Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Start of school term

Well, 29 sep was the 1st day of school..besides the customary welcome, we encountered some mixup with 1 module on integration project..basically 7 of us were assigned to a lecturer who was not teaching at all.
Anyway this has been resolved today..

Attaching a screenshot frm class

Ebay purchases !!!

Have been racking up around $200++ on video game n comic purchases from ebay ..haha ..more to come!

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Supper for me - prepared by liam

Toasted n spread by my Boy !
My share is the piece on the left while his is on the right

Kids having fun

Liam and calista having fun at the la mesa playgrd

Afternoon siesta

Taking a nap in our room ..

Morning visit to the commissary

Enjoying a cuppa while shopping for groceries

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Porridge lunch - cooked by Jerine

Tofu porridge :)

Pizza breakfast

Went for a 5km run in morning

Followed by pizza breakfast with william

Friday, September 26, 2014

Lunch at In & out Burger

1st time eating at this "infamous" burger joint

Verdict - not too bad, the burger bun was baked to a crispy feel , n patty + sauce was delicious . Fries were kinda raw, unlike those "nice refined" cuts like macdonalds.. quite tasty .
Quite interesting tat they had only 3 burger types in their menu ...must b quite confident tat the business can b sustained just based on 3 burger types

Milk shake (chocolate) was nice..thick n creamy .
All 3 of us enjoyed..slurp .. 😜

Gilroy shopping (round 2)

Went to gilroy premium outlet for another round today. Shopped at nike, cotton on , adidas , crabtree... grabbed a few more deals ..haha

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Children having a whale of a time

Kids enjoying themselves after the dinner

Director tdsi visit

Had to attend school today due to director visit ...kinda waste of time , cause the whole event is just geared towards his presence .
Is there a point ?

Siam the brief n  relaking at starbucks

Dinner at la novia room (hermann hall nps) - liam n calista enjoying themselves

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Nice steaming noodle dinner by jerine

Thanks love!

Jerine's soup making

Preparing soup base with use of ikan bilis

Lunch - 99 cents pizza

Bought this 99 cent triple meat pizza frm commissary ..nice !
Cheap lunch

Grocery shopping at commissary

Great prices..better than walmart.
Spent about $84 here buying a variety of stuff

Liam's practice day at ryan ranch

Today's liam's 1st day at ryan ranch school , which is actually a practice session.

The experience was good - liam seemed interested n was able to blend into the learning environment.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Lunch at japanese restaurant at seaside

Had 2x bento set lunches ..not too bad ..total at $24

Visit to walmart

Spent $327 buying items for house setup n groceries

Moving out of hilton n putting up at william's place

Checked out of hilton today ...the total bill was a hefty $1345 .. inclusive of this-n-that taxes... quite a drain on finances

Moved into william's place.. main challenge was having to move all the luggages frm place to place... but in the end we made it !

Subsequently went to walmart n spent $327 on groceries - another sum expended

But at least all's settled for now .till we get our own place on 6 oct

Monday, September 22, 2014

Quiet day today

Today was kinda quiet..as compared to previous 2 days when we chionged to gilroy n san fran

Mainly stayed at hotel
Went to william's place at la mesa to see see look look
Bought beer at nex
Had dinner with mates at william's place

Hilton @ monterey

Last 2nd day at hilton..thought of capturing some pics of the facade

Nice cosy lounge area with a real fireplace

And a coffee corner tat offers brewed starbucks coffee ..almost everymorning drop by to "kop"  a cuppa 😜🍵