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[Northwestern USA trip] Day 1 in Seatte, WA - The Space Needle

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Both Baby and I love visiting the United States of America, so we decided to continue on our America Dream Adventure on Baby’s birthday in last September. We found a decent airfare by Delta with a transit stop at Narita, Japan for our Seattle bound flight and Incheon, Korea for our home-bound flight. We have been to most of the major cities of America, so we decided to visit Seattle, WA. Roughly, our tickets cost us about SGD1213 per pax for a return ticket.  Baby did much preparation and an in depth analysis on our entire 10-day stay on this upcoming northwestern USA trip! In total, we stayed at an Airbnb in Seattle and 3 other hotels in Portland and Tacoma respectively. After 7 hours of flight, we touched down at Narita Airport, Tokyo , around   local time 2-ish in the afternoon. Our connecting flight was 3 hours later, so we made use of the lay-time to do some shopping and to eat some Japanese delights! Our flight journey to Seattle was about 7 hours+,

[random] Kim Choo Kueh Chang + DIY - Simple home-cooked recipes

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Kim Choo Kueh Chang is most famous for their Nonya Rice Dumpling (or Nonya chang) and Traditional Salty Dumpling (or bak chang). They offer an array of other Nonya kuehs and cookies/snacks too. As the Dumpling Festival is around the corner, I decided to ask Baby to drive to East Coast Road to buy my all-time favorite Nonya Dumplings. We picked up 4 normal-sized and 4 mini-sized dumplings. The damage was about SGD27.  K im Choo's Nonya Rice Dumpling is one of the best in Singapore, as the glutinous rice dumpling has a pleasant fragrance and good texture. Both my mommy and I love their bite-sized mini Nonya dumplings very much.    Great food must be eaten fresh, hence we heated them up with our new multi-gourmet steamer and ate them as our breakfast the very next day! I've developed a craving for titbits and snacks ever since I started my daily  telecommuting from home. Luckily, I've chosen Kellogg's Special K Blueberry & Almond as my healthier