weekends..

...are finally here! *doing the jiggy dance* :P it's been a really loooong week, work is killing me!

but to look on the bright side,i finally get to see Four Year Strong live yesterday,it was wickedly awesome!

before we get to that,let's flash back to my last weekend,okay?

we didn't really do anything much on saturday,nantha and i spend the time walking around downtown(like literally,walking around and around and around) just to familiarize ourselves with the city.rajjiv were sick that day,and brenda insisted us to go to the field museum and the planetarium but she ended up going alone as we decided to just go those places another time.


so we walk,we walk,we walk,until we reach michigan avenue,where supposedly there're tons of high street brands along the road.and guess what?






i know she's gonna go crazy in these places :P

anyways this stretch of shopping heaven is called the magnificent mile, because of its being a center of shopaholics all around Chicago.as we walk along the stores,i saw a disney store and we decided to pop inside.and i saw these cute guinea pigs cuddlies from the new disney animation picture, g-force. and there's the platipus from the show Phineas and Ferb.wonder which one would she like best :)


nantha bought two soft-toys from the shop,mickey and donald.after that we continue our walk along the magnificent mile.we saw this art festival with quite nice and artistic display and we chill around that area for awhile for pictures.we reached the john hancock tower too,it's the second tallest tower in chicago,offering spectacular view of the city from the observatory deck,second to sears tower.we got pretty knackered after that,so we just went home and took the rest of the day off,since the next day we're all going to the science and industry museum.

a steel moose

john hancock tower

again,an early sunday morning last weekend.i don't know when could i sleep in without any plans to do,just to chill at home being lazy all day long.anyways on sunday,we all head to the science and industry museum somewhere south of the downtown.the main attraction of the museum is currently it's display of the U-505 submarine, a german submarine from world war I, and also the harry potter exhibition (which i badly wanna go,but they all are not interested,so i guess i just have to follow the flow).

the flying car in harry potter and the chamber of secrets

outside the submarine entrance

the huge U-505 submarine

one of the manned spaceship on display

3-D show of the planets

brilliant invention,wish i could have this to send her a huggy.

cool,a view of myself on the heat detector thingy,like in ghost hunter

we had quite a fun day out that day,and the weather was super nice too,but i guess we got bored with the displays and just went back home after that.

and...now's the main event.

FOUR YEAR STRONG!! :D

went to watch them yesterday at metro,wrigleyville just nearby the wrigley field which is the home of the chicago cubs.the traffic was crazyyy on the way to wrigleyville,we had no idea why until we actually reach there.

freaking elton john was playing at wrigley field,the same time as four year strong

by the time we got there,we could only see only two out of the five opening acts.but i guess it's a good thing,so that i won't have to wait for too long until fys come out on stage.we got to watch the fireworks and set your goals doing their thing for an hour or so,until the crowd went crazy when four year strong appears.i decided to join in and after a couple of songs,i got drenched with sweat from jumping and moshing around and pushed like a fish in a wave inside the crowd :P i even manage to injure myself,got my fingers sprained when i'm trying to block someone from hitting me in the face while moshing (not that i succesfully blocked it oso).hehe.four year strong really rocks my socks off,so that's another one that i can tick off my list of the bands to see in the states *ticks my band list* :)

the fireworks

set your goals

four year strong!!

i went back home drenched in sweat,and it was quite a cold night and my tshirt all wet,so it's a bit chilly but the adrenalin still rushing through me making me warm inside.what a night.and once i got home and stripped for a nice,hot shower,i discover a couple of bruises on my shoulders,my back and i even got a bump on my head.hehe.but it's all worth it. (except that the fact of injuring my fingers doesn't help me much in completing my work efficiently the next day) :p

my fingers still hurting now.and tomorrow we're going to another retail outlet for another shopping trip.gonna find myself a new pair of sneakers, and something special for her :) and she's going to United's match soon,hope she gonna have a great time there (even though i doubt that she will,since she already mentioned to me that she rather go to liverpool's game than United's).really wish i could be back home,going to the game with her,having the time of our life there.dang-it this pacific ocean.but one more week passes by,one more week lesser for me to wait to go home back into her arms.

oh,and here's my dinner the other night,made myself a vege pizza,but it was so nice and cheesy,bet the rats gonna be jealous of me :P


that's it from me for now.lots of loves for her.gnite.

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