Ladies Team Malaysia in Matthews, NC

I was in Matthews, NC over the weekend to help out dad and the Ladies from Team Malaysia at the USBC Women's Championship and Queens Tournament. Next to rooting for Team Malaysia, checking out the competition - the ladies and myself had a fun time hanging out together and we also managed to squeeze in a little TLC of a shopping spree at Charlotte's South Park Mall.

Team Malaysia in their 'tiger' uniforms (l-r) - Sofi, Shalin, Wendy, Esther, Poh Lai, Zandra & Sharon. Next picture you see the ladies ready for an afternoon of shopping - Dad and Coach Foong too.

Can you spot the non-bowler??!

Me & Dad

Happy Birthday Sis!!

I was away for the weekend... nonetheless,

a birthday celebration for Amelia was in full swing!
Happy (belated blog posting) Birthday to you Amelia!!!

Many happy returns of the day Amelia and a Happy Birthday!!
lotsa love,
XoXoX
Sharon, Michele, Sherene & Pete

Michael Buble's New Album - May 1st

Michael Bublé has a new album coming out. The new album, Call Me Irresponsible is scheduled for release on May 1st - I can't wait!! For Bublé fans, you have to check out the 'new' website, just click on the banner below.

If you're as excited as I am, and need to have a taste of his new songs...

check out Michael's latest released video for ‘Everything’.

* Don't forget to turn off the main blog music first :D

Turtle tales.. the BAO-Turtle family

Michele and I got pet turtles... a family of three baby red-eared slider turtles. Thanks to Bethany for getting them for us!! Before arriving at their new home, Chele and I were trying to name them and since Bethany didn't know what gender they were... we came up with the BAO Turtle family. We named all three turtles a particular BAO (bun), like the ones you get at Dim Sum places. And NO we are NOT considering them as food... but we thought it was cute!!

Therefore, let me introduce you to them.... (picture was captured as we let the Baos' explore our little garden)

Ling-Yong (mung bean) Bao-Turtle and Char-Siew (sweet bbq pork) Bao-Turtle

And the smallest in the family, Tau-Sar (red bean) Bao-Turtle

ASEAN GSA End of Semester Party

It's the second last weekend of classes and what a nice Friday evening it was to have members and friends come together for the ASEAN GSA end of semester party. Everyone enjoyed the food from Wegmans... you can't go wrong with Wegmans!! :P

Here are pictures from the party!

Gift from June, Kelvin and Tay family

Another gift arrived at our doorstep...

Sherene & Pete,
It's never too late to celebrate!
Congratulations!
With Warmest Regards,
Mr. & Mrs. Tay, Zheng Yang, June & Kelvin.

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A big THANK YOU to Mr. & Mrs. Tay, Zheng Yang, June & Kelvin for the gift and wonderful wishes.

It was a pleasant surprise for Pete and myself!

We can't wait to taste the wine and the accompanying snacks!

Thank you so very much!!

with love,

Sherene & Peter

Easter 2007

Here are pictures from Easter!!

Border cops recover 1,000 stolen wedding gowns

Bride-2-Bs... try camping out by the US-Mexico border in hopes of landing a nice wedding gown. Just make sure they are not already enroute to special causes/charity/benefits. :D

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PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. border police found 1,000 wedding gowns stolen from a cancer charity and crammed into a truck trying to get into Mexico, federal authorities said on Tuesday.

The donated dresses were on their way to Los Angeles to a fundraiser for the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation in November when they were stolen in Scottsdale, Arizona, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said.

Inspectors in southern Arizona recovered the dresses late last week when they inspected a tractor trailer that had been denied entry to Nogales, Mexico, by Mexican customs officials.

Police discovered the gowns, which have an estimated value of $3 million, and arrested the driver. It was not immediately clear if the driver was a U.S. or Mexican citizen.

Fran Hansen, co-founder and national director of the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation, thanked the border inspectors for recovering the missing frocks.

"When the call came in, I felt blessed beyond my wildest dreams," Hansen said. "I'd been praying for that moment for the past several months."

The charity receives donated wedding gowns, which it then resells, using the proceeds to grant wishes of women diagnosed with terminal breast cancer.

Wishes fulfilled by the charity include trips to Disneyland, ocean cruises, and funding reunions for separated family members, sources at the charity said.

