The American Tale: Week 2 - National Day Special

Went to Downtown Bellevue earlier in the week.

Microsoft Building.

There was some Art Festival event happening right at the centre of town, so I went to check it out.

Some of the art pieces being displayed and sold.

Nothing much in Downtown Bellevue. Just lost of office buildings and departmental stores. And Bill Gates' house.

Downtown Seattle:
Gap building.

Banana Republic building.

Nike building.

And you thought only stupid kids in Singapore have fun by stomping their feet on the floor.

Jawbreakers. They're so big I have no idea how I'm supposed to stuff one of these in my mouth.

Live music in a departmental store.

People protesting on the streets. No idea why.

A busker in Seattle.


Some of the food I've been having for the past 2 weeks:
Some beef sandwich. With fries. And 3 different types of dips.

Chilli dogs that doesn't have any chilli or spiciness. Served with "steak fries", which are just really fat fries.

Yet another beef sandwich. Drowned in some really really good (but fattening) sauce.
Yet another beef sandwich, drowned in some high fat, high cholesterol, high sugar, high sodium sauce. Yummy.

The average American breakfast. 2 toast, 4-egg omelette, and hash browns. Portions so big, skipping lunch is normal. And so is having late dinners at 10pm.

Yet another average American breakfast. 4-egg omelette, 2 strips of bacon and 3 gigantic pancakes. Again, it's ok to skip lunch.

Some "authentic" chinese restaurant. Had to was the food in tea because everything was drownedi n teriyaki sauce.

Yay.

As requested by ST, the gun shop.

Sunsets.

Some sights to see on the way to school from my apartment:
Roadside flowers. So far I've not seen any cow grass yet, unlike in Singapore.

The occasional pimped out custom rides.

Trees, trees and more trees, Pine trees, Acorn trees and Maple trees everywhere.

The long river I have to walk along to reach school. According to residents here, spawning salmon can be seen swimming upstream between Sept and Dec.

Healthy lifestyle. Why run alone when you can run with your wife while pushing your kids?

More flowers.

Gigantic trees to block the strong winds, probably 6-7 storeys high. And yet more flowers.

More flowers, this time at the road junction. Makes me wonder why Singapore is called the Garden City when there's only cow grass.

Some random pics:
Spongebob and Hello Kitty.

hurx3

Me and dad freezing at 2pm.

It's National Day. I'm feeling patriotic. Away from home.
National flags flown high in the sky.

Mahjulah... oh wait. Nevermind.