Author Archives: smurfy

Today, a CARH truck will be picking up any donation such as clothing, small appliances and/or furniture, etc. From time to time, we donate to CARH (http://www.carh-inc.org/donations.html). This morning, I placed some items for donation onto our street for the … Continue reading →

Today, my husband received the cast and crew credits for Cars 2. As a tradition, Pixar always have ‘Production Babies’ at the end of the credits. After adopting our son, we can finally add our child’s name in the credits. … Continue reading →

I can never forget where I was 10 years ago on Sept 11, 2001. It was the same week Nelson proposed to me. Nelson wanted me to take a week off from work. He didn’t want to tell me where … Continue reading →

After work, we headed to Fort Mason in SF to check out ‘off the grid’ (http://offthegridsf.com/) where a variety of foodtrucks from the bay area park and serve good food to very hungry folks like us. There were mexican, vietnamese, … Continue reading →

Yes some things should stay in Vegas, but there is one thing I can openly talk about. Since I love Phantom of the Opera, I did watch it again. In our Venetian room, there was this $40 discount card for … Continue reading →

We waited for our disembark number to be called until 9:45am. Before we left the ship, we ate our last breakfast on the ship at the Horizon Court (Deck 12). I always go to this same guy who makes my … Continue reading →

During our day at sea, we pretty much eat until we pass out. 🙂 The cruise ship is always packed with so much food. When I get home, I will weigh myself to see how many pounds I gained. After … Continue reading →

After sailing to Alaska, our last land trip was Victoria (named after Queen Victoria). In Victoria, we went to see a free guided tour at the parliament. Statue of Queen Victoria Inside the parliament building: Coat of Arms of British … Continue reading →

We arrived at Ketchikan about 11am. Boat leaves around 6pm. We just walked around from the wharf to their old historic district. Of course, I did some shopping too. The cruise provided us coupon books for Ketchikan and I got … Continue reading →

This is our boat’s first time docking at Haines. I think there were other cruise ships that docked there previously but this is pretty much Sea Princess’s first time going to Haines. At Haines, we walked around the old town … Continue reading →