the boots

We went to Renton a couple weeks ago to meet with Bill's classmate, Adonus.Stop by the Western wear shop and I drooled over a cowboy boots.
We came back today, get some pho (mad good !), and this is what happened :


We saw these :

and these :

Pretty !

and bring this home :)

details

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Happy Halloween !

1st Halloween.
Excited !


Halloween Potluck Party at Seni's house, Oct 30, 630pm.
With photo booth !!!


I showered around 3pm, and get my hair done.
I want to make it curl, without curling irons 
So I did this :

I leave my damp hair like that for almost 2,5 hours, and I point hairdryer on it ever once in a while. In the end I got hardcore and point it for almost 10 mins. My head feels burn. 


I put on my costume :

I put on some more make ups :

*sorry for bathroom as the background T__T*

Then we leave to Seni's house.

With Laksa Betawi that we bring with us for the potluck.

Seni set up a photo booth, and we took some pictures.

Here are pictures from the party (all photos below are courtesy of the Jehnsen-Yang family)

Husband & I

With Seni, ready to eat !

Ultra Cute Baby Ren as Dragon & Ethan as Monkey

Shower Puff giving some bath to Bronze Lady 

Joysha & Russel

Group Photo 

A lots of Husband & I

Alice got kissed by Super Mario !

Alice !

Super Mario

Alice in the (not so) Wonderland

Gotta <3 my husband ;p

It was a fun party.

And I like halloween !

one day out !

No school for today + nice weather = perfect for a trip to downtown Seattle.

I took the bus around 12pm and get off at the Westlake station on my own.

Bill is busy with work + school, so I got on my independent mood and wander around the city.

It was nice, and actually I was walking almost the whole time, except when I ate my lunch for 30 mins.

I get pho for lunch and it was tasty.

I wander around Nordstrom, Macys, Old Navy, Pike Place Market, and lots of other different stores, because I am on my own.

No one will complain if I keep on going in and out the store :D

I saw a lots of stuff, and problem is it makes me wants to buy buy buy buy !!!

Such a consumptive mind.

But I'll hold it. 

I'd rather to get a cowboy boots ! Yiihaaaa !

Drooling over the cowboy boots every time.

Halloween is coming soon, I'll make sure I make a post about my 1st Halloween.

Then comes thanksgiving, I'll try to make a post about that too.

Then My BIRTHDAY !!!

and Christmas.

Presents !

Brachioradial Pruritus

YES, it is a real word !!

And it is :

A condition characterized by itching, burning and other sensations of the skin on one or both arms. 

The skin has no visible evidence of the skin unless the patient causes damage to the skin due to scratching or rubbing. 

The condition results from nerve damage.

It is believed that in some cases the condition arises from nerve damage due to excessive sun exposure. Thus the outer parts of the arm (which tend to receive more sun) tend to be more affected than the inner parts of the arm.

Symptoms :

Burning skin sensation on arms

Itching skin on arms

Altered sensation on skin on arms

Treatment :

No cure found yet, but ice pack and cooling lotion seems to be effective.

And, you are just reading about me.

I believe I have this.

And I have experienced the itch, mostly on my upper arm, since I came back from San Fransisco, early September.

I remember on the way to SF, I got burned in the car, and got brutally exposed to the sun when we watch the baseball game in Oakland.

I have done my part, put a big amount of sunscreen, but apparently, I have abused my skin too much, and damaged the nerve.

And now I have to pay the price.

Good thing that I have a mild case, so I feel itch when its too hot in my arm.

I read that some people need medication to survive the torture.

Thus lately I start to wear less clothes to sleep. I used to wear long sleeves pajamas, but now I changed to shorts and shirts.

It doesn't hurt, but its uncomfortable.

Because now when I feel heat, then I feel itch in my arm (and sometimes on my thighs)

Earlier, I will get itch all over my body, especially the front part of my body, because that part got exposed too much to the sun (and too long too, 1 whole baseball game)

Picture from the day which I think starts the damage of my nerve :

baseball game at 130-300pm.

Luckily till today I haven't scratched myself to bleed.

Hopefully never.

I promise I will treat my skin better.

I hope miracle happen and I don't need to live with this for the rest of my life.

Things Bill do :

• re-charge my tooth brush
• take me to places
• tuck me under the blanket
• big hug anytime
• move me from his office bed to our bed when I was sleeping (yes, he carried me like a monkey)
• always ask about my day
• supportive in most things
• sweet kisses before we go to bed
• fix my computer

Regardless the difference between us, or how often we find annoyed each other,

I am thankful that we are together.

