I do believe I'm not jinxed...

Remember the line in Peter Pan, "I do believe in fairies...I do believe in fairies...I do believe in fairies"? Well...I do believe I'm not jinxed...I do believe I'm not jinxed...I do believe I'm not jinxed...

I DO!!!

Well...I'm flying back to Oklahoma today...and my flight will NOT be canceled or delayed...and my baggage will NOT be lost and sent to the wrong airport. Why? Because "I do believe I'm not jinxed".

No seriously, I've used up my share of airport bad luck. I do believe I'm not jinxed. I do, I do, I do!!

*breathes*

Charcoalbread men

Yesterday, I made Charcoalbread men...

...but that was after I made their fairer counterparts...

So here's the story:

I was bored, so I decided to amuse myself by baking them little critters...take note that I'm still at my brother's apartment...and he doesn't have a hand mixer...or a proper mixing spoon, for that matter...

But as I said, I was bored, so I gallantly stepped into the kitchen, armed with an over sized bowl, a flimsy egg whisk, two butter knives and a salad-serving spoon. I told myself that if pioneer women could do it 100 years ago, so could I. But then I forgot that pioneer women probably didn't have time to bake gingerbread men.

Needless to say, after adding everything together, THE DOUGH STILL WOULD NOT STICK!!!! So I started adding the wet ingredients and mixing and adding more wet ingredients and mixing until the dough looked remotely like dough. According to mum, it's because I didn't cream the butter and sugar with a hand mixer...

Anyways, the end result was a super dry and crumbly dough that would not cooperate with me...but I managed to produce something which was good enough for me...anyways, I was so tired that I left the last batch of cookies in the oven...and went to take a shower...and it was an hour later when I realized that I had made charcoalbread men.

I'm a culinary genius.

*bows* ...thank you, thank you...*wipes a tear away* *bows again*

Parked at The Brother's college

My dorms are closed till next week...and until then, I'm parked at The Brother's apartment at his school. So...this is his apartment:

Bedroom: top bunk is his.
Living area (1):
Living area (2):
Kitchen/Dinning area:
Not bad...no? Yeah, I can't believe I'm blogging for him.

So it was a 4 hour journey from Chicago to Grand Rapids...there were 6 of us in a mini van...with no less than 8 luggage bags, 1 box, 5 backpacks and laptops...Over here, The Brother and I are considered *ahhem* small...and thus, we were designated to the back seat...so there I was, squished between a big bony box and a bony big brother...with a cabin bag under my feet and a backpack on my legs...for 4 hours. It was...interesting...

Anyways...we got here in one piece (maybe because there wasn't room for more than one piece of me)...and everything is really pretty...=)

A walk to remember...

Dad wanted to take a walk around the lake...in the freezing cold...so Dad, Dave, the Trudels and I trooped outside...

Me, dad and David...mum is missing *wails*

Dad, me, Alissa, Aunty Jeannie, Jared and Uncle Grant.

Dad wanted to walk on water...he had to settle for ice...

My kor and Dad

My temporary roomie and me.

Okay...so Aunty Jeannie is Aunty Sue's sister...and we are staying with them for 3 days...it has been a load of fun...and good food...and good fellowship!!

Pictures and Food!!

So I'm at Aunty Sue's sister's house...with david and dad...and dad brought food and pictures. =D

FOOD!!!! *faints at the whiff of muruku*


And he brought my file full of photos...and here are some of them...

CF: Form 2

CF: Form 3

CF: Form 4

CF: Form 5

Family: 2000

Family: 2005

One of my favourite photos (Yoong Jie's masterpiece)...

...the lighting was awesome man...

Christmas 08: Week 2

*jumps in circles and waves*
Hi!! I'm still alive...

So...2nd week of Christmas Break has come and gone...so far, I've been getting an overload of TV, Minesweeper, Hearts, Spider Solitare, Free Cell and, (oh, I nearly forgot) pizza. After 1 semester of avoiding pizza in the cafeteria, I've been drowned in pizza. *gasps* It started with a Christmas Pizza Party on my last day work...and more pizza at the Schmidts...apparently its a staple here...oh, I'm not complaining...its good stuff...I just find it amusing...did I ever tell you that I'm easily amused?

Yeah, so that has been my past week...I've been bumming around...playing games, watching tv and eating pizza...no wonder I'm starting to fall sick: headaches, aching bones and whoozieness...the onset of a fever perhaps? I dunno...doesn't matter...

Okay, so tommorow, dad is coming to Chicago...so David and I are going to visit him at aunty sue's sister's house...more updates about that later!!

=)

Christmas 08: Week 1

Okay...now i'm a thief. But who hasn't stolen wifi from time to time? *insert guilty grin*

So I'm staying with my bro's friend's family...the Schmidt's...and I'm currently borrowing wifi from one of their neighbours. Ahhem.

Anyways, here's a summary of my past week:

Thursday, 18 Dec
The day started off with a 8 am room check...I went to work for 4 hours...went to the Oklahoma City Airport...waited in the terminal for 8 hours...got on the plane...landed at Memphis Airport...slept in a hotel room.

Friday, 19 Dec
Woke up at 6ish...took the shuttle bus from the hotel to the airport...went through security...went to my gate...found out my flight was cancelled...competed with like 300 other people to get booked on the earliest next flight to Chicago...ended up waiting in the terminal for over 12 hours.

I'm sorry, but you tend to turn into a cam whore when you have been stuck in a airport terminal for over 12 hours...

...from morning to evening to night...

.

Finally got on the plane...landed...met David korkor...found out that Mrs. Bag was lost...Mr. Schmidt drove "home"...took a bath and...*crash* Cow falls into a coma.

.

Saturday, 20 Dec
Woke up at a ungodly hour...hung around the house all day waiting for Mrs. Bag...ended up having to go shopping for church clothes...

Sunday, 21 Dec
Found Mrs. Bag sitting on the porch in the morning...went to church...it was -24*C....no kidding...then the Schmidts took us to the "Do it yourself Handle's Messiah Concert". Which means that the 1000 people audience is the also the choir singing the chorus of Handle's Messiah. It was cool...but next time, I rather listen than sing (or lip synch)

Monday, 22 Dec
Went with David to meet up with his ex-roommate and David Khoo. Don't ask me how everyone knows one another. It's a small world. We had a good discussion about marrying David kor kor off: Fun. We took public transport...which involved lots of walking in snow, wind, cold, wet feet and numb toes: No fun.

That's us on the train. Do we lookie alike?

Tuesday, 23 Dec
Went shopping for Christmas prezzies with David kor kor and his friend...ended up in a outdoor mall...which means more snow, wind, cold, wet feet and numb toes.

Pros of shopping with two tall guys: If you walk behind them, they kinda block the wind.

Cons of shopping with two tall guys: They have LONG LEGS and I have to jog 5 paces every 10 steps to catch up with them. MEN!

Wednesday, 24 Dec
Christmas Eve Service got cancelled due to over abundance of snow...later in the evening, the Schmidt's extended family came over for Christmas Eve Dinner...so there was food, presents and games...Fun.
We played Christmas Taboo...and I blooped...

Schmidt Jr: When I am frightened or surprised I say, "What the____."

Caryn: Hell?

Everyone: *roars with laughter*

Schmidt Jr: *Stares* Well...yeah...but when I want to say that nicely I go "What the ____."

Caryn: Ohhhh. DICKENS.

Thursday, 25 Dec
More family time with the Schmidts...watching Christmas movies and such...

It has been an interesting first Christmas away from home...I can't complain...the family I'm staying with are awfully nice and welcoming...but its...different, I guess...hmmm...

Merry Christmas Folks!

Hey people!

Merry Christmas!! =)

It's cold.

There is like 2 feet of snow out there.

Christmas Eve Service got cancelled because of bad weather.

Did I mention that it's cold? Yeah, 20 below freezing is pretty cold.

Anyways, Merry Christmas people. Miss you all...

MUAX

love,
Human Icicle

I made it

Just a short update...I made it to Chicago after 32 hours.

My 8 am flight did get cancelled...and I had to wait 12 hours for the next flight...and I survived by drinking starbucks...and I know this sounds totally impossible, but I suspect that I'm sick of starbucks...2 huge cups in 12 hours is a lil over kill...

And oh, Mrs. Bag is lost (yet again!) and I shall need to go shopping for essentials in a bit...blek! Sigh...

Never the mind...I'm here...and that's awesome.

I lied.

I lied.

Apparently I lie a lot...I have a history of lying...as proven here.

I confess I lied about going to see that guy in red on Thursday. Because today is Friday and I still haven't seen him...I am an evil lying worm...*sigh*

Anyways...the reason why I haven't met David kor kor and Tabby is because MY FLIGHT GOT DELAYED AGAIN...apparently airplanes and I don't go well together-gether. There was a weather issue...and my first flight got delayed...so I missed my connecting flight so I'm stuck in a hotel overnight...

So here WAS the plan. I fly from Oklahoma City Airport to Memphis to Grand Rapids (where Dave and Tabby's college is)...David picks me up...I spend the night in Tabby's room...and the next day David, his friend and I go to Chicago. Comprehandeh?

But here was what happened: I arrived at Oklahoma City airport at 2:00 pm...and was supposed to fly off at 4:00 pm...but the flight got delayed until 9:30 pm...and to cut the long story short, I'm not stopping by Grand Rapids...but going straight to Chicago.

And because I refuse to be a pessimist...here is the bright side of things...

1. Abby, my College mate, happened to be on the same flight as me. Which makes things a whole lot better.
   
   

   

2. We got free food vouchers, and that hot, freshly made burrito was pretty awesome.
   
   

   
3. I got put up in a hotel room for free...because I am classified as a "Distressed Passenger". And so I get to take a shower (WHEW!!!) and catch 3 hours of sleep...Oh, you know what? I got the last room. The hotel is booked full.

Ahh...but then siewpau couldn't go through all this without a blunder now, could she? She tried to use her room key-card at room 225 instead of 223...luckily for me, whoever was in that room didn't investigate the noises coming from the door...

Okay, people, pray that nothing happens to my flight tomorrow morning.

Pray hard.

I think I'm bad luck. =P