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Dang it! Entry dates got screwed up again. Please look under "Wednesday August 22 2007" after the Quebec photos for photo updates of UNC!!! like FINALLY!!!!!

stay at Aunt's place - more food than anything else!

dim sum galore!
but I still miss S'pore's dimsum
cookies baked by my cousin's neighbour, Daniel. DAMN DELICIOUS!!China Buffet, a Chinese restaurant, buffet style
desserts! *yum*
'eat-all-you-can' sushi!

its really quite delicious! they have 'special' sushi, one of the best I've eaten.

salad!
random chinese food.
buffet really makes you overeat :(

This is St Thomas More Church and St Thomas More Elementary School (which is expensive)
Its the nearest church to my Aunt's place in Chapel Hill


omelets made by Grace and I one morning! :) not too pretty, but owell, its homemade!
some cute shape sugar coated cookie thingy we saw at this attas shop
they have the wedding version too!
look at the rows and rows of MEAT! tell me, how not to grow fat?
Souper Salad! DAMN delicious! (buffet too!)
Cici's Pizza (buffet as well)

this is the wrapper of a chocolate bar. they are all phrased in a suggestive manner, its so cool!
dark chocolate

another dark chocolate.

see what I mean by suggestive? its so creative!something wrong with my camera. But its designed to look like some medicine cover
Shakespeare chocolate! How cool is that?
raspberry flavour
*note* It's not for girls! Wanna know why? Cos it has like 600+ calories! Can you imagine??ROWS AND ROWS OF JELLY BEANS! all flavours!

this is a picture taken on the public bus (which is free for internal rides around Chapel Hill) see that string across the window? You pull it to stop the bus, instead of pressing a bellthis is what I meantthis is an upclose shot of the string you pull to ring the bell

the neighbourhood of my Aunt's house. Daniel and my cousin, Anthony walking Daniel's dog.
look at the flowers and the trees! So pretty! Its a pretty and foresty neighbourhood :)
our morning walks/jogsmy Aunt's house. Can you spot Daniel and Anthony?the sun is rising. it has an enchanted feel :)beautiful isn't it? nature is God's wonderful creation :)

HongKong Buffet (yes, buffet again)

this is Daniel. and what he is holding in his hand is a fortune cookie dipped in ice-cream (the american way, as he calls it)

my fortune in the fortune cookie! how apt :)
Daniel and my Aunt's family
My Aunt's family and I (left to right) Uncle, Aunt, Anthony, Grace, Myself

i ate so much, you wouldn't believe it. typical Singaporean. *sigh*
they had crab, sushi, and basically rows and rows of FOOD!
some egg soup
greedy Anthony who loves ice cream. heh

we had pizza one day, after watching The Simpsons in the nearby theatre

So after trying to keep to my diet during the East Coast trip I basically binged when I reached North Carolina. My Aunt brought me to so many restaurants, all of which are buffet style. So sinful! My week at my Aunt's place was packed with activities. I watched The Simpsons, went to Malls, went swimming, went for morning jog/walks, did laundery (handwashing is hard work man!), cooked meals, went to restaurants, went for mass, watched DVD at my cousin's neighbour (James') place with homemade popcorn (typical American!), went on many walks and tours/trips around the neighbourhood, taking their public transport (which is free of course), visited my Aunt and Uncle at their shops, helped my Aunt at her shop, went grocery shopping at Target, Walmart, Asian Market, Harris Teeter and many more, took lots of free sample food (typical Singaporean again) and lots of other stuff which my memory fails me. I really enjoyed the week getting to know North Carolina Chapel Hill better because it helped me a great deal when I started school at UNC. I also learnt alot during this time about American culture and got to know my cousins much better. :)

Thousand Island and Montreal

at a Vietnam Restaurant
shared between my cousin and I
Anthony's beef noodles
my 'lassi' drink. very delicious!
a variety of coffee beans!

church

just so you know, we're in Montreal!
view from the top
it was a vending machine for all kinds of chocolate drinks! *salivates* a pity we didn't have canadian currency with us
the dome of the stadium

'hello' in difference languages
view from the top
view of the stadium from the tower

olympic size swimming pool
diving pool


each part of the olympic sign has special significance
view of the dome from the bus


model of the stadium
this is a painting of St Joseph church. looks like a photo I took, doesn't it?

statue of Mother Mary
St Joseph Church - the largest church in America I think?

it reads: Saint Joseph Du Mont Royal

the church was gigantic, tall and looming
interior of the church


another painting

view of ST Joseph from the bus

DIY hotdogs! rows of different sauces for you to put on your hotdog *yum*
statue of Terry Fox
the top of the buildings are designed like castle tops. beautiful isn't it?

I love the buildings in Montreal. They are so old, grand and beautiful

See the lady in the hat? She's a member of the Falungong. She was displaying pictures of abuses committed by the government towards the members of Falungong as a form of publicitycan you see the flame in the water? amazing isn't it?
it took alot of patience for me to capture this picture. I had to wait for the butterfly to open its wings and take a shot before it closes

these silly birds were crossing the roads as though their grandfather owns it

some performance by the native red indians

fruits! our breakfast at the restaurant at thousand island

these pictures are of the thousand island, a rich men's playground as I term it, where the rich build holiday houses on the many islands, hence the name "thousand islands" the houses are beautiful, some built to look like castles, holiday inns/resorts etc.

taken from the boat we were in

taken from the boat, hence blurry images