New York City

When someone tells you about New York, what will come into your mind first thing? For me, it's none other than the Statue of Liberty.

I visited the Statue of Liberty on Sunday and got a chance to actually get inside the structure. I had to pay to go to the island but the tickets to visit the structure is free and it's limited.
It's pretty interesting to know some history on the monument.. How they came about it and how they got into the design..and building the structure.. My first impression on seeing the monument was....How come it's not as big as in the movies? Look at the pictures below. It can roughly tell you how big is the actual size of the statue.

I had to climb 156 steps to get up to observation level. Good exercise uh... Imagine if I had to climb up to the very top which is the crown.. but I was lucky..They do not allow going up anymore after September 11 due to security reasons. :)

It was pretty funny going up to the observation deck but couldnt see the statue.. only the bottom of it.. Luckily I managed to take some pictures of it from the boat. :)

I get to view the city of New York though.. The view looks very familiar.. it always appears in shows.. No wonder :)

Trip to Washington, DC

It's my first weekend here and the first place that I'll be visiting is non other than WASHINGTON, DC.

The reason we chose to go there first was because that's the last week of the Cherry Blossom festival. This festival marks the 95th celebration of the original gift of the 3000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo to the people of Washington, DC in 1912.

The whole city is planted with these trees and you only get to see the cherry blossom flowers once a year and that is early Spring. We were lucky to be able to see some trees where there are still flowers on it.

Jefferson Memorial White House

What is there besides the flowers? There's plenty of monuments and museums and not forgetting the most famous place of all, The WHITE HOUSE.

More pictures at Washington DC Pictures

Did my cooking improve?

When was the last time I cooked? It's exactly a year ago when I was in UK. Previous Entry - Chef Kate in action It's not because I don't want to cook back in Malaysia but I just dont have the opportunity to do so. That's why I always take the opportunity to cook when I'm out from home.


My colleague who is my housemate can't cook either. So I told her not to worry as she's lucky to have Kate @ The Chef! *ehem* I brought along many ready-made spices and it's really easy. I just follow the instruction behind the packs and it's only 3 easy steps.


1st step, pour in warm water and mix the spices together. Boil it. 2nd step, add in the chicken and cook it for about 25 minutes. 3rd step, stir it from time to time until the gravy has thicken.


There you go - my Rendang chicken rice for dinner with herbal soup.

Residence Inn Philadelphia Valley Forge

This is the place that I'll be staying throughout my stay here. It's a 2 bedroom apartment. It's not that big but good enough for two people. How nice if there's something like this back home. It's small but cosy.

The living room The kitchen

My bedroom.. Nice :) This is the best!!!!

Pennsylvania, United States

Exactly a week ago, I was told that there's work opportunity in the US office and a week later, here I am in Pennsylvania, US.

The flight journey from Singapore to Newark Airport in NY takes about 19 hours and gosh.. it's damn tiring.. I'm still very tired now due to the 12 hours difference.. When it's time to go to bed in Msia, it's time to get to work.. I really tried very hard to stay awake...

The weather here is still very cold.. and it doesn't look like spring at all. Some parts of US is still snowing. I like it when it's cold but not up to the point where you dont feel like walking out of the building. It's just too cold.. below 10 degree celcious and it's raining.. urghh.. Hope weather gets better during the weekend :)

The entrance to my office building in Berwyn, Penny.

There's this beautiful tree in front of the entrance. If i'm not mistaken, it's the cherry blossom tree.

Diamond is a girl's bestfriend!

Qing Ming Festival

I'm quite curious on what Qing Ming is called in English. Googled.. and found out that it's called "Tomb Sweeping Day".

What does one actually do during this day? For the chinese, it's a day to remember and honour one's ancestors. All family members will get together during this day to go pray before the ancestors.

They will sweep the tomb, clean it up and offer food, tea, wine, and burning paper accessories.

If I'm free, I'll try to make it for this festival because this is time where all the family members will present and it's another family gathering other than the Chinese New Year