Day 3 in San Francisco

Its our 3rd day in San Francisco. A sunny morning now @ 7.55am. I couldn't sleep at all last nite and thus wakeup early to surf the net and update my blog.

The gig that Gary came for is finally over. He is officially on holiday now. We went to Golden Gate Bridge & Fisherman's Wharf yesterday. Golden Gate Bridge is magnificient! Sometimes you really wonder how amazing man is, to create such wonders. Golden Gate Bridge is made to withstand earthquake cos San Francisco is an earthquake-prone place. Read on the news some time back that Golden Gate Bridge is also one of the aim that the terrorists have in mind too. *sigh*

Anyway its xmas eve yesterday and San Francisco is quiet, unlike in Singapore where we have countdowns in pubs etc. I guess Xmas to them is the time for family gatherings. Shops are closed early at 6pm. We had dinner at Fisherman's Wharf. The lobster is fantastic! Came back early cos everywhere is closed. Watched TV and chat online. What a way to spend my xmas eve!

Looking forward to shopping tomorrow cos there will be boxing sale everywhere! Its money spending time again!!!

The place where Lee Hom performed in San Francisco

San Francisco City Square

A big field in front of City Square - where you can see some vagrants sleeping. What a sight!

The Golden Gate Bridge

Me & Gary @ The Golden Gate Bridge

Me & Gary @ Fisherman's Wharf

Day 4 in Las Vegas

Its 4.30pm in Vegas and the sky is getting dark... I'm in my comfortable hotel room drinking Corona beer, listening to my favorite jazzy xmas songs & writing my blog.

Shop around Vegas for the past 2 days. Didn't really buy alot of things cos i'm waiting to shop in San Francisco on boxing day, where there be lots of sale. Getting around Vegas is easy. Juz buy a day pass and you can have unlimited rides on the monorail to bring you along the strip. I went to Harrah's Las Vegas, The Venetian, Fashion Show Shopping Mall, Las Vegas Hilton & Guitar Center (Yup, guitar center cos its a MUST GO place for Gary!).

Of all the themed hotels in Vegas, I love The Venetian most. Not for the accomodation cos i have never stayed there before. The most outstanding thing about this hotel is that it has got a man-made river inside, with a boat rider riding along the river and singing along the way. Also, they have this "streetsmosphere" thing, where there are man and woman dressed as police, soldiers etc standing like statues around the mall, but they are actually human being! Interesting!

Below are some pictures I have taken over the past 2 days:

A wide angle picture of the man-made river in The Venetian.

Streetsmosphere - A unique street performance in The Venetian

This is the indoor shot of a typical hotel cum shopping mall in Vegas. Note the articial sky. That's one of the unique thing about Vegas. Everything is man-made but it is done so nicely.

The Trump Building

Gary trying out one of the bass in Guitar Center

That'a all for today. Am going down to the casino to try my luck again before i go for Lee Hom concert at 8pm. Will be travelling to San Francisco tomorrow. Will update again soon!

Day 2 in Las Vegas

Touched down last nite after a long and seemingly never ending journey...

We stayed in MGM, the hotel where Gary will be performing. The room is marvelous!! We are on the 27th storey, had a king sized bed and a spacious bathroom! The bed is soooooo comfortable that I wokeup only at 12.30pm this morning!

Went for a quick lunch and Gary went for his rehearsal. I put on my coat and sunglass and walk down the strip of Las Vegas. Vegas is still the same - the sky is forever so blue, and the buildings are so beautiful. There is juz something here that makes Vegas such an attractive place. As i was walking down the strip, under the cold wind and bright sun, i heard the song "Let It Be" played from one of the hotel. Wow... I juz love Vegas!

Let It Be
Writer, lead vocal: Paul McCartney

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.

For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be.

I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

Went to one of the shopping mall. Talked to this French guy selling Sea Spa products. He asked me to try one of the scrub for hands and it was amazing! Well, i was closed by him to buy this hand scrub & a nail spa set. The nail spa set was very good and i decided to get it for my bah bah sistas too! Spent a total of US$91. Gosh, i shall never talk to salesperson again!!! Will be going to Gap, Victoria Secret etc tomorrow.. Its money spending time!

Below are some pics i took today. Will go down to the casino later and try my luck. Blog again, bye!!!

"MGM - the hotel where we are staying"

"New York New York - One of the themed hotel casino. Note the blue skies of Las Vegas ..."

Day 1 - Writing from Taipei

I am finally on my trip to Vegas and St Francisco! Already missing little Leo so much..

Me and Gary are in Taipei now. We are staying a nite here and catching the 4pm flight to LA tomorrow. The hotel we are staying is a typical "Hotel 81" kind and i hate it! Juz want to sleep and checkout tomorrow.

Its going to be a long journey tomorrow. Juz pray hard the flight will not be full so i can "chop" the 4 seats together one and sleep through the journey.

Will update my blog when i reach Vegas!

Little Leo ... Little Leo ... Little Leo ...

Little Leo Dance!

Yo, Genius Leo juz learnt how to roll over last week but now he already can dance! Check out now!

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Updated Pics of Little Leo

Little Leo is coming to 5 months and he is getting cuter! More smiles now and he interacts with us more. Below are his updated pics:

"He is able to roll over now and he loves rolling over whenever we place him on a mattress"

"This pic was taken on the day we brought him to shave his hair"

"Little Leo is our 开心果 Catch him in the right mood and he will charm you with all his smiles!"

"Little Leo with his Godma"

"Mother and son"

A True Story Of A Woman With HIV

Read a touching article in the latest issue of Her World. It is about this woman who contracted HIV from her husband.

This woman, known as Sheila, married her husband who is 30years her senior. The husband is not a Singaporean and work abroad most of the time. When he finally decided to apply for Singapore PR, he underwent medical checkup and realize he has HIV. Sheila tested postive to the disease too. Under Singapore law, the husband has to leave Singapore immediately, leaving Sheila with 3 young kids aged 2 - 8 years old.

I cried as i was reading the article. I felt so sad when i read the part on her not waking the children in the morning, cos she has no money to buy them breakfast and rather they sleep through the hunger. Another part wrote about how close her children is to her, especially the second child. When she is sick, the child will put her finger under Sheila's nose occasionally just to make sure she is alive...

"I have asked God for a little bit more time - juz five years more - so the youngest one will be older and able to take care of herself ... without her mummy ..."; "Everyday when i wake up, i thank God for giving me one more day to see the faces of my children because i dun know if it will be the last time i can do that." I can totally understand Sheila from a mother's point of view. It is so heartbreaking.

I pray that God will be with her and her children through these difficult times.

* Sheila has been fired from her job a few days after the interview was done for looking too sick to do her job well. Her employer doesn't know that she has HIV.

P/s: I managed to get the contact of this lady and am helping to collect contributions to aid her and her children. If you will like to help her, pls contact me asap as she needs to get school books for her children soon.