Ok I take it back!

I take it back! I *heart* Chinese Food! After our terrible Chinese Food experience, we went out with our local pal Carol and had not 1 but 2 incredible authentic Chinese meals. They were DISH DELISH. So I take it all back, thank you Carol!!!

Singapore update-bullet style

Just finished our show in Singapore, and now its the weekend and time to pack in some fun before we leave on Sunday. We have worked hard, and now its time to play! Here's a few things we have done so far:

• Diving with Sharks. YES-we really did swim with sharks. I wasn't actually that afraid of the shark part, but of the scuba part as I've never done it. It was amazing!
• Fish Reflexology-Tiny little Turkish fish that live in the Amazon chewed dead skin off our feet (see the pic)-SO weird.
• Ate fish balls. They were delicious.
• Drank a $30 martini. I can't say it was worth it-but there...I did it.
• Decided that I don't actually like authentic Chinese food. I thought I did-but apparently, I don't.
• Got a strange bug bite. Its big, red-I can only imagine what the bug looked like.
• Was stalked by a flock of Peacocks.
• Found out that not ALL cats in Singapore are gigantic, in fact they are tiny. I must have saw an extraordinary large cat the first time.

Tonight we are having dinner with a local friend, she is going to introduce us to Chili Crab-which is a local favorite, along with the dreaded Durian fruit. I hear you either love it or hate it-so we'll see!

Tomorrow we are going hiking to see Monkeys, and hopefully do a little shopping. I'll keep you posted!

10 interesting things I've learned about Singapore in 4 days

So Marcie and I are in Singapore for work, and it's spectacular! Here are 10 things I've learned in the past couple days that makes Singapore interesting...I'm sure we'll discover more in the next 5 days we are here onsite!

1. TV shows start on the 15's not on the hour or 30's.

2. Their cats are huge. Regular domestic cats are gigantic here in Singapore.

3. The downtown is built entirely on fill. SCARY SHERRY.

4. Hotel room bathrooms do not have regular outlets that you can even use an adapter with-only shaving outlets which...only take shavers.

5. This is a service town. There is a service for everything. I can't even walk to the elevator by myself, push the button myself, let alone go to the bathroom without someone propping the door open for me. I could get used to this :)

6. We have discovered that we do not like real Chinese food. We thought we did, but we don't. We tried and failed...BUT-the Indian food has been out of this world AMAZING.

7. You thought Bellevue had a lot of cranes-well Singapore has more cranes in a mile than all of Washington state combined I swear.

8. MALLS-there are a ton of malls. There must be as many malls in Singapore as there are Starbucks in Seattle.

9. Scuba-Scuba Diving here actually occurs in an Aquarium. You physically scuba dive in a giant aquarium like at Sea World. There are sharks, dolphins, fish, turtles, rays etc. Marcie and I are going to check it out this weekend!

10. Karaoke-omg. If you like karaoke then you need to come to Singapore because it's pretty much the thing to do. I heard an interesting version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" followed by a rousing round of "Footloose."

Ok I totally need this...

http://www.wikihow.com/Hire-a-Bodyguard

Just in case you were wondering...

I HATE when I do that!

If there is one thing I hate, its when I forget my little restaurant to-go box on the table. That is exactly what I did tonight. Mike and I went out for pizza, Flying Pie pizza no less. We each had 2 pieces and saved the rest for a delicious lunch. We EVEN SAID to ourselves..."lets not forget our pizza on the table!" And what did we do...we walked out without it. UG. I think it had something to do with the fact that immediately after we finished gorging ourselves on zah, we said "hey lets go to Coldstone!" The thought of a bowl of wonderful ice cream clouded my mind, and I carelessly left the pizza on the table. Such a bummer for my stomach.

Pet Hair is my thing.

Pet hair drives me nuts, and trust me-I see plenty of it.

Here's a helpful little article on "How to Remove Pet Hair." Seems obvious-but there are some great tips!

http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Pet-Hair

If you really want to avoid the pet hair problem before it's covering your clothes-check this out! The Furminator! I'm seriously considering investing in one of these bad boys.

http://www.furminator.com/

Tango is addicted!

My dog Tango is OBSESSED with this red ball. She has it in her mouth 24 hours a day. She sleeps with it, she goes outside with it, she barley puts it down to eat. She has this ball in her mouth ALL DAY LONG. The other issue-is that it is a squeaky ball, she she is constantly squeaking it. It's cute-but its driving me batty!

Dixie likes to steal it from her-this makes Tango insane! She also loses it under the couch just about every 10 minutes and then goes on a rampage running around the couch, barking at it, whining until I get under the couch and retrieve it for her. Isn't SHE the retriever?

Here's a pic of her taking a nap-she doesn't even put it down to nap!

The Perfect Cup of Tea

I'm still a little bit sick, and my dogs are driving me bonkers tonight so thought I'd enjoy a cup of tea and relax.

Funny enough there was this link living on my home page so thought I'd share :)

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Tea

I have to say-I thought I knew how to make a good cup of tea, but I didn't know about the Tea Cozy...

Why its good to live/work in Seattle...

Taken with my camera phone (sorry-bad quality!) outside my office. Even though it's been raining and awful for 2 weeks-this day makes it all worth it.

When Daddy's away...

I travel a lot-and I can ONLY imagine what is going on in my house while I'm out. Here's a snapshot of what goes on in my house when Mike is gone :)

The dogs have become quite accustomed to sleeping on the bed.

When I go upstairs to go to bed, they lay sweetly on their dog beds on the floor as if they will be there all night. Sometimes they even start snoring the second they lay down-like they fell asleep immediately! As I get in bed their little head's raise up, and the second I pull the covers over myself and lay my head on the pillow-BAM, they are on the bed like lightening.

They are spoiled rotten little doogs but I love them! I hope I can break them of this habit.

BTW-the ball in Tango's mouth is driving me nuts. She is OBSESSED with squeaking it ALL the time.

Also-the picture quality isn't the best-darn phone camera.

Welcome to the Quah!

People say moving is like child birth. You do it, it's painful, and then when the dust settles you forget all of the hard work you put into it. I can't say that I've forgotten about that part yet, as we just moved last weekend-but things are coming along. Mike and I moved from Mercer Island to Issaquah to a great house. It's tiny, it's cute-but we love it. It's definitely suburbia...I think Mike said something like "It's like Martha Stewart threw up Pleasantville." The move was tough-combining two households is an art and to top it off, Mike left town 3 days after we moved. So the dogs and I have slowly but surely been getting things put back together. Watch for the housewarming invite soon!

Poor Little Doog!

Poor little Dixie Lea had surgery this week. She had 5 teeth extracted and her little mouth is so sore! She's doing fine, and so is momma... :)