Dear all,

 It's been a long time since I typed my xanga! Today is Mother's Day in Hong Kong, my sister and I are planning to surprise our mommy and grandma! I hope everything work out!

XOXO,

Julie

Dear all,

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! First of all I wish you all have a joyful day with your loved ones, because it only happens once a year!

Sam and I long ago decided to celebrate this day one day before the actual Valentine's day. Since he has the whole day off today and no school either. We both had a wonderful day!

 1. Morning Surprise: Sam made breakfast! Well he had made breakfast for me before but this time was different. He had me guessed many days ever since the day he told me he had a morning surprise for me on this special day. I was really excited about it, I kept on guessing what he was going to give me. Until when I was getting ready to go out with him in the bathroom in our bedroom, I smelled food came from downstairs, so then I knew he was making breakfast! He had made french toasts for us! How sweeeeeet! He said it was a better recipe he found earlier this morning. It did taste so good, he also brought us drinks and we ate in the bedroom, yumyum! Thanks baby! *kisses*

 2. Movie: We planned to watch "Fool's Gold" about a week ago on this day. We got to the theater right on time, we bought popcorn and a bottle of coke before we went in. There were a couple and an old grandma in the room that was about it. Which was great actually so we wouldn't feel so crowded. Being in the theater reminded me of my parents going out to see "Cat Woman", they had to sit in the front seats which I bet was not comfortable for them. The movie was great, the perfect movie when going for a date. Although the bad thing was I had to pee so bad in the middle of the movie, I got it through eventually.

 3. Shopping: Burnsville Center! We planned to go to eat right after movie, but the popcorn filled me up and Sam had too much breakfast so we were both not hungry yet. We then decided to go to Burnsville to shop. I had no plan to buy anything, but then I saw this lovely hair band so I bought it. I loveeeeeeeeee that band! It was only $5.50 USD. We of course looked at clothes as well. We spent about 2 hours there until we got hungry and decided to eat.

 4. Food Food: Noodle Company! It was an ok place to go for noodles, I mean the food were great!! It was just that it wasn't a really fancy restaurant like AppleBee etcs. I ordered spicy Japanese beef noodles and Sam had some kind of cheesy chicken noodles. We both tried some of others, we thought they were really tasty! I would definitely come back again to try the Tai Curry Soup Noodle next time.

 5. Paper Supply: We had to stop by Archiver's to get some supplies before we went home. I was happy to be able to find some ribbons and bottoms for the boxes I will make for church.

 6. Tv For Tonight: I always love the shows on Tv on Wednesday. We watched America's Next Top Model and Project Runway together, that was really fun, I fell asleep on Sam's lap in between the 2 shows haha.

So that was my Valentine's Day this year and I loveee it!

XoXo,

Julie

Dear friends,

Lately I've been too lazy to type xanga... so I left out a few important things that I'd like to tell those who enjoy knowing my life in the USA!

1. Filing for US Citizenship: If I remember correctly we mailed all the paperwork in last month, since then we haven't heard mich about it, it will be a long process until I get my green card Sam and I both knew that. Anyway it was such a relief to have finally finished all the papers... we should have started right after we got married, but stead we waited till half year later... we were just too lazy to get our butts into it! Taking a passport picture at home was such a mess! I got a bit angry that we had tried sooooo many times and non of them turned out right. Finally we one that might work, thank God! Sam's dad helped out with the money again, so we both didn't have to pay a bit which was great since it costed over $1000 USD!

2. Tax Refund: So before I came to the USA I had no idea there was such a thing as tax refund. I thought the government took money out of your bank then every penny belongs to them. Until it was just last month both Sam and his parents had received their 2007 tax refund information then I realized we could get a refund! With Marty's help we quickly signed the papers and mailed them in to hopefully receive a check from them soon! I have so many things in mind that I want to buy! We are expecting around $1000 USD, after that then it's all shopping shopping shopping!  

3. Valentine Day: Although Chinese New Year over here seems like a "small" deal, Valentine Day will be a much bigger deal! At least to Sam and I, we have been planning on going out that day to celebrate! Can't wait!

p.s. miss you all! *mwah*mwah*

Julie