Missouri trip

Some delayed pictures of my trip to Missouri two weeks ago.
We were in three cities: Carthage and Joplin on the first day; and St. Louis on the second and third day. It was a fun trip, somewhat boring during the first day because we stayed in Carthage a little bit for Marian day and didn't know what to do -___-; not until like 8, or 9pm when the concert including Paris by Night singers started. Second day was soo hot and we spent like the entire day visiting the Gateway Arch. It was okay, pretty on the outside but had nothing to do once you are inside. The cruise felt long and pointless in a way, because there was nothing to see really, unlike my trip to Chicago last year, lol. I got so tanned because of this trip though, hehe... On the third day we made a trip to visit Vietnamese Alliance Church in St. Louis and got a chance to talk to their new pastor, he was so hillarious and kind :). We didn't make it to the Botanical Garden until like after 1pm. Because of time constraint we only spent like 2 hours at the Garden but there was so much to see. Our plan of leaving St. Louis at mid-morning was totally ruined, hihi. If we had more time, I totally would have loved to visit either World of Fun or Ocean of Fun, or maybe Six Flags for some fun rides. However, visiting was good enough. At least this trip took me off some stress from working and summer school this summer. Another good thing, we spent very little this time, yahoo!!! Cheap trip is always a bonus, right right? :)

Goodbye...

If only I could say... goodbye.
I said goodbye to a dear friend today.
I knew within my heart that I will be about to say goodbye to something else too.
But for now, I just can't do it.
Feel like I'm running in place a lot.

I just saw Hayley's comet, she waved
Said why you always running in place?
Even the man in the moon disappeared
Somewhere in the stratosphere

Second Chance

By: Shinedown

It's happening again...

This is how I'm feeling; all the heavy baggage on my back that makes me feel like dropping it all... The question is, should I or should I not? Or what is it that I should leave behind to keep on moving forward? What bad things are keeping me so frickin' exhausted in life?

Translations:
- You idiot! You're gonna starve if you keep up like this. Just eat fer krissakes!
- No way... I still have to lose 3 more kg...

Fortunately, that image above really helped lighten up my mood a little ^^. Still, a solution is needed right now... Ahhh, my head is about to burst T^T.

Ahh, I love the smell of cooking...

This afternoon after church and eating out with my family, I went straight home and started cooking right away, which is so rare of me. The last time I really cooked something was around more than half a year ago, lol XD. So this time it was such an experience. I made the soup as you can see below, and two more dishes for my brother to take with him to Omaha tomorrow and for my dad to eat the day after as well.


This is really yummy, heheh and healthy too :). The ingredients are as follow: dice carrots, corns, petit pois, imitation crabmeat, real crabmeat, chicken, shrimps, quail eggs; all put together in a chicken soup base with 2 beaten eggs stirred in at the end.

... and I finally started the Book Thief!! It's really good so far :D. And uhm, after two weeks trying to eat less and working a hella lot more, I lost 8 lbs already now, yay ^^!!!!