It's almost Halloween

And it seems our room is getting creepier. A few days ago, I woke up in fright - as if someone was pressing me down on the bed. My sister suggested it might have been due to the stress of moving... maybe. I guess I have to take her psychoanalysis very seriously. But yes, it has been a stressful two weeks before and now after the move. Will it get better soon? By God's grace yes.

Anyway, some friends have been asking me on Facebook (what's that? You ought to jump off the 6th floor)... what is this new toy? Well... some of you know what a gadget geek I can be, and how hopelessly lost I am without a GPS. My Garmin 10X finally arrived with Fedex Ground shipping on Monday. And now, after installing the North American maps, I don't feel so lost. Especially when it comes to finding places to fill my hungry tummy.

Affordable meals are such rare commodities, for example, SUBWAY!!!

We spend a good evening trying to put up some scary shit for Halloween tomorrow (or today if you live in Singapore). You'll be amazed at how much a dollar store can bring fun. Anyway, I'll have a line-up of pictures for tomorrow to show. So stay tuned!

It's turning colder now, and while I listen and pray with the song "Brother Sun Sister Moon", I think about what life is in simplicity. A joy so hard to find that perhaps needs a lifetime to find. Alas, it is almost midnight. But before I put my head to rest, to the friends I love and cherish so much, I want to wish you Jesus. :)

It's the weekend!

Here's a picture of the Airbus A380 in our living room. It's a 1:200 scale model of the mammoth plane that I bought on my way to Candyland. At first, I was rather disappointed that the model wasn't made of die-cast material, and almost wanted it refunded or exchanged for die-cast models instead. But... it ain't so bad after all. It's made of solid wood with optional landing wheels that you can choose not to attach. And did I mention? The turbines actually turn. The only thing I don't like about it is the flimsy wings made of plastic. The vertical fins at the wing tips are extremely fragile. I chose to angle the aircraft in mild ascent and banking right.

Here's another little collection I'm making. The Royal Canadian Mint has issued series of quarters (25 cents) to commemorate the Winter Olympics to be held in Vancouver in 2010. So far I've got the "Biathlon" only. Many more to keep an eye for.

We went for our grocery shopping spree today! And look at the pile of junk we loaded in the CRV. SF's going to have a good week searching out her different recipe books and websites.

The early morning weather also permitted a long distance snapshot of Mount Baker, USA.


And it was really difficult after a night of fun and games at home. That's us in the living area, squinting at little characters running around tennis courts avoiding tennis balls and chasing pineapples.

And yes, I took an updated picture of the house today. Still looks very much the same, with the maple leaves turning red already. The past few days we had temperatures associated with winter... will the season come early again like it did last year?


Ok... FB's going to sleep soon... ciao.

It's almost a week!

First, a big thank you to all my dear friends who went down to send us off last week. The wife and I are now safe and sound in Coquitlam, enjoying the cold mountainous air! As I'm typing this, the temperature outside is 4 deg Celsius. That's really strange considering that it has been rather sunny today.

I haven't been out to take much photos recently since it has been raining practically everyday. Some have requested to know where we're living... so here's the pretty little picture I took almost a year ago. It still looks very much the same though.

Photo Moment (1) The house.


The flight was okay. In fact, I think I'm getting really used to flying long distances like that. So if any of you wish to sponsor me a return ticket to Singapore, please feel free to do so. I know how much you guys want me back in Motherland to make your life so very miserable. We flew for almost 6 hours before arriving in Korea, and remain in transit for another hour. We managed to catch good tail winds of nearly 300 km/h, thus arriving ahead of schedule with only 10 hours of flight time.

During this time, I got to watch:

1. License to Wed
2. Pirates... the third one I think
3. Simpsons... yucks!
4. Die Hard the fourth... yeah... kill'em all!
5. Evan Almight... hilarious. But so touching that I almost cried.
   

Photo Moment (2) The trip out of Inchon (Seoul Korea) was very bumpy all the way into Vancouver. As you can see, I could predict the weather!!!


Photo Moment (3) Checking out the neighbours! We had some problems with the kids next doors. They throw balls and firecrackers at our house. But... my sister managed to reason with them amicably, and it seems that they've wised up. I'm looking forward to Halloween next week so that we can take one more step closer.


Photo Moment (4) Also a year old photo... of our apple tree. It's blooming with fruits now, but seems diseased to me.


Okay, that's all folks - for now. There's probably more to say, but then, Blogs aren't always conducive for personal thoughts. As always, my email box is open. I won't be using Facebook too much now. So if you guys want to reach me, best do it through email.

I'll leave this one last photo that I really like very much. For those who really know Fuzziebrain, you might see why.

Photo Moment (6) How to describe this one? It's my favourite, and had a very poignant feeling when I took this picture.


Fuzziebrain signing off...

Teaching in Secondlife

A buddy of mine just showed me the wonderful stuff he's doing on Secondlife. He conducted an online session for his students at SMU. Here are the screens he took earlier, enjoy!


Btw, he's a "she" in SL. Don't ask me why!

Straw poll: Would you learn more in a fun environment?