Surprise from Claire

I came home from work today and this was lying by the front doorstep.
Thank you so much for wishes and the Gerberas' Claire!! They're beautiful!!!

It's official!!

Engaged!!

Happy Birthday Chin Khee!

Happy Birthday to you.... Happy Birthday to you....

Happy Birthday dear Chin Khee....

Happy Birthday to you!!!!

we miss you lots!!

lotsa love,

XoXoX

michele, sharon, amelia, sherene & pete

Jason's visit...

Jason's having a little holiday away from his work in Japan. He is here for a few days and then back to his hometown of Lincoln, NE for Easter weekend. He will be back in Buffalo for a couple more days before heading back to Japan. He is actually really tired, more like still jet lagged but he does look very 'upbeat' and cheerful in the pictures :D

Breakfast with June & Kelvin

It's moving weekend for June and lucky for me, I get to see her as she stops by in Buffalo to see her brother Zheng Yang and her dear high school friend... ME! :D Good thing she is not driving alone (Kelvin drove!!). Kelvin flew to Chicago to help June move to Boston where their new home awaits. We met up for breakfast and let the boys men get chummy with each other!

Dyeing Easter eggies...

Here's Pete and myself dyeing Easter eggs with the family...

I managed to keep my fingers clean this year.

No colored fingers for me!!! Hurrah!!

Happy Birthday Cappie!!

Happy birthday Laurence!!!
Many happy returns of the day....

and an adventurous new year ahead!

March Birthdays!!!

The month of March has plenty of birthdays as that of February... as that of every other months :P Here's a happy birthday wish greeting to...

Ashley Milizia (March 3rd)
Michele Tan (5th)
Alex Beasley (10th)
Trevor Torcello (10th)
Tam Nguyen (12th)
Ahmad Saleh (14th)
Jana Richtrova (15th)
Karyadi Kusumo (17th)
Steven Chandra (19th)
Mei Peng Cheong (19th)
Kerry Chan (20th)
Chi Yit Chew (23rd)
Yin Yin Yew (23rd)
Laurence Nash (24th)
Lynn May Ewe (25th)
Adrian Cheah (27th)
Esther Cheah (31st)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Trailer

More of Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Captain Barbossa, Davy Jones and crew. And a new face to the Pirates family, Chow Yun Fatt as Captain Sao Feng - the Pirate Lord of Singapore, captain of the Chinese ship The Empress. Let the countdown to May 25th begin!!!

Dancing cheek to cheek!

Dancing with the Stars is back on ABC and hooray to more ballroom dancing!! I am a rooting for Apolo Anton Ohno!! I know it's still the first week - so I should really let everyone enjoy the first round of dances for now!!

Oh and what a Bonus!! In the midst of Dancing with the Stars was the premiere of the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Trailer.

Traviata - Choruses of the Gypsies

**Don't forget to press stop (left panel of blog) on the current song - Glamorous

As interpreted by Coro dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia of Rome

The 300 (very buff and half-naked Spartans)

I was in Rochester at Pete's over the weekend and hung out with Weez and the Walter brothers over bottles of wine and accompaniments. Chele was in San Diego for worked therefore missing yet another Walter brothers activity. The following day (Sunday), Pete and I went to see the 300 - it's about 300 Spartan warriors fighting against Persian enemies.

I watch all kind of movies, but I don't really care for horror flicks because the "pyscho" sound effects just makes me annoyed rather than jumpy. Secondly, I am not one for being the first to the theatre to see real war movies. However, I do enjoy a great fighting/battle epic movie with all those guts and gore spilling out from every corner. I like seeing heads chopped off, blood splashing everywhere and this was a good movie in keeping me entertained and anticipating for the body part to be slashed off.
***gory Sher!!

The 300 was based on a graphic novel and the effects are amazing. To sum up the entire movie in a few words, fighting from the start to the end.
From my personal point of view... if you girls (and guys as well) want to see plenty of extremely buff built (6-packs, buns and all) semi-naked, diaper looking short shorts wearing; flowy, red cape wearing, sword & giant circular shield carrying and metal trojan/spartan helmet adorning their head = this is the movie to see! Let me re-emphasize the semi-nakedness of all the Spartan men!! And to quote King Leonidas, "This is SPARTA!!!"

I won't reveal too much more of the movie, you should go see it for yourself.