while since I last posted an entry on yoga. Looking back, my blog domain name came about because of it, and next month, this blog turns 2! Ever since I completed my monthly unlimited package at Homyoga earlier last year, I've been attending lesser classes. It's definitely not because my love for yoga has died off - I still enjoy doing but the packages are pretty costly to maintain & there will be days where I felt responsible to go because I've paid for it. Anyway, I've been yoga-hopping ever since. My class packages are here and there, all around - Yoga Movement, Bikram Yoga HB, Strala SG, etc. I personally felt that this was a better choice for me since it offers more flexibility. Depending on where I'll be for the day and what kind of classes I'd like to attend, I've various options to choose from. On days where I want to attend morning class, I'll go to YM @ TP since it's near my office, and either Orchard / Strala on weekends if I'm heading town!

Somedays, or on lazy days, I'll just YouTube at home! :) Few of my favorites videos are from Tara Stiles, Yoga with Adrienne, Yoga with Candace, etc. It goes with my mood & flow but I'll definitely need more discipline for home practice! :p

Anyway, Nicole & I signed for Strala's Get Twisty workshop last Saturday! I love twisting poses partly because I'm flexible but we focus pretty much on arms during the class and I have very weak arms strength! Had fun learning about proper breathing techniques, the right way to twist and compress our body and also getting into difficult poses with ease :) Arms were aching from Grasshopper for the next 2 days!

Can't wait for the next practice but for now, SHAPE run tomorrow!! T.T Back to my first race again after 2 years, no wonder I'm feelin' excited about it.

✈ Canada x Day 9 to 11 (Eastern Canada)

Day 9 - Toronto - Kingston - Ottawa - Montreal

Day 10 - Montreal - Quebec City

Day 11 - Quebec City - 1000 Islands - Toronto

Day 9 - Wednesday 22 April 2015 

After our short road trip over the first weekend to Niagara Falls and Grove, we rested for 2 days before spending the next 3 days at Eastern Canada with a travel group. Up at 415am, we traveled along the McDonald Cartier Freeway bound to Kingston where we drove by the Sir John A. McDonald house, City Hall, and more before we arrived at Ottawa in the noon. At Ottawa, we visited the beautiful Parliament Hill, Peace Tower, Centennial Flame, Confederation Square and of course, the Royal Candian Mint. It was freezing at 1-2 degrees and as much as we were hoping to enjoy ourselves, it was too cold for us! We were brought to many landmarks and I've gained a lot more historic knowledge on Canada :) Anyway, from Ottawa, we had another few hours ride before we arrived at our hotel at Montreal. Mom & I checked into our hotel, went down for a piping hot bowl of ramen before we decided to head back to our room to crash after a long day. 

Day 10 - Thursday 23 April 2015

Day 2 was another early morning. We toured around the city of Montreal, Quebec, visited Cartier Bridge, Chinatown, Old Montreal and took the Cable Car up to the Olympic Tower Observation deck, overseeing the Olympic Stadium. Can't remember everything but we sat on another few hours before arriving at Old Quebec City. The city is really beautiful but too cold for us to roam around much. We were lucky to spend our night at the most photographic hotel in the world, aka the Chateau Frontenac Hotel. Really beautiful hotel looking alike a castle! :) We had a lovely french fine dining experience with the group before calling it a day!

Day 11 - Friday 24 April 2015

Day 3 was spent mostly on the road as we leave Quebec City back to Mississauga. We visited the majestic Thousand Islands, which my mom has been anticipating for! It was an hour scenic cruise ride with many picturesque islands, cottages, etc. Very beautiful! We dropped by the Big Apple store, grabbed some dinner & apple pastries. We arrived late at 9pm, catch up with my Aunt before we packed up again for another 5d4n America tour! 

The USA tour was one of the highlights of my trip! But, till the next post :)