"As long as we're together, that's all that matters"

Xoxo

German Town, Leavenworth

There is a tourist destination at Leavenworth, called German Town.

A town, modified so it looks like a little town in Germany.

I went there with Seni and her family, and some of her other friends.

It was a beautiful sunny day, a little bit cold, but really nice.

It takes about 2 hours to get there.

And here are some pictures from the trip :

Seni, Ethan and me 

October fest, beer ! 

I drank that amount of beer on my mug 

LUNCH !

Baby Ren with the GIRLS !

Me, Seni, Vanessa, Yuka

Victorian Royal Family.... LOL

Too bad Bill cant come due to the load of study that he have to do.

Or else, the trip will be so much more fun.

Thank you for everything, ppl !

science class

This is my first quarter, back in school since 2008.

I am taking science classes, bio and chem, and never in the history of my life, I study this much !
And learn as much as well.

This time I attend the class, I listened, I review, I do exercise, and I actually understand it.
Instead of memorizing.
And it feels great.

In Bio we learn so much about cells and genes, and genetic information, and genetic disorder.
and its great (and kinda scary in some ways)

Learning about genetic disorders makes me wants to take out some eggs and just freeze it, and safe it till the time to have baby.
The risk of having baby with down syndromes is high if you are under 20years old and over 35 years old.
Better to make babies now, woman ! or else, make sure u get amniocentesis test.

IT is because the control system on the cell reproduction cycle tends to become bad as you are older.
Thus if something goes wrong in your cell (and baby are made from cell !) and during the cell division, it can just pass through the checkpoint.
And you may have a baby with some problem.

If your checkpoint is still good, working very well, the chance is that you will have miscarriage, if you have a baby with genetic problem.
This is just the way of nature to make sure that the baby that is being born is generally healthy, and will be able to survive.

So, should I safe some eggs ?

October 11, 2010 is a special day

October 11, 2010
6.30am

Alarm goes off.
Reaching for my phone, to snooze it.
As usual, some notifications are there.
Unlock phone
Go to BBM
Dad's : asking you to receive a picture

BABY  !!

Awake, eyes opened.

"This must be my nephew !!"

And it is !!

I have a NEPHEW !
Cedric Maximilian Lukman
October 11, 2010
3.1 kg, 49cm
healthy
and loud

Now Bill & I have 2 immediate nephews, Grant and Cedric.

My days starts in a really good way.

My parents are grandma and grandpa.

How wonderful !

We share this

Husband and I share this : 

And when you open the zipper 

If you take the cover off, it looks like this :

(do you have any idea what this thing is ?? :D )

Without lid, the thing reveal it self !

And it has a lots of containers too....

Open the Container, and this is what you will find :

LUNCH !!!!

Today's lunch :

Grape, salad, rice with chicken, minestrone soup

 

Cool lunch box called Mr Bento from Zojirushi !!

This lunch box keep your hot food hot, and keeps the cool one cold.

So we can eat healthy and fresh food everyday :)

Plus, nothing spilled :D

The soup was still hot as I packed it this morning at 7.30

Rice is still warm, salad still fresh, and so does the grapes !

We planned to buy another one of this.

So both of us can have one.

It cost some money, but if we use it 10 times, it paid off.

And in the long term, it cost less money than buying lunch everyday  :)

thank you, husband

I was really bummed last night,
I throw tantrum 
and when I did, it is ugly.
I stomp my feet on the ground, and was really mad,
and challenging any words come from husband's mouth


But husband is there.
and just listen.
then he cheered me up.


Thank you, Bill
I love you <3

2 weeks of school + 1st exam !

I've been in school for two weeks.
I think in the last 2 weeks, I've been study much more than 3 months of school at Indo.
I find myself in the library a lot of time, and still occupied with my book at home and in the bus.
Bill said "ease up with the study, girl!"
But I can't.

I am so concern about this school, and I want to make sure that I'll do good.

I have a study group, as I wrote in the previous post, her name is Morgan.
Last Thursday we spent so much time together, studying for our first exam.
We study from 2pm - 8pm.

And Friday came !
We met early in the morning, and study some more.
Test starts at 10.40, the first one is Bio, followed by Chem,

I was really nervous with the Bio test, because I didn't feel confident about my bio (all those organelles!).
And I feel pretty good with the Chem (I mean, I felt like I know what to do with the math)

Result is back today, and I scored 87% on Bio and 85.9% on Chem.

Pretty good, but not as good as I expected, which means that I should study harder !