ahz.. finally back in s'pore.. totally felt homesick while i was residing in seattle.. was so afraid for my poor starving guppies, my lovely and warm bed that i have been missing for so very long.. i was really quite homesick then, i guess its because i have never been so long from home for about 2-3years already and have lost my familiarity with travelling long vacations overseas.. whatsmore, the last time i went to vancouver/whistler was eons ago, about 5 years ago, so you might say that now as a teenager, i am at full conciousness and receiving all the details of the things around me so i guess the full impact was kinda too much for me to take in a short period of time.. just came back around one plus this morning, wanted to blog sooner but my bro couldnt sleep and wanted to play maple so i went off to read and ultimately fell asleep at around five plus and woke up ard seven when my brother went to church.. still have to unpack and keep my clothes later..

speaking of clothes, my mom and i absolutely went crazy over buying clothes the whole trip because normally we would buy christmas presents during our nov/dec trips and this was no exception.. the both of us would go into every gift shop and look for those nice things that would be soooo-(add gift recipient's name) and then we would then contemplate over the price was worth it or the price was just jacked up too high and not worth buying at all.. my aunt got quite tired of our constant visiting ofgift shops, she almost tried to push us away from seeing the shops.. :p well, anyway, on the way to seattle from vancouver, as everyone knows, is the famed factory outlets.. there were a few factory outlets so we went to three.. the clothes i bought from there are literally waist high.. naturally, i was there to egg on my mom to buy clothes.. (mom, that is SOOOO you...)(thats quite nice..)(you should go and try that.. *shoves mom into fitting room with an armful of clothes*) and she also bought lots of clothes.. i almost convinced her to buy an evening gown.. (the gowns are not at all expensive, its like max 70 sing bucks for a very nice and decent gown) lolz.. there was one time i went totally crazy and just went to a shoe shop and ran down the aisles to find nice shoes and the moment i saw one i just found my size and tried it and found it perfect (and i did that when i was alone).. when my mom came, i just thrusted the shoe box to her and just announced that i wanted it.. my mom was so shocked that i moved so fast and she had no choice to pay for it.. it was a converse sneaker by the way.. the shoes are shockingly cheap, costing about 70-80 bucks for a nice pair of shoes, whereas that very same pair would be sold for 100+++ here.. its quite a great difference.. in the end i bought two sneakers, adidas and converse, home.. of cos there are not only shoes but brands such as reebok, nike, adidas and quiksilver.. so you can imagine the amount of shopping i did.. the prices are also very cheap compared to here.. :p

in whistler, i also went fishing.. it was absolutely fantabulous.. it was a half-day thing so my family and i met our guides, tas and chris outside our lodge.. upon reaching the river, we had to quite up with some sort of giant pants that were waterproof.. unfortunately for me, i forgot to tuck up my jeans into my socks and cause my jeans to ride up to my thighs, causing them to look ridiculously fat in pictures.. :p den over the pants we wore some kind of leather shoes that helped to make our feet waterproof.. when we were all suited up for the freezing weather, (it was -7 C that day by the way, and i havent added in the wind chill yet). we walked INTO the river which was hemmed with ice which froze the night before.. my brother spent half the time stomping in the ice trying to break it like s small kid stomping in puddles with his wellingtons.. the ice is not like paper thin but >2cm thick.. it took it awhile to crack with me standing on it.. it was thhhaaaat thick.. apparently i had a great range for the rod for a beginner *smile*, according to tas but it still didnt get me any fish.. :p in fact, no one got a fish at all because of the cold temperature.. however, we spotted minnows about 7.5 inches long under the ice before my brother scared them away with his ice stomping.. :p

by the way, i fell in love with starbucks while i was there.. if they have it here, you should definitely try their Gingerbread Latte, its so nicely and homely.. great on a cold, wintry and snowy day.. i tried my best to hae one everyday i was there.. :p i even bought the syrup back home to i could still enjoy it if they dont have it here..

bought lots of presents.. but must sort them out first.. :p

i got to go eat my breakfast liaoz, feeling very dizzy dute to lack of sleep.. tatas

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