Times Flies...

Time does fly regardless of where you are.

It has been an eventful week with Chinese New Year over in Singapore and President Day here in US. We had a long weekend which also coincides with the CNY holidays in Singapore.

My day started on Friday. There was an CNY event to celebrate CNY and also to exchange cultures with the Americans. To me, the dinner was a boring affair but it was a good gathering with friends whom we don't get to see everyday.

For Saturday, we ended up going to Twin Falls and all the way up to Carson City, Neveda. So much for all the many different plans that were talked about like going to Utah, Portland, skiing, etc.

It was a rather scenic experience since being here and I did enjoy myself although I must say, we could have foregone the trip to Carson City. Well at least I managed to buy a magnet that represented the city for my mother in law who collects magnets.

Sunday which is also Valentine's Day, was spent having dinner at our place with a group of close pals and we had our typical CNY-styled dinner, which is steamboat followed by a playstation session for the guys and a short mahjong session at another friend's place.

I feel that it is gatherings like these which draw us closer especially the wives since we only know each other when we took the flight together to US.

Monday was spent with Adrian and I going to Bruneau Sand Dunes Park in the early afternoon. I won't say that it was an exciting place to go when I saw that they were just typical sand dunes. But it was beautiful view when I climbed up to almost the top of one of the dunes. I think that's where the enjoyment is. Making the effort to climb and you get rewarded by the beautiful scenery. Of course if we had some equipment or during summer, we could also be tobogganing down those dunes.

At the end of it, I found myself enjoying the afternoon and also the time spent with Adrian. I thought it was pretty surprisingly romantic when he climbed up the dunes and wrote Jeannie love AC. It was a rare sight for me as I had never really seen him doing anything remotely romantic so far.

The evening of Monday ended with dinner at another friend's day followed by 2 games of Guesstures. It was really funny to see the other side of them and I thought they were pretty supporting and accommodating to the gals' request of playing the game. In short, I believe guys have their sweet side. They just refuse to portray that as they don't want to tarnish their macho images.