Going home in 2 days time!

Time pass so fast, just as if we were here, step into the house, checking around everything we've seen from webcam and comparing the real thing...and now it's time to go home!

Things which I wanted to note down..

Weather

• Only the first 2 wks of June we could felt cold weather here, and after that everyday is nightmare if we have to stay outdoor!..Temperature goes up to 36-37degree, super hot till even evening 7-8pm...even 9pm after the sunsets, it is still hotter than SG. Luckily we stay at home most of time on weekdays, only go out on weekend...With the aircon on 24hours, it felt really shiock!...hehehe..More shiock is we don't need to worry about the bills.

People

• Utah is famous of Mormons..You should know or seen these ppl even if you have not heard about Mormons..they are those angmoh wearing white shirt and black tie with name tag on the MRT, and sometimes may come to you to talk about religion. Young boys in Mormons family are required to serve 2yr overseas like our NS to spread the religion..

• And being at a conservative place, this place is really safe and nice to stay. Ppl greet us when we walked pass by..The last place I go where ppl actually greet me was NZ 10yrs ago..for so long I've never been to a place where the ppl are so nice..

Cooking

• From not able, not required to cook at all when back at SG, now I can almost do anything if we have the ingredients and recipe..hehe..Well, except deep frying which I scared of scalding me..the rest are fine..When I say I'm not cooking in Sg, I really don't cook not even fry egg...For the past 2yrs+ ever since Jared borned, I only cook Jared's food and pasta occasionally when we were sick of outside food..Neither I know cooking was so easy unlike baking which requires precision..hehe

• Daddy said my claypot chicken rice, steam pai ku with beans, and steamed tofu with minced meat is the best of all..But he had also lowered his standard so much that he think simple dish are nice hehe..

• As for Jared, some of his food already have seasoning..especially when I do minced meat ball, I had to add soya sauce to marinate the meat. Then for dinner, I always cook soup and scoop out his share, but he will take some of our dish with seasoning. His favourite is kon loh mee, when daddy made him that sure to put a lot of seasoning like black soya sauce, oyster sauce etc.

Grocery shopping

• Certain things here are super duper cheap, Pringles @ USD1, a big stack of slice cheese USD3, Ben&Jerry/Hagen Daaz ice cream USD3, and my favourite avocado 50cents most of time..

• But at Walmart there's only few vege available, like celery, lettuce, cabbage, carrot, potato..for the first 6 wks of our stay here, we've been eating these few vege repeatedly till scared...
• Finally I gave up, and started to buy greens from Super China, the only chinese grocery store here, about 40mins drive...then I felt so good to eat chai sim, xiao bai chai, and kai lan etc again..hehe..Initially I don't like buying greens from Super China, cos it came in big pack and the price seemed so much more ex than greens from Walmart..

• Another funny thing here is, chicken breast more ex than chicken thigh and drumstick. Even at KFC too, they charge meal with thigh/drumstick cheaper than breast..

• Here do not have fresh fish supply, everything is frozen. I will get sliced Tilapia, salmon from Walmart and cook for Jared..but the quality are definitely lousier than in Sg, so he has been taking very little fish since here..Back in Sg, he take very fresh cod fish, salmon and had lots of them until my mother become poor..hehe..then here, I got conned at Super China for getting a super stinky cod fish at USD15...till now cannot finish, and need to throw away...so heart pain..

Shopping

• Oh I can only say I hate Coach! This coach make me felt sad many many time..hehee..

• I dun buy a lot of branded stuff, but my last trip to the states I bought a Coach handbag as a souvenier, so I thought it would be good to get another 1 as souvenier..(Dun want to be so stupid like last time go Europe never come back with LV as souvenier liao)

• Over in SLC there's no Coach boutique, only at Dillard shopping and outlet. When I first go, there were no discount, a big bag and medium bag cost 298 and 268. 2nd time I visited Dillard, there was 25% discount on the medium bag, so I grab immediately. 3rd time I go again, the big bag was having 40% discount...I got sadden immediately cost now it only cost 178 loh...

• Pai seh I could remember to price so well, cos if I had gotten the big bag at my first visit, I now rugi USD120...

• And that was not all, last weekend we went outlet, my medium bag was there with 30% discount..immediately no mood again and left the shop hehehe..

• Other than that, when they were having sales, price can really go down very low...had a crazy time at Gap last weekend shopping for Jared's clothes due to Presidential day sales...most of them are like 1.99-3.99 only. So we bought up to age 4..hehe..

• For myself, I didn't shop a lot, becos of my size now..hehe..but daddy has been very active in shopping loh, he has got himself 2 pair of shoes, few jeans, and many polo and t shirts...become more active when I come hehe..