Philly oh Philly

LIFE UPDATES!
- Sister No.2 tied the knot yesterday!
- Baby nephew Tiger/Ethan (real name) is now living in my house *yayy* but he goes back to Shanghai very soon *booo*
- Going to Cambodia for holiday in 2 weeks with buds
- Possibly going to Shanghai after that depending on when my school term starts
- I see Jane way too much haha *love youuu*

Since I've been out of the house 80% of the time, I barely have time to sit down and blog! The other 20% that I am home is spent sleeping/showering. Even that much time isn't enough but I smell good k ;)

Anyways, so I've neglected ze blog a leeetle 0:) I've still been missing People to People a lot so heck, why not reminisce over Philadelphia?


We were staying on campus at UPen which really nice. We got a 4-bedroom apartment and the cafeteria spread was da shiz. For our first day, we had a talk with an admissions officer.

in the Wharton lecture hall

caught in a storm like trees-falling, lighting-striking, i-could-have-died storm

The other days were spent sightseeing and Philly is all about history because it was where the constitution was created and a lot of other historical events basically took place there. It may be a yawn for some *ahem :D but it is quite interesting.

at a church; i really love the organs they have, so beautiful :')

Dalai Lama w the Liberty Bell hahaha (Y)

Yes, it would still be famous if it wasn't cracked.

No one in my group likes taking pictures :(
This is John Harper going no sandra nooo. Too adorable!

at the National Constitution Center

Philly cheesesteak and beer-battered onion rings
it's a famous sandwich for using spray can cheese, pretty ew but pretty yum!

w the P2P mascot! :)

Malaysia needs this ♥

It was all walking tours and it's summer and Philly is MORE humid that Malaysia so you can only imagine. Nonetheless, we've had really good times!

Group 11 :')

loosen up my buttons ;)

♥

at the airport. grey was the colour of the day x

Sigh, was blogging about it really the best idea? I miss it even more now. Ah wells, next summer, I'm gonna be back to party in the USA ;)

#NED #NED #NED

The World Cup season started when I left for the USA and it's already about to come to an end! Time is really flying by and it's scaring me even more by the second. The Netherlands vs Spain finals is in 2 days and I AM EXCITEDDD!

If you couldn't tell already, I am all for the Dutch aka Holland aka oranJe! SO much so that I painted their flag on my nails.


So pretty yes? But I just realised that it's supposed to be red white and then, blue. So I am quite upset w that now. As in just not as happy pappy about it as I was initially. Ah wells!

Would have LOVED orange fingernails but there's Commencements dinner next week. That's Sandra being practical; boo her :(

So #NED or #ESP? Paul the Octopus has no say this time ;P but oh, he predicts Germany to bag 3rd place. Will the seafood finally be proven wrong? I HOPE SO COS IT'S SO STUPID LA K.

k bai. oh one more thing...

HUP HOLLAND HUP! #NEDDDDDDDDDDDD!

Must Love Dogs

Updates have been on/off and I've mostly touched on the NY/Philly trip in the previous posts so here's a bit on LA. Out of everything there, I miss the dogs the most.

No, I don't have pets unless you count Koi fish who swim and sleep all day... *yawn*

Meet Tyson and Nila :)

They are the most gorgeous and most adorable dogs you could ever meet. As Boxers, they may look pretty ferocious beings but in actual fact, they are uberly friendly and loveable!

Those are Uncle Max's while Uncle Jeremy has a Great Dane. He's a puppy but he ain't no puppy that's for sure. FREAKING HUGE.

He's not the prettiest dog around and definitely not my favourite but I am certain that deep down inside, he's a K9 w a big heart haha. Well, I am sorry that dogs w poop on their paw do not appeal to me!

Back to Tyson ad Nila. Sigh, I miss them so. Everyday, I would play w them in the backyard even if they did pounce on me, lick me, dirty my clothes or shed their fur all over. Nila's more spoilt and loves to lie in my lap.


So, Uncle Max has an amazing backyard that goes up a hill and all the way over - over 100 acres of land which is pretty cool since I lack a backyard nevermind a lawn at home. I dragged little cousin Ryan to hike up the hill w me w the dogs.



The hike wasn't that bad as the dogs would help pull us up. I don't know how they find that energy because they went wilddddd!

Now, the scary part.

At one point, their neighbour's pitbull jumped over its fence and ran after us. I nearly died of shock&fear right there and then. It was accompanied by its accomplice - a chihuahua -.- We freaked out megaly SCREAMING for Uncle Max! Eventually, thank God that its owner eventually called it home. If not, I would have been dead meat fo sure.


Anyways, the view at the top is AMAZING! You see the whole of LA! Fine, a bit of a stretch there but dayum, I'd kill for a view like that. It was also pretty cool cos it links to the park a few streets down but that's another short hike.

check it outttt

Ryan & Tyson x

The hike down was rather scary because the dogs usually tug and run off but I kinda trained Nila to wait for me. I'd say GO and she would hike down and when I say STOP, she'd sit her ass down.

while Tyson just dragged Ryan down heehee.

They had a baby a while back but it was strange cos there was only ONE pup :( And he passed away after a week :( Hopefully, they'll get many puppies again before I visit!

such love :)

Nila gets scolded quite a bit because she digs holes all the time but she's really just looking for the pesky gophers at night. Also, she likes to swim but who could blame her? Summer is hot hot hot.

Shh, I didn't tell ;)

Oh how I miss them